ortheast Regional Honors Council
Student of the Year Awards
The Northeast Regional Honors Council annually recognizes two students as Student of the Year–one from a two-year institution and one from a four-year institution. The two students selected for an NRHC Student of the Year Award must have demonstrated scholastic excellence and must have made a significant impact on their honors program. The award recognizes academic excellence, outstanding leadership skills, socially engaged contributions, and innovations that the students have shown at their home institution. In addition, the winners are role models for other students in their honors programs and have demonstrated commitment that is above their peers. The selected students might also have worked to engage honors ideals outside their home institutions through participation in intercollegiate projects, NRHC and/or NCHC conferences, service to their communities, and more.
Student of the year
2026 winners
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Leah Collidge, Towson University
Student of the Year - Four-Year Institution
Victor Gil, Middlesex College
Student of the Year - Two-Year Institution
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Devshi Saxena, SUNY Orange Community College
Student of the Year - Two-Year Institution
Past Winners
2025
Two-Year Institution
Mirian N. Lopez, Mercer County Community College
Four-Year Institution
Simon Wang, University of Pittsburgh
Nikki Golemboski, Towson University
Rithika Padyala, Thomas Jefferson University
2024
Two-Year Institution
Hans Mach, Community College of Allegheny County
Four-Year Institution
Shane Appiah, Howard University
Phoebe Calkins, Towson University
Crista Fiala, University of St. Joseph
2023
Two-Year Institution
Jessica Wheeler, Community College of Allegheny County
Four-Year Institution:
Jade Rhoads, Thiel College
2022
Four-Year Institution:
Briseyda Barrientos Ariza, Towson University
Vanessa Maybruck, Kutztown University
2021
Four-Year Institution:
Kaitlyn, Fales, Bryant University
Two-Year Institution:
Erin McClain, Community College of Allegheny County
2020
Four-Year Institution:
Kai-Lou Yue, Bryant University
Kaitlyn Esposito, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Two-Year Institution:
Amirah Elayan, Bergen Community College
2019
Four-Year Institution:
Haleigh Swam, Lock Haven University
Two-Year Institution:
Lope Jan Williams, LaGuardia Community College
2018
Four-Year Institution:
Mohini Gobin, Pace University
Two-Year Institution:
Therese Russell, Nassau Community College
2017
Four-Year Institution:
Micah Castello, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Two-Year Institution:
Nathanael Linton, SUNY Orange