Prestigious Awards Blugolds Achieved
Scholarships + Grant Awards
Blugold students and alumni have received many prestigious awards over the years. Below is a list of students and the awards they have won. Some of the names also link to posters containing more information about each respective award winner. The posters were created in celebration of UW-Eau Claire's centennial year (2016-2017).
If anyone has additional information or would like to add or correct any of the information below, please contact us at ORSP@uwec.edu.
Note: McNair Scholars are indicated by an asterisk throughout.
Rhodes Scholarship
- Chauncy Harris
- Tayo Sanders II*
Goldwater Scholarship
- Max Dylla
- Tyler Gonzales
- Sarah Kintner (Knutson)
- Trevor Nelson
- Thomas Nevins
- Katie Peterson (Klotz)
- David Quicker
- Tayo Sanders II*
- Elizabeth Stubbs
- Eric Weber
Fulbright U.S. Student Grants
- Michele Bennett, West Germany
- Ellen Bialka, Czech Republic
- Adam Bosetski, Colombia
- Allyson Breyer, Netherlands
- Courtney Brost, Brazil
- Amy Brown, Colombia
- Giselle Conde, Iceland
- Jenna Cushing-Leubner, Austria
- Christopher Dierich, Germany*
- Jane Draves, Germany
- Samantha Dulak, Brazil
- Frank Fuller, West Germany
- Karlene Groshek, Turkey
- Trever Hagen, Czech Republic
- James Hahn, Spain
- Wayne Hansen, Germany
- Melissa Hartung, Peru
- Theodore Herzog, Germany
- Amanda Hilson (Hill), Belgium
- Erin House, Germany*
- Sarah Janes Ugoretz, Mexico
- Samantha Kobs, South Africa
- Angela Koch, Bulgaria
- Stephanie Kuski, Germany
- William Lamanna, Germany
- Scott Lehmann, Germany
- Claire Lind, Turkey
- Annisa Luginbill, Germany
- Gina Malagold, Argentina*
- Gayle Mittelstadt, West Germany
- Joel Newman, Uruguay
- Kathleen Olson, Finland
- Courtney Ostert, Taiwan
- Kerri Patton (Grube), Germany
- Debora Raatz, West Germany
- Hannah Schneeman, Germany
Kanu Shenoi, Germany - Lara Steinike, Germany
- Justin Van Ness, Spain
- Vicki Versland, South Korea
- Bethany Webster, Germany
- Joseph Welch, West Germany
- Anneli Williams, Germany
- Whitney Zahn, Germany
- John Zanetti, Indonesia
Gilman Scholarship
- Brianne Ackley, Ireland
- Hannah Agyekum (Fritsch), Ghana
- Darcy Behringer, Australia
- Alexandria Berg, Ghana
- Rachel Berg, Costa Rica
- Kristin Bomber, Sweden
- James Bomber, Australia
- Erin Byrne, Educators Abroad Student Teaching
- Casey Carroll, Japan
- Maria Carvalho, Costa Rica
- Paula Cherop, Botswana
- Adam Coonen, Ghana
- Amanda Draxler, Costa Rica
- Stacy Dunning (Grams), Mexico
- Mirella Espino, Cuba
- Kelsey Freymiller, Germany
- Michael Fiori, Austria
- T. Benjamin Fischer, Costa Rica
- Shayna Friday, Uruguay
- Natasha Fuller, Austria
- Michael Gehrke, Japan
- Helen Glover, Japan
- Emma Heaton, United Kingdom
- Susannah Heller, Costa Rica
- Ashley Hess, South Korea
- Alicia Hooker, Japan
- Luke Jacob, Greece
- Justin Janicki, Japan
- Kathryn Jensen, Ghana
- Ryan Jensen, South Africa
- Samantha Kobs, South Africa
- Mai You Lee, Thailand
- Andrew Maher, Japan
- Rebecca Mai, Czech Republic
- Christine Manwiller, Italy
- James Marsh, Austria
- Oscar Lopez-Martinez, Latvia
- Michael Nelson, Australia
- Adam Nelson, Czech Republic
- Lexi O'Laire, Mexico
- Sumya Paung, Thailand
- Angelina Pingry, Ireland
- Tamar Reim, Germany
- Clare Remer (Wocken), Czech Republic
- Emily Richgels, Costa Rica
- Katie Rozwadowksi, Ireland
- Mariah Sands, South Africa
- Aaron Schasse, Costa Rica
- Sara Schultz, Botswana
- Araceli Whitwam-Sell, Nicaragua
- Aryn Senger, Spain
- Kelsey Smith, France
- Tara Stefan, Costa Rica
- Ryan Swenson, South Africa
- Glenn Terpstra, The Netherlands
- Amanda Thao, South Korea
- Pa Nyia Thao, South Korea
- Vedran Uzeirovic, Greece
- Valerie Van Tussi, Ghana
- Brianne Velie, Costa Rica
- Jennifer Wendland (Morvak), Thailand
- Colin Weyers, Ghana
- Heather Wroten, Uruguay
- Kaolee Yang, South Korea
- Pang Kou Yang, France
- Benjamin Zenda, Czech Republic
Hong Kierkegaard Library Summer Fellowship
National Science Foundation Excellence in Science
National Science Foundation Excellence in Science, Technology Education, and Mathematics Scholarship
- Rachael Anderson*
- Brandon Barrette*
- Audrey Boerner (Mohr)*
- Andrew Johnson*
- Michael McAnally*
- Andrew Polzin*
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Jenna Christian
- Tami Lynn Raguse Grygiel
- Sarah Ivory
- Alyssa Kruger
- Michael McAnally*
- Brooks Rohde
Michelle Solensky
Woodrow Wilson Scholarship
- Ronald Christenson
- Ford Hill
- John Jane
- Travis Olson
- Chad Sova