Undergraduate Prizes

EPS Undergraduate Prize Recipients

William R. Belknap Prize “to a senior for excellence in geological studies”

2025 Benjamin Mousseau; 
2024 Leah Clayton; 
2023 Evelyn Larson, Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma; 
2022 Will Lawrence; 
2021 Mary Yap; 
2020 Nadia Grisaru, Katrina White; 
2019 Christoph Funke; 
2018 Madison Shankle; 
2017 Lily Hahn; 
2016 Maya Midzik, Astrid Pacini; 
2015 Leah Campbell, Tierney Larson; 
2014 Wendy DeWolf, William Gearty; 
2013 Anthony Fragoso, Jennifer Kasbohm; 
2012 Joseph O’Rourke; 
2011 Natasha Vitek; 
2010 Lee Christoffersen; 
2009 Claire Bucholz; 
2008 Elizabeth Wong; 
2006 Anthony Didlake Jr., Catherine Izard; 
2005 Peter Isaacson; 
2004 Martha Bell; 
2002 David Weinreb; 
2001 Daniel MacPhee, Abigail Spieler; 
2000 Matthew Jackson; 
 

Pat Wilde Prize “for excellence in marine geology and oceanography”

2025 Theo Schiminovich; 
2024 Madelyn Stewart; 
2023 Emma Levin, Catherine Zhang; 
2022 Sherry Xu; 
2021 Nash Keyes; 
2020 Lindsay Hogan, Sofia Menemenlis; 
2019 Danya Levy, Clara Ma; 
2018 Holden Leslie-Bole, Martha Longley; 
2017 Adam Sokol; 
2016 Paige Breen, Jane Smyth; 
2015 Johanna Press; 
2014 Sarah Ditchek, Emily Farr; 
2013 Eli Mitchell-Larson; 
2012 Margaret McCall, Rick Russotto; 
2011 Chelsea Willett; 
2010 Sarah Dewey; 
2009 Nathaniel Wilson; 
2006 Sara Enders; 
2005 Elizabeth Sims; 
2004 John Williams; 
2002 Michael Gutner; 
2001 Deborah Liptzin; 
2000 J. Michael Beman; 
 

Samuel Lewis Penfield Prize “for proficiency in mineralogy”

2025 Clara Gulick; 
2024 Benjamin Mousseau; 
2023 Naomi Norbraten; 
2022 Evie Sackett; 
2021 Evelyn Larson, Vuong Mai; 
2020 Will Lawrence, Sophie Lai; 
2019 Arianna Lord; 
2018 Theodore Kuhn; 
2017 Peter Mahony; 
2016 XinXin Xu; 
2015 (no prize given); 
2014 Rain Tsong; 
2013 Philippa Stoddard; 
2012 Jennifer Kasbohm; 
2011 Joseph O’Rourke; 
2010 Lee Christoffersen; 
2009 Abigail Fraeman; 
2008 Ian Rose; 
2006 Claire Bucholz; 
2005 Kristin Anderson; 
2004 Peter Isaacson; 
2003 Kathryn Henderson; 
2002 Elizabeth Donald; 
2001 Victoria Lee; 
2000 Matthew Runkle, Abigail Spieler; 
 

Hammer Prize “for excellence in the oral presentation of the Senior Thesis”

2025 Naomi Norbraten;
2024 Leah Clayton, Miranda Margulis-Ohnuma; 
2023 Emma Levin; 
2022 Will Lawrence; 
2021 Nash Keyes, Jaeger Johnson, Vuong Mai, Mary Yap; 
2020 Nadia Grisaru, Sofia Menemenlis; 
2019 Christoph Funke, Danya Levy; 
2018 Sophie Ruehr; 
2017 Juan Aragon and Adam Sokol; 
2016 Eva Hoffman, Maya Midzik, Jane Smyth; 
2015 Tierney Larson; 
2014 Sarah Ditchek, Emily Farr, Allegra Gordon; 
2013 Anthony Fragoso, Eli Mitchell-Larson; 
2012 Margaret McCall, Joseph O’Rourke; 
2011 Roxanne Carini; 
2010 Lee Christoffersen, Sophia Merrifield; 
2009 Claire Bucholz, Nathaniel Wilson; 
2008 Elizabeth Wong; 
2006 Anthony Didlake Jr., Catherine Izard; 
2005 John Williams; 
2004 Jeanine Mohammed; 
2002 Victoria Lee, David Weinreb; 
2001 Deborah Liptzin, Richard Wildman; 
2000 Matthew Jackson;