Scenic view of Le Fer Hall

The Alumni Leadership and Service Awards recognize a graduating senior and a graduate student who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service during their time at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.  The prestigious awards are given during commencement by the Alumni Association. Nominations may be made by any student, faculty or staff member.

To nominate a student for the Alumni Leadership and Service Award, please complete and submit the following nomination.


Previous Recipients of Undergraduate Alumni Leadership and Service Award

Year Recipient Major Program
1957 Diane Mazza Journalism Campus
1958 Del Rapier Journalism Campus
1959 Camille Rezutko Bokar Drama Campus
1960 Mary Ann O’Brien Tierney Drama Campus
1961 Maryanne O’Connor Donahue Music Education Campus
1962 Barbara Curran Journalism Campus
1963 Katharine Gibson History Campus
1964 Rachel Eberle Ambrose Journalism Campus
1965 Christina Bahl Mathematics Campus
1966 Marilyn Marks Oberhausen English Campus
1967 Jane Jones Lane English Campus
1968 Judy Guess Rucker Music Education Campus
1969 Kathleen Rocap Williams Journalism Campus
1970 Mary Ellen Jones Gould Elementary Education Campus
1971 Mary Jo Sidwell Art Campus
1972 Bonnie Kennedy Speech and Hearing Pathology Campus
1973 Jeannette Hagelskamp Mathematics Campus
1974 Dawn Tomaszewski Journalism Campus
1975 Margaret Wade Elementary Education Campus
1976 Diane Chandler Hickman Biology Campus
1977 Barbara Cebuhar Biology Campus
1978 Mary Beth Fitzgerald Eisenhard Business Campus
1979 Margaret Owen Miller Business Campus
1980 Patty Hand Curley Special Education Campus
1981 Donna Buress Hardesty Journalism/English Campus
1982 Rita Mankus Chemistry Campus
1983 Christina Walsh History/Theatre Campus
1984 Mary Nabeeha Baroody
Mary Czyrnek Sroka
Music Therapy/Music Education
Religion

Campus
WED

1985 Virginia Majella Ryan Perkins
Shirley Menard Gidley

Religion
Business Administration

Campus
WED

1986 Angela E. White
Cynthia S. Salazar
Management/Mathematics
Religion
Campus
WED
1987 Maria Price
Margaret Jane McCafferty
Theology
Psychology
Campus
WED
1988 Carlene Schindel
Rebecca Knoy Nachtrieb
Business Administration
Business Administration
Campus
WED
1989 Julie Hostetler Kosey
Wilma Finchum Johnson
Psychology
Business Administration
Campus
WED
1990 Katie O’Donoghue Ly
Lisa Anne Bute Michels
Paralegal
Business Administration
Campus
WED
1991 Melissa Ryan O’Keefe
Dorothy Bonwell Yaw

Special Education/Elementary Education
Business Administration

Campus
WED
1992 Jayne Ann McMullen Virostko
Marilyn Doll

Mathematics
Journalism

Campus
WED

1993 Lori Stalker Brown
Tracee Lutes

Business Administration/Mathematics
Business Administration

Campus
WED
1994 Stephannie Marie Keefe Gambill
Barbara Rieli Facemyer

Paralegal
Theology

Campus
WED

1995 Julianne Louise Gildea VandeWater
Margaret Ann Horak

Psychology
Theology/Psychology

Campus
WED

1996

Laura Denise Clayto
Gayle Kathryn Hampel Rozmaryn
Kathleen Bristow Allen

Psychology
Paralegal
Management

Campus
Campus
WED

1997 Ruth Enriquez
Jennifer Heimberg Jennings
Business Administration
Journalism
Campus
WED
1998 Catherine Mickey Saunders
Mary Alice Moran Devor
History/Social Science
Theology
Campus
WED
1999 Crystal Powers
Amy Henkelman
Biology
Early Childhood Education
Campus
WED
2000 Cathy Bishop
Cynthia Burtschi Good
Psychology
Psychology
Campus
WED
2001 Jeanine DiVincenzo
Mary Jo Harney
Early Childhood Education
History/Social Science
Campus
WED
2002

Gloria Haynes
Elizabeth Bohanan Matthews

Journalism
Psychology

Campus
WED

2003 Amy Woltman
Karen Guess
Paralegal
Early Childhood Education
Campus
WED
2004 Elizabeth Goodman
Catherine Ann Spung
Individualized and Digital Media
Elementary Education
Campus
WED
2005 Jennifer Sahr
Julie L. Johnson-Young
Marketing
Professional Writing
Campus
WED
2006 Amy Rewa
Susan Strole-Kos
Psychology
Computer Information Systems
Campus
WED
2007 Kelly McGary
Katrina Doty
Kindergarten Education
Early Childhood Education (P-3/MI)
Campus
WED
2008

Janice Paul
Deanna Reed

Preschool-Grade 3 Education/Mild Intervention
Digital Media Communications

Campus
WED

2009 Carolyn Ouellet Accounting Campus
2010 Chanel Reeder
Joann Kruger Benjamin
Advertising/Digital Media
Kindergarten Education
Campus
WED
2011 Brittany Simmerman
Rebecca Gross
Pre-Professional
Mathematics
Campus
WED
2012 Nicole Coutlangus
Patricia Jones
English
Advertising
Campus
WED
2013 Amber Slaughterbeck Social Science/History Campus
2014

Tiffany Marshall
Amanda Payton

Biology
Marketing

Campus
Campus
2015

Cecilia Gray
Noelle Hingsbergen

Women and Theatre
Equine Studies
Campus
Campus
2016 Haylie Davenport
William (BJ) Riley
Lisa Behringer

Accounting
Business Administration
Human Resource Management

Campus
WOL
WOL
2017 Na-Shaunda Rayford
Katia Orozco
Criminology
Psychology
Campus
Campus
2018 Brittany Norris
Harmony Walsh
Allison Payonk
Business Administration
Elementary Education
Music Therapy
Campus
Campus
Campus
2019 Kayla Moats Marketing and Graphic Design Campus
2020 Olivia Wendel
Heather Eckert
Music Therapy
Human Services
Campus
WOL
2021 Elizabeth “Izzy” Reel Professional Writing Campus
2022 Jilliann Reese Business Administration and Information Technology  Campus
2023 Maura Secrest Pre-Professional Studies Campus
2024 Katrina Strow Exercise Science Campus

Previous Recipients of Graduate Alumni Leadership and Service Award

Year Recipient Program
2009 Becky L. Douglas Pastoral Theology
2010 Debra Jelinek Gombert Music Therapy
2011 Nancy Swanson Music Therapy
2012 (May) Jeffrey Shick Pastoral Theology
2012 (Dec) Darla Hopper Leadership Development
2013 (May) Stephanie Miller Pence Leadership Development
2013 (Dec) Susan Snider Turner Leadership Development
2014 (May) Melissa Ayotte Art Therapy
2014 (Dec)

Noah Coley
Jessica Simpson Cornelius

Leadership Development
Leadership Development

2015 (Dec) Kristin Craig Leadership Development
2016 (Dec) Emilee Roberts Leadership Development
2017 (May) Christine O’Connor Leadership Development
2017 (Dec) Stephanie Wray Art Therapy
2018 (Dec) Charlotte Reed Art Therapy
2019 Naomi Nothdurft Art Therapy
2020 Nathan Mensah Music Therapy
2021 Emma Campbell Leadership Development
2022 Vaida Naris Art Therapy
2023 Tammy Walker Nursing
2024 Kirby Gilliam Music Therapy