ScholarS - Jefferson Scholars Foundation

jefferson scholars foundation 

Scholars 

annual report supplEment

The mission of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation 

is to serve the University of Virginia by 

identifying, attracting, and nurturing individuals 

of extraordinary intellectual range and depth 

who possess the highest concomitant qualities of 

leadership, scholarship and citizenship. 

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“Leadership is a 

potent combination 

of strategy and 

character. 

But if you must 

be without one, 

be without the 

strategy.” 

General Norman Schwarzkopf

scholars year in review 

The Undergraduate Program had yet 

another year of growth. With more 

schools represented in the competition 

than ever before and the 

launching of another new region, 

the incoming class of Jefferson Scholars emerged from 

the most competitive year in the Foundation’s history. 

They will join an already outstanding group of individuals, 

whose accomplishments in the 2010-11 academic 

year included one Rhodes Scholarship and one Truman 

Scholarship, amongst many others. A comprehensive 

list of each Scholars’ achievements may be found online 

at www.jeffersonscholars.org. The program continues 

to thrive in its efforts to attract the top leaders, scholars, 

and citizens from around the world to the University 

of Virginia. 

HIGHLIGHTS 

» Over 3500 secondary schools in 57 regions were invited 

to participate in our competition this year, including our 

newest region in Colorado 

» Approximately 1300 nominees competed regionally to 

result in 102 finalists for the Jefferson Scholars Selection 

Weekend in March 

» More than 700 alumni, faculty, and friends of the University 

served on selection committees 

» 27 new Scholars will join us as members of the Class of 2015 

» 110 Scholars will be in residence in the 2011-12 academic year 

» Each Scholar will receive a stipend to cover the entire 

cost of attendance for the year: $24,104 (Virginians); 

$49,098 (Non-Virginians) 

» In addition to covering tuition and room and board, this 

stipend includes additional funds for personal expenses, 

books, fees, etc.

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leadership 

The graduating class of Jefferson Scholars made 

a lasting impact on the University community. 

Highlights of their collective invovlement include: 

Take Back the Night 

Student Council 

Honor Committee, senior counsel 

University Judiciary Committee, counselor 

Music Arts Board, undergraduate co-chair 

The Declaration, associate editor 

College Foundation Board 

Wilson Journal for Undergraduate Research 

Indian Student Association 

U.Va. Collegiate Mock Trial 

Commerce Council, president 

One in Four, president 

Bike and Build 

Madison House Service Organization Habitat for Humanity Program director 

Virginia Organizing Project, U.Va. chapter head 

3.7 Magazine, editor-in-chief 

U.Va. Sustainability 

Madison House Service Organization Charlottesville Free Clinic Program director 

Alternative Spring Break, trip leader 

Class of 2011 Trustees, graduation chair 

Building Tomorrow, president 

Flash Seminars, creator 

Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad EMT 

University Programs Council 

Center for Christian Study, president 

McIntire Investment Institute, president 

University Singers, president 

Madison House Service Organization Migrant Aid Program director 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society 

Resident Advisor 

Sustained Dialogue 

Arts & Sciences Council, Music Department representative 

Virginia Women’s Rugby Club, captain 

International Students Inc., president

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Sue Ann Abigail Adams 

The Westminster Schools Scholar 

The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia 

Arts & Sciences Council, treasurer (2010-11), past president, publicity 

chair, First-Year Committee Executive Committee, outreach chair, 

Grants Selection Committee; Student Council, proxy representative; 

Madison House Service Organization, Habitat for Humanity; Maupin 

House Council, intramural coordinator; College Foundation Board, 

student member; Sustained Dialogue; Majors Advising Program, 

advisor; Chi Omega; First Year Fellowship; Reformed University 

Fellowship Supper Club; Alternative Spring Break, Belize; SERVE; 

Days on the Lawn, Lunch Buddies team leader; Raven Society, Raven 

Council treasurer (2010-11); Gosnell Writing Prize; Raven Society 

First Year Recognition; Phi Beta Kappa; Intermediate Honors; Dean’s 

List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Psychology/ Economics with distinction 

Future Plans 

To join Analysis Group in Washington, D.C. 

Claudia McNeely Antonacci 

Robert P. Crozer Family Scholar 

Maclay School, Tallahassee, Florida 

Student Council, Environmental Sustainability Committee; Peer 

Health Educators; AIDS Service Awareness and Prevention; Laboratory 

of Experimental Economics, lab assistant; Girl Scout Troup 

444 leader; Days on the Lawn; Bridging the Gap; Kappa Delta, 

recruitment chair; Alternative Spring Break, Bangladesh; Phi Eta 

Sigma; David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award; College 

of Arts & Sciences Research Award; Wilson Journal for Undergraduate 

Research; Undergraduate Research Network Symposium; Raven 

Society; Order of Omega; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; 

Raven Society First Year Recognition; Dean’s List; Lawn Resident; 

2011 Religious Studies Department Kyle Award; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Religious Studies/ Environmental Thought and 

Practice with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work with Deloitte Consulting as a strategy and 

operations analyst for the Federal government in 

Washington, D.C. 

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Anjun Kumar Bose 

Paradis Family Scholar 

Tates Creek Senior High School, Lexington, Kentucky 

Indian Student Association; Students for Students International, web 

developer; U.Va. Engineering Foundation, web team; BoseDesigns. 

com, web developer; Zeta Beta Tau, judiciary chair (2010-11), risk 

manager, historian; Biomedical Engineering Department, researcher; 

Biomedical Engineering Society Conference; Double Hoo Research 

Grant; Raven Society First Year Recognition; Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Biomedical Engineering with high distinction 

Future Plans 

To publish his undergraduate research in the upcoming 

year before attending graduate school. 

Michelle Christine Chmielewski 

Souder Family Scholar 

Crystal Lake Central High School, Crystal Lake, Illinois 

U.Va. Collegiate Mock Trial, 2009 All-American attorney; Alternative 

Spring Break, treasurer, Argentina, site leader, Guatemala, China; 

U.Va. Board of Audit and Management, chair; Beta Gamma Sigma, 

initiation banquet co-chair; Second Year Council, Academic and Career 

Committee chair; Third Year Council; McIntire School of Commerce, 

tour guide, student mentor; Navigant Consulting Case Competition, 

1st place team; Kappa Delta; Madison House Service Organization, 

Medical Services Program, English as a Second Language tutor; Days 

on the Lawn; Joseph Miniotas Communication Scholar; Raven Society; 

Raven Society First Year Recognition; National Society of Collegiate 

Scholars; Intermediate Honors; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Commerce/ B.A. Economics with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work for McKinsey & Company in Atlanta, Georgia 

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William Thomas Cozean 

Jeffrey Rockwell Cudlip 

Memorial Scholar 

St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio 

Madison House Service Organization, Big Sibling Program; 

Commerce Council, president; Inter-Fraternity Council, Judiciary 

Committee judge; Sigma Alpha Mu, president, treasurer, pledge class 

president; Alternative Spring Break; Spirit of Entrepreneurship and 

Enterprise Development; SERVE; Socially Responsible Investment 

Organization; Intro to Capital Markets, teaching assistant; Walker 

Elementar tutor; McIntire Mentor; CFA Scholarship award 

Degree 

B.S. Commerce with concentrations in Finance and 

Management with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work for McKinsey & Co. in Atlanta, GA 

Theodore Melvin Crockin 

Harry W. Gilbert Scholar 

Frank W. Cox High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia 

One in Four, president, vice president; University Guide Service; Take 

Back the Night, vigil chair, men’s outreach co-chair; Walk a Mile 

in Her Shoes; Student Entrepreneurs for Economic Development; 

Inter-Fraternity Council, Judiciary Committee judge; Phi Society, 

Rush Committee co-chair; Alternative Spring Break; Monroe Society; 

Raven Society; Raven Society First Year Recognition; Sexual Assault 

Advisory Council; Sexual Assault Leadership Council; McIntire Tutor; 

Beta Gamma Sigma; Lawn Resident; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 


Accounting with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as an investment banking analyst at Moelis & 

Company in New York 


LEE WHITMORE ESCHENROEDER 

James K. Candler Scholar 

E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg,Virginia 

One in Four, selections chair; University Guide Service; Bike & Build; 

Alternative Spring Break, site leader; Phi Delta Theta; Institute for 

Practical Ethics summer internship grant; School of Continuing Studies, 

Post-Bacc Pre-Med Physics tutor; Phi Beta Kappa; Raven Society; 

Institute for Practical Ethics Summer Internship Grant; Hollingsworth 

Ethics Essay Competition Award; Intermediate Honors; Golden Key 

International Honor Society; Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society; 

Echols Scholarar 

Degree 

B.A. Interdisciplinary Major in Bioethics 

Future Plans 

To join the 2011 Teach For America Corps to teach 

secondary science for two years in the Colorado public 

school system 

Carrie L. Filipetti 

Cochran Family Scholar 

Clarkstown High School South, West Nyack, New York 

Hoos for Israel, president, AIPAC communications coordinator, vice president 

of advocacy; Student Council, Diversity Initiatives Committee co-chair; Madison 

House Service Organization, Habitat for Humanity/AHIP program director; 

The Advocate; Hillel Jewish Student Organization; Children of Abraham 

Institute for Scriptural Reasoning; Rutherford Institute, intern; ArgHOOers 

Debate Organization, secretary; Federalist Society; Jewish Leadership Council, 

board member; Gadfly Online, editorial intern; The Oculus undergraduate 

research journal, published author; Astronomy Society, secretary; Raven 

Society; Raven Society First Year Recognition; 2011 Levin Family Award in 

Jewish Studies; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Religious Studies with a concentration in Judaism 

with distinction 

Future Plans 

To pursue a five-week fellowship in Jerusalem placing 

classical Jewish texts in conversation with modern political 

philosophy at the Israeli Academy for Leadership, followed 

by a fellowship with the Tikvah Fund in New York City. 


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Erin Kathleen Franey 

Peter W. StoTT Foundation Scholar 

Jesuit High School, Portland, Oregon 

Living Wage Campaign, student organizer; Virginia Organizing Project, 

intern, U.Va. chapter head; Black Voices Gospel Choir; Health Value 

Community, intern, Institute for Practical Ethics grant recipient; First Year 

Players; AIDS/HIV Service Group volunteer; Hope Community Center 

volunteer; Catholic Student Ministries; IMPACT Justfaith First Year Small 

Group; Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine; Alternative Spring 

Break; University Judiciary Committee, educator; Organizing for America/ 

Democratic Party volunteer; Workers and Students United, student 

leader; Service Learning Grant recipient; Raven Society; Raven Society 

First Year Recognition; Ella Baker Social Justice Award; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Political and Social Thought Distinguished 

Majors Program 

Future Plans 

To spend the summer visiting friends and family on the 

East Coast and working at a theater camp in central 

Oregon before working as a community organizer. 

