Congrats, 2020 honors students
Academic Honors and Awards
Dental Class of 2020
First Scholastic Honors Gold Medal Winner
- Benjamin Joseph Harvey
Second Scholastic Honors
- Daniel John Ripperger
Third Scholastic Honors
- Emily Grace Danahy
Fourth Scholastic Honors
- Nhayen P. Nguyen
Dental Excellence Track Awards in Research
Gold
- Kevin S. Chan
- Daniel John Ripperger
- Fareed Enzo Ighani
Silver
- Zachary D. Pekar
- Ellen Stice Nauert
- Delton Todd Tatum
- Debbie Tyan Yeh
Bronze
- Jorge A. Gonzales
- Benjamin Joseph Harvey
- Nichaela Danielle Huska
- Andrew Lee Benjamin
- Ryan Alexander Buda
- Rebecca Croy Cunningham
- Brendan Alexander Daugherty
- Salma Haneef
- Clair Diane Erice
- Syeda Fasiha Ali Jafri
- Lana Khazma El-Asha
- Simi Mathur
- Teniola O. Omapariola
Dental Excellence Track Awards in Service
Gold
- Lauren Edith Rosene
- George Andres Galaz
- Olga Stepanchenko
- Erin Ruiz Medina
- Clair Diane Erice
- Jonathan Geoffrey Swope
- Steven Su Nguyen
- Neusha Ashley Rahmati
- Jennifer Alèmàn Pylant
- Alma Alejandra Garay Romero
- Chris Seungmin Shin
- Laila Waleed Abdeljalil
- Horacio Favela
- Nia E. Beasley
- Nihal Alam Chowdhury
- Riley Bennett Payne
Silver
- Sandya Vanathi Athigaman
- Simi Mathur
- Nhayen P. Nguyen
- Ryan Alexander Buda
- Matthew Dean Hiner
- Emily N. Nitta
- Jason Tri Tran
- Jorge A. Gonzales
- Sarah Beth Jackson
- Syeda Fasiha Ali Jafri
- Leslie Jeane Powell
- Angel Ivan Rivera
- Triston Shaun Baity
- Jaqueline Medina
- Michelle Nguyen
- Trevor Keith Shewski
Bronze
- Oluwaseun Tolulope Allen-Taylor
- Scott Andrew Aduddell
- Megan Elizabeth Chavana
- Salma Haneef
- Maleny Romero
- Delton Todd Tatum
- Precious Adaeze Ude
- Brenda Concepcion Acosta
- Precious Nneka Bieni
- Katelyn Michele Cessna
- Lana Khazma El-Asha
- Fareed Enzo Ighani
- Sameen Kausar Khan
- Adriana Lorena Riojas Soto
- Nida Imran Suleman
- Reagan Rexford Hiner
- Gabrielle Karin Kubas
- Aldo Ronci
- Shayna S. Abie
- Nazanin Abolhasani
- Kevin S. Chan
- Gabriella Noelle Fontes
- Nichaela Danielle Huska
- Kyle Douglas Johnson
- Carly Konzelman
- Kaitlin Alexis Lindell
- Gretchen Lois Lochte
- Nancy Naruemon Nguyen
- Thy Hong Nguyen
- Sarah Davina Reynolds
- Daniel John Ripperger
- Alli Shriti Sarcar
- Emily Alexander Watson
- Debbie Tyan Yeh
- Allison Nicole Yost
Dental Excellence Track Awards in Teaching
Gold
- Ellen Stice Nauert
Bronze
- Oluwaseun Tolulope Allen-Taylor
- Andrew Lee Benjamin
- Lana Khazma El-Asha
- Nhayen P. Nguyen
- Precious Adaeze Ude
Cumulative Dean’s Honor List
- Laila Waleed Abdeljalil
- Shayna S. Abie
- Sandya Vanathi Athigaman
- Brent Tyler Black
- Emily Grace Danahy
- Brendan Alexander Daugherty
- Felipe Gregorio Flores
- Jorge A. Gonzales
- Benjamin Joseph Harvey
- Fareed Enzo Ighani
- Sarah Beth Jackson
- Simi Mathur
- Nhayen P. Nguyen
- Nancy Naruemon Nguyen
- Emily Nicole Nitta
- Neusha Ashley Rahmati
- Daniel John Ripperger
- Olga Stepanchenko
- Jonathan Geoffrey Swope
- Delton Todd Tatum
Dental Hygiene Class of 2020
First Scholastic Honors Gold Medal Winner
- Danielle Nicole Allen
Second Scholastic Honors
- Katie Shea Smith
Third Scholastic Honors
- Lauren Michelle Scott
Cumulative Dean’s Honor List
- Danielle Nicole Allen
- Taylor Lynn Cornuaud
- Daniela Sarai Duarte
- Courtney Marie Fine
- Lauren Michelle Scott
- Katie Shea Smith
Clinical Awards
Dental Class of 2020
Laila Waleed Abdeljalil
- American Academy of Oral Medicine
Shayna S. Abie
- American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Award
Andrew Lee Benjamin
- Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Award
Ryan Alexander Buda
- International College of Dentists Student Humanitarian Award
Katelyn Michele Cessna
- Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Periodontics
Kevin S. Chan
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Outstanding Award
