Seniors of Significance
About the Award
The Seniors of Significance Award, created by the Division of Student Affairs in 2016, recognizes students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership, and service to campus and community and have brought distinction to °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ.
Seniors of Significance have made a lasting impact on the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ campus and in their individual academic fields during their time at LU. They will continue to excel after graduation when they join the LU alumni family.
Seniors of Significance receive recognition at the Toast to Leadership Banquet, a graduation stole, and a commemorative gift. Honorees are also featured on the Lamar University website.
Winners of the Gentry-Kemble Legacy Awards are selected from the Seniors of Significance. Recipients of these two awards each receive $1,000.
Criteria for Award Selection
Seniors of Significance must be undergraduate students graduating in May, August, or December 2026 who have:
- Excellence in scholarship
- Leadership and service to campus and community
- Brought distinction to °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ
Students must submit their own application for consideration plus two letters of recommendation. The next nomination period opens in Spring 2027.
2026 Seniors of Significance
Top Row L-R: Antonio Lopez Maldonado, Political Science, Lumberton; Ashlyn Junot, Interdisciplinary Studies, Nederland; Bilal Alani, Chemistry, Nederland; Campbell Fuller, Biology, Silsbee; Christie Luong, Speech & Hearing Sciences/Industrial Engineering, Orange; Dana Almallahi, Biochemistry, League City; Daniella Lopez-Rosa, Business Management, Beaumont.
Middle Row L-R: Elizabeth Drago, Communication-Public Relations, Nederland; Harvest Fairchild, Speech & Hearing Sciences, Baytown; Jada Cunningham, Nursing, Missouri City; Jada Thrash, Kinesiology-Teacher Education, Beaumont; Jason Withers, Physics, Groves; Xiaoxuan Jenny Tu, Exercise Science, Silsbee; Jonah Smith, Mechanical Engineering, Port Neches.
Bottom Row L-R: Jordan Nelson, Biology, Houston; Kirby King, Mechanical Engineering, Port Neches; Michael Hunter Bellot, Exercise Science, Orange; Michael Vu, Finance/Human Resources Management, Orange; Mohamed Irhabi, Biology, The Woodlands; Robert Barton, Computer Engineering, Silsbee; Sergio Mendez, Biology, Nederland.
2025 Honorees
Top Row L-R: Estrella Balderas, Ashton Burch, Daisy Calero Estrella, Waverlee Cooper, Alexis Houston, Madison Hunt, Jacy Lognion. Middle L-R: Mallory Martin, Diana Martínez Granados, Peyton McLaurin, Abia Mubashir, Lauren Rosetta, Grace Roy. Bottom L-R: Kara Rumsey, Rima Shaaban, Bryce Sheffield, Ryan Shugart, Luke Sodolak, Gavin Treuter, Audrey Vincent-Eze.
2024 Honorees
BACK ROW L-R: David Haley, Dakota Emerson, Jacob Thompson, Susann Kalathra, Stephanie Barron, Annabelle Broussard, Kelvin Elgar, Zaid Mohammed, Oluwatomisin Egbewale. FRONT ROW: Lexus Wilkerson, Vicky Longoria-Alvarado, Riley Mayo, Angelie Bautista, Julia Barrett, Amarie Guillory, Mallory Lisle, Bailey Doss, Morgan Luke, Jaelan Sherman. Not pictured: Kristin Hebert.
2023 Honorees
BACK ROW L-R: Jacob Murphy, Umer Malik, Zuhair Merchant, Shelbie Williams, Chloe Smith, Jennifer Tsan, Britney Brevell, Sindi Castillo, Luis Arevalo, Marcellious Prentice, Kalan Bonnette. FRONT ROW L-R: Christine Osborne, Madison Taylor, Avery McLain, Chloe Thompson, Kaylee Goodspeed, Hannah Norwood, Caroline LeBlanc, Dajha Myles, Madison Richards, Lily Yoder.
2022 Honorees
Back Row L-R: Dion Tran, Thanh Nguyen, David Williams, Lamarr Reed, Aris Martinez, Ali Hamza, Ayo Oni, Landon Richard, Cade Pellerin, Brendon Camp. Front Row L-R: Umera Ahmed, Krystal Le, Maissa Salibi, Vivica Edwards, Menna Elsaka, Taliah Belcher, Tiffany Tran, Lisseth Aguilar, Bethany Edwards, Kaylie Overstreet.