Lauren Elizabeth Groetch 

William A. McClung Memorial Scholar 

School of the Holy Child, Rye, New York 

Feminism is for Everyone; Hoos Open to Preventing Eating Disorders; 

First Year Players, hair and makeup, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Damn 

Yankees, Sweeney Todd; Kids Acting Out; Virginia Organizing Project; 

LGBT Speakers Bureau, panelist; Dialogue Across U.Va.; Flying V’s a 

cappella, founder, president; 3.7 Magazine, poetry editor, editor-inchief; 

Area Program in Poetry Writing; William and Charlotte Savage 

Scholarship; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. English with distinction 

Future Plans 

To attend New York University School of Law 


Catherine Anne Hartmann 

New Jersey Scholar 

Voorhees High School, Glen Gardner, New Jersey 

Student Council, Building and Grounds Committee co-chair; Madison 

House Service Organization, Soccer Organization of Charlottesville/ 

Albemarle coach; Alternative Spring Break, treasurer, site leader, 

New Orleans, Belize; Sigma Kappa; Harrison Undergraduate Research 

Award; Phi Beta Kappa; Intermediate Honors; Margaret Morgan 

Coughlin Award in Asian History; The Kyle Essay Prize; Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.A. Religious Studies, Distinguished Majors Program 

with Highest Distinction 

Future Plans 

To return to India for the summer to conduct research 

with funds provided by the Coughlin Award in Asian 

History before attending the University of Chicago on a 

full scholarship to study in the Department of History of 

Religions specializing in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. 

Justin Michael Holmes 

Katherine B. and William F. Blue Scholar 

Catonsville High School, Catonsville, Maryland 

Honor Committee counsel; Alternative Spring Break, New Orleans; 

Sustained Dialogue; Relay for Life; Phi Society, secretary, kitchen 

manager; Habitat for Humanity; Take Back the Night; Dream Rock 

Studios, iphone developer; Student Game Developers 

Degree 

B.S. Computer Science 

Future Plans 

To work as a software consultant for Amentra, a Red 

Hat Company that provides network and software solutions 

for governments and Fortune 500 companies in 

New York City. 


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Molly Logan Holmes 

B.H. Rutledge Moore Family Scholar 

Savannah Country Day School, Savannah, Georgia 

The Declaration, associate editor, contributing writer; Virginia Film Festival, 

production intern; Students for Students International, managing 

director; Public Service Advisory Board, student member; Student 

Council Public Service, Committee Committee on Civic Engagement 

subcommittee chair; Pi Beta Phi; Movable Type Undergraduate Media 

Studies Journal, conference panelist; Alternative Spring Break, Jamaica; 

University Peer Support mentor; Junior Inter-Sorority Council; Z Society 

First Year Recognition; Raven Society First Year Recognition; Intermediate 

Honors; Raven Society; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Comparative Literature, Distinguished Major 

Program with highest distinction/ Media Studies with 

distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as an account coordinator at the Martin Agency 

in Richmond, Virginia 

Lynne Nichole Kolodinsky 

Frank and Ann Hereford Scholar 

Norristown Area High School, Norristown, Pennsylvania 

Fitzhugh House Council, vice president; Virginia Association of College 

and University Housing Officers Conference, 2009 team leader; 

National Residence Hall, honorary co-chair, national communications 

coordinator; Woody/Cauthen Association Council co-advisor; 

Resident Staff, tri-chair (2010-11), resident advisor, senior resident; 

St. Thomas Aquinas Church choir; Catholic Student Ministry; Music 

Arts Board, undergraduate co-chair (2010-11); University Singers; 

Musicians on Call; First Year Players, Footloose musical director; Pit 

Orchestra; Virginia Themis Society; Raven Society; University Guide 

Service; Office of Residence Life Recognition for Outstanding Contribution; 

Z Society First Year Recognition; Intermediate Honors; Music 

Departmental Recognition; Brander-Morrison Prize; Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.A. Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law with 

highest distinction/ Music 

Future Plans 

To attend Cornell Law School with a Dean’s Scholarship 


Kelly Melissa Laustsen 

Peter and Crisler Quick Scholar 

Newman Smith High School, Carrollton, Texas 

Madison House Service Organization, Big Sibling Program, Tutoring 

Program; Webb House Council; Committee on Undergraduate 

Admissions; Alternative Spring Break, Smoky Mountains, Ecuador; 

Alpha Chi Omega, house manager; Club cross country; U.Va. Sustainability, 

student employee conservation advocate; Recycling Center 

volunteer; Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society; Intermediate 

Honors; Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering with highest 

distinction 

Future Plans 

To work for Kittelson & Associates Inc. as a 

transportation analyst in Portland, Oregon 

Warren Currie Mackie-Jenkins 

KBR Foundation Scholar 

Highland School, Warrenton, Virginia 

Madison House Service Organization, Charlottesvile Free Clinic 

Program director, Emergency Department patient representative; 

Kids Acting Out; First Year Players, Sweeney Todd musical director, 

Thoroughly Modern Millie actor; Alternative Spring Break, Guatemala, 

Egypt; University Guide Service; First Year Seminar; SERVE; 

Raven Society; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Biology 

Future Plans 

To volunteer at a health clinic in Xela, Guatemala while 

applying to medical school. 


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David Andrew McGinley 

St. Elmo Hall (Delta Phi) Scholar 

Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore, New York 

University Judiciary Committee, investigator; First Year Council, Community 

Service Committee; Webb House Council; Madison House 

Service Organization, Big Sibling Program; Students for Students 

International, fundraising director; Socially Responsible Investment 

Organization, analyst; Sigma Alpha Mu,alumni chair, scholarship 

chair, pledge class vice president; Junior Inter-Fraternity Council, 

vice president; Inter-Fraternity Council, Judiciary Committee judge; 

Alternative Spring Break, Cusco, Peru, site leader, Bangor Ridge, 

Jamaica; Towards a Better Latin America; Monroe Society; SERVE; Phi 

Eta Sigma Honor Society; Echols Scholar 

Degree 


Management 

Future Plans 

To work as an investment banking analyst for Wells 

Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

Claire Hays Montaigne 

Randolph P. Barton Family Scholar 

The Fieldston School, Bronx, New York 

Class of 2011 Trustees, graduation chair; College Access for Everyone, 

co-founder; University Guide Service; Third Year Council, Infinity 

Ball chair, Recognition Dinner chair; Virginia Ambassadors, Student 

Information Session leader; First Year Council, Community Service 

Committee co-chair; Maupin House Council; Madison House Service 

Organization, Boosters Program, Hot Shots volunteer; Women’s 

Novice Crew Team; Virginia Athletics Honor Roll; Phi Beta Kappa; 

Raven Society; Intermediate Honors; Lawn Resident; Dean’s List; 

Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Human Biology, Distinguished Majors Program 

Future Plans 

To spend a year working and traveling before attending 

medical school in the fall of 2012. 


Sarah Pettus Munford 

Norfolk Academy Scholar 

Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia 

Honor Committee, College of Arts & Sciences representative, 

Diversity Advisory Board chair; Building Tomorrow, president, vice 

president; Pi Beta Phi, vice president of membership; Student 

Council, Civic Engagement Committee, College of Arts & Sciences 

representative; Students for Students International; Seeds of Hope 

Brazil, executive; Girl Scout Troop 444 Leader; Jefferson Public 

Citizens Program; Community Based Research Grant; Davis Projects 

for Peace Grant; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Global Development Studies/ Foreign Affairs 

Future Plans 

To join New Sector Alliance’s Residency in Social Enterprise 

program consulting for a Boston non-profit. 

Laura Kathryn Nelson 

Thanksgiving Foundation Scholar 

Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Massachusetts 

Flash Seminars, creator, organizer; Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow, lead fellow; Engage UVA Newsletter, co-creator, editor; ‘Talk 

is Cheap’ discussion series, creator; Student Council, Public Service 

Committee, founder, chair; University and Community Action for 

Racial Equity Project; Outdoor Recreation Center, hike leader; Sexual 

Assault Board; varsity field hockey (2007-08); U.Va. Club Ice Hockey; 

2009 ACC Leadership Conference; David A. Harrison III Undergraduate 

Research Award; Robert Kent Gooch Scholarship; Institute 

for Practical Ethics Scholarship; Raven Society; Phi Beta Kappa; 

Intermediate Honors; Lawn Resident; Ernest H. Ern Distinguished 

Student Award; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Political and Social Thought, Distinguished 

Majors Program 

Future Plans 

To study English Literature at Oxford University on a 

Rhodes Scholarship. 


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Manas Nigam 

E. Stuart James Grant Scholar 

Carlisle School, Martinsville, Virginia 

First Year Council, Diversity Committee; Dobie House Council; Resident Staff, 

Recognition Committee, resident advisor; Beta Theta Pi, leadership chair; Di 

Shaan Bhangra Team; U.Va Hospital Surgical Admissions Suite and Family Care; 

Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad EMT; Beirne B. Carter Immunology 

Center; Goehler-Gaykema Neuroimmunology Laboratory; Soccer Organization 

of Charlottesville-Albemarle; Washington Literary Society and Debating Union; 

Sustained Dialogue; India Day, organizer, MC; Asian Pacific American Heritage 

Month, director; Asian Pacific-Americans Leadership Training Institute; Hindu 

Students Council; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of 

Business Administration University Programs Council, CIO Connections Committee; 

Students for Students International; Duke University Division of Cardiovascular and 

Thoracic Surgery summer researcher; Jeffersing, co-creator; SOCA Soccer Coach; 

McIntire School of Commerce Tutor; Warwick D. Johnson International Scholarship; 

Lawn Resident; Intermediate Honors; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Commerce w/ concentration in Finance/B.A. Economics 

Future Plans 

To attend the University of Chicago Pritzker School of 

medicine on a scholarship with the intent of pursuing an 

MD/MBA degree. 

Kaleigh Brogan Oleynik 

Paul B. Barringer Family Scholar 

Greensboro Day School, Greensboro, North Carolina 

University Programs Council, PKG Concert Committee; Offscreen Film Club; 

Glass Garden Literary Magazine, co-founder, editor, public relations chair; 

Black Voices Gospel Choir; Students Taking Action Now in Darfur, Darfuri 

tutoring chair; Charlottesville Flash Mob; Outdoors Club; LOOK3 Festival of 

the Photograph, outreach coordinator, translator; Museum of Modern Art, 

nonprofit partner intern; Towards a Better Latin America; Yes! Magazine, 

intern, writer; STAND 5k Run, planning committee,participant; intramural 

volleyball; Madison House Service Organization, Migrant Aid Program; Phi 

Eta Sigma Honor Society; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Echols Interdisciplinary Major in Comparative 

Conversation Analysis with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as the Outreach Coordinator and Translator 

for LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville 

while pursuing a teaching Fulbright in Argentina. 


Caroline Terrell Richards 

Mary Anderson Harrison Scholar 

J. J. Pearce High School, Richardson, Texas 

Madison House Service Organization, Adopt-A-Grandparent Program; 

Ballroom Dance Club; SERVE; Outdoors at U.Va.; Hoo Crew; Professor’s Picks 

Book discussion group; Charlottesville City League Youth Basketball, assistant 

coach; Reformed University Fellowship, ministry team; First Year Fellowship, 

2008 leader; International Justice Mission campus chapter; Charlottesville 

Abundant Life Ministries; Nicaragua Planning Committee barefoot 5K run; 

Nicaraguan Orphan Fund, president (2010-11), spring break service trip leadership 

team, board member; National Student Nurses’ Association; Virginia 

Student Nurses’ Association; Student Nurses’ Association of U.Va.; Center for 

Christian Study, president, undergraduate student committee; Pi Beta Phi; 

Phi Eta Sigma; National Society for Collegiate Scholars; Raven Society; Golden 

Key Honor Society; Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.S. Nursing with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as a registered nurse on Duke Hospital’s oncology 

unit in Chapel Hil, North Carolina after her wedding 

in July to Rob Smithson (JS ‘10). 

