Outstanding Student Award

The CSD Alumni Chapter seeks nominations for its annual Outstanding Student Award recipient in December of each year. This award will be presented to a deserving CSD student at the annual Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders.

Master's or doctoral candidates who have completed at least three semesters in the University of Memphis School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology) are eligible to be nominated. Nominees must have a minimum 3.5 grade point average and demonstrate outstanding clinical skills. Involvement in extracurricular activities will also be considered.

CSD faculty, CSD alumni, and clinical supervisors at external sites may submit nominations. Each nominee must be nominated by both an academic faculty member and a clinical faculty member to be considered for this award. The deadline for nominations is the first Friday in December of each year.

Previous Award Winners

2024: Sarah Thurmond / Lucy Chancellor
2023: Gretchen Nibert / Kiley Hazelton
2022: Hannah Rousse / Sarah Essaied
2021: Hannah Sherman / Tess Zaorski
2020: Olivia Naegle / Betsy Mashburn
2019: Skylar McSorley / Michaela McLaughlin
2018: Ginny Acosta / Karen Crow
2017: Erin Gowen / Quela Royster
2016: Caitlin Nelms / Justine Steele
2015: Litany Boudreaux / Caroline Young
2014: Megan Howell / Brittany Smith
2013: Chelsea Kilgore / Katherine Mendez
2012: Rachel Elkins / Katherine Harris
2011: Elaine Orcutt
2010: Anna Kharlamova
2009: QuaSheba Jones/Heidi Bramble
2008: Sarah Hobson/Susannah Morse
2007: Whitney Pettit
2006: Shani Goldgrub
2005: Jennifer Rich / Matthew Wester
2004: Wanda Logan / Wendy Stewart
2003: Jennifer Magoon
2002: Mandy Cerka
2001: Allison Tubbs
2000: Greg Flamme
1999: Chris Clukey / Kelly Van Hoven
1998: Carrie Keckley/Mary Krapfl
1997: Melissa DeJong
1996: Leah Markowitz / Nicole Zaccaria
1995: Camilla Nabholz/Dawn Jernigan
1994: Dana Turner-Kobler / Sara Martin
1993: Kristy Starr/Debbie Zima
1992: Denise Taylor
1991: Michele Walker
1990: Lynda Brockway
1989: Valerie Vanderlick
1988: Julie Catron
1987: Maribeth Dickson
1986: Cathy Lucas
1984: Nancy Olson
1983: Roxanne Jennemann Aaron
1981: Janet Hedges
1979: Gary Tatge