2024-25 Math Recognition & Accomplishments
The Math Department would like to recognize the awards and accomplishments of Math and Data Science majors over the 2024-25 academic year.
Chair’s Prize
Awarded to an outstanding graduating major or majors
Dakota Andrews
Kolton O’Neal
Honorable Mention: Nicole Marienau
Special Awards
Dakota Andrews, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Chancellor’s Scholars
4.0 GPA through all undergraduate courses
Fall 2024: Khai Shen Ch'ng
Spring 2025: Ryan Barent, Landry Geiger, Aditya Jain, Chase Kling, and Kyla Kubik
Bachelor’s degrees
August 2024: Ahmed Husain Ali Al Fazari and Mitchell Lange
December 2024: Sakeena Al Balushi, Andrew Blocker, Kole Brack, Khai Shen Ch'ng, Adrian Choate, Hunter DeBoer, Samuel Lainhart, Kun-Yu Lee, Mason Nordhausen, Chase Rathke, Nick Starns, Tatiana Startseva, and Lucas Wurtz
May 2025 (Anticipated): Joseph Allen, Derek Andersen, Mitchell Anderson, Dakota Andrews, Ryan Barent, Madelyn Barkman, Andrew Cook, Lucy DePooter, Mac DePriest, David Dirks, Caleb Esquibel, Tyson Forbes, Matthew Geary, Landry Geiger, Ben Gerdes, Spencer Godina, Katie Gore, Zach Hammann, Caleb Holmbeck, Max Jabir, Aditya Jain, Kaitlin Keleher, Gracie Kerr, Chase Kling, Bradley Klug, Kyla Kubik, Nadjia Logans, Nicole Marienau, Angel Mendez Lopez, Cole Miller, Caitlin Murphy, Jack Murphy, Sydney Nelson, Kylie Newkirk, Oreoluwa Ogunleye, Kolton O'Neal, Adam Osborne, Eric Ovenden, Ian Parmley, Hannah Pearce, Lars Pedersen, Sena Petersen, Mark Phan, Jack Rankin, Evin Rasho, Kaylee Roland, Zoey Schultz, Tyson Shields, Jacob Snider, Noah Sorensen, Ian Sutton, Sara Vance, Aaron Wickland, and Ruthi Zielinski
Majors Graduated with Highest Distinction – Spring 2025 (Anticipated): Kolton O'Neal
Majors Graduated with High Distinction – Spring 2025 (Anticipated): Ryan Barent, Landry Geiger, Zach Hammann, Aditya Jain, Gracie Kerr, Chase Kling, Kyla Kubik, Nicole Marienau, Caitlin Murphy, Lars Pedersen, Jack Rankin, Jacob Snider, Sara Vance, and Ruthi Zielinski
Majors Graduated with Distinction – Spring 2025 (Anticipated): Mitchell Anderson, Dakota Andrews, David Dirks, Caleb Holmbeck, and Nadjia Logans
Majors Graduated with Honors – Spring 2025 (Anticipated): Landry Geiger, Ben Gerdes, Spencer Godina, Zach Hammann, Aditya Jain, Gracie Kerr, Chase Kling, Nadjia Logans, Cole Miller, Caitlin Murphy, Kolton O'Neal, Lars Pedersen, Sara Vance, and Ruthi Zielinski
Majors Graduated with High Distinction– Fall 2024: Sakeena Al Balushi, Khai Shen Ch'ng, and Nick Starns
Majors Graduated with Distinction– Fall 2024: Kun-Yu Lee and Lucas Wurtz
Senior Thesis (directed by):
Mitchell Anderson (Kazuo Yamazaki, Math & Yu Jin, Math)
Kolton O'Neal (Eloisa Grifo, Math & Mark Walker, Math)
Lars Pedersen (Jean Marcel Ngoko Djiokap, Physics & Harindranath Ambalampitiya, Physics)
Ruthi Zielinski (Robert Streubel, Physics & Shireen Adenwalla, Physics)
UCARE Awards and Undergraduate Research Participation (directed by)
Sajid Raihan Akash, UCARE Summer 2024 & 2024-25 (Ilya Kravchenko, Physics)
Abhinav Bettadapura, UCARE 2024-25 (Matthew Wiebe, Vet Medicine)
Riley Brown, UCARE Summer 2024 (Tri Lai)
John Daugherty, UCARE 2024-25 (Evan Rich, Physics)
Allison Enyart, Spring 2024 (Judy Walker)
Maisie Gilford, Spring 2025 (Judy Walker)
Gracie Kerr, UCARE 2024-25 (Grace Panther, Civil Engineering)
David Khuu, Spring 2025 (Tom Marley)
Nadjia Logans, Fall 2024 (Yvonne Lai)
Khanh Le, UCARE 2024-25 (Mohammad Ghashami, Mechanical Engineering)
Ty Mandachit, Spring 2025 (Judy Walker)
Nicole Marienau, 2024-25 (Yvonne Lai)
Helen Martinez, UCARE 2024-25 (Mohammad Rashedul Hasan, Electrical Engineering)
Jack Murphy, UCARE Summer 2024 (Huijing Du) & Spring 2025 (Adam Larios)
Jasmine Pham, UCARE Summer 2024 & 2024-25 (Paul Hanson, Natural Resources & Jim Benes, Natural Resources)
Bishop Placke, UCARE Summer 2024 (Alexandra Seceleanu)
Evin Rasho, UCARE 2024-25 (Gwen Nugent, CYAF & Leen-Kiat Soh, Computing)
Shaghayegh Rouhi, UCARE Summer 2024 & 2024-25 (Petronela Radu & Mikil Foss)