James Thomas Rogers 

L.S. Waldrop/T. Evans Wyckoff Scholar 

Radford High School, Radford, Virginia 

McIntire Investment Institute, president, chief financial officer; INST 1550 

Anatomy of a Financial Crisis, course instructor; Commercial Law I, teaching 

assistant; A Brief Introduction to Capital Markets, teaching assistant; 

Madison House Service Organization, Tutoring Program director; Alternative 

Spring Break, Appalachian Trail site leader, Washington, D.C./Shenandoah 

Valley site leader; Cavalier Daily, opinion columnist, senior associate editor, 

Outstanding First-Year Award; Virginia Press Association, 2nd Place Editorial 

Writing Award; Jefferson Literary and Debating Society; Virginia Society for 

the Recruitment of Special Scholars, training vice president; Library Student 

Advisory Committee; Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society; Intermediate Honors; 

Lawn Resident; Raven Society; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Commerce with a concentration in Finance/ 

B.A. History 

Future Plans 

To work as a Technology Mergers and Acquisitions investment 

banking analyst for The Blackstone Group in Boston 


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Alyssa Michele Schechter 

Ralph James Quale Jr. Scholar 

Wooster School, Danbury, Connecticut 

University Judiciary Committee, counselor; Cauthen House Council, 

intramural coordinator; Sigma Delta, ISC representative, recruitment 

co-chair; Sustained Dialogue; Students for Students International, 

Executive of Service, Adopt-A-Scholar director, scholar director, 

Zanzibar contact; Alternative Spring Break, Quito, Ecuador; Global 

Business Brigades, Panama; Jewish Leadership Council; Jewish Social 

Justice Council, chair (2010-11), vice chair; Hillel Alternative Spring 

Break, Montevideo, Uruguay; Hillel First Year Leadership Development; 

Sigma Delta Tau, founding sister; Raven Society; Golden Key 

International Honour Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Lawn Resident; Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.A Political Philosophy Policy and Law Distinguished 

Majors Program with highest distinction/ 

Spanish 

Future Plans 

To work as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company 

in Boston 

Gregory Scott Siegel 

Peggy and Henry Valentine Scholar 

Kent Denver School, Englewood, Colorado 

Honor Committee, College of Arts & Sciences representative, senior 

counsel, Faculty Advisory Committee chair; University Judiciary 

Committee counsel; U.Va. Collegiate Mock Trial, captain, Executive 

Board; LASE 151 Honor and Ethics in Everyday Life, class facilitator; 

Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team; INST 1550 Advocacy and 

the American Judicial System, course instructor; Sigma Chi; Dean’s 


Degree 

B.A Economics with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as a software architect for a strategic consulting 

firm Applied Predictive Technologies in Washington, 

D.C. before starting graduate school 


Emily Nicole Skiba 

Cincinnati, Ohio Scholar 

Summit Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio 

University Singers, president, concert manager, secretary; Breakthrough 

Collaborative, teacher intern; College Access for Everyone; 

IMP Grant student coach; Charlottesville City Schools, substitute 

teacher; OperaViva’s Pirates of Penzance; Undergraduate Babysitters; 

Madison House Service Organization, Migrant Aid Program; Days on 

the Lawn; Department of English Michael Wagenheim Scholarship 

Recipient; Phi Beta Kappa; Raven Society; Echols Scholar; McIntire 

Department of Music Dean’s Fund Scholarship for Voice; Intermediate 

Honors; Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.A. English/ M.T Secondary Education 

Future Plans 

To move to Houston, Texas where she will complete her 

student teaching as an English teacher in YES Prep 

Charter Schools. She will graduate in December 2011 

with an M.T. in Secondary Education and hopes to 

remain in Houston after receiving her diploma. 

Sarah Elizabeth Stickley 

William G. Pannill Scholar 

Rockbridge County High School, Lexington, Virginia 

Madison House Service Organization, Migrant Aid Program director, 

English as a Second Language Program, “I Have a Dream” Program; 

Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, core group leader; Cavalier Marching 

Band; HOOps Band; Abundant Life Ministries tutor; Global 

Development Organization; Kluge Children’s Fitness Center Intern; 

Kohl’s Growing Up Healthy co-teacher; Martha Jefferson Cardiac 

Rehabilitation Intern; Raven Society; Days on the Lawn; Dean’s List; 


Degree 

B.S. Kinesiology with a concentration in exercise 

physiology 

Future Plans 

To attend UNC Gillings School of Public Health’s Masters 

of Public Health Nutrition program 


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Stuart Elizabeth Stump 

Lawrence Lewis Jr. Scholar 

Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, North Carolina 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, Good-ole-Girl Probationary 

Award; University Singers; Chamber Singers; Reformed University 

Fellowship; HOPE (Homeless Outreach Poverty Eradication), leadership 

team, vice chair; Pi Beta Phi; Echols Council; Z Society First 

Year Recognition; 21 Society Recognition; Golden Key International 

Honour Society; National Scholars Honor Society; Phi Beta Kappa; 

Intermediate Honors; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Politics Honors Program 

Future Plans 

To work as a business analyst with McKinsey & Company 

in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Ji-Soo Suh 

Richard M. Berkeley Family Scholar 

International School Manila, Taguig City, Phillippines 

Honor Committee; LASE 151 Honor and Ethics in Everyday Life, class 

facilitator; University Judiciary Committee, counsel; Arts & Sciences 

Council, First Year representative, Academic Affairs Committee; 

Resident Staff, resident advisor; Sexual Assault Board; Mentoring and 

International eXchange Program; 2010 Navigant Case Competition 

winner; Rolls Royce ICE Competition winner; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Commerce/ B.A. Government 

Future Plans 

To move to New York City to work as an investment 

banking analyst for Sagent Advisors. 


Ning Tay 

Hilliard Family Scholar 

American International School of Guangzhou, 

Guangzhou, China 

First Year Council; Madison House Service Organization, Helpline 

Program director; Virginia Philosophers Society; Beach Volleyball 

Club; Virginia Women’s Rugby Club, fall 2010 captain, president, 

alumni connections coordinator; Virginia Rugby Union Under-23s 

All-Star team, captain; Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union Under-19s 

All-Star team, captain 

Degree 

B.A. Psychology/ English 

Future Plans 

To work in psychology labs while applying to graduate 

school for clinical psychology. Meanwhile she will be 

writing excessively and praying for the courage to apply to 

an MFA program instead. 

The Class of 2011 celebrating their Fourth Year Dinner at Farmington Country Club in April 2011. 


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Danna Elisabeth Thomas 

Robin Ashley Morgan Scholar 

Broadneck High School, Annapolis, Maryland 

Arts & Sciences Council, Music Department representative; Student 

Council Arts Committee; U.Va. Arts Board, student representative; 

McIntire Department of Music, jazz intern, tour guides, 

founder; U.Va. Medical School Center for Cell Signaling independent 

researcher; Chi Omega; St. Baldrick’s Foundation, treasurer; Days 

on the Lawn; Language Corps volunteer in Cambodia and Vietnam; 

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certified; 

Charlottesville Vineyard Christian Daycare; Breast Cancer Research 

Swimsuit Calendar fundraiser, Virginia representative; U.Va. Jazz 

Ensemble, lead saxophone; U.Va. Jazz Chamber Ensemble; U.Va. 

Clarinet Quartet; Cavalier Marching Band; HOOps Band; Musicians 

on Call; Jazz vocalist; ‘MINDS WIDE OPEN: U.Va. Celebrates Women in 

the Arts’ Executive Chair; Performed with the Baltimore Symphony 

Orchestra, U.S. Navy Band, and Grammy-nominated jazz musicians 

Dave Liebman and Terrence Blanchard; ‘Modern Medication’ album 

featured alto saxophone; ‘The Tiptons’ opening performer; Piedmont 

Council of the Arts ‘Art Blog: featured female artist; WTJU ‘Eclectic 

Women’ radio show, guest host; ‘Art Works Virginia’ state conference, 

student arts advocate; Bill T.Jones Billy Bang and Bill Cole Residencies 

volunteer; Fred Frith Residency alto sax performance; Miss 

Virginia Dogwood, 2010 talent winner; Miss Virginia Finalist 2010; 

Miss Maryland 2008 Preliminary Pageant; National Alliance on Mental 

Illnessm member, Maryland State Advocate; Children’s Miracle 

Network Telethon, guest host; Mental Health Foundation, national 

spokesperson, ambassador; Institute for Practical Ethics and Public 

Life Scholarship Recipient; Selected to be featured in a documentary 

about involvement with the Music For Mental Health Foundation 

which will be submitted to the 2012 Cannes and Sundance Film 

Festivals as well as Showtime Networks; Children’s Miracle Network 

‘Miracle Maker’ Award; Miss University City 2011, Miss Maryland 2011 

Finalist; McIntire Department of Music Performance Scholarship; Phi 

Eta Sigma Honor Society; Raven Society; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Echols Interdisciplinary Major in Arts Administration 

and Jazz Studies with distinction 

Future Plans 

To attend Johns Hopkins University in the fall for a Master’s 

in Teaching while serving as a 2011 Teach For America 

corps member. She will be teaching elementary education in 

a low-income community in Baltimore, Maryland. In June 

Danna competed for the title of Miss Maryland in the hopes 

of becoming the next Miss America. 


Sarah Kristen Touse 

The Westend Foundation Scholar 

Girls Preparatory School, Chattanooga, Tennessee 

Honor Committee, counsel, investigations coordinator; Arts & 

Sciences Council, Strategic Initiatives chair, Academic Affairs chair 

and ombudsman, First Year Committee chair; University Judiciary 

Committee, senior counselor, counsel; Majors Advising Program advisor; 

VISAS English as a Second Language assistant; Madison House 

Service Organization, Boosters Program; Girl Scout Troop 444 leader; 

Webb House Council; First Year Council; Third Year Council; Sustained 

Dialogue; Economics Outstanding Major Award; Duncan Clark Hyde 

Award for Academic Achievement in Economics; Kenneth G. Elzinga 

Scholarship for Academic Excellence; Best Thesis in Economics 

Award; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Economics Distinguished Majors Program with 

highest distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company 

in Atlanta 

Lian Xue 

William H.P. Young Scholar 

Shanghai Foreign Language School, Shanghai, China 

Madison House Service Organization, Adopt-a-Grandparent 

Program, Holiday Sharing; Peer Advising Family Network, advisor; 

Student Council Diversity Initiative; Arts & Sciences Council, 

Economic Department representative; Mentoring and International 

eXchange Program; Alternative Spring Break, South Dakota; 

International Students Inc., president (2010-11), outreach chair; 

International Students and Scholars Program, student ambassador; 

SEED, Building Haiti; Salsa Club; Pancakes for Parkinson’s; Mainland 

Student Network Interviewer Program; Raven Society; Floyd Prize 

in Mathematics; Intermediate Honors; Elzinga Scholarship; Phi Beta 

Kappa; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Economics, Distinguished Major Program/ 

Mathematics 

Future Plans 

To work for Bain & Company in New York 


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marks of 

leadership 

Each member of the Class of 2012 became 

deeply invested in various facets of the University. 

