The University of Kentucky College of Medicine proudly congratulates 173 medical students across our four campuses for earning academic achievement awards during the 2024-2025 academic year.
This honor recognizes students who have excelled academically by earning course distinctions in at least three courses while maintaining an average of 80% or higher on all other course exams throughout the year.
By celebrating these achievements, the College of Medicine reaffirms its commitment to supporting student success across all campuses: Lexington, Bowling Green, Northern Kentucky, and the Rural Physician Leadership Program in Morehead.
We commend these students for their outstanding performance and look forward to the impact they will make as future physicians serving Kentucky and beyond.
Class of 2028 Students Earning First-Year Academic Achievement Award
Payton Abney
Darcy Adreon
Taylor Albrecht
Caleb Ashley
Ann Babits
Sai Deepshikha Bassetti Nayakwadi
Conlan Beck
Joel Bird
Donald Bothe
John Brinkman
Imam Brula
Megan Caudy
Jacob Chisholm
Amelia Clark
Autumn Clark
Caleb Coil
Hunter Colson
Meghan Colvin
Emily Crum
Carlie Cryer
Matthew de Araujo
Roma Desai
Chloe Deskins
James Dials
Chloe Ditka
Kiera Draffen
Abby Dukes
Claire Dzan
Mariam Elgomos
Abigail Fister
Christopher Fleisher
Clayton Garrison
Baylor Giles
Bryce Gooding
Walker Goshorn IV
Lauryn Grady
Lauren Grant
Seth Gregg
Christine Haddad
Conner Hall
Lily Harrington
Landon Harris
Hanna Hedayati
Emma Higgins
Graham Hill
Mackenzie Hogue
William Holland
Jackson Horn
Ryan Hosey
Christopher Jackel
Abigail Jamison
Shrita Jayanthi
Tara Johnson
Courtney Jones
Hassan Kashif
Caleb Kennedy
Sydney Kessler
Julie Kim
Lydia Klumb
Olivia Lawrence
Joseph Leith
Justin Locher
Nathan Maggard
Elizabeth McCauley
Ellery McElfresh
Brady McFerson
Ashley McGrath
Elissa McKinney
Drew Meader
Lillian Meekin
Brynne Menkhaus
Joseph Mesa
Daniel Moore
Mollie Morris
Rachel Moscona
Devan Neely
Emma Neely
Lauren Nunez
Cooper Parks
Aryan Patel
Christopher Patton
Corey Patton
Panhavuth Phe
Madeline Presley
Heba Qaissi
Grace Ramey
Caroline Reckers
Rianna Reese
Nina Render
Veronica Rojas
Elizabeth Ruschman
Dema Sami
Kieran Samsel
Noah Saylor
Michael Schlueter
Abigail Secen
Grayson Shuck
Naiya Sims
Slayden Sizemore
Liberty Smallwood
Emma Stemen
Andrew Sturgis
Mason Sullivan
Caroline Sumner
Mackenzie Sweatt
David Szczykutowicz
Sarah Tan
Sarah Tran
Elizabeth Ueland
Dalton Webb
Robert Wells
Emma Windhorst
Margaret Whaley
Dolan Whittle
Patrick Williams
Lucy Yang
Ben You
Jessica Ziegler
Class of 2027 Students Earning Second-Year Academic Achievement Award
Cameron Abascal
Chiamaka Akosa
Neha Anil
Dominic Armagno
Ryan Barney
Zoie Barth
Matthew Bernard
Patrick Bidros
Andrew Birkhead
Clayton Bobo
Grace Boino
Kathryn Boroughs
Michael Buoncristiani
Hollie Clifton
Keenan Conley
George Cooley
Cameron Coulter
Bridgette Day
Julia D'Orazio
Sarah Draud
Ruth Eastham
Faith Elder
Molly Elder
Matthew Fahmy
Mollee Flannigan
Emily Hodges
Jenna Howard
Davis Howell
Christopher Hughes
Emilee Jackson
Amin Katanbaf
Colton Kendall
Robert Lawless
Lauren Lee
Kyra Lin
Grace McDonald
Cameron Oliveros
Nikhil Pallem
Reagan Parker
Jagoda Pasternacka
Ronak Patel
Bryant Reynolds
Grace Riedmatter
Louise Scharff
Haley Shepherd
Delaney Shroat
Carter Smith
Evan Smith
Jackson Snowden
Margaret Sorg
Isabelle Stanfield
Kayla Stenjem
Lewis Storms
Bethany Strickler
Edward Stump