Each year during the Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) commencement ceremony, the program director presents awards to high-performing individuals and teams, as identified by the institute’s faculty and staff. Past recipients are:

MSA 2025

  • Director’s Award: Mairin Kelly
  • Professionalism Award: Mary Grace Stachnik
  • Community Spirit Award: Cameron Houston
  • Practicum Team Award: Elevate Team (Kyle Hardy, Aishwarya Murugan, Relwan Onikoyi, Jacob Stanley and Louisa Swintosky)

MSA 2024

  • Director’s Award: Becca Chemmanam, Kush Patel
  • Professionalism Award: Carlos Castillo, Rena Marrotta
  • Community Spirit Award: Cinoon Bak, Michelle Chen, Tyler Farr
  • Practicum Team Award: Antares Team (Andrew Burnette, Violet Evans, Blake Holmes, Tae Lee and Salem Wear) and Exovera Team (Sam Dotson, Jin Lee, Sam Loch, Kush Patel and Ashley Vann)

MSA 2023

  • Director’s Award: Stefán Ragnarsson, Kimberly Scheiber
  • Professionalism Award: Trenton Simmons, Julian Taylor
  • Community Spirit Award: Kay Bean, Noah Johnson, Kate McManus

MSA 2022

Director’s Award: Jonathan Luettgen, Hannah Stanley

MSA 2021

Director’s Award: Erin St. Jeor

MSA 2020

Director’s Award: Jackson Cabell, Sarah Wotus

MSA 2019

Director’s Award: Anthony Berghammer, Kieran Riban

MSA 2018

Director’s Award: Sophia Bessias, Emily Hadley, Daniel Li, Ricky Tharrington

MSA 2017

Director’s Award: Kevin Danchisko, Emily Doyel, Nicole Helmer

MSA 2016

Director’s Award: Carlos Blancarte, George Taylor Corbett, Viola Glenn, Leah Wolosiansky

MSA 2015

Director’s Award: Justin Feerhusen, Natali Ojeda

MSA 2014

Director’s Award: Stephen Neola, Keith Walthall

MSA 2013

Director’s Award: Erin Cutrell, Taylor Shipman

MSA 2012

Director’s Award: Patrick Hall, Scott Sims

MSA 2011

Director’s Award: Arturo Silva

MSA 2010

Director’s Award: Jennifer Holmes

MSA 2009

Director’s Award: Doris Rowe, Andrea Villanes Arellano