Highlights of their collective involvement include: 

Madison House Bridging the Gap, Program Director 

Western Albemarle Rescue Squad EMT 

The Oculus Editorial Board member 

Miller Center for Public Affairs Presidential Recordings Program, participant 

Undergraduate Coordinator for Medieval Studies 

Public Policy Graduate Teaching Assistant 

Dance Instructor, Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center 

McIntire Mentors Program, Head Mentor 

U.Va. Women’s Center International Initiatives Intern (2011-2012) 

Bioethics Society Vice President 

Student Council Academic Affairs Committee member 

Nursing Students without Borders, Local Initiatives director 

Virginia Gentlemen, president 

U.Va. Mock Trial, vice-president 

University Guide Service 

US-Iran Relations Dissertation Research Assistant 

University Honor Committee, Commerce School representative 

Class of 2012 Trustee 

Hullabahoos, music director 

The Declaration, art director 

Pancakes for Parkinsons, co-chair 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award recipient 

Sustained Dialogue Chair 

The Whethermen Improv Comedy, president 

Public Service Fellows, lead fellow (2011-12) 

Third Year Council member 

The Online Musical, co-founder and composer 


Korean Catholic Students Ministry, president 

Arab Student Organization, president (2011-12) 

Honor Committee, senior educator

the class of 

2012 

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Hannah Miller Barefoot 

Lawrence Lewis Jr. Scholar 

North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 

Brown College resident advisor (2009-2011); The Declaration, art director, business manager, 

assistant art director, associate editor; Sustained Dialogue; Washington Literary and Debating 

Union provisional class; Monroe Society; U.Va. Community Garden, garden assistant (2010- 

2011), U.Va. Outreach Coordinator; Student Environmental Action, SPROUT community 

garden; PATCH Community Garden internship (2011); Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, William R. 

Kenan Jr. Fellowship; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Studio Art and English 

Elizabeth Stratford Bowles 

Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation Scholar 

Washington International School, Washington, D.C. 

Public Service Fellows, lead fellow (2011-12); Flash Seminars, co-organizer; EngageUVA weekly 

e-newsletter, co-editor; Student Council, Public Service Committee co-chair, Environmental 

Sustainability Committee, Zipcar task force leader; Teresa Sullivan’s Presidential Inauguration, 

subcommittee on student participation, subcommittee on the Day of Service; Women’s Leadership 

Development Program, Executive Committee; Pi Beta Phi; Days on the Lawn, panelist, 

volunteer; Pancakes for Parkinson’s, batter captain; Alternative Spring Break, Ghana, Panama; 

Jefferson Public Citizen Research Award, Inner Mongolia Grand-Aides Program; Institute for 

Practical Ethics and Public Life Internship Award; Raven-ODK First Year Recognition; Z Society 

First Year recognition; Lawn Resident (2011-12); Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Political and Social Thought 

Kirsti Anne Campbell 

James Earle Sargeant - Seven Society Scholar 

John Handley High School, Winchester, Virginia 

Undergraduate Research Network (chair 2010-11), symposium chair; Madison House Service Organization, 

Adopt a Grandparent Program director, Health Services volunteer; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular 

Biology (ATVB), Chicago 2011 poster presentation; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine shadow; The 

Oculus, editorial board member; Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, film series; Biol 3010: Genetics 

and Molecular Biology volunteer tutor; Employee Appreciation Week Planning Committee member; Honor 

Advisor; College Science Scholar, Summer Research Grant recipient; Days on the Lawn; Women in Medicine 

Initiatives; American Medical Student Association; Fraser Lab member; McNamara Lab member; Catholic 

Student Ministry; Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship; Monroe Society; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; 

Dean’s List; Echols Scholar; Raven Society; Intermediate Honors; Phi Beta Kappa; Lawn Resident (2011-12) 

Biology 


Richard David Cates 

Richard S. Cross Scholar 

Kennett High School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 

University Guide Service; Washington Literary Society and Debating Union; Economics Club, 

Tutoring chair; 2009 Bike MS Tour de Vine, the Meadeorites; Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow; PPOL 6150: Graduate Teaching Assistant; American Enterprise Institute, Economic 

Policy Studies division, graduate intern; VeconLab, research assistant; Small Research Grant; 

Duncan Clark Hyde Award for Academic Achievement; Dean’s List 

Economics and Public Policy 

Audra June Delauder 

Westmoreland Coal Company Penn Virginia Scholar 

St. Paul High School, St. Paul, Virginia 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, Sergeant at Arms; Nu Omega Iota Sorority 

Inc.; Virginia Horror Society, vice president, founding member; Hereford Residential College 

Council; C.A.I.N.E.; Intrarmural Sports; Environmental Science Organization; life member of 

the Southern California Earthquake Commission (SCEC); Girls Excited about Math and Science 

(G.E.M.S.); Day in the Life tutoring, student initiated course instructor; women’s self defense 

instructor; Dean’s List 

Secondary Science Education and Environmental Science 

Wayne Lee Dell 

Charles L. Brown Memorial Scholar 

Pensacola High School, Pensacola, Florida 

Virginia Gentlemen, president, business manager; Pancakes for Parkinson’s, entertainment 

coordinator; University Guide Service; First Year Players West Side Story assistant choreographer 

and assistant business manager, Urinetown fundraising chair, Sweeney Todd, Footloose; 

Seeds of Hope, Brazil; Student Council, Student Arts Committee; Omicron Delta Kappa; Raven 

Society First Year Recognition 

Economics and Chinese 


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John Mark DiGrazia 

Claude R. Davenport Jr. Scholar 

St. Christopher’s School, Princeton, New Jersey 

University Honor Committee, Commerce School representative, counsel, Senior Support, pretrial 

coordinator; Seeds of Hope Brazil, Executive Board, Spiritual Booty; 1 in 4; Beta Theta Pi 

Fraternity, Executive Board, recruitment chair, scholarship chair; Charlottesville Abundant Life 

Ministries, Bible Club; Commerce School student mentor; Reformed University Fellowship; 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, Programs Committee; CHoosE a cappella, contact 

manager; Webb-Maupin Association Council; Cavalier Daily production; First Year Fellowship; 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow; Cavalier Commendations recipient; National Society 

of Collegiate Scholars; Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society; Golden Key Honors Society; Deans List; 

Intermediate Honors; Echols Scholar 

Economics, Commerce , Spanish 

Thomas Alexander Eschenroeder 

James P. Massie Scholar 

Trinity Episcopal School, Richmond, Virginia 

Honor Committee, CLAS representative, Diversity Advisory Board co-chair, Flex Exam Ad 

Hoc Committee co-chair, advisor; Student Council, University Unity Project; Madison House 

Service Organization, Bridging the Gap, program director; Alternative Spring Break, Portland 

site leader, Ecuador; Jefferson Public Citizens Grant, Grand Aides - Inner Mongolia; Behavioral 

Neuroendocrinology Research, Rissman Lab; Phi Delta Theta, social chair; Dean’s List 


Tyler Stephen Frankenberg 

Carl H. Lindner III Scholar 

Archbishop Moeller High School, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Page-Emmet Association Council, community service director; Sustained Dialogue; Alternative 

Spring Break, Cincinnati site leader, Chicago; First Year Players, Carousel assistant director, 

Sweeney Todd cast member; The Whethermen Improv Comedy, president, vice president, 

publicity manager; Spectrum Theater’s Voices of the Class of 2010, actor, writer; Grounds for 

Discussion; Summer Orientation Leader; International Relations Organization; Dean’s List 



Laura Karen Hansen 

Molly Hereford - Susanne Smith Scholar 

Pittsford Mendon High School, Pittsford, New York 

Interprofessional Education Initiative with U.Va. School of Medicine, clinical skills instructor; 

Nursing Students without Borders, local initiatives director; Student Nurses’ Association of 

Virginia, vice president, legislative director, community service chair; Jefferson Scholars Public 

Service Fellow, health care reform panels, Talk is Cheap; Flash Seminars; Madison House 

Service Organization, Abundant Life Ministries Program tutor, Medical Services; Days on the 

Lawn; Reformed University Fellowship; Kappa Delta; Institute for Practical Ethics Summer 

Internship Award; SON International Endowment Scholarship; Honors Clinical; Raven Society; 

Lawn Resident (2011-2012); Intermediate Honors; Dean’s List 

Nursing, Public Health 

Elizabeth Tyler Harris 

In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin B. White Sr. and 

Claire C. Smith Scholar 

St. Catherine’s School, Richmond, Virginia 

Madison House Service Organization, Big Siblings mentor, Boosters, Cavs in the Classroom, 

PLAY After-School Activities; Student Council, Academic Affairs Committee; Third Year 

Council; University Board of Audit and Management, commissioner; Students for Students 

International, finance chair; Women’s Club Tennis Team; Days on the Lawn; Kappa Alpha 

Theta; Dean’s List, Echols Scholar 

Commerce School/Arts Administration and Curatorial Studies (Echols 

Interdisciplinary Major) 

Martha Pemberton Heath 

Betsey Gamble Feinour Scholar 

St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, Delaware 

Sustained Dialogue, chair, moderator, public relations representative; University Democrats; 

University Guide Service; University of Virginia Cycling Club; University of Virginia Triathlon 

Club; Women’s Rugby Football Club; Anne Marye Owen Prize in Latin; Omicron Delta Kappa/ 

Raven Society First Year Recognition; Raven Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Dean’s List; Intermediate 

Honors; Echols Scholar 

Political and Social Thought, Mathematics 


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Mary Olivia Hutton 

The Noland Scholar 

Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Maine 

First Year Players stage crew; Ballroom Dance Club; McGlathery Lab research assistant; St. 

