These senior awards recognize distinctive forms of service and loyalty to Hopper College, specifically.
The Cogswell Award
The names of the Cogswell Award winners are carved into a wall panel of the Roosevelt L. Thompson Dining Hall and will remain there in perpetuity. Each year, three students are recognized for their remarkable commitment to the Grace Hopper College community.
- Lana Apple
- Titilayo Mabogunje
- Joshua Perez-Cruet
Fellows Cup
Two seniors, recognized for outstanding academic excellence, as well as conduct in which “principle has been more important than expediency,” receive the Fellows Cups and serve as our Marshals for Commencement ceremonies.
- Brennan Carman
- Noah Kravitz
The Brad Hoorn Prize
The Brad Hoorn Prize recognizes students whose “honorable conduct, concern for peers, unfailing good humor, and selfless devotion has improved the life of the college.”
- Caleb Kassa
- Elliana Oldroyd
The Grace Hopper College Athletic Award
The Grace Hopper College Athletic Award recognizes extraordinary contributions to Hopper College intramural sports and community spirit.
- Joshua Perez-Cruet
Grace Hopper College Council Awards
The Council Awards are presented to seniors for building community at Hopper and contributing impressively to the broader work of the College and its Council.
- Mary Baumann
- Franchette Brosoto
- George Iskander
- Steven Rome
- Timothy Ryan
- Rosanna Shaw
- Vikram Shaw
- Jay Son
The Lesser-Jackson Award
The Lesser-Jackson Award recognizes students’ “extraordinary concern for and action on behalf of the quality of life at Yale and our residential college.”
- Shamsa Derrick
- Canaan Harris
- Chris Hays
- Dea Koco
Daniel Joseph Siegel Memorial Award
The Siegel Award recognizes a student who “exemplifies a love of learning, a spirit of integrity, and a strong character, but who also places emphasis on the importance of loyalty and kindness toward others, and who carries themselves in a humble and often quiet manner.”
- Brian Dolan
The Elizabeth R. and William H. Sledge Prize in Performing Arts
The Elizabeth R. and William H. Sledge Prize in Performing Arts recognizes two students – “those who best embody both excellence in the [life of] the performing arts and outstanding citizenship, loyalty or participation in the life of the College.”
- Kayla Bartsch
- Hersh Gupta
The Fenmore Seton Award
The Fenmore Seton Award is presented to a member of the college who, in the opinion of the Head and Dean, has demonstrably contributed to increased cooperation between Yale and the broader citizenry, as well as significantly contributing to the residential college community.
- Deyri Garcia
- Neeraj Patel
The Richard Dobbs Spates Prize
The Richard Dobbs Spates Prize is awarded to a graduating senior who “best exemplifies human values and high moral standards,” in recognition of that senior’s extraordinary service to the college.
- Eli Swab
The Theodore Prize
In recognition of a distinctive spirit of compelling creativity, the Theodore Prize is awarded for “sensitivity and caring on behalf of the community life of Hopper College.”
- Savannah DiGiovanni
- Anthony Geritano
- Mariana Melin-Corcoran
- Lauren Telesz
To view additional Commencement 2020 Awards & Prizes, please visit the Commencement page on the Yale College website.
Academic Prizes
• https://yalecollege.yale.edu/life-yale/student-faculty-awards/academic-prizes-2020
Council of Heads of College Senior Awards 2020
• https://yalecollege.yale.edu/life-yale/student-faculty-awards/council-heads-college-senior-awards-2020
General Honors 2020
• https://yalecollege.yale.edu/life-yale/student-faculty-awards/general-honors-2020