Congrats, 2021 honors students

Here are the scholastic winners, award recipients and dean’s list students
May 25th, 2021

Academic Honors and Awards

Dental Class of 2021

First Scholastic Honors Gold Medal Winner

  • Robert William Rudnicki

Second Scholastic Honors

  • Daniel Lee Tannen

Third Scholastic Honors

  • Michelle Yinyue Kwan

Fourth Scholastic Honors

  • Mackenzie Sautter

Cumulative Dean’s Honor List

  • Dana A. Aborahma
  • Krizia Anabelle Acosta
  • Travis Carby Aduddell
  • Kalani Leigh Basham
  • Rajvi P. Bhagat
  • Kai Imani Alexandria Codner
  • Francesca Clarice Daigle
  • Sanjeeth S. George
  • Lauren Elizabeth Getz
  • Rochelle Ronna Hajikhani
  • Michelle Yinyue Kwan
  • Elida Nycol Meyer
  • Lora Alexandra Moore
  • Kenny Nguyen
  • Okeysolom Kenneth Oradiegwu Jr.
  • Jim Royce Pichon
  • Robert William Rudnicki
  • Mackenzie Sautter
  • Charles Martin Stocks
  • Daniel Lee Tannen

Elected to Honorary Scholastic Society Omicron Kappa Upsilon

  • Dana A. Aborahma
  • Kalani Leigh Basham
  • Rajvi P. Bhagat
  • Kai Imani Alexandria Codner
  • Francesca Clarice Daigle
  • Sanjeeth S. George
  • Lauren Elizabeth Getz
  • Michelle Yinyue Kwan
  • Robert William Rudnicki
  • Mackenzie Sautter
  • Daniel Lee Tannen
  • Cynthia Udeh

Dental Hygiene Class of 2021

First Scholastic Honors Gold Medal Winner

  • Ashley J. Heim

Second Scholastic Honors

  • Vianec Olvera

Third Scholastic Honors

  • Taylor Nicole Price

Cumulative Dean’s Honor List

  • Madison Elizabeth Busch
  • Ashley J. Heim
  • Claire Noelle McMahon
  • Vianec Olvera
  • Taylor Nicole Price
  • Diane Tang

Elected to Honorary Scholastic Society Sigma Phi Alpha

  • Ashley J. Heim
  • Allyson Howerton
  • Vianec Olvera

Clinical Awards

Dental Class of 2021

Dana A. Aborahma

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Washington A. Akharamen

  • George Barnes Preventive Dentistry Award
  • International College of Dentists Student Humanitarian Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Ryan Ngotcho Allo

  • Comprehensive Dentistry Program Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Brenda Maria Alvarez

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Andrea Carolina Angulo

  • Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry

Kalani Leigh Basham

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Drew Caldwell Bell

  • Texas Academy of General Dentistry Award

Rajvi P. Bhagat

  • American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Jessica Christian Bragg

  • Warren Parker Community Dentistry Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Kai Imani Alexandria Codner

  • Baylor Oral Health Foundation Centennial Award
  • Texas A&M College of Dentistry Alumni Association Dental Student Award
  • American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Award
  • The Dr. D. Lamar Byrd Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Award
  • Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Francesca Clarice Daigle

  • American Association of Endodontists Award
  • American Student Dental Association Award of Excellence
  • Dallas Section of the American Association of Dental Research Student Award
  • Pierre Fauchard Academy Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Andrew Michael Dossett

  • Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Restorative Dentistry

Aimee Duong

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Brady Kyle Ferguson

  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Sanjeeth S. George

  • American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Outstanding Award
  • International Congress of Oral Implantologists Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Lauren Elizabeth Getz

  • Southwest Academy of Restorative Dentistry Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Rochelle Ronna Hajikhani

  • American Association of Orthodontists Award
  • The William and Jessamine Younger Endowed Scholarship in Orthodontics