Paul’s Episcopal Church choir; Canterbury Student Fellowship; Days on the Lawn; Chi Alpha 

Fellowship; Alternative Spring Break, Zion National Park, Utah; College Science Scholar; 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow; David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award; 


Environmental Sciences 

Kaitlin Murphy Kelley 

Thomas E. Martin Jr. Family Scholar 

The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia 

Pancakes for Parkinson’s, co-chair, public relations chair, personnel director; Chi Omega, president, 

ISC representative; University Judiciary Committee, counselor; Madison House Service 

Organization, Migrant Aid volunteer; YMCA girls lacrosse coach; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Economics and Spanish 

Jin Yoo Kim 

Olive B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell Scholar 

International School of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

Reunifications of the Koreas, committee chair; International Relations Organization, Virginia 

international crisis simulation; Alternative Spring Break, Biloxi, Mississippi; Korean Student 

Association, outreach chair; Korean Catholic Student Ministry, president, treasurer, worship 

and praise chair; Global Student Organization, international volunteer; Virginia Model United 

Nations Conference, staffer; Habitat for Humanity 

Economics and Statistics 


Mary Catherine Kinniburgh 

Joseph R. Daniel Scholar 

Langley High School, McLean, Virginia 

Charlottesville-Albemarle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals pet adoption; Medieval Studies, 

undergraduate coordinator; President Teresa Sullivan’s Inauguration Poster Competition in Humanities, finalist; 

Livestrong Yoga, instructor; U.Va. Transitions Program for Stress Management and Wellness, workshop leader; 

Shamrock Marathon and Half Marathon; Day in the Life in-class tutor for English at Charlottesville High School; 

local musician, ukulele guerilla; Conservation Advocates; VISAS classroom consultant; U.Va. Health Systems 

Club Red article author; Cavalier Daily, health and sexuality writer; Feminism Is For Everyone; Hoos Ready, 

Programs Committee; Madison House Service Organization; Learning Needs and Evaluation Center, volunteer; 

U.Va Human Resources Department enrichment in yoga; U.Va. Aquatic and Fitness Center, instructor, trainer, 

group exercise fitness coordinator; Outstanding Participant Retention Award for Edge Yoga; U.Va.’s yoga program 

at Southeastern Collegiate Fitness Expo at the College of William and Mary, representative and presenter; 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award; Dean’s List, Intermediate Honors 

Medieval Studies, English 

Joseph Michael Koes 

Chiswell D. Langhorne Jr. Scholar 

E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, Virginia 

Fourth Year Trustees, Big Events Committee; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social chair; Jefferson 

Literary and Debating Society, vice chair of event planning, Restoration Ball Committee; 

Inter-Greek Habitat for Humanity, Steering Committee; Alternative Spring Break, Grand 

Canyon; Madison House Service Organization, Big Siblings Program; Outdoors at U.Va.; Days 

on the Lawn; Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Honor Society; First Year Council, activities 

committee; Woody/Cauthen Association Council; Sigma Alpha Lambda; Outdoors at U.Va.; 

Days on the Lawn; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; Golden Key International Honour 

Society; Order of Omega, Dean’s List 

Biology, Specialization in Environmental and Biological Conservation 

Garrett Browne Lyons 

C. Porter Schutt Scholar 

Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Delaware 

Honor Committee, investigations coordinator, Procedures Committee, Technology Ad-Hoc 

Committee, counsel; Student Council, Academic Affairs Committee; Madison House Service 

Organization, Bridging the Gap mentor, Community Events Program director; Sustained Dialogue; 

UVA Kiva; Miller Center for Public Affairs, Presidential Recordings Program; University 

Board of Elections; University Democrats, membership program director; College Republicans; 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow; Raven/ODK First Year Recognition; National 

Society of Collegiate Scholars; Phi Eta Sigma; Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society;Lawn 

Resident (2011-12); Dean’s List 

History, Distinguished Majors Program, and Government 


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Maria Malas 

Lyell B. Clay Scholar 

Charleston Catholic High School, Charleston, West Virginia 

Sustained Dialogue, chair (2011-12), moderator; Arab Student Organization, president 

(2011-12); Peer Health Educator, FIMRC, secretary, VISAS, ESL tutor; Cavalier Daily, senior 

writer; Brown College Govboard, portal representative; Sigma Delta, Pledge Class president, 

social chair; 2009 Bike MS Tour de Vine, MS 150 Team; Dean’s List 

Philosophy, French 

Paul Jonathan Michel 

David J. Wood Scholar 

Monticello High School, Charlottesville, Virginia 

Student Council, Academic Affairs Committee; Webb/Maupin Association Council, vice president; 

Arts & Sciences Council, Spanish department representative; Madison House Service 

Organization, team leader, Southwood bilingual tutor; Monticello High School, theater 

technician; Third Year Recognition; Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary Mathematics Society; Intermediate 

Honors; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Spanish and Mathematics 

Yixiao Min 

Havens Family Scholar 

Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School, Beijing, China 

Honor Committee, senior educator, LASE 151: Honor and Ethics in Everyday Life class facilitator, Diversity 

Advisory Board; Madison House Service Organization, ESL Program director, ESL tutor; Third Year Council, 

Academics and Career Committee, Class Week Committee; Alternative Spring Break, China site leader, 

Congaree; International Student Inc., publicity chair; Student Council, Civic Engagement Committee, 

diversity initiative; International Students and Scholars Program, international student ambassador; 

Hoos Ready, Program Committee; Monroe Society; Mentoring and International eXchange Program; 

International Host Program, undergraduate representative; Global Development Organization; Mainland 

Student Network, Interviewer Program; Chinese Student and Scholar Society; College Science Scholar; 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award (2011-2012); Lawn Resident (2011-2012); Dean’s 

List; Echols Scholar; Echols Ingrassia Research Grant; Intermediate Honors 

Politics Honors Program and Economics 


Hannah Marie Moody 

David C. Walentas Scholar 

Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, California 

Echols/Humphreys Association Council, community service organizer; Madison House 

Service Organization, English as a Second Language volunteer; Pi Beta Phi, transition officer; 

Independent Study Insurgency Behavior in Iraq under Professor Alexander, research assistant; 

US-Iran Relations TA dissertation research assistant; Amnesty International; College of Arts & 

Sciences, first year mentor; University Democrats; Women’s Water Polo Club, vice president; 

SPCA volunteer; Dean’s List 

Foreign Affairs with a concentration in the Middle East and Middle Eastern 

Studies 

Emma Elizabeth Ying Murphy 

Hathaway Family Scholar 

Glenelg Country School, Ellicott City, Maryland 

U.Va. Women’s Center International Initiatives, intern (2011-2012); University Singers, publicity 

chair; Virginia Organizing Project; Sustained Dialogue; Student Council, Civic Engagement 

Committee; University Singers; Chamber Singers; Alpha Phi Omega, Community Build Committee; 

First Year Fellowship; Agape Christian Fellowship; Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow; Institute for Practical Ethics Scholarship; Z Society First Year Recognition; Raven 

Society First Year Recognition; Seven Society Recognition; Dean’s List; Intermediate Honors; 

Phi Beta Kappa; Echols Scholar 

Political and Social Thought and Religious Studies 

Emily Ann Pearce 

Olsson Family Scholar 

Lafayette High School, Williamsburg, Virginia 

Madison House Service Organization, Bridging the Gap, program director, Charlottesville Area 

Riding Therapy instructor-in-training, mentor; Alternative Spring Break, president (2011-12), 

Grand Canyon site leader, executive board site leader chair; ENC Teach for America pen pal; 

research assistant; Relay for Life; University Democrats; Western Albemarle Rescue Squad 

Biology and Environmental Sciences with a concentration in Biological and 

Environmental Conservation 


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Matthew Magaldi Pesesky 

Class of 1983 - David P. Carmack Memorial Scholar 

Leonia High School, Leonia, New Jersey 

University Guide Service, outreach co-chair; Madison House Service Organization, Burley 

Middle School Tutoring Program; ONE at U.Va., treasurer; University Historical Society, 

founding member; University Archaeological Society; VISAS, language consultant; Habitat 

for Humanity; Hoos Grillin’, co-founder; U.Va. WindEnsemble; Charlottesville/University 

Symphony Orchestra; Concert Band and Glee Club, guest musician; Trombone Ensemble; 

Raven Society; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

History 

Dagney Devlin Pruner 

Nancy and Neal O. Wade Jr. Scholar 

The Awty International School, Houston, Texas 

First Year Council; Second Year Council; Madison House Service Organization, Boosters; Barrett 

Day Care Center, teaching aide; University Dance Club; Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center, 

dance instructor; American Indian Student Union; Kappa Kappa Gamma, social chair, apparel 

chair, Academic Committee; University Democrats; Global Development Studies, major advisor; 

Global Development Organization; Jefferson Public Citizens Grant to conduct research on 

South African disabled community, recipient 

Global Development Studies 

Megan Elizabeth Raymond 

Randolph P. Barton Family Scholar 

Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, Texas 

Student Council, Environmental Sustainability Committee, Research & Development Task 

Force leader; Madison House Service Organization, Cavs in the Classroom Program director; 

Socially Responsible Investing Organization, Research Committee; First Year Players, Footloose 

cast member; Lax Lite; Alternative Spring Break, Portland, Oregon site leader, Jamaica; Chi 

Omega, Recruitment chair; Days on the Lawn; McIntire Mentors Program, head mentor; 

ISC Themes, Contact Policy Committee; Beta Gamma Sigma; Intermediate Honors; Order of 

Omega; Lawn Resident (2011-12); Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Commerce with concentrations in Finance and Management 


Matthew William Savarese 

Joan and Philip B. Pool Jr. Family Scholar 

Rye High School, Rye, New York 

U.Va. Office of New Student Programs, orientation leader; Madison House Service 

Organization, soccer coach; Alternative Spring Break, fundraising chair, Smoky Mountains site 

leader, Honduras; Hullabahoos A Cappella; U.Va. Arts Board, marathon project chair; First Year 

Players, Footloose cast member, Urinetown assistant director; Spectrum Theatre, I Love You 

Because co-director and actor; The Online Musical, co-founder, composer; Sorting Through: 

A New Musical, producer, composer; ACCIAC Fellows in Creativity and Innovation Award 

recipient; Dean’s List 

Media Studies and Music 

Kelly Michael Snow 

Holbert L. Harris Foundation Scholar 

West Springfield High School, Springfield, Virginia 

Hullabahoos, music director; First Year Players, Carousel vocal director, Sweeney Todd cast 

member; College Access for Everyone, student coach; University Singers; Charlottesville Music 

Resource Center, vocal coach; Dean’s List 

History and Foreign Affairs 

Semen Yakov Svirnovskiy 

William A. Hobbs Scholar 

Mary Institute St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, Missouri 

Student Council, Student Arts Committee; Webb/Maupin Association Council, secretary; 

Resident advisor; Arts & Sciences Council, peer advising chair; ONE at U.Va., president; 

Madison House Service Organization, Bridging the Gap mentor, tutor, soccer coach; Virginia 

Gentlemen; First Year Players; Popsense.com, sports editor; ENC Teach for America pen pal; 

Hillel at U.Va., birthright; Jewish Leadership Council; Sinai Scholars; Phi Eta Sigma Honors 

Society; Omicron Delta Kappa; Raven Society First Year Recognition; Raven Society; Golden 

Key Honour Society; Intermediate Honors; Dean’s List, Echols Scholar 

Political Philosophy, Policy and Law and Sociology 


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Benjamin Lees Wallace 

C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins Scholar 

The Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, Delaware 

U.Va. Mock Trial, vice president, treasurer, captain; Student Council, representative body 

chair, College of Arts and Sciences representative, First Year representative, Athletic Affairs 

Committee member; First Year Council, president; Madison House Service Organization, Legal 

Aid Justice Center Program; Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; Truman Scholarship; Echols Scholar; 

Intermediate Honors; Dean’s List 

Politics Honors Program and Economics 

Christiana Grace White 

Deborah and Eli W. Tullis Scholar 

Vail Mountain School, Vail, Colorado 

Honor Committee, pre-trial coordinator, counsel; Madison House Service Organization, Big 

Siblings Program director; Bioethics Society, vice president; Abundant Life Ministries, tutor; 

Virginia Public Health and Safety, CPR instructor; Ethically Engaged Youth, trip co-leader, 

Meru, Kenya; Jefferson Public Citizens Grant, Grand Aides - Inner Mongolia; First Year Fellowship; 

Kappa Kappa Gamma, president, risk manager; Gray-Carrington Scholarship Award 

finalist; Phi Beta Kappa; Lawn Resident (2011-12); Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Interdisciplinary Major - The US Health Care System: Public Policy Ethics 

and Economics 



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marks of 

leadership 

At the midpoint of their University careers, members 

of the Class of 2013 have established a reputation for 

active citizenship and effective leadership. 

