Every year there are awards distributed to outstanding seniors at the College Tropaia Ceremony. The three highest awards are the Coakley Medal, the Katherine Kraft Medal, and the Louis McCahill Award. Students are chosen for these prestigious awards through a nomination process every spring. Sociology students have a long tradition of receiving these awards. Click on each award for a detailed description of the award and past sociology students that have received this award.
2007 Tropaia – Professor McDonald, William Godwin (2007 Hoggson Award Winner), Jennifer Bonsall (2007 Hoggson Award and Coakley Medal Winner) and Professor Marullo2008 Tropaia – Professor Mashayekhi, Zack Canto (2008 Hoggson Award Winner), Professor Schiwietz, and Professor McDonald2009 Tropaia – Professor Wickham-Crowley, Professor McDonald, Rebecca Shinners (2009 Hoggson Award Winner), Maura Garven (2009 Coakley Medal Winner), Professor Schiwietz, and Professor Marullo2010 Tropaia – Professor Schiwietz, Tanoré Barrow (2010 McCahill Award Winner), Edmund Mokhtarian (2010 Summa Cum Laude), Rachel Ellis (2010 Hoggson Award Winner), and Professor Wickham-Crowley2011 Tropaia – Laila Noureldin (2011 Hoggson Award Winner) and Professor Wickham-Crowley2012 Tropaia – Professor Stiles, Professor Hinkson, Ryan Wilson (2012 Coakley Medal Winner), Toddchelle Young (McCahill Award Winner), Crystal Sikhamporn (2012 Hoggson Award Winner), Professor McDonald, and Professor Wickham-Crowley2013 Tropaia – Professor Wickham-Crowley, Professor McDonald, Rika Vargahese (2013 Hoggson Award Winner), and Professor Stiles2014 Tropaia – Professor McDonald, Professor Daddio, Aya Waller-Bey (2014 Kraft Medal Winner), Whitney Pratt (2014 Hoggson Award Winner), Professor Stiles (2014 Bunn Award Recipient), Professor Wickham-Crowley, and Marta Aparicio (2014 McCahill Award…2015 Tropaia – Professor McCabe, Professor Stiles, Kendall Ciesemier (2015 Hoggson Award Winner), Whitney Weldon (2015 McCahill Award Winner), Professor McDonald, and Professor Wickham-Crowley2016 Tropaia – Professor McDonald, Mariah Mendoza (2016 McCahill Award Winner), Tim Wickham-Crowley, Caitlin Snell (2016 Hoggson Award Winner) and Dean Keshia Woods2017 Tropaia – Professor Hinkson, Victoria Efetevbia (2017 Senior Thesis Award Winner), Matthew Palmquist (2017 Hoggson Award Winner) and Professor McDonald
