Each spring the Chancellor of the University of Tennessee hosts the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet to recognize students, faculty, and staff for their extraordinary achievements. This year Honors & Scholars is proud to have had 40 students and alumni of our programs honored at the banquet with several students receiving more than one award. Please join us in congratulating the following students on their successes.
The Torchbearer is the highest honor given to UT students for academic excellence and service to the university and society at large. This year four Honors & Scholars students were selected for this prestigious award. On April 19th, Natalie Bennett, Elisabeth Logan, and Monil Mehta of the Chancellor’s Honors Program and Louis Varriano of the Haslam Scholars Program all joined the ranks of UT students who bear the Torch of Enlightenment.
Other top honors awarded to Honors & Scholars students include the Chancellor’s Citation, Undergraduate Researcher of the Year, Extraordinary Campus Leadership & Service, Extraordinary Academic Achievement, Extraordinary Professional Promise, Scholar Athlete, and Top Collegiate Scholar. A list of awards and their honorees from our programs may be found below. For a brief description of each award and a full list of awardees, please visit the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet site.
Chancellor’s Citation
Payton Miller – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
Louis Varriano — Haslam Scholars Program, 2013 Cohort
Extraordinary Campus Leadership & Service
Alex Brito – Haslam Scholars Program, 2013 Cohort
McKinsey Patterson – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Alina Clay — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Extraordinary Academic Achievement
Grace Bomar – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Raleigh Butler – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Alina Clay – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Abby Durick – Haslam Scholars Program, 2013 Cohort
Nicolo Franceschetti — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Parker Henry – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Morgan Jenkins — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Laura Lauder — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Rachael MacLean – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2016
John McAmis — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Chima McGruder – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Jennifer Lynn Nicklas – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Allison Poget — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Noreen Premji — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Mara Robinette – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Katie Scott — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Bridget Sellers — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Elizabeth Stanfield – Haslam Scholars Program, 2012 Cohort
Extraordinary Professional Promise
Marti Bell – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Grace Bomar — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Alina Clay – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Nicholas Combs – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Abby Durick – Haslam Scholars Program, 2013 Cohort
Taylor Gray – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
William Hoskins – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Jessica Martinez – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Chima McGruder – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Alexandra Nelson – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Ashley Northcutt – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Blake Palles – Haslam Scholars Program, 2010 Cohort
Noreen Premji — Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Christina Rose Sanford – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Scholar Athlete
Parker Henry – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Top Collegiate Scholar
Gary Collins – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Sarah Gomillion – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
William Hoskins – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Richard McEver – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Eric Nelius – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Jennifer Lynn Nicklas – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Alison Poget – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Teresa Slade – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017
Garrett Smith – Chancellor’s Honors Program, Class of 2017