2018-19 WFSC Departmental Awards
Rubio Award – Faegen Lee
Technical Staff – Eduardo Cunha
Extension Staff – Mary Pearl
Undergraduate Teaching – Thomas Lacher
Graduate Teaching – Perry Barboza
Ph.D. Student – Adrian Castellanos
M.S. Student – Alexis Earl
Freshman – Joseph Richards
Sophomore – Grace Vielleux
Junior – Rebecca Castro
Senior – Bonner Watson
2019-20 WFSC Foundation Scholarships
Caesar Kleberg – Kailey Berger, Haley Ellis, Thesiana Graham, Jordan Guthrie, Scott Heller, Sierra Salinas, Haley Sloan, Lauren Yancy
Cliff Spencer – Allison Pullin
COADC – Shelby Crosby
Daniel Lay – Logan Cornforth, Gage Grantham, Leslie Hollie
Donnie Harmel – Andrea Miranda-Paez, Amanda Stuart, Grace Vielleux, Lauren Yancy
Fred Palmer – Jordan Rogan
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – Thomas Edwards, Johnathan Ellard, Carson Jenkins, Grant Maresh, Seth Massery, Madison O’Malley, Madison Scroggins, Brandon Ware, Brandon Williams
Jack Crawford – Richard Hoover
Lester Miyajima – Aliyah Watts, Mark Wilder
Nova Silvy – Katrina Keith, Allison Kohler, Amanda Pinion
Richard Baldauf – Jessica Gilbert
Rick Beck – Mark Wilder, Joshua Wright
W.B. Davis – Sarah Ardry, Kelly Bacile, Mitchell Ballis, Savannah Benavides, Lauren Berman, Christina Borquez, Taylor Burson, Charlayna Cammarata, Rebecca Castro, Rachael Connally, Logan Cornforth, Shelby Crosby, Emma Dohnalik, Monica Dooley, Bridgett Downs, Haley Ellis, Michaela Fernandez, Jessica Gilbert, Gage Grantham, Alexandra Hinshaw, Leslie Hollie, Kaylee Hollingsworth, Keegan Hottinger, Ashley Hubbard, Brynn Johnson, Katrina Keith, Delaine Kelley, Allison Kohler, Kole Kubicek, Anna Lad, Lacie LaMonica, Logan Lancaster, Renee LeGros, Jeffrey Martin, Hannah McKenzie, Madison Messina, Andrea Miranda-Paez, Mary Murphy, Mariel Ortega, Hunter Parker, Sohmer Peterson, Camryn Prosen, Bethany Reyes, Joseph Richards, Tomas Rodriguez, Jordan Rogan, Jesus Roman, Layne Scroggs, Kaitlyn Skinner, Haley Sloan, Kyle Smith, Shannon Spragg, Wyatt Stinebaugh, Arianna Tijerina, Aubree Tostado, Madison Trammell, Karleigh Vestal, Grace Vielleux, Corrin Winter
Will Roach – Charlayna Cammarata, Bridgett Downs, Jessica Gilbert, Kaylee Hollingsworth, Adriana Mendez-Jimenez,
Jordan Rogan, Friedrich Keppeler, Kole Kubicek, Yasmin Quintana Morales, Addison Regennitter
William Spalsbury – Rebecca Castro, Madison Messina
William Welder – Scott Heller, Mariel Ortega, Justin Bosse, Beatriz Gil, Crystal Tam
William Wright – Emma Dohnalik, Joseph Richards, Layne Scroggs, Haley Sloan
Jerry Johnston Endowed – Corey Fielder
Undergraduate Awards
Caylie Harris – 2nd Place in Undergraduate Poster competition in the Agriculture and Life Sciences Category at the 2019 Student Research Week
Ayden Reyes – Selected to participate in National Hispanic Environment Council in Glorieta, NM
Graduate Awards
Fernando Yamamoto – 1st Place 2019 Spotlight and USAS Student Travel Award, 2019 Tom Slick Fellowship
Clement de Cruz – 2019 Pentair and USAS Student Travel Award
Stephanie George – 2019 Outstanding Fisheries Student Worker of the Year Award from American Fisheries Society
Erin Nguyen – 2019 Best Student Poster Presentation from American Fisheries Society
Leila Siciliano-Martina – 1st Place Oral Presentation in Graduate Sciences Category for 2019 Student Research Week
Erin Buchholtz – Excellence in Research Special Award at the 2019 Student Research Week, WFSC Travel Award, Conservation Scholar Friends of Sunset Zoo, Student Travel Award from Applied Ecology Section of Ecological Society of America, Professional Enhancement Award from NASA and Michigan State University
Nikki Roach – ABS Collaborative Multidisciplinary Research Award
Faith Hardin – 2018 East Foundation 3MT Director’s Award from the East Foundation
David Saenz – WFSC Graduate Student Travel Award, Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Award, Neural Systems and Behavior Course Scholarship, 2019 Tom Slick Fellowship
Kristina Chyn – OGAPS Dissertation Fellowship
Jordan Rogan – Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award, Murray Case Sells Scholarship
Kaylee Hollingsworth – Boone and Crockett Fellow, Welder Wildlife Foundation Fellowship
Mickey Parker – ABS Travel Award, ABS Collaborative Multidisciplinary Research Award
Melissa Meierhofer – Fulbright Award to Finland, 2019 Tom Slick Fellowship
Lark Heston – College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Excellence Fellowship
Faculty Awards
Kirk Winemiller – Elected President of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 2019 University Distinguished Professor, American Fisheries Society Award of Excellence, Texas AgriLife Research Senior Faculty Fellow
Roel Lopez – Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Technical Paper Award with co-authors, Alison Lund, Addie Smith, Angelica Lopez; Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outstanding Book Award with co-authors Israel D. Parker and Michael L. Morrison
Jessica Light – Elected President of the Texas Society of Mammalogists
Miguel Mora – SETAC Fellow
Kevin Conway – Australian Museum/Research Institute Visiting Collections Fellowship
Grants
Global Engagement Grant – $80,000 for “The Costa Rican Core Semester” P.I. Donald Brightsmith, Mariana Mateos, Eugenio Gonzalez, Jane Flaherty, Jennifer Whitfield, Craig Coates, Hojun Song, Cory Arcak, and Ronald Vargas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Grant – Mike Morrison, Roel Lopez, Brian Pierce, Melissa Meierhofer
Rolex Explorers Club Grant – Jeff Martin
Phoenix Zoo Conservation – Erin Buchholtz
Mohamed Bin Zayed Conservation Fund – Erin Buchholtz
Staff Awards
Heather Prestridge – 2019 Presidential Meritorious Service Award