Graduating seniors.
The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture held their annual celebration on April 22, recognizing outstanding undergraduate students, award winners, and graduating seniors from the 2024-2025 academic year.
The event, which highlighted student achievements across all HLA disciplines, was successfully organized thanks to Brandy Pinkard‘s initial planning efforts and the coordination of faculty members Kathryn Orvis and Sean Rotar and staff members Rebecca Stevenson and Pam Fisher.
Outstanding Undergraduate Awards
Students were recognized for excellence in our four program areas:
HLA Outstanding Students in Sustainable Food and Farming Systems: Madison Prine (Freshman).
Sustainable Food and Farming Systems
- Freshman: Madison Prine
- Sophomore: Ella Pegg
- Junior: Ren Rund
- Senior: Camille Kristinik
HLA Outstanding Students in Turf Management and Science (clockwise from top left): Evan Dupuis (Freshman), Bryce Thompson (Sophomore), Brody Piel (Senior) and Gavin Kenning (Junior).
Turf Management and Science
- Freshman: Evan Dupuis
- Sophomore: Bryce Thompson
- Junior: Gavin Kenning
- Senior: Brody Piel
HLA Outstanding Students in Landscape Architecture (clockwise from top left): Anya Hebner (Freshman), Gabriella Damiecka (Sophomore), Anna Hildebrand (Senior) and Kinzie Carr (Junior).
Landscape Architecture
- Freshman: Anya Hebner
- Sophomore: Gabriella Damiecka
- Junior: Kinzie Carr
- Senior: Anna Hildebrand
HLA Outstanding Students in Horticulture (clockwise from top left): Layne Krug (Freshman), Lillianna Fronek (Sophomore), Morgan Klein (Senior) and Isaac Damer (Junior).
Horticulture
- Freshman: Layne Krug
- Sophomore: Lillianna Fronek
- Junior: Isaac Damer
- Senior: Morgan Klein
College of Agriculture Outstanding Student Nominees
HLA Outstanding Transfer Student: Ethan Meyers.
- Freshman: Anya Hebner
- Sophomore: Gabriella Damiecka
- Junior: Kinzie Carr
- Senior: Morgan Klein
- Transfer Student: Ethan Meyers
Faculty Nominated Awards
Several students received special recognition for their exceptional contributions:
Faculty Nominated Undergraduate Award Winners (clockwise from top left): Anna Hildebrand (Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher); Clare O’Brien (Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant); Morgan Klein (Outstanding Undergraduate Service to the Department); faith Hartman (Outstanding Undergraduate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Supporter).
Faculty nominated award winner: Hannah Beck (Outstanding Undergraduate Leader).
- Best Undergraduate Research: Keirstyn Amponsah and Anna Hildebrand
- Best Undergraduate Teaching Assistant: Clare O’Brien
- Best Departmental Service: Ellie Hicks and Morgan Klein
- Best Promoter of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives: Faith Hartman
- Best Undergraduate Leadership: Hannah Beck
Professional Recognition
2024-25 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Academic Merit and Honor Awards: Mary Clare Schultz (Merit Award), Clare O’Brien (Honor Award), and Anna Hildebrand (Honor Award). Not pictured: Raphael Rose (Merit Award).
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) presented Merit and Honor Awards to outstanding landscape architecture students:
Merit Award
- Raphael Rose
- Mary Schultz
Honor Award
- Anna Hildebrand
- Clare O’Brien
2024-25 Sigma Lambda Alpha Inductees: Clare O’Brien, Alejandra Hughes, Teagen Moon, and Anna Hildebrand. Not pictured: Raphael Rose.
Additionally, five students were inducted into Sigma Lambda Alpha, the landscape architecture honor society: Raphael Rose, Anna Hildebrand, Clare O’Brien, Alejandra Hughes, and Teagen Moon.
The ceremony also recognized club officers, scholarship recipients, and May 2025 graduating seniors, celebrating their accomplishments and contributions to the department.