The Warnell School held its annual Spring Awards Banquet on April 16, 2009, awarding more than $100,000 in scholarships to pre-professional, professional, graduate and Ph.D. students. The school also announced several award winners at the banquet, which drew more than 230 people to the Georgia Center.

The winners are:

Forestry Alumni Pre-Professional Scholarship

New: Shemena Shivers, M. Eliese Ronke, Noah Shealy

Forestry Alumni Scholarship

New: David Garrett & W. Amos Tuck

Continuing: Timothy Boatright, Allison Robillard, Andrew Hart, Tara Thomson, Emily Reed, Ann Marie Couch

William Tyler Ray Scholarship

New: Morgan Hickson, Sarah Mills, Joseph Styga, Laci Coleman, Sarah Arnold

Continuing: Jeffrey Hendricks, Elizabeth Moser, Wallace Woods

C.M. & Bernice C. Stripling Professional Scholarship

Matthew Stokes

William N. Thompson Scholarship

Denise Bailey

Elmo Hester Memorial Scholarship

Chassity Brady

Georgia Forestry Association/Georgia Forestry Foundation Fellowship

David Verdery

Judith Fitzgerald Brooks Memorial Scholarship

Michael Pigott

Arnett C. and Ruth Mace Memorial Fund

J. Claire Ike

Gordie J. Yancey Scholarship

Matt Streich

Soil Science Society of Georgia Scholarship

Christian Hoadley

Forest Landowner Foundation Scholarship

Joel Vinson, Jr.

Martha Love May Memorial Scholarship

Continuing: Tara Thomson

New: Emily Reed and Meg Williams

E.E. Provost Scholarship

Darren Guree

Trout Unlimited Cold Water Fisheries Endowment Fund

Undergraduate: Jason Payne

Graduate: Josh Seehorn

Georgia Division, Society of American Foresters Scholarship

Marissa Perry

Superior Pine Products Scholarship

Jon Hart

Gerald B. & Charlotte Alexander Saunders Scholarship

Doug Aubrey and Jena Hickey

Charles A. & Rose Lane Leavell Scholarship

Christine Holtz

Fredrick William Kinard, Jr. Scholarship

Meredith Moeggenberg

Archie E. Patterson Scholarship

Megan Carter

Earl Jenkins/Gladys Beach Memorial Award

Allison Robillard

Lepardo-Williams Scholarship

Katie Moore, Laci Coleman, and Nicole Pinnell

N.E. Georgia Quail Unlimited Scholarship

Susan Ellis-Felege

E.L. Cheatum Award

James Martin

Stoddard-Burleigh-Sutton Award

Ornithology:  Scott Rush

Wildlife Conservation: Andy Davis

Robert W. & June C. Porterfield Memorial Scholarship Fund

Jason Whiting

Blue Key Honor Society

New Members: Jeffrey Hendricks, Lincoln Larson, Elizabeth Moser, and Kristen Cecala

Gamma Sigma Delta Outstanding Sophomore and Senior in Forest Resources

Sophomore: W. Amos Tuck

Senior: Ryan Reddish

Outstanding Senior in Wildlife

Tara Thomson

Outstanding Senior in Forestry

David Verdery

Rotoract Student Service Award

Elizabeth Moser

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges

Tara Thomson, Mallory Cronic, Andrew Taylor

Forestry Faculty Award

Mallory Cronic

UGA Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Mandi McElroy, Lincoln Larson, Jamie Sanderlin

Warnell School Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

Ryan Sharp and Kirk Stodola

Warnell School Ambassador of the Year

Kendra Huffine

Professors Presented at Honors Day

Bob Teskey, Dale Greene and John Maerz

Gamma Sigma Delta Junior Achievement in Research Award

Michael Yabsley

Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Research Achievement Award

Steven Castleberry

Xi Sigma Pi/Herrick Outstanding Professor in Forest Resources

Steven B. Castleberry

Herrick Award for Outstanding Teaching

Robert Warren

Alumni Association Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching

Bruce Borders

Honorable Mention

Warnell Student Ambassadors

Randy Cass, Mallory Cronic, Miles Groover, Kendra Huffine, Morgen Ingerson, Lincoln Larson, Garrett Mack, Jess McNeill, Ryan Reddish, Emily Reed, Stephen Spurlock, Matt Stokes, Andrew Taylor, Tara Thomson, Tyler Wachtel, Meg Williams, Jennifer Willis

Students Presented at Honors Day

Elizabeth A. Moser, Shannon J. Hotch, Jeffrey L. Hendricks, Timothy W. Boatright, Mallory A. Cronic, David A. Verdery, Margaret Eliese Ronke, Emily F. Reed

Xi Sigma Pi Inductees

Jackson Audley, Michael Bednarski, Todd Bentley, Emily Blizzard, Ann Marie Couch, Vanessa Lane, Bin Mei, Will Ricks, Matthew Streich, Tara Thomson, Lindsey Tuominen, David Verdery, Tyler Wachtel, Joseph Webber

Southeastern Wildlife Conclave Participants

Andrew Brannon, Megan Carter, Marissa Cent, Mike Cherry, Laci Coleman, Mallory Cronic, Justin Davis,  Micah Hollis, Robert Horan, Brianne Lapierre, Graham Marsh, Hayden Martin, Theron Menken, Meredith Moeggenberg, Katie Moore, Kathryn Perlman, Will Ricks, Drew Ruttinger, Jay Scott, Andrew Taylor, Tara Thomson, Meg Williams

Southeastern Forestry Conclave Participants

Miles Groover, Jonathan Lee, Jason McMullen, Brian Mixon, Katie Moore, Morgan Newman, Michael Pigott, Michael Ransom, Jacob White, Robert White, Meg Williams, David Verdery, Morgan Verdery, Dustin Evans