A selection of their activities include: 

U.Va. Mock Trial team 

Jewish Leadership Council 

Honor Educator 

University Judiciary Council 

Cavalier Education Program Instructor 

Virginia Literary Review 

Special Olympics soccer and softball coach 

Published author in Inside a U.S. Embassy: Diplomacy at Work, the guide book for 

Foreign Service 

Second Year Council 

Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration National Youth Leadership Committee 

2011-12 Sustained Dialogue Moderator 

Engineering Students Without Borders, academic chair 

Madison House Service Organization YMCA swim instructor 

Reformed University Fellowship ministry team member and small group leader 

Student Entrepreneurs for Economic Development 

The Military Order of the World Wars Award recipient 


Madison House Holiday Sharing Program Director 

Hootzpah: Jewish A Cappella, president 

Alternative Spring Break, trip leader 

Rodman Council, co-president 

Water and Health in Limpopo, South Africa project member 

Alexander Hamilton Society, founder and president 

Research Assistant in the Microfabrication lab

the class of 

2013 

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José Edwin Argueta 

William H.P. Young Scholar 

Escuela Americana, San Salvador, El Salvadro 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union; Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow; 

Monroe Society; Days on the Lawn; Internship with BackStory with the American History 

Guys; Cavalier Academic Support Team, mentor and tutor; Sustained Dialogue, moderator; 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union; Madison House Service Organization, 

Migrant Aid, program director; 2011 Bolivar Network Book Scholarship; Dean’s List; Echols 

Scholar 

History and Philosophy 

Luke Cornelius Patrick Brennan 

G. Bernard Hamilton Family Scholar 

United World College - USA, Calgary, Canada 

First Year Council, Fundraising chair; Madison House Service Organization, PLAY: After School 

Activities; Lile/Tuttle Association Council, ONE at U.Va. Campus Challenge coordinator; First 

Year Players, Social chair, Tech Crew, Fundraising Committee; Days on the Lawn; Second Year 

Council, Dinner Series Committee; IFC Judiciary Council, counselor; Phi Delta Theta, secretary, 

Alumni Relations chair; Echols Scholar 

Commerce and Economics 

Robert Julian Chuchla 

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Scholar 

Stratford Senior High School, Houston, Texas 

Delta Sigma Phi, pledge class president; Inter-Fraternity Council, junior member; Madison 

House Service Organization, YMCA Swim Instructor; Club Ultimate Frisbee Team; Monroe 

Society; University Democrats; Dean’s List 

Mathematics and Computer Science 


Julia Mae Freeburg 

John P. March Scholar 

Bellarmine Preparatory School, Enumclaw, Washington 

Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department, firefighter, EMT; Thomas Jefferson Medical Reserve 

Corps, volunteer; Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, Public Affairs Officer, Company Chief 

Petty Officer; NROTC Standard Drill Team; NROTC Squad Drill Team; Military Order of the World 

Wars Award (ROTC Leadership Award); CavEd Course, student instructor Fall 2011; Alexander 

Hamilton Society, treasurer; Trident Society, treasurer; Society of Women Engineers; Agape 

Christian Fellowship; Rodman Scholar, “21st Century Disasters” Lecture Series, coordinator; 

Dean’s List 

Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy 

Anya Amalia Havriliak 

Molly Hereford - Susanne Smith Scholar 

Marymount School, New York , New York 

Virginia Mock Trial, competitor, captain; Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women; University Judiciary 

Committee, educator; Sexual Assault Advisory Committee, Facts and Education; Catholic 

Student Ministry; Echols Scholar 

Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law and Classics 

Virginia Barclay Hawkins 

Virginia Barclay Hawkins 

Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas 

Pancakes for Parkinson’s Pancakes director, 2010; Jefferson Public Service Fellow; VISAS, 

ESL tutor; Second Year Council, representative; Monroe Society; Mainland Student Network; 

Cavalier Education, Program instructor; International Admissions Office, volunteer; Kappa 

Kappa Gamma 

Business and Culture of China 


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Hillary Anne Hurd 

William M. Hill Jr. Scholar 

Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School, Richmond, Virginia 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, Debate and Oratory Committee, Debate chair, Pen 

and Ink Committee; University Judiciary Council, counselor, First Year Judiciary Council; Jefferson 

Scholars Public Service Fellow, Talk is Cheap, Refugee Awareness Dinner, coordinator; 

Alternative Spring Break, site leader Peru; Reagan Centennial Youth Committee; Alexander 

Hamilton Society; International Relations Organization; Wilson Journal, Editorial Board; 

Agape Christian Fellowship; Hootzpah; Best Probationary Presentation, Jefferson Literary and 

Debating Society; Bareiuthur Award; Virginia Legends; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Russian Studies and Foreign Affairs 

Christopher Michael Jones 

Brenda and Robert Dolan Scholar 

Floyd E. Kellam High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia 

Resident Advisor; University Democrats; Association for Computing Machinery, secretary; 

International Collegiate Programming Challenge; Madison House Service Organization; 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, Provisional chair, Harrison Cup; United 

States Institute for Peace; Monroe Society 

Computer Science 

Adam Patrick Joseph 

J. Sanford Miller Family Scholar 

The Branson School, Tiburon, California 

Honor Advisor; U.Va. Student Ambassador; Madison House Service Organization YMCA basketball 

coach; Public Service Fellow; Amuse Bouche Improv Comedy; Virginia Anthropology 

Society; International Relations Organization; Global Development Organization; Alternative 

Spring Break Participant, 2011 trip leader, Joshua Tree National Park, Honduras El Progreso; 

ESL class assistant; Pancake’s for Parkinson’s, flipper captain; Sigma Chi; Phi Eta Sigma Honor 

Society; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Global Development Studies 


Andrea Michelle Kaplan 

Parents Program Scholar 

Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth Meeting, Pennslyvania 

Webb-Maupin Association Council, treasurer; Madison House Service Organization Holiday 

Sharing Program, 2010 and 2011 program director, 2009 volunteer; Jewish Social Justice 

Council; First Year Players: Urinetown, West Side Story, assistant hair and make-up artist; Hillel 

First-Year Leadership Development Program, Peer Network Campus Engagement intern; 

Inter-Sorority Council, assistant recruitment chair; Pi Beta Phi, Leadership Nominating Committee; 

Pancakes for Parkinson’s volunteer, flipper captain; Take Back the Night volunteer; 

Days on the Lawn; Monroe Society; Virginia Ambassadors 

Mathematics and Commerce 

Muriel Moore MacDonald 

Holbert L. Harris Foundation Scholar 

Yorktown High School, Arlington, Virginia 

Hootzpah, president: Jewish A Cappella, president; Hillel, Jewish Religious Life Council, vice 

chair; Jewish Leadership Council; First Year Leadership Development Program; Oluponya Records, 

recording artist; Shakespeare on the Lawn; Musicians on Call; Sustainability Advocates; 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society; The ONE Campaign: U.Va. Chapter, publicity chair; 

First Year Players; Intern with Creigh Deeds campaign 

Modern Studies 

Adwait Mane 

Reginald S. and Julia W. Fleet Foundation Scholar 

Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, India 

Sustained Dialogue; Hoos Flying Aero-Modeling Club; Washington Society; Rodman Council, 

director of new media; U.Va. Salsa Club; Microfabrication Lab, research assistant; American 

Society of Mechanical Engineers; National Society of Collegiate Scholars 

Mechanical Engineering and Economics 


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Rachel Clare Midura 

Daniel S. Adler Scholar 

South Lakes High School, Reston, Virginia 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, Non-Original Literary Contest Winner, 

Original Literary Contest, third place winner; Essay published in “Inside a U.S. Embassy: 

Diplomacy at Work”; Warm Up America; Write Club; Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow; 

History Distinguished Major Program; Research Assistant; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

History and Italian 

Stephen Andrew Nash 

Alan and Muriel Botsford and Crawford and 

Virginia Johnson Scholar 

Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York 

Honor Counsel; Academic Affairs Committee, chair; Madison House Service Organization, I 

Have a Dream Program; Jewish Leadership Council, member; Phi Delta Theta Fraternity,vice 

president, pledge class secretary; Pancakes for Parkinsons, griddle captain; Days on the Lawn; 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow; Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society; Days on the Lawn; 

Dean’s List 

Echols Interdisciplinary Major: Religion and the Modern State 

Carolyn Elizabeth Pelnik 

Virginia and Alfred L. Munkres Scholar 

Henrico High School, Richmond, Virginia 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union; Engineering Students Without Borders, 

academic chair; Rodman Council, networking chair; Spectra Engineering and Applied Science 

Research Journal, student editorial board; Madison House Service Organization,high school 

tutor; Alpha Phi Omega Co-Ed Community Service Fraternity; Summer Opportunities Abroad 

in Guatemala; U.Va. in Lyon, summer study abroad; Global Ingenuity 21: U.Va. Engineering 

in Braunschweig, summer study abroad; Ford Lab,chemical engineering research trainee; 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellows; Days on the Lawn; Darden Entrepreneurship Cup: 

Trophy Design Challenge Winning Team; Harrison Undergraduate Research Grant; Jefferson 

Public Citizens Grant; Jefferson Trust Foundation Grant; Rodman Scholar; Dean’s List 

Engineering Science 


Sarah Caroline Plowden 

L. David Horner III and S.W. Heischman Scholar 

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, South Carolina 

Undergraduate Research Network, Symposium Committee; Washington Literary Society and 

Debating Union; The Oculus Undergraduate Research Journal, student editorial board; 3.7 

Literary Magazine; Virginia Literary Review; Madison House Service Organization Volunteer, 

Tutoring Program; Shakespeare on the Lawn, Act V actor, Cyrano de Bergerac, assistant stage 

manager; Virginia Society for the Recruitment of Special Scholars; Virginia Festival of the 

Book, volunteer; Days on the Lawn; Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society 

treasurer; College Science Scholar; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

English and Medieval Studies 

Weston Lee Reynolds 

Virginia R. and William H. White III Scholar 

Harrisonburg High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Student Entrepreneurs for Economic Development (SEED); First-Year Outreach Coordinator; 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow; Flash Seminars; First Year Players, Urinetown, cast 

member; Students for Students International; Alternative Winter Break, Puerto Rico; Monroe 

