Twenty-four students —– ranging in disciplines from engineering to biology to education and more —– have been named as 2020 recipients of the Order of Pegasus, UCF’s most prestigious student award.
This year’s inductees include seven LEAD Scholars, five President’s Leadership Council members, seven Student Government leaders, 11 Burnett Honors College scholars, three Greek members, two student-athletes and three transfer students, including one as a master’s degree student. Their collective GPA is 3.88.
Undergraduate students are selected based on academic achievement, university involvement, leadership and community service. Graduate students additionally are chosen based on publication or research experiences.
This year’s recipients will be honored at 5 p.m. April 6 at a ceremony in the Pegasus Ballroom.
The names and pictures of the recipients will be added to the wall showcasing past and present Order of Pegasus recipients in the Pegasus Lounge on the second floor of the Student Union. Inductees also receive commemorative medals and scholarships from Student Government.
This year’s recipients are:
- Yaser Ahmad, biomedical sciences (College of Medicine, Burnett Honors College)
- Karla Badillo-Urquiloa ’14 ’15MS, modeling and simulation (College of Engineering and Computer Science)
- Kyle Benkel, biomedical sciences (College of Medicine, Burnett Honors College)
- Samantha Berg, psychology (College of Sciences, Burnett Honors College)
- Giorgi Beruashvili, international and global studies (College of Sciences, Burnett Honors College)
- Safia Centner, health sciences – pre-clinical (College of Health Professions and Sciences, Burnett Honors College)
- Breon Clark, health sciences – pre-clinical (College of Health Professions and Sciences)
- Kristen Detz, elementary education (College of Community Innovation and Education, Burnett Honors College)
- Jenna Dovydaitis, political science/biology (College of Sciences, Burnett Honors College)
- Taylor Duffy, health sciences – pre-clinical (College of Health Professions and Sciences)
- Kyler Gray, public administration (College of Community Innovation and Education)
- Timothy Hill ’18, public administration/criminal justice (College of Community Innovation and Education)
- Stephanie Jarmak, physics/planetary science (College of Sciences)
- Samuel Mikhail, biomedical sciences (College of Medicine, Burnett Honors College)
- Victoria Millington, biomedical sciences (College of Medicine, Burnett Honors College)
- Madeline Mills, political science/pre-law (College of Sciences)
- Sharon Park ’19, materials science and engineering (College of Engineering and Computer Science)
- Taylor Pryor, English literature (College of Arts and Humanities, Burnett Honors College)
- Ryan Ridenbaugh ’16, biology (College of Sciences)
- Allison Sabol, marketing (College of Business)
- Rachel Sampson, optics and photonics (College of Optics and Photonics)
- Sirikanya Sellers, medicine (College of Medicine)
- Sarah Swiersz, interdisciplinary studies (College of Undergraduate Studies, Burnett Honors College)
- George Walters-Marrah, biomedical sciences (College of Medicine)