JACKSON, Miss. – It takes a special student to stand out from their peers. It takes an ever more special and dedicated student to excel in the classroom while also managing time as a student-athlete. This is exactly what several Millsaps Majors did this past year as their efforts were recognized by the college during the 2020-21 Academic and Student Life Awards this past week.
Dr. Keith Dunn, Provost and Dean of Millsaps College, and Demi Brown, Dean of Students, presented the awards from inside the Yates Chapel on Wednesday, April 28. The link to that virtual service can be found
here. The following is a list of all the awards and honors earned by Millsaps Major student-athletes.
THE 2020-21 ACADEMIC AND STUDENT LIFE AWARDS – MILLSAPS MAJORS
COLLEGE LEADERSHIP
The Majors and Staff Awards
The Jim Montgomery Award for Athletics –
Maria Arzate (Interim Director of Strength and Conditioning & Campus Recreation)
Office of Residence Life
The Cooper Residence Life Staff Member of the Year – Newlon Gillihan (men's basketball)
DIVISION OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Art Awards
The William D. Rowell Memorial Award in Art – Haley Green (women's swimming and diving)
Best of Senior Art Exhibition Award – Haley Green (women's swimming and diving)
English Awards
Communication Studies Award – Nic Hayes (football, men's track & field)
Communication Studies Award – Leslie Norris (softball)
Theodor H. Adorno Award – Leslie Norris (softball)
Greek and Roman Studies Awards
The Swearington Prize for Excellence in Introductory Latin – Camille Black (softball)
Magnolia Coullett Senior Classics Award – Andrew Byrd (football)
History Awards
The Ross H. Moore History Award – Rhone Meche (baseball)
Religious Studies Awards
Bishop's Medal – Leslie Norris (softball)
Theatre Awards
Most Distinguished Academic Achievement in Theatre – Kai Horne
FRATERNITY AND SORITY LIFE
Model Initiate Award – Jakob Myers-Heldt, Lambda Chi Alpha (men's track & field)
Fraternity Man of the Year – Joshua Miller (men's basketball)
DIVISION OF SCIENCES
Biology Awards
Biology Scholar Award – Jillian Sandoz (women's tennis)
Chemistry Awards
The Joseph B. Price General Chemistry Awards – Riley Ely (women's soccer)
The Joseph B. Price General Chemistry Awards – Elecia Lartigue (women's basketball)
Junior Analytical Chemistry Award – Sarah Hayek (women's tennis)
Geology Awards
Richard R. Priddy Memorial Award – Trevor Galicki (men's swimming and diving)
Mathematics Awards
Samuel R. Knox Senior Award – Drew Hopkins (football)
Physics Awards
College Physics Award – Newlon Gillihan (men's basketball)
General Physics Award – Trevor Galicki (men's swimming and diving)
Physics Service Award – Sharon Suffern (women's soccer)
Political Science Awards
The John F. Kennedy Award – Rhone Meche (baseball)
Neuroscience and Cognitive Studies Program
Santiago Ramon y Cajal Research Award – Heather Hembree (women's soccer)
STUDENT BODY ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Dean R. Britton Katz SBA Leader of the Year – Molli Perry (softball)
Millsaps College Most Distinguished Man and Woman – Mickale Massey (football) and Dia Fortenberry (women's basketball)
ELSE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Accounting Award
MS Society of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Senor Award – Abby Tew (women's cross country / track & field)
Else School Awards
Howard McMillan Leadership Award – Emily Herring (volleyball)
ELSEWorks Entrepreneurship Service Award – Morris Kelly Clayton (women's tennis)
COLLEGE-WIDE LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Reverend Ed King Leader of Values and Ethics (L.O.V.E.) Award – Malik Marshall (football)
Dr. Darby Ray Souls Afire Award – Leslie Norris (softball) and Mikale Massey (football)
"Ad Excellentiam" Award – Morgan Jenkins (women's tennis)
COLLEGE-WIDE AWARDS FOR LEADERSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP
The John Stone Writing Consultant of the Year Award – Jillian Sandoz (women's tennis)
The Lewis and Reiff Awards – Leslie Norris (softball) and Carson Marshall (men's soccer)
Janet Lynne Sims Award – Sarah Hayek (women's tennis)
Omicron Delta Kappa Awards
First Year Student of the Year – Molli Perry (softball)
Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees – Nicholas Ojonta (football)
Phi Beta Kappa – Nic Hayes (football), Rhone Meche (baseball), Leslie Norris (softball), Jillian Sandoz (women's tennis)
WHO'S WHO OF MILLSAPS COLLEGE
Emilly Herring (volleyball), Kai Horne (women's track & field), Dia Fortenberry (women's basketball), Morgan Jenkins (women's tennis), Kolbe Leary (football), Taelor Manning (women's basketball), Malik Marshall (football), Mickale Massey (football), Leslie Norris (softball), Lindsey Osbon (softball), Jillian Sandoz (women's tennis)
MILLSAPS COLLEGE HALL OF FAME
Malik Marshall (football)
Dia Fortenberry (women's basketball)
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