Hoggson Award
Each year, the Sociology faculty review senior sociology majors as possible recipients of the Father Robert Hoggson, S.J. Award for Excellence in Sociology. The award is named in memory of Father Hoggson, who played an important role founding the Department of Sociology at Georgetown.
The award is presented at the Tropaia Ceremony during graduation weekend to one student who has achieved academic excellence and enhanced the well-being of groups/members in society. Recipients must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher in all Sociology courses, and a GPA of 3.0 or higher in all courses taken at Georgetown, calculated through Fall semester of senior year.
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Award Winners (1983-present):
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Joshua Gavsie |
| 2023 | David McDaniels |
| 2022 | Brianna Nicole Rodgers |
| 2021 | Maya A. Silardi |
| 2020 | David Perez |
| 2019 | Amalia “Mali” H. Rubin |
| 2018 | Dejá Lunyé Lindsey |
| 2017 | Matthew Palmquist |
| 2016 | Caitlin Snell |
| 2015 | Kendall Ciesemier |
| 2014 | Whitney Pratt |
| 2013 | Rekha Varghese |
| 2012 | Crystal Saikhamporn |
| 2011 | Laila Noureldin |
| 2010 | Rachel Ellis |
| 2009 | Rebecca Shinners |
| 2008 | Jose Zachary Canto Greenfield |
| 2007 | Jennifer Bonsall & William Godwin |
| 2006 | Elisa Cervantes |
| 2005 | Mary Cunniff & Terra White |
| 2004 | Natasha Dasani |
| 2003 | Kristen Angela Miranda & Alexandra Fowler Rollins |
| 2002 | Vanessa Waldref |
| 2001 | Lisa Michele Chessare & Sabra Gayle Thorner |
| 2000 | Laura McSpedon |
| 1999 | Grace Marie Slattery & Amber Claire Waldref |
| 1998 | Anice Marie Schervish |
| 1997 | Jessica Marie Thompson |
| 1996 | Christine Wilson Nollen |
| 1995 | Bryony Jane Gagan |
| 1994 | Susan Marie Schroeder |
| 1993 | Maria Fusco |
| 1992 | Frederic Gerald Hutchinson & Brian David Inglis |
| 1991 | Brett Christopher Beehler & Christine Marie Paul |
| 1990 | Laura McKinley Payne & Noelle Marion Kurtin |
| 1989 | n/a |
| 1988 | Pamela Geraldine Alexander |
| 1987 | Giorgio Giuseppe Piacenza |
| 1986 | Stacy Teresa Randell |
| 1985 | Elizabeth Leigh Adame |
| 1984 | n/a |
| 1983 | Rosemary Barberet |