Engineering Student Honors and Awards

2025 Award Recipients

Distinguished honorees representing the very best of 2025.

David Arnold Service Award: The David Arnold Service Award recognizes students who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve in the community and lead within the university. The selection criteria include character, creativity, intelligence, judgment, leadership and service.

• Ja'Ree Myers, Computer Engineering

Gregory Gomez IV Humanitarian Service Award: The Gregory Gomez IV Humanitarian Service Award honors members of The University of Mississippi School of Engineering family who have demonstrated extraordinary service somewhere in the world.

• Ally Grace Bounds, Biomedical Engineering

MES Outstanding Senior Engineering Student Award: The Mississippi Engineering Society awards this to students demonstrating excellence in their academics and service.

• James "Hutch" Dunavant, Civil Engineering

Outstanding Senior Leadership Awards: This award goes to engineering students based on their academic performance, professional and service activities, and written and oral communication skills.

• Amber Cecil, General Engineering
• Ella Emerick, General Engineering
• Stephanie Handford, Mechanical Engineering
• Austin Hipskind, Mechanical Engineering
• Bryce Krampert, General Engineering
• AP McDade, Civil Engineering
• Ann "AC" Rester, Biomedical Engineering
• Tori Saenz, Mechanical Engineering

Taylor Medal: The Taylor Medal is the highest academic honor a student can receive at Ole Miss. It recognizes outstanding academic performance and is given to no more than one percent of the student body.

• Addie Bell, Biomedical Engineering
• Ally Grace Bounds, Biomedical Engineering
• Amber Cecil, General Engineering
• Nicole Goulet, Computer Science
• Stephanie Handford, Mechanical Engineering
• Kendall Kelly, Biomedical Engineering
• AP McDade, Civil Engineering
• Ann "AC" Rester, Biomedical Engineering
• George Taylor, Biomedical Engineering

Graduate Student Awards: These awards go to TAs, masters and PhD students based on their performance, professional and service activities, and written and oral communication skills.

• Tamador Mohaidat, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Mohammed Alqodah, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Lydia Miller, Biomedical Engineering

Dean’s Excellence Awards: These students were nominated by the faculty of their degree programs and endorsed by the school’s Engineering Awards Committee.

• Addie Bell, Biomedical Engineering
• James "Hutch" Dunavant, Civil Engineering
• Kara Jo Hildebrand, Mechanical Engineering
• Abigail Moeller, Biomedical Engineering
• Anna Owens, Biomedical Engineering
• George Taylor, Biomedical Engineering
• Piper Thomas, Mechanical Engineering