2016-2017 Student and Employee Awards

April 1, 2017

Each year, the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business recognizes top-performing students, staff, and faculty for their academic and professional accomplishments. For the 2016-2017 academic year, we would like to acknowledge and commend the following individuals as recipients of these awards and achievements.

Student Awards

  • Breanne Yamauchi, Marketing and Business Administration - Valedictorian
  • Evan Peterson, MIS - Scholar of the Year
  • Sam Anderson, Accounting, International Business, MAcc  - Legacy of USU
  • Gregory Schenk, Accounting - Kiwanis Recognition
  • Sam Lindquist - Undergraduate Student Researcher

Employee Awards

  • Sterling Bone, Associate Professor of Marketing - Teacher of the Year
  • Aaron Brough, Assistant Professor of Marketing - Researcher of the Year
  • Alan Stephens, Associate Professor of Economics and Finance - Faculty Service Award
  • Bonnie Villareal, Lecturer in Accounting - Graduate Research Mentor of the Year
  • Eric Schulz, Senior Lecturer of Marketing and Strategy - Undergraduate Faculty Advisor of the Year
  • Guy Ballard, Salesforce Administrator - Employee of the Year

A-Pin Recipients

The A-Pin award has been a Utah State University tradition since 1910. This award recognizes students who have earned a 4.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters carrying 15 or more credit hours. This year, 50 Huntsman students were recognized with this academic honor.

  • Michael Bautner, Marketing
  • Melissa Bernhisel, Accounting
  • Jared Black, Finance
  • Lisa Bourgeois, Economics
  • Austin Broadhead, Business Administration
  • Quinton Cannon, International Business
  • Ruowen Chen, Economics
  • John Cherrington, Business Administration
  • Dakota Clark, Business Administration
  • Autumn Colbert, Finance
  • Spencer Cooper, Economics
  • Joshua Feigleson, Economics
  • Melissa Funk, Economics
  • Jeremy Dalton Hardman, Business Administration
  • Willson Higham, Economics
  • Michael Hoggard, Economics
  • Benjamin Hong, Finance
  • James Huber, Finance
  • Megan Jensen, Business Administration
  • Michelle Jones, Economics 
  • Abigail Kosiak, International Business
  • Hui Cheung Lau, Economics
  • Jessica Morrill, Economics
  • Brayden O’Brien, Accounting
  • Michael Scott Peters, Business Administration
  • Evan Peterson, Management Information Systems
  • Derek Peterson, Business Administration
  • Shawn Robbins, Management Information Systems
  • Alissa Rosado, Marketing
  • Scott Saunders, Finance
  • Jack Shumway, Economics
  • Jacob Smith, Accounting
  • Marcus Tarr, Accounting
  • Eliza Thacker, Business Administration
  • Kemerey Thompson, Finance
  • Monica Wallis, Business Administration
  • Jacob Wilcox, Finance
  • Mattison Wilson, Marketing
  • Larry Wright, Accounting
  • Jue Yan, Economics