2021-2022 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 2021-2022 academic year, we would like to acknowledge and commend the following individuals as recipients of these awards and achievements.
Student Awards
- Ian McKean Theler, Marketing - Valedictorian
- Tanner Schulz, Marketing - Scholar of the Year
- Sarah Wilcox, Management Information Systems - Legacy of Utah State
- Palmer Edholm, Economics - Graduate Student Researcher of the Year
- Gabby Diamond, Management Information Systems - Undergraduate Student Researcher of the Year
- Morgan Hendricks, Accounting – Graduate Student Teacher of the Year
Faculty & and Staff Awards
Ed Stafford
Cazier Professor Lifetime Achievement
Professor, Marketing & Strategy Department
Polly Conrad
Undergraduate Faculty Mentor of the Year
Senior Lecturer, Data Analytics & Information Systems Department
Antje Graul
Faculty Researcher of the Year
Assistant Professor, Marketing & Strategy Department
Chris Hartwell
Faculty University Service Award
Associate Professor, Management Department
Tyler Brough
Outstanding Graduate Mentor of the Year
Associate Professor, Data Analytics & Information Systems Department
Jared Hansen
Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year
Associate Professor, Marketing & Strategy Department
Todd Griffith
Teacher of the Year
Assistant Professor, Economics & Finance Department
Nate Jensen
Employee of the Year
Career Specialist
Elisa Hoffman
Dean’s Award for Excellence & Impact
Financial Officer
Ruth Loveland
Dean’s Award for Excellence & Impact
Director of FJ Management Center for Student Success
Susan Madsen
Dean’s Award for Excellence & Impact
Founder & Director, Utah Women & Leadership Project and Inaugural Karen Haight Huntsman Endowed Professor of Leadership
Ken Snyder
Dean’s Award for Excellence & Impact
Executive Director, Shingo Institute and Senior Lecturer, Marketing & Strategy Department
Several professors were awarded promotion and/or tenure for exemplifying a commitment to student success and excellence in their respective research.
- Dr. Chad Simon, Associate Professor in the School of Accountancy, was promoted to Full Professor.
- Dr. Julena Bonner, Assistant Professor in the Marketing & Strategy Department, received tenure and a promotion to Associate Professor.
- Lin Bennion, Lecturer in the Data Analytics + Information Systems Department, was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
A-Pin Recipients
The A-Pin award has been a Utah State University tradition since 1910. This prestigious award recognizes students who have earned a 4.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters carrying 15 or more credit hours. This year, 84 Huntsman students were honored with an A-Pin award.
- Madeleine Alder, Economics
- Taylor Bair, Management
- Donald Baker, Finance
- Yan Bao, Economics
- Katherine Barney, Accounting
- Joshua Baugh, Economics
- Megan Beckman, Accounting
- Seth Benson, Economics
- Maxwell Beveridge, Business Administration
- Grant Bischoff, Business Administration
- Mark Blackham, Accounting
- Sara Blamires, Economics
- Rhianna Boivie, International Business
- Issam Bouhaddaoui, Marketing
- Landon Burt, Finance
- Marissa Christensen, Management
- Dallin Clements, Marketing
- Madison Cochrane, Management
- Montana Cragun, Management Information Systems
- Mark Crandall, Management
- Quinton Daniel, Finance
- Christopher Davis, Accounting
- Joseph Davis, Finance
- Rebecka Denney, Business Administration
- McKoy Didericksen, Management Information Systems
- Adriane Dudley, Management Information Systems
- Larry Dudley, Accounting
- Sabrina Ellis, International Business
- Eliza Emerson, Economics
- Alexis Fadel, Economics
- Katharina Funk, Management
- Alvaro Garcia, Economics
- Carter Green, Accounting
- Christopher Harper, Finance
- Millika Holbrook, Marketing
- Clayton Holdstock, Economics
- Austin Jensen, Finance
- Luke Jeppson, Finance
- Tongyao Jiang, Economics
- Yuting Jiang, Economics
- Lee Johnson, Economics
- Rebecca Lau, Management
- Yunze Li, Economics
- Mitchell Lott, Economics
- Andrew Marino, Marketing
- Darby Mason, Finance
- Austin Maughan, International Business
- Kenley McMurdie, Accounting
- McKenzie Mecham, Accounting
- Emily Merrill, Finance
- Hayden Moss, Economics
- Daedan Olander, Accounting
- Kaitlyn Olson, Management Information Systems
- Benjamin Palmer, Economics
- Seth Porter, Economics
- Grace Rawson, Marketing
- Collin Reid, Finance
- Megan Reger, International Business
- Vanessa Richards, Finance
- Laurel Scott, Management
- Victor Smith, Data Analytics
- Rachel Sneddon, Economics
- Ethan Snizek, Economics
- Jacob Spencer, Finance
- Puzelong Sun, Economics
- Mia Swasey, Finance
- Spencer Sweet, Management
- Brett Syndergaard, Economics
- MacCabe Taylor, Management
- Ian Theler, Marketing
- Rodney Tran, Management
- Ryan Treasure, Management
- Gavin Tremea, Finance
- Christian Valdivia, Economics
- Sarah Waddoups, Economics
- Mark Ward, Accounting
- Seth Ward, Economics
- Austin Warr, Management Information Systems
- Sarah Wilcox, Management Information Systems
- Luke Wilding, Data Analytics
- Jessica Wilhite, Marketing
- Tyler Wilson, Accounting
- Joshua Wood, Economics
- Xinyi Zhou, Economics