Sam Sanketh, UCARE Summer 2024 (Alexander Zupan) & Spring 2025 (Judy Walker)
Noah Sorensen, Fall 2024 (Chris Schafhauser & Allan Donsig)
Nick Starns, UCARE Summer 2024 (Alexander Zupan)
Ransom Sterns, Spring 2025 (Judy Walker)
Anok Timothy, UCARE 2024-25 (Alexander Zupan)
Jenna Wakefield, UCARE Summer 2024 & 2024-25 (Eric Weaver, Biological Sciences & Adthakorn Madapong, Biological Sciences)
MATH 398 Paper with Román Aranda: Noah Crawford, Andrew Maas, Nicole Marienau, Erica Pearce, Renzo Sarreal, Savannah Schutte, Ransom Sterns, and Eric Woods
2024 Putnam Contest Participants
Andrew Cook, Andrew Rogers, and Rohan Yalamanchili
Pi Mu Epsilon — Inducted Spring 2025
Caroline Belleque, Noah Crawford, Jasmine Pham, Jacob Snider, Sandesh Subedi, and Eric Woods
Nebraska Experimental Math and Outreach Lab Participants
Fall 2024 (mentored by Levi Heath)
Ben Gerdes, Caleb Holmbeck, Reva Long, Andrew Maas, Ally Muellner, Hannah Pearce, Bishop Placke, and Thy Tran
Spring 2025 (mentored by Glenn Ledder and Michael Pieper)
James Lynch and Sophia Thompson
Math Directed Reading Program – Fall 2024 (mentored by)
Sajid Raihan Akash (Zach Nason)
Riley Brown (Nick White)
Noah Crawford (Nick White)
Sydney Kohl (Derek DeBlieck)
Kolton O'Neal (Ryan Watson)
Ian Parmley (Nawaj KC)
Jack Reason (Michael Pieper)
Lily Rippeteau (Shahriyar Roshan Zamir)
Noah Sorensen (Mikkel Munkholm)
Math Directed Reading Program – Spring 2025 (mentored by)
Riley Brown (Nick White)
Noah Crawford (Isaiah Martinez)
Thanish Kashyap (Ayden Eddings)
Jack Murphy (Nick White)
Kolton O'Neal (Ryan Watson)
Ian Parmley (Nawaj KC)
Chase Rozman (Nawaj KC)
Sam Sanketh (Pablo Jose Padilla Ortiz)
Renzo Sarreal (Mikkel Munkholm)
Savannah Schutte (Nicole Xie)
Eric Woods (Noah Walker)
Special Scholarships Awards
Note: 70 scholarships were awarded for the 2024–25 academic year.
New Eastman Top Scholars for 2024-25
Garrett Carter, Ruby Gutzmann, Hannah Heftie, Jacob Reason, Mia Wendt, and Rohan Yalamanchili
Dean H and Floreen G Eastman Memorial Scholars
Jadyn Anderson, Mitchell Anderson, Dakota Andrews, Braden Borchers, Riley Brown, Nevin Butler, Bryley Carabantes, Garrett Carter, Carson Catherall, David Dirks, Landry Geiger, Andrew Grant, Abby Gregory, Joshua Havlovic, Hannah Heftie, Alexander Hermsen, Aditya Jain, Anna Janvrin, Thanish Kashyap, Kaitlin Keleher, David Khuu, Nicole Marienau, Brooke Murphy, Caitlin Murphy, Jack Murphy, Kolton O'Neal, Erica Pearce, Bryant Peck, Jasmine Pham, Bishop Placke, Jacob Reason, Karmen Reimer, Lily Rippeteau, Noah Sorensen, Ian Sutton, Sophia Thompson, Blaine Traudt, Sara Vance, Jenna Wakefield, Mia Wendt, Edward Wiltgen, Lucas Wurtz, and Brayton Zeibig
Irwin Dubinsky Memorial Scholars
Khai Shen Chng and Jacob Snider
Joel Stebbins Fund Scholarship
Zach Hamman and Andrew Maas
Renneman/Luebbers Scholarship
Khai Shen Chng, Zach Hammann, and Jacob Snider
Drusilla Winchester Scholarship
Khai Shen Chng and Zach Hamman
Ruby Matzke Wittemore Scholarship
Jenna Wakefield
Sylvia and Hans Jeans Mathematics Scholarship
Sajid Raihan Akash, Dakota Andrews, Caroline Belleque, Donovan Dyk, Abbigail Gant, Carlin King, Andrew Maas, Lain Mastey, Riley Oller, Jacob Snider, Sebastian Wysocki, and Ivy Zhan
Dr. Hubert Schneider Memorial Scholarship
Andrew Maas
Gallup UNL Math Day Scholarship Winners
Andrew Rogers and Rohan Yalamanchili
Linda Bors Mathematics Scholarship
Caitlin Murphy
Mike & Jo McGuire Scholarship
Dakota Andrews
Chivukula & Emani Scholarship for Mathematics
Andrew Maas
College of Arts & Sciences Scholarships Earned for 2024-25
Nevin Butler, Patricia & Harold Van Vleck Mathematical Sciences Scholarship
Aditya Jain, Dr. Walter Mientka STEM Scholarship Fund
Caitlin Murphy, Mr. John O. Nigh Scholarship Fund
Bryant Peck, Mr. John O. Nigh Scholarship Fund
Lily Rippeteau, Patricia & Harold Van Vleck Mathematical Sciences Scholarship
Jacob Snider, Ling Lu UNL Arts and Sciences Student Support Fund
Jenna Wakefield, Herbert Thomas & Lilah David Folsom Memorial Endowment - PreMed
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