Student Awards

Established in 2023, the Latin Prize is given to the most promising student of Latin who continues study of the language beyond the first year.

Winners:

• 2026: Nicholas Buckley
• 2025: Noah Bruening
• 2024: Riley Carpenter
• 2023: Grace Martinez

Established in 1997, this prize is given to the Classics major or minor who writes the best single essay or research paper on a Classical topic, as determined by the Classics and Ancient Studies Department. This award is not given every year.

Winners:

• 2026: Jennifer Moore, "Floral Masculinity in Ovid's Metamorphoses: Hyacinthus, Narcissus, and Adonis"
• 2025: Elois Farnsworth, “Mutual Desire and Consent in Aeschylus’ Danaïd Trilogy”
• 2024: Anneliese Seidel, "Poetic Monumentality in Augustan Age Poetry"
• 2023: Gabriel (Brendan) Webb, “Live, Laugh, Rage: Νόμοι and gender in Euripides’ Medea"
• 2022: Claudia Stefanescu, “Society through the Senses: The Production of Ancient Roman Perfume and its Impact on Roman Society”
• 2020: Zoe Baumbach, “The Legacy of Roman Architecture in Nazi Germany: Hitler's Inspirations for World Domination and Cultural Superiority"
• 2019: Ana Hoshovsky, “From Surgery to Sanitation: How the Roman Army Advanced Medicine in 1st to 3rd Century AD”
• 2018: Brigitte Ladd, "Etruscan Temples: An Analysis of Architecture and Cultural Exchange"
• 2016: Brian Le, "Food for Thought: Biological and Social Processes of Memory and Sustenance in the Odyssey”
• 2015: Jonathan Homrighausen, "When Herakles Went to India: The Transformation of a Greco-Roman Hero-God in Buddhist Art"
• 2014: Sierra Cirimelli-Low, "For the Excitement of Virtue and Defense of the Homeland: The 'Praefatio in Athleticam' of Paulus Hector Mair's De Arte Athleticam"
• 2013: Brenna Donnellan, "Dionysus and Jesus: Immortal Mortals and Other Similarities"
• 2012: Mitch Metling, "'Remember that you are just a man': An Examination of the Triumphs of Julius Caesar and their Political Ramifications"
• 2011: Morgan Hunter, "The Envy of the Gods Did Not Take Place"
• 2010: Dan Felice, "Divine Revenge and Human Values in the Plays of Euripides"
• 2008: Rileigh Turnbull, "Sappho’s Symposium: A Study of Sappho in Her Social Context"
• 2005: Emily C. Elrod, "Reexamining Heresy: The Donatists"
• 2004: Ariel Dillon, "The Political Nature of Fifth Century Athenian Tragedy"

Established in 1997 in memory of Walter J. Kropp, S.J., by the faculty of the Department of  Classics and Ancient Studies, this award is given to the senior classics major who has attained the highest average in classics courses.

Winners:

• 2026: Grace Martinez
• 2025: Katerina Gill
• 2024: Sarah Cohen
• 2023: Grace Emmons
• 2022: Claudia Stefanescu
• 2021: Abigail Nairn
• 2019: Ana Hoshovsky
• 2018: Giannina Ong
• 2017: Francesco Merola
• 2016: Brian Le
• 2015: Jonathan Homrighausen
• 2014: Margaret Woods
• 2013: Victor Republicano
• 2012: Jordan Clarke
• 2011: Morgan Hunter
• 2010: Dan Felice
• 2009: Erik L. Hesla
• 2008: Michael E. Gray
• 2007: Sara J. Pauk
• 2006: Jennifer S. Roberts
• 2005: Emily M. Mooney
• 2004: Christine E. Lechelt
• 2003: Thomas A. Garvey
• 2002: Ryan J. Avalos
• 2000: Mary Nuxoll
• 1999: Shannon M. Nessier

The Augusta Prize in Greek Studies, established in honor of Helen Moritz, Associate Professor Emerita of Classics, is given to the most promising student of ancient Greek who plans to continue study of the language beyond the first year.

Winners:

• 2026: Daniel Lane
• 2025: Thanh-Thanh Cao
• 2024: Cyrus Wong
• 2023: Jackson Flynn
• 2022: D'Angelo Castillo
• 2021: Grace Emmons, Brendan Webb
• 2017: Ye Chit Ko
• 2015: Keegan Pincombe