Alumni Awards
Young Alumni Achievement Award
The Young Alumni Achievement Award recognizes alumni, 40 years old or younger, who have achieved excellence in their chosen field and/or in their community. Nominations for the Young Alumni Achievement Award are open to anyone who is a graduate of CAES and is 40 years old or younger as of December 31, 2024.
- Young Alumni Achievement Award nominations for 2025 will open soon.
Alumni Award of Excellence
The Alumni Award of Excellence recognizes alumni who have achieved excellence in their chosen field and/or in their community. Nominations for the Alumni Award of Excellence are open to anyone who is a graduate of CAES and is 41 years old or older as of December 31, 2024.
- Alumni Award of Excellence nominations for 2025 will open soon.
Award Winners
2024 Young Alumni Award Winners from Left to Right: Chris Chammoun, Whitney Kizer Murphy, Zachary Taylor Murphy
2024 Award of Excellence Winners from Left to Right: Lohitash Karumbaiah, Todd Callaway, Larry Lykins, Jr., Phillip M. Brannen
2024
Young Alumni — Chris Chammoun, Whitney Kizer Murphy, Zachary Taylor Murphy
Award of Excellence — Phillip M. Brannen, Todd Callaway, Lohitash Karumbaiah, Larry Lykins, Jr.
2023
Young Alumni — Jessie Turk Bland, Chad Paulk and Tyson Strickland
Award of Excellence — Derek Eberhart, Michelle Samuel-Foo and Carla Wennberg
2022
Young Alumni — David Cromley, Samantha Kilgore, Anna Reddish and Lanie Riner
Award of Excellence — Swagata "Ban" Banerjee, Jimmy Blitch, Garth Boyd and Joy Carter Crosby
2019
Young Alumni — Sara Dunn, Tamlin Hall and Franklin West
Award of Excellence — Charlie Broussard, Ken Foster, Jaime Hinsdale Foster and Andrea B. Simao
2018
Young Alumni — Nick Chammoun, Sara Webb Hughes and Linda Brothers Purvis
Award of Excellence — Donya C. Lester, Krishna Prasad Paudel, Calvin D. Perry and Jody Tyson Strickland
2017
Young Alumni — Madison "Matt" Coley, Trey Cutts, Farrah Hegwood Newberry and Tracey D. Troutman
Award of Excellence — Jimmy L. Hill, J. Keith Kelly and Dennis J. Sheppard
2016
Young Alumni — Luke Lanier, Allison Perkins and Cliff Riner
Award of Excellence — D. Wayne Akins Jr., Charles H. Bronson Jr. and Lowry "Whitey" Weyman Hunt Jr.
2015
Young Alumni — Carmen Benson Byce, Megan Mullis Green and Travis Moore
Award of Excellence — James (Jimmy) Forrest Jr. and Donald (Bo) Warren
2014
Young Alumni — Jed Evans, Jim Faircloth and Rachel McLocklin Santos
Award of Excellence — Larry Cunningham, Ron Holt, Scott NeSmith and Floyd Shockley
2013
Young Alumni — Edith Deann Akins-Lewenthal, Betsy MacMillan McCorkle, Sydne Moody Smith and Robert L. Stewart Jr.
Award of Excellence — Stanley Coley and Michael Rasher
2012
Young Alumni — Bret Caudell, Susannah Lanier, Becca Turner and Abby Needham
Award of Excellence — Chigozie Asiabaka and Brian Tankersley
2011
Young Alumni — Joel McKie and Christy Cromley Seyfert
Award of Excellence — Polly Ligon O’Grady, Lucy Reid and Arch Daniel Smith II
2010
Young Alumni — Marianne Shockley Robinette, Christopher Stripling, Sam Watson and Clay Ward
Award of Excellence — Bruce Kotz and Chuck Williams
2009
Young Alumni — Beth Bland, Carrie Lynn Fowler, Clint Tolbert and Rachel M. Walters
Award of Excellence — Kristen McWhorter, Dixie Truelove and John Wilkinson
2008
Rising Star — Sarah Masoero
Young Alumni — Brent Dykes, Elliott Marsh and Yvette Smith
Award of Excellence — Will Harris III
2007
Rising Star — Mia Morgan
Young Alumni Achievement Award — Laci Banks and Chris Hopkins
Award of Excellence — Steven C. Turner
2006
Rising Star — Amanda Redden
Young Alumni Achievement Award — Amber Davis Collins, Steven Meeks, Billy Skaggs and Emily H. Watson
Award of Excellence — Argene Claxton and Anastassios Haniotis
2005
Rising Star — Lisa A. Last
Award of Excellence — Charles “Randy” Nuckolls
Young Alumni Achievement Award — John R. Hayes, Mary Ann Parsons and Marie Katherine Truesdell
Faculty Award — Joe West
2004
Rising Star — Joel McKie
Award of Excellence — Gary Black
Young Alumni Achievement Award — Megan H. Morris, Joy Carter, Marionette Holmes and Jennifer Pedrotty
Faculty Award — John C. McKissick
2003
Rising Star — Brian Lance
Award of Excellence — Fred Harrison Jr. and Steve Newton
Faculty Award — Jerry Johnson
2002
Rising Star — Carol Lea Spruill Lawrence
Award of Excellence — Gaylord Coan and Dr. Hsi-huang Chen
Faculty Award — Keith J. Karnok
2001
Rising Star — Mary Ann Davis Parsons
Award of Excellence — Laura Meadows, Gary Tankersley, Al Pearson and Emmett Reynolds Jr.
Faculty Award — Allan Armitage and Roger Wyatt
2000
Rising Star — Donna Leanne Stalvey
Award of Excellence — Chip Blalock, Stephen J. Brannen and Paul Broun
Faculty Award — Paul Thomas
1999
Rising Star — Megan Howard Morris
Award of Excellence — Ed Brown, Wilbur Mull and Lawrence Risse
Faculty Award — Estes Reynolds