- Dallas Section of the American Association of Dental Research Award
- Pierre Fauchard Academy Award
Roxana Chavez
- American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award
Emily Grace Danahy
- General Dentistry Program Award
Ethan M. Erwin
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Implant Award
- Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Restorative Dentistry
- Southwest Academy of Restorative Dentistry Award
George Andres Galaz
- Warren Parker Community Dentistry Award
Jorge A. Gonzales
- American Dental Society of Anesthesiology Award
- The Merritt-Parks Award in Periodontology
Tanner Brent Gregory
- General Dentistry Program Award
Benjamin Joseph Harvey
- American Association of Orthodontists Award
- American Equilibration Society Award
- The William and Jessamine Younger Endowed Scholarship in Orthodontics
Fareed Enzo Ighani
- American College of Prosthodontists Award
Christian Diego Lepure
- American Association of Endodontists Award
- American Prosthodontic Society Award
Nhayen P. Nguyen
- Academy of Operative Dentistry Award
- Texas A&M College of Dentistry Alumni Association Dental Student Award
Emily Nicole Nitta
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Award
- American Academy of Periodontology Award
Chad Robert Packard
- General Dentistry Program Award
Daniel John Ripperger
- International College of Dentists Student Leadership Award
- The Academy of Osseointegration Implant Dentistry Award
- Bernhard Gottlieb Memorial Award in Oral Pathology
- The Dr. D. Lamar Byrd Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Award
- Delta Dental Student Leader Award
- Baylor Oral Health Foundation Centennial Award
Angel Ivan Rivera
- Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry
Maleny Romero
- Rudolph Hanau Prosthodontic Award
Lauren Edith Rosene
- George Barnes Preventive Dentistry Award
Jonathan Geoffrey Swope
- American Academy of Implant Dentistry Award
Delton Todd Tatum
- General Dentistry Program Award
Jason Tri Tran
- American Academy of Orofacial Pain Award
Ronald Mauricio Velasquez
- General Dentistry Program Award
Emily Alexander Watson
- American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
- International Congress of Oral Implantologists Award
- Texas Section of the American College of Dentists Outstanding Student Leader Award
Debbie Tyan Yeh
- American Student Dental Association Award of Excellence
- Horace R. Beachum Award in Denture Prosthesis
- Quintessence Award for Research Achievement
- The William and Jessamine Younger Endowed Scholarship in Orthodontics
Dental Hygiene Class of 2020
Danielle Nicole Allen
- The Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award
- Elected to Sigma Phi Alpha Honorary Scholastic Society
- The Phillip Earle Williams Award
Allie Rebecca Brown
- Geriatric Patient Care Award
Taylor Lynn Cornuaud
- Elected to Sigma Phi Alpha Honorary Scholastic Society
Daniela Sarai Duarte
- Elected to Sigma Phi Alpha Honorary Scholastic Society
- The George B. Clendenin Award
Courtney Marie Fine
- The Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award
Malorie Nicole Newton
- The Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award
Melanie Elizabeth Patterson
- Texas A&M College of Dentistry Alumni Association Dental Hygiene Student Award
Kimberlynn Nicole Patzold
- Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Award
Alexandra Renee Politz
- The Outstanding Patient Management Award
- The Dental Hygiene Student Total Achievement Award
- Baylor Oral Health Foundation Centennial Award
Lauren Michelle Scott
- Community Dentistry and Dental Public Health Award
Katie Shea Smith
- Phi Kappa Phi Gathright Outstanding Junior Award
Abbigale Danielle White
- Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Award
Leann Renae Wilson
- Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Award