Every spring, College of Business faculty and administration select and recognize our outstanding students. Please join us in celebrating the recipients of our 2025 Student Awards listed below by department by posting a congratulatory message on our College of Business Facebook and LinkedIn feeds.

Valedictorian

Jake Jeremiah Ross

Accounting

Outstanding Undergraduate in Accounting

Jake Jeremiah Ross

Outstanding Graduates, Master of Science in Accounting 

Samuel Robert Bill
Spencer Hamilton Brooks
David Aaron Dorchester
Josiah Jeffrey Fisher
Leila Marie Toussi

Computer Information Systems

Outstanding Senior in Computer Information Systems

Griffin Frederick Imlay

Outstanding Junior in Computer Information Systems 

Sanaya Cyrus Bharucha

Computer Information Systems Consulting Excellence Awards

Hayden Nicholas Bako
Andrew Chimaobi Ezidinma
Jace Edward Lemm

Todd Perry ('92) Aspiring Analytics Endowed Scholarship

Spencer Lee Toth

Economics

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence in Economics 

Matthew Jonathan Kendig

Executive Advisory Board Outstanding Senior in Economics 

Samuel Timothy Badman

Finance

Outstanding Senior in Finance

James Tyler Dacey

Faculty Awards for Excellence in Finance 

Ethan Patrick Coyle
Christian Cooper Ellis
Lily Elizabeth Smith

Outstanding Senior in Quantitative Finance

Rachael Siobhan Davis

Faculty Award for Excellence in Quantitative Finance

Samuel Timothy Badman

Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management

Outstanding Senior in Hospitality Management

Skylar Elizabeth Feucht

Outstanding Senior in Sport and Recreation Management

Gabrielle Erica Keppel

International Business

Outstanding Senior in International Business 

Emily Victoria Fuller

Degesch America Award

Diego Caballero Casanova

Management

Outstanding Student in Business Management 

Sarah Grace Avery

Management Faculty Awards for Excellence

Savannah Grace Derey
Alden Lynne Miller
Sara Christine Quigley
Gillian Etain Seuter

Holland Yates Entrepreneurship Minor Scholarship

Kiley Elizabeth Byers
Victor Bernabe Escamilla
Audrey Maya Goldman
Shane Russell Malamut
Kian Jon Mostaghim

Marketing

Outstanding Student in Marketing 

Olivia Grace Smith

Marketing Faculty Award for Excellence 

Cassidy Laine Strittmatter

Outstanding Student in Professional Sales 

Chelsea Rae Crystal

Outstanding JMU Digital Marketing Student Award presented by Workshop Digital

Lillian Grace Torello

Master of Business Administration

MBA Program Outstanding Student Award

John Hughes

School of Strategic Leadership Studies

Outstanding Dissertation

Marcus Christopher Hubbard

"Reconsidering Glasser's Basic Needs in Lead-Management Theory: Testing the Validity of the Original Basic Needs, Disentangling the Power Construct, and Auditioning the Inclusion of Meaning and Purpose"

Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship

Zane Showker Entrepreneurship Award

Nicholas Alan Jordan

Honors Thesis Recognition
Sport and Recreation Management

Thesis: "Sport and Recreation Management - It’s a Numbers Game: A Comprehensive Examination of the Dual Face of Data Analytics in Professional Sports"

Advisor: Ms. Alyssa Bosley, Senior Lecturer

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