2019-2020 Student and Employee Awards

Each year, the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business recognizes top-performing students, staff, and faculty for their academic and professional accomplishments. For the 2019-2020 academic year, we would like to acknowledge and commend the following individuals as recipients of these awards and achievements.

Student Awards

• William Forster, Business Administration - Valedictorian
• Brooke Gunnell, Finance and Accounting - Scholar of the Year
• Katherine Ashley, MIS - Legacy of Utah State
• Benton Smith, MIS - Kiwanis Outstanding Senior
• Jake Meyer, Economics - Graduate Student Researcher
• Josh Lyman, Economics - Undergraduate Student Researcher

Faculty Awards

• Lianne Wappett, Lecturer in the MIS Department - Teacher of the Year
  • USU Empowering Teaching Excellence Scholar (2020 cohort)
• Julena Bonner, Assistant Professor of Management in the Marketing and Strategy Department - Faculty Researcher of the Year
• Antje Graul, Assistant Professor of Marketing - Faculty Service Award
• Dave Olsen, Professor of MIS - Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year
• Matt Meng, Assistant Professor of Marketing - Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year
• Chad Simon, Associate Professor of Accounting and Huntsman Scholar Program Academic Director - Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year
• Tonya Davis, Director of Employer Engagement - Employee of the Year

Three professors were awarded promotion and/or tenure for exemplifying a commitment to student success and showing excellence in their respective research.

• Dr. Sterling Bone, Associate Professor in the Marketing & Strategy Department, was promoted to full Professor.
• Dr. Kelly Fadel, Associate Professor in the Data Analytics & Information Systems Department, was promoted to full Professor.  
• Dr. Jared Hansen, Assistant Professor in the Marketing & Strategy Department, received tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor.

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, 18 Huntsman students were recognized with this academic honor.

• Felipe Acosta, International Business
• Madeleine Alder, Economics
• Candice Anderson, Business Administration
• Mark Blackham, International Business
• Jack DeSpain, Finance
• Rebecka Denney, Business Administration
• Justin Dygert, Finance
• Riley Hansen, Accounting
• Jesse Johnson, Economics
• Lee Johnson, Economics
• Quinn Johnson, Accounting
• Joshua Liechty, Accounting
• Nate Mather, Finance
• Samuel McKenzie, Finance
• Emily Merrill, Business Administration
• Kaiah Nelson, Marketing
• Benton Smith, Management Information Systems
• Chloe Titensor, Management