Spirit of Maryland Award
Spirit of Maryland Award
The Spirit of Maryland Award is presented annually, in lieu of a traditional homecoming king or queen honoree, to two members of the senior class who through their achievements have most exemplified the spirit of the University of Maryland. Criteria for the award include outstanding scholarship, leadership, campus involvement, community service and communication skills. A committee of faculty and staff interviews students who advance to the final round of the application process. The award is presented during halftime of the Homecoming football game.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Spirit of Maryland Award, a student must:
To be eligible for the Spirit of Maryland Award, a student must:
- Be recognized by the University as being of senior status
- Have 90+ academic credits*
- Have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above.
*Students who are expected to graduate by May of the following semester and do not have the 90-academic-credit senior status may still be eligible to apply.
Email questions to Joe Calizo at jcalizo@umd.edu.
Spirit of Maryland Nominees and Winners
* denotes Spirit of Maryland award winners
2022
Alyssa Cobb
Kassidy Jacobs
Briana Mercado
Renee Paulraj
Angela Chen Sun
Kevin J. Tu
Raj Ukondwa
Josie Urrea
Noam Yanay
Isha Yardi
2021
Marjorie Justine Antonio
Tess Baldwin
Emily Leo
Jacqueline Liu
Madhulika Nallani
M Pease *
Nabila Prasetiawan
Josie Shaffer *
Alythia Vo
Gabriela Winter
2020
Dan Alpert *
Emily Berry
Jackson Devadas
Lauren Frost *
Divya Kapoor
Julia Reicin
David Rekhtman
Philippos Sourvinos
Pauline Sow
Yesica Ventura
2019
Vivian Alana Caesar
Logan Dechter
Jacqueline Deprey
Kristen Edwards *
Sasha Kahn
Mario Menendez
Nikhil Modi *
Sara Pohland
Christine Rhee
Doron Tadmor
2018
Laila Abujuma *
Alexis Amos
Elizabeth Arentz
Katherine Bemb
Timothy Chen
Bryan Gallion
Stephanie George
Junellie Gonzalez Quiles
Kevin Li *
Stacey Mannuel
Jeffrey O’Neal
Humzah Yahya
2017
Sofia Alsamadi
Nicholas Armah
Sadie Isakower
Jane Lyons *
A. J. Pruitt
Mitchell Rock
Chetachi Ukejianya *
Jacob Veitch
Samantha Waldenberg
Jessica Yau
2016
Shabnam Ahmed
Adam Berger
Kevin Bock *
Lauryn Froneberger *
Nicolas Holocker
Christopher Ma
Bryan Pfeffer
Katherine Swanson
Tessa Trach
Kathy Zang
2015
Liya Ai
Julio Ceron
Shannon Clash
Chris Frye
Malina Howard
Ankur Naik
Sarah Niezelski *
Allison Peters
Patrick Ronk
Iowis Zhu *
2014
Raaheela Ahmed
Anthony Belton
Fang Cao *
Abisola Kusimo *
Amara Ndumele
Khalil Pettus
Michael Sikorski
Sree Sinha
Austin Trupp
Jazmyn White
2013
Wendell Alston
Anne Collins
Jasmine Cruz
Gabrielle DeFranceschi
Stephanie Graf *
Omer Kaufman
Vaughn Midder *
Christopher Riley
Meenu Singh
Mohammad Zia
2012
Sam Allen
Daniel Atlas
Starr Chen
Angelica Eng
Ashley Evangelista
Daniel Granot *
Sumanth Kuppali
Odunola Ojewumi
Katherine Rennenkampf *
Matthew Popkin
2011
Manka Banda
Jaison Cooper
Lisa Davies *
Joshua Finifter
Melissa Nathanson
Maurice Nick
Robert Rosenthal *
Katelyn Weeks
Kaiyi Xie
Rosie Zhang