Undergraduate Prizes and Awards

Jesse Fant Evans Prize
A bequest of Joshua Evans Jr. in 1971, recognizing his wife's distinguished record at, and service to, the University, on whose Board of Trustees she served as the first woman member. Awarded annually to an outstanding senior student in a contemporary history course.  
2008 Winners: Jason Antin and Nathan Madson.
2009 Winners: Benjamin Schuman-Stoler and Erica Selig.

Gardiner G. Hubbard Memorial Prize in United States History
Established by Gertrude M. Hubbard in memory of her husband and awarded annually to that member of the graduating class majoring in history who has maintained the highest standing in United States history.
2008 winners: Alice Huling, Ryan Tepperman, Eric T. Phillips.
2009 winners: William C. Flanigen and Benjamin Lookner.

Charles Clinton Swisher Historical Club Prize
Established in 1936 by the Charles Clinton Swisher Historical Club and augmented in 1941 by the bequest of Prof. Swisher. Awarded annually to the student who submits the best essay covering some phase of medieval history.
2008 winners: Jessica Vormwald and Conrad Murphy.
2009 winner: Dupe Ajayi.

Thomas F. Walsh Prize
Established in 1901 and awarded annually to the student who submits the best essay in Irish history.
2009 winners: Molly Curtis and Richard England

Deixler/Swain Prize
Awarded annually to the student who writes the best undergraduate research thesis.

Carl Forman Scholarship of the Society of Mayflower Descendants Prize

Junior with the best achievement in Seventeenth-Century American History.
2009 winner: Timothy Pickert.