Chapter 053 of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is proud to announce the 2023 cohort of freshman and sophomore Gathright and Dean’s Excellence Award winners!
To see the list of 2023 Gathright Outstanding Juniors announced last spring, visit 2023 Gathright Outstanding Juniors Announced.
These awards were created in collaboration with LAUNCH: Academic Excellence to help recognize and celebrate outstanding first- and second-year students whose exceptional promise makes them good candidates for future awards. Up to two students in each classification in each college can be selected for recognition; the top student is recognized with the Gathright Scholar Award and the second with the Dean’s Excellence Award. Up to two additional students in each classification in each college can selected for honorable mention. Students selected for recognition are invited to visit with Phi Kappa Phi officers as well as their college dean at a special breakfast each fall.
The students being recognized with the 2023 Gathright/Dean’s Excellence Awards are:
Agriculture and Life Science
- Tucker Gillespie – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Gabriella Ganser – Freshman Dean’s Excellence Award
- Travis Richard – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
- Bailee Chavez – Sophomore Dean’s Excellence Award
Architecture
- Tanushri Bhatt – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Karli Holland – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
Arts & Sciences
- Hamzah Mir – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Katherine Forson – Freshman Dean’s Excellence Award
- Srilakshmi Muthyala – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
- Akhil Marupudi – Sophomore Dean’s Excellence Award
Bush School
- Vienne Abrahamian – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Seerat Sohal – Freshman Dean’s Excellence Award
- Raquel Ruiz – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
- Jackson Hadwin – Sophomore Dean’s Excellence Award
Education and Human Development
- Kirsten Yung – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Gabrielle Montoya – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
Engineering
- Melody Yeh – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Adam Zheng – Freshman Dean’s Excellence Award
- David Luo – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
- Anish Easwaran – Sophomore Dean’s Excellence Award
Galveston
- Emily Walls – Freshman Gathright Scholar
Mays Business School
- Lauren Aswad – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Arjun Bhatt – Freshman Dean’s Excellence Award
- Swapnil Dash – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
- Evelyn Fung – Sophomore Dean’s Excellence Award
Public Health
- Tia Pandey – Freshman Gathright Scholar
- Mia Putnam – Sophomore Gathright Scholar
HONORABLE MENTION
The following students achieved Honorable Mention:
Agriculture and Life Science
- Jett McCleney – Freshman Honorable Mention
Arts & Sciences
- Morgan Peace – Freshman Honorable Mention
- Samuel Hernandez – Freshman Honorable Mention
- Joohan Kim – Sophomore Honorable Mention
- Abhinav Vadassery – Sophomore Honorable Mention
Bush School
- Emily Derrick – Freshman Honorable Mention
Mays Business School
- Ryan Vos – Freshman Honorable Mention
Engineering
- Eduardo Silva – Freshman Honorable Mention
- Christian Twine – Sophomore Honorable Mention
- Thomas Pitonak – Sophomore Honorable Mention
The application process includes a personal statement which outlines the student’s long-term goals, evidence of research and/or creative production, community engagement, accomplishments and awards, as well as a review of the student’s transcript. Complete details for the application process can be found at http://tx.ag/DeansExcellenceAwards.
Support for the Gathright Dean’s Excellence Award and many other LAUNCH programs that enrich the undergraduate experience are generously supported by The Association of Former Students.
Phi Kappa Phi at Texas A&M University 
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