Society, prospective student host; Sailing Club; Phi Delta Theta; Dean’s List 

Political & Social Thought and Economics 

Taylor Ann Richardson 

Tampa Area Scholar 

Tampa Preparatory School, Tampa, Florida 

Honor Educator; Blue Print Leadership Enrichment Program; Madison House Service Organization, 

soccer coaching, athletics program director- YMCA; Women’s Club Soccer, treasurer ; 

Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Research; ALS Lab Research with Professor Guilford; 

Alternative Spring Break, site leader, Jamaica; Delta Zeta Sorority; Phi Eta Sigma; Echols 

Scholar 

Commerce and Biomedical Engineering 


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Colleen Delaney Rigby 

William G. Pannill Scholar 

Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School, Fairhaven, New Jersey 

Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, National Youth Leadership Committee; The Burke 

Society; The Alexander Hamilton Society, event coordinator; Madison House Service Organization, 

tutor; Day Care; St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, lector; Relay for Life; Days on the 

Lawn; Catholic Student Ministry; Second Year Council, Academic and Career Development 

Committee; College Republicans; Pancakes for Parkinson’s; Hoo Crew; Intramural Sports, 

Soccer, Flag Football; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Government and Economics 

Joseph Weje Riley 

Betty and Jack Blackburn Scholar 

Central High School of McMinn County, Etowah, Tennessee 

Army ROTC, AIRBORNE School Graduate, Ranger Challenge Team; Insurgent Behaviors, 

Research coordinator; College of Arts and Sciences, Student Council representative; Alexander 

Hamilton Society, founder and president; Honor Adviser; First Year Council representative; 

Second Year Council representative; Third Year Class Council, Community Service Committee; 

Alternative Spring Break, site leader to Costa Rica; Teaching a class Fall 2011: “Ethics in 

Modern Warfare”; Defense Department Language Grant recipient; Harrison Research Grant 

recipient 

Politics Honors and Mandarin Chinese 

Rachel Soo Hoo Smith 

George Lewis Scholar 

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts 

Engineering Students Without Boarders, ESWB Project Committee chair; Water and Health 

in Limpopo, South Africa project; Ballroom Dance Club; Global Development Organization; African 

Studies Forum; Peer Advising Family Network; Jefferson Scholars Public Citizen Award; 

Rodman Scholar 

Biomedical Engineering 


Shelby Katherine Sutton 

William C. and Frederick W. Whitridge Scholar 

Memorial High School, Houston, Texas 

Honor Educator; Reformed University Fellowship: ministry team, small group leader; Abundant 

Life Ministries: bible club leader, tutor,spring break project; IM-Rec Sports: kickboxing, 

cycle and hoosWell instructor; Center for Christian Study, Undergraduate Intern, Student 

Activities Board, Elzinga Residential Scholar; Days on the Lawn, Team Leader; Pancakes for 

Parkinson’s, Kid’s Area Director; Students for Students International; Honor Educator; Pi Beta 

Phi; Hoos Stories Blog, contributing writer; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Religious Studies and Economics 

Lacey Scott Williams 

Hollis Family Scholar 

Columbus High School, Midland, Georgia 

Cavalier Marching Band; Wind Ensemble; Wesley Foundation; Rodman Council, co-president; 

Madison House Service Organization, Medical Services, Cancer Center program director, 

Adaptive Ski; Jefferson Public Citizen Award; Darden Entrepreneurship Cup: Trophy Design 

Challenge Winning Team; Musicians On Call; HOOps Band; Walker Elementary Band, tutor; 

Jefferson Scholars Public Citizen Award; Dean’s List; Rodman Scholar 


Michael Charles Yankoski 

E. Sclater Montague Scholar 

Tabb High School, Yorktown, Virginia 

University Judiciary Committee, investigator; Circle K; Hoos for Life; Catholic Student Ministries; 

Beach Volleyball Club; Special Olympics Soccer and Softball coach; Intramural Referee 

Commerce and Economics 


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marks of 

leadership 

The Class of 2014 arrived on Grounds and did not 

hesitate to become involved in a wide array of University 

experiences. Highlights of these activities include: 

One in Four 

Varsity Football team 

Abundant Life ministries, Boys and Girls Club tutor 

Bioethics Society 

U.Va. Mock Trial team 

Student Council Community Affairs Committee 

Alternative Spring Break, Guatemala trip participant 

Sustained Dialogue 

First Year Council and Lighting of the Lawn committee 

Virginia Organizing Project and Campaign for Living Wage 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, historian 

Mahogany Hip hop dance troupe 

U.Va. Chess Club 

Cavalier Daily 

Solar car team and automotive club 

Honor counselor 

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship praise band 

International Relations Organization 

U.Va. staff tutor 

Madison House Service Organization, ESL program 

First Year Players, set designer 

Entrepreneurship club 

University Judiciary Committee, educator 

Jefferson Public Service Fellows 

Relay for Life 

Student Council Diversity Initiatives committee 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society

the class of 

2014 

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Evan Barrett Behrle 

Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Scholar 

Gilman School, Oxford, Pennsylvania 

One-in-Four; Honor Committee, counsel; University Guide Service; Summer Orientation 

Leader; Phi Delta Theta; Echols Scholar 


Blake Edward Blaze 

W. James Copeland Jr. Scholar 

Barnstable High School, Osterville, Massachusetts 

U.Va. Football; McIntire Investment Institute; Student Council Athletic Affairs Committee; 

Honor Committee, advisor; Phi Delta Theta; Echols Scholar 

Math and Economics 

Bethany Ann Branson 

Mississipii Scholar 

Madison Central High School, Madison, Mississippi 

Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship; Abundant Life, tutoring; Women’s Leadership Development 

Program; First Year Fellowship; Virginia Model United Nations; Relay for Life; Pancake’s for 

Parkinsons, First Year Committee; Chi Omega; Vintage Group; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Religious Studies and Music 


Caroline Mary Casavant 

Charles V. Moore Scholar 

New Canaan High School, New Canaan, Connecticut 

Jefferson Public Service Fellow; Bioethics Society; Hope Center; Greer Elementary, tutoring; 

Virginia Themis Society (2011-12); Stall Seat Journal, content editor (2011-12); English Honor 

Society; Z Society First Year Recognition, Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Undeclared 

Ellen Jean Chapin 

Bowlin Family Scholar 

George C. Marshall High School, Vienna, Virginia 

U.Va. Collegiate Mock Trial, competitor, All-American; Cavs in the Classroom, tutor/mentor; 

Monroe Society, host; Best Buddies; International Relations Organization; American Mock 

Trial Association “All-American Witness”; Echols Scholar; Dean’s List 

Foreign Affairs 

Daniel Bohannon Clark 

Frank W. Hulse IV Scholar 

University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Student Council, Academic Affairs Committee (2011-2012), Community Affairs Committee 

(2010-2011); WTJU News Radio, announcer, producer (2010-11,2011-12); Madison House 

Service Organization, Bridging the Gap, mentor, Migrant Aid Homework Helpers, tutor, ESL 

Program, GED class teacher’s assistant; Phi Delta Theta; Alternative Spring Break Grand Canyon 

and Zion National Park, participant, site leader (2012); Men’s Leadership Project, mentor 

(2011-2012); Laurie Lee Woolen Memorial Scholarship; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

History 


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Leah Jade Coates 

Brockenbrough Family Scholar 

Washington and Lee High School, Colonial Beach, Virginia 

U.Va. Club Cross Country, executive; Global Development Organization, research chair; 

Jefferson Public Citizens; Alternative Spring Break; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship; Madison 

House Service Organization, Bridging the Gap; Jefferson Public Citizens; Echols Scholar; 

Dean’s List 

Pre-Commerce and Global Development Studies 

Mallory Gui-Li Combemale 

Hilliard Family Scholar 

North London Collegiate School, St. Albans, England 

Sustained Dialogue, moderator; Global Development Organization, social chair; Clarinet 

Ensemble, U.Va. Clubs Student, ambassador 

Chinese 

Emma Katherine DiNapoli 

Roxanna and Ralph Joynes Scholar 

Harrisonburg High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia 

First Year Council; Second Year Council (2011-12); Webb-Maupin Association Council; Echols 

Council, outreach committee; Lighting of the Lawn, logistics committee; Sustained Dialogue, 

moderator; Relay for Life, co-captain; Monroe Society; University Democrats; Alternative 

Spring Break, Tucscon, Arizona; Public Service Fellow; Madison House Service Organization, 

ESL Tutor (2011-12) program director; Pancakes for Parkinson’s, mixer, 2011 executive board, 

First Year outreach; Days on the Lawn, team leader, student ambassador; Virginia Center for 

the Humanities, volunteer; Student Council, academic affairs committee; Dean’s List; Echols 

Scholar 

American Studies and English 


Carl David Conrad Goette-Luciak 

Stewart H. Brown Jr. Scholar 

Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, Virginia 

Jefferson Public Service Fellow; Washington Literary Society and Debating Union; Talk is 

Cheap; Student Council, public service committee; Workers and Students United; Flash 

Seminars; Virginia Organizing; Echols Scholar 

Undeclared 

Alex Marshall Hutcheson 

Martin A. Purcell Family Scholar 

C. Milton Wright High School, Bel Air, Maryland 

Washington Society, historian; Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team; Webb-Maupin 

Association Council, program Coordinator; Alternative Spring Break, Great Smoky Mountains; 

U.Va. Engineering, Braunschweig summer study abroad; U.Va. IEEE, student branch; Dean’s 

List; Rodman Scholar 

Computer Engineering and Economics 

Jewon Jung 

Frank BaTTen Scholar 

Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea 

Madison House Service Organization, Blue Ridge Commons Community Center; Sustained 

Dialogue; Alternative Spring Break, San Juan, Texas; Mahogany Dance Troupe; International 

Students Project, correspondence; 2011 Ellen Bayard Weedon East Asia Travel Scholarship; 


Global Development Studies and Economics 


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Dru Harrington Knox 

Frank BaTTen Scholar 

Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea 

International Collegiate Programming Competition; U.Va. Virginia Chess Club; Rodman 

Scholar 

Global Development Studies and Economics 

Karoline Olateliwa Kofoworola 

Olabikola Komolafe 

Albert Dorset Penick Scholar 

Waterford-KaMhlaba United World College of Southern Africa, 

Edinburgh, Scotland 

Cavalier Daily, associate editor; Virginia Mock Trial; Student Council Diversity Initiatives; 

Volunteers with International Students and Scholars and Staff Program, VISAS; Kappa Alpha 

Theta; International Speakers Bureau; Echols Scholar 

East Asian Studies 

Andrew Michael Kouri 

Donna and Richard D. Tadler Scholar 

Noble and Greenough School, Westwood, Massachusetts 

U.Va. Solar Car Team, operations manager; Sustainability, volunteer advocate; McIntire 

Investment Institute; Phi Delta Theta; Rodman Scholar 

Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering and Computer Science 


Colin Michael Leslie 


Rye High School, Rye, New York 

Madison House Service Organization, Charlottesville First Tee, program director (2011-12); 

Phi Gamma Delta, pledge class social chair; Rodman Council, Honor Counsel; Rodman Scholar 

