Undergraduate Award Winners Recognized at 2026 Spring Picnic

April 29, 2026

Undergraduate Award Winners Recognized at 2026 Spring Picnic

Group picture of senior award winners

Undergraduate Physics and Engineering Physics majors who received academic merit scholarships were recognized on Tuesday April 28 at the annual Department of Physics Spring Picnic.

The students were recognized on Tuesday by Dr. Annika Peter, Vice-Chair for Undergraduate Studies, for their strong academic performances. In addition to the recognition, students were awarded with a scholarship provided by the Alva W. Smith Memorial Fund, the Alpheus W. and Adah B. Smith Fund, the Jack C. and Charlotte D. Smith Fund, and the Angela Marie and Mary Francis Valentino Physics Academic Achievement Scholarship Fund.

Below are the students who received recognition and a scholarship for their academic performance in our department. Additional photos from the picnic can be found on our Flickr page. Congratulations to all award winners!

Freshmen 

Oliver Alban 
Ian Blakley 
Evelyn Chang 
Colin Corr 
Madelyn DeRose 
Luke Huggins 
Eli Lesman 
Emily Li 
Joshua Mc Intosh 
Nolan Middleton 
Hanna Mosier 
Wesley Newman 
Isabelle Tardivon 
Anna Verhoff 
Kenny Wong 
Xiaocheng Zhu


Sophomores

Connor Hackle 
Yile Huang 
Chuangyi Li 
Julie Scherzer 
Yiming Shen 
Cole Steele 
Allison Trusko 
Jiayi Xu 
Wesley Younger 
Aoran Zhang 


Juniors

Cal Bostleman 
Adelaide Erhart 
Michael Hill 
Aaron Meade 
James O'Neill 
Aatmaj Rajesh  
Alex Russo 
Shravan Sripadhanallur Natarajan 
Ziheng Yan 
Anthony Yuhos


Seniors

Nicholas Bagby  
Reva Baste-Bania 
Lily Bertemes 
Mihai Crisan 
Neil Ghugare 
Dimitri King 
Jeremy Lange 
Jorie McDermott 
Gavin Ray 
Adam Sabet 
Mingyi Xu 
Alexa Yockey