Hayden S. Han

  • Academy of Operative Dentistry Award

Evan Michael Johnson

  • American Equilibration Society Award
  • Comprehensive Dentistry Program Award

Michelle Yinyue Kwan

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Destiny Marie Lopez

  • The Academy of Dentistry International Student Servant Leadership Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Velina J. Lopez

  • Certificate in Education for Healthcare Professionals
  • American Academy of Implant Dentistry Award
  • Comprehensive Dentistry Program Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Lauren E. Louis

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Daniel Argenis Maldonado

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Mark Medhat Mehany

  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Sebastian Mejia

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Elida Nycol Meyer

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Muhammad Abdullah Murad

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Ranna Ashraf Nasreldin

  • Comprehensive Dentistry Program Award

Erik Phuc-Yuan Ng

  • American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry Award
  • Comprehensive Dentistry Program Award

Shannon Yvi Nguyen

  • American Academy of Oral Medicine Award

Walter Olisakodiaka Nwaokolo

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Ashly Ezinne Okoli

  • Certificate in Education for Healthcare Professionals
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Okeysolom Kenneth Oradiegwu, Jr.

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Ankur Harshad Patel

  • American Academy of Orofacial Pain Award

Jim Royce Pichon

  • American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Implant Award

Gelise M. Porter

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Lianna Faith Pulliam

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Cicely Kay Quade

  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Richard Robert Rodriguez

  • Texas Section of the American College of Dentists Outstanding Student Leadership Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Luis Felipe Rucobo-Alvarado

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Robert William Rudnicki

  • Quintessence Award for Research Achievement
  • American Prosthodontic Society Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Shahzeb A. Saiyed

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Lucely Santillan

  • American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Award

Mackenzie Sautter

  • American Dental Society of Anesthesiology Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Jayson Dewayne Scroggins

  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Macy Renee Shirley

  • Texas Association of Women Dentists Outstanding Female Dental Student Award

Daniel Lee Tannen

  • Comprehensive Dentistry Program Award
  • The Merritt-Parks Award in Periodontology

Kathryn Lynn Tucker

  • Horace R. Beachum Award in Denture Prosthesis

Cynthia Udeh

  • The Academy of Osseointegration Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry Award
  • American College of Prosthodontists Award
  • Rudolph Hanau Prosthodontic Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Allen George Varghese

  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Andrew John Vlosich

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Paris Ivell Webb

  • International College of Dentists Student Leadership Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award
  • Bernhard Gottlieb Memorial Award in Oral Pathology
  • Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Periodontics
  • Texas Dental Association Outstanding Senior Dental Student Award

Kinny Teresa Xavier

  • American Academy of Periodontology Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Dental Hygiene Class of 2021

Sana Anwar

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Joyce A. Atkens

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Madison Elizabeth Busch

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Candace R. Earp

  • Geriatric Patient Care Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Flor Ruby Eguia

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Keely Ehlers

  • Baylor Oral Health Foundation Centennial Award
  • Community Dentistry and Dental Public Health Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award
  • The Dental Hygiene Student Total Achievement Award
  • The Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award

Sereniti Alexis Gary

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Ashley J. Heim

  • Phi Kappa Phi Gathright Outstanding Junior Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Allyson Howerton

  • The Preventive Dentistry Award
  • The Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award

Sophia Younghyun Jang

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Claire Noelle McMahon

  • The Outstanding Patient Management Award

Nancy Medina-Zamora

  • Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Award
  • The George B. Clendenin Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Vianec Olvera

  • The Phillip Earle Williams Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Texas A&M College of Dentistry Alumni Association Dental Hygiene Student Award

Jordynn Danielle Palmer

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Andrea Kaye Rader

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Eyra Anay Salazar

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Diane Tang

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Shermy Mary Thomas

  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award

Anna L. Trujillo

  • Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award

Kali Ann White

  • The Dental Hygiene Student Total Achievement Award
  • Gold Medal Recipient in Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Track Award
  • Silver Medal Recipient in Leadership and Service Excellence Track Award
  • Bronze Medal Recipient in Teaching and Education Excellence Track Award
  • Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award

— Carolyn Cox