Systems Engineering 

Cameron Michael Louttit 


Franklin Regional Senior High School, Murrysville, Pennsylvania 

Cavalier Marching Band, section leader (2011-12); InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, worship 

team, small group leader (2011-12), Catholic Student Ministry, worship team; Biomedical Engineering 

Society; Cavalier Marching Band, “Rookie of the Year”; Rodman Scholar; Dean’s List 


Emily Tallant Marshall 

W. Harry Schwarzschild Jr. and Kathryn 

Schwarzschild Scholar 

Douglas Freeman High School, Richmond , Virginia 

Hoos for A Cure, vice president; Global Brigades, public relations chair; Student Council 

Diversity Committee; Global Medical and Dental Brigade; Echols Scholar 

Undeclared 


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Colette Elizabeth Martin 

Adolphus W. Hawkins Jr. Scholar 

Marlborough College, Hamilton, Scotland 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, public service committee; International Relations 

Organization; Virginia Model United Nations, secretary general for staff (2011); International 

Relations Organization, philanthropy committee; Pancakes for Parkinson’s, personnel director 

(2011); Madison House Service Organization, adopt-a-grandparent, mentoring Red Hill 

Elementary School; Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team; Greek InterVarsity; Pi Beta Phi; 

Catholic Student Ministry; Dean’s List, Echols Scholar 

History and Politics 

Kelsey Jean Petrie 

Rhode Island Scholar 

St. Mary Academy Bay View, Seekonk, Massachusetts 

First Year Players, Carousel and RENT, head painter and publicity committee; Online Musical, 

set designer; Student Entrepreneurs for Economic Development, First Year Sustainability, advocate; 

Volunteers with International Students and Staff (VISAS), student language partner; 

University Dance Show (2010) costume designer; Alternative Spring Break, Peru; Student 

Council, second year representative (2011-12); Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Art History and Arts Administration 

Jeffrey Landon Roberson 

Virginius Dabney Scholar 

Atlee High School, Mechanicsville, Virginia 

Student Council, community affairs committee, co-chair, student life committee; Madison 

House Service Organization, ESL tutor, Buford Middle School athletics program, swim coach; 

Second Year Council, representative; Sigma Chi; Alternative Spring Break, Monte Cristi, 

Dominican Republic; Monroe Society; Days on the Lawn; Dean’s List; Echols Scholar 

Spanish and Pre-Medicine 


Michael Conor Sheehey 

Middendorf Foundation - Nicholas G. Penniman III 

Scholar 

Loyola Blakefield High School, Timonium, Maryland 

First Year Players, RENT, cast member, Carousel, co-head painter; Echols Council; Student 

Council, diversity initiatives committee member; Lile-Tuttle Association Council; Jefferson 

Literary and Debating Society; Washington Literary Society and Debating Union; Cavalier 

Daily, arts and entertainment staff writer; Echols Scholar 

English 

Kyle David Teegarden 

Reginald S. and Julia W. Fleet Foundation Scholar 

Lakeridge High School, Lake Oswego, Oregon 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, program committee; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship 

(2011-12) small group leader; RideForward Electric Car Team; Madison House Service 

Organization, Red Hill Elementary, mentor; Pancakes for Parkinson’s; Virginia Model United 

Nations; Days on the Lawn; Rodman Scholar 

Electrical Engineering and Economics 

Annie Ryan Ungrady 

Jacksonville Area Scholar 

The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida 

Pancakes for Parkinsons, flipper captain; Alternative Spring Break, Barrackpore, Trinidad, 

research grant recipient; Madison House Service Organization, medical services, surgical 

supply; Day of Diologue; French House, resident advisor; Public Service Fellow; EngageUVA; 

FlashSeminars; Bioethics Committee; Echols Scholar 

French and Human Biology 


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Audrey Snow Waldrop 

Brooke/EBSCO Scholar 

Mountain Brook High School, Birmingham, Alabama 

The Cavalier Daily, associate editor, news; St. Thomas Aquinas, religious education teacher; 

Webb/Maupin Dorm Association Council, representative; U.Va. Club Ambassadors, outreach 

chair; Relay for Life, team co-captain; Kappa Delta; Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship; Intramural 

Ultimate Frisbee; Echols Scholar; College Science Scholar 

Undeclared 

Kelvin Maxwell Wey 

Roby and Louise C. Robinson Scholar 

Northview High School, Alpharetta, Georgia 

University Judiciary Committee, senior data manager; McIntire Investment Institute, associate; 

The Cavalier Daily, business staff; Virginia Society; Cardagin Networks, market representative; 

Intramural Ultimate Frisbee; McIntire Investment Institute Underclassmen Stock Pitch 

Competition; University Judiciary Committee, educator; Alumni Association Award; Dean’s 


Commerce (Finance) 

Joseph Michael Woodlief 

Taylor Brothers Scholar 

Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, North Carolina 

Entrepreneurship Club; Wakeboarding Club; U.Va. Business Pitch Competition; Zeta Psi; Echols 

Scholar 

Undeclared 



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marks of 

leadership 

The Class of 2015 is comprised of 27 individuals 

from 17 different states and one foreign country (The 

Netherlands). Each has demonstrated excellence in 

the areas of leadership, scholarship and citizenship 

and stands ready to make the University of Virginia 

a better place through their involvement and 

commitments over the next four years. 

Average SAT I Score: 2260 

Perfect scores of 800 on at least one section of 

SAT I: 24 

Perfect score of 36 composite on the ACT: 3 

Perfect scores of 800 on SAT II subject tests: 14 

Scores of 5 on AP exams (through junior year): 95 

Varsity Athletes: 17 

Student Council: 9 

Class Presidents: 5 

Participants in Speech/Debate: 10 

Musicians: 10 

Founder of a club or organization: 7 

Involved in Model UN/Youth in Government: 5 

Several of them conducted independent science 

research, with topics ranging from “researching 

the effect of human systemic lupus erythematosus 

plasma on the production of endothelial 

nitric oxide in endothelial cells” to “The Effect of 

Hydrocarbon Contamination on the Root: Shoot 

Ratio of Festuca Arundinacea.” 

Other Significant Accomplishments: 

The ISEF (Intel Science and Engineering Fair) 

Regional Science Fair Winner (1st Place in environmental 

science) 

Two individuals elected youth governors of their 

states in 2010 through the Youth in Government 

Program 

The founder of a theater company 

A nationally ranked fencer by the United States 

Fencing Association (qualified for Jr. Olympics) 

A two-time All-State cross country runner 

A member of a state champion academic team 

One individual ranked 1st in nation for ACT Reading 

Scores 

The captain of a state debate team 

Member of the marching band that earned first 

place in 2011 Orange Bowl Parade 

A Teen Republicans State Chairwoman 

An individual who earned 1st place in state , 4th 

place nationally on the Test of Engineering Aptitude, 

Mathematics & Science 

A young entrepreneur/philanthropist who started 

her own jewelry business and donates profits to 

charity 

A Southeast Youth Regional Rock Climbing Champion 

(Female Youth A) 

One individual who earned a varsity football state 

championship and was the varsity track triple jump 

state champion in the same year 

An individual who earned 4th place at the Odyssey 

of the Mind World Finals in 2010 

A student who served as class president or vice 

president for three years before being elected 

“Head Girl” of her Student Council 

A Science Olympiad state champion who qualified 

for the national competition 

The winner of the 2010 Actors Theatre of Louisville 

New Voices Young Playwrights Festival

the class of 

2015 

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scholars incoming class of 2015 

Forrest 

Gordon Brown 

Ann Vernon and 

Gilbert J. Sullivan 

Scholar 

St. Andrew’s School 

Middletown, Delaware 

John 

Andrew Burns 

Elizabeth M. 

Forsyth Scholar 

Forest High School 

Forest, Virginia 

William 

Joseph Cadigan 

Elwood R. Quesada 

Scholar 

Kennebunk High School 

Kennebunkport, Maine 

Yiqi Cao 

Reverend Calvin and 

Frances Blackwell 

Scholar 

Blacksburg High School 

Blacksburg, Virginia 

Henry 

McCulloch Cline 

William B. Dunavant 

Jr. Scholar 

Christian Brothers 

High School 

Forrest City, Arkansas 

Joseph 

Morris Dardick 

St. Louis Scholar 

Parkway Central 

High School 

Creve Coeur, Missouri 

Eda Faye 

Herzog-Vitto 

John Paul Jones 

Scholar 

Friends Seminary 

New York, New York 

Ryan 

Christopher Hill 

Fred C. Goad 

Scholar 

Montgomery Bell 

Academy 

Nashville, Tennessee 


Katherine 

Tod Hutto 

Morgan Family 

Scholar 

Mount De Sales 

Academy 

Macon, Georgia 

Alexandra 

Xavier Iaccarino 

T. David Fitz- 

Gibbon Scholar 

Worcester Academy 

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 

Samuel 

Anthony Johnson 

John S. Lillard 

Scholar 

Walter Payton College 

Preparatory High School 

Chicago, Illinois 

Alexandra 

Rose Lichtenstein 

John and Betsy 

Casteen Scholar 

Princess Anne 

High School 

Virginia Beach, Virginia 

Philippa 

Jane Mason 

Trainor Family 

Scholar 

Plano West Senior 

High School 

Plano, Texas 

Patrick 

James McQuade 

Peter and Crisler 

Quick Scholar 

Fenwick High School 

Burr Ridge, Illinois 

Elizabeth 

Ann Minneman 

jefferson Scholars 

Alumni Scholar 

Lakeville North 

High School 

Lakeville, Minnesota 

Sanjay 

Sethu Palat 

Ingrassia Family 

Scholar 

Smithtown High School 

East 

Nesconset, New York 


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scholars incoming class of 2015 

Caroline 

Louise Parker 

Shinn-Mignerey 

Family Scholar 

St. Mary’s Academy 

Littleton, Colorado 

Kylie 

Ellen Philbin 

Norfolk Academy 

Scholar 

Norfolk Academy 

Norfolk, Virginia 

Sarah 

Frances Rennich 

James J. Griffitts 

M.D. Scholar 

West High School 

Knoxville, Tennessee 

Jalen Joseph 

Bass Ross 

Terrence D. 

Daniels Family 

Scholar 

Charlotte Latin School 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

Amir 

Jalal Tabaian 

James E. Rutrough 

Jr. Scholar 

Forest High School 

Forest, Virginia 

Emily Jane Tonks 

B.H. Rutledge 

Moore Family 

Scholar 

Academic Magnet 

High School 

Charleston, South Carolina 

Katherine 

Judy Travis 

Thomas M. Falcey 

Family Scholar 

Fairview High School 

Boulder, Colorado 

Darya Tyshlek 

Kansas City Scholar 

Olathe North High School 

Olathe, Kansas 


Richard Hampton 

Turner Webb 

Jean Rayburn - 

South Carolina 

Scholar 

Porter-Gaud School 

Charleston, South Carolina 

Emily 

Anne Wolff 

Penelope W. and 

E. Roe Stamps IV 

Scholar 

American School of 

The Hague 

Wassenaar, The Netherlands 

Jackson 

Scott Wolford 

albert gray horton II 

memorial scholar 

duPont Manual 

Magnet High School 

Louisville, Kentucky 


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