Recipients of the College Alumnus/a of the Year award have demonstrated a history of outstanding service to UNLV and the community. Additional information is available directly from your college.
Past Recipients
- 2024 Craig Billings, ’97 BS
- 2023 Rick Arpin, '95 BS
- 2022 Phil Ralston, '84 B.S.
- 2021 Mike Peregrina Jr., '13 B.S.
- 2020 Gina J. Bongiovi, J.D., MBA ’01 ’07
- 2019 Kevin T. Orrock '76
- 2018 Caroline Ciocca '07
- 2017 John Guedry '82
- 2016 Randy A. Garcia '77
- 2015 Mike PeQueen '88
- 2014 Jerald M. Dick '65
- 2013 Darcy K. Neighbors '89
- 2012 Janet (Husmann) Lowe ’68
- 2011 Paul Biafore '89
- 2010 Richard A. Darnold ’85
- 2009 Garren J. Sepede ’84
- 2008 Douglas L. Crook ’97
- 2005 Brent Bell ’91
- 2004 Rossi Ralenkotter ’71
- 2003 Chip Johnson ’71
- 2002 Bruce Layne ’69
- 2001 Tom Brooker ’68
- 2000 Barry Shinehouse ’69 ’70
- 1999 Kevin Page ’86 ’87
- 1998 Scott Johnson ’75 ’87
- 1997 Dennis Gomes ’66
- 1996 Jim Ratigan ’78
- 1994 Randy Campanale '77
- 2024 Dr. Benjamin Barborka, ’13 Ph.D.
- 2022 Evelyn Herrera, '07 B.S., '16 D.M.D
- 2021 Jesse J. J. Falk, '07 B.S., '11 D.M.D. & Michael S. Moody, '07 B.S., '12 D.M.D
- 2020 Brandi N. Dupont, D.M.D. '07
- 2019 Dr. Dayne R. Jensen '09
- 2018 Dr. Ashley Hoban '09
- 2017 Dr. Cody Hughes '07
- 2016 Dr. Nora Vinh Svihl '03 '07
- 2015 Dr. Robert B. Hale '09
- 2014 Dr. Rewadee Meevasin '07
- 2013 Dr. Emily Ishkanian '04 '10
- 2012 Dr. William Dahlke ’09 ’12
- 2024 Lynn Manning John, ’04 MA
- 2023 Kyle Konold, '04 Ph.D.
- 2022 Jhone M. Ebert, '96 M.Ed
- 2021 Ramona Esparza, '93 B.S., '98 M.Ed., '09 M.Ed.
- 2020 Tonia F. Holmes-Sutton, Ed.D., NBCT '04, '12
- 2019 Dr. Tiffany G. Tyler-Garner '11
- 2018 Wayne B. Nunnely '75
- 2017 Tina Kunzer-Murphy '75 '77
- 2016 Ruben Kihuen '05
- 2015 Dr. William "Mike" Barton '00 '06
- 2013 Pat Skorkowsky '94
- 2012 Elizabeth Giles ’81 ’92
- 2011 Pam Hicks '69, '70
- 2010 Dr. Larry K. Shumway ’93
- 2009 Dr. Carolyn G. Goodman ’73
- 2008 Sandy Miller ’71
- 2005 Dr. Christopher Kelly ’70 ’75 ’96 ’02
- 2004 Dr. Monica Brown ’97 ’01
- 2003 Christine Chairsell ’83 ’85 ’01
- 2002 Dr. Christy Falba ’89
- 2001 Lucy Klinkhammer ’92
- 2000 George Ann Rice ’69 ’82
- 1999 Cynthia Montoya ’77 ’82
- 1998 Suzanne Ernst ’74
- 1997 Chris Giunchigliani ’79
- 1996 Donald McHenry ’72 ’74
- 2024 Raquel Shohet Floyd, ’96 BS
- 2023 Robert Mark Newburn, '81 BS, '83 MS
- 2022 Lisa M. Freestone, P.E. '94 B.S., '09 MBA
- 2021 James J. Caviola, '94 MSE
- 2020 Piotr S. Tomasik '09
- 2019 Justin Veilleux '04
- 2018 Mike Maier '86
- 2017 Suresh Vishnubhatla '92
- 2016 Walter C. Vodrozka, Jr. '95
- 2015 Bradford Colton '94
- 2014 Chad W. Miller '92
- 2013 Kristina L. Swallow '04
- 2012 Jody Walker Belsick ’97 ’09 ’10
- 2011 John Fountain '82 '85
- 2010 Howard Vandermeer, P.E. ’70 ’75
- 2009 Doa J. (Meade) Gregory, P.E. ’98
- 2008 Traci Renee Newton ’94 ’99
- 2005 Alexander K. Marquez ’92
- 2003 Joseph Lombardo ’91
- 2002 Douglas R. Seastrand ’88
- 2001 Paige (Zielinski) Russell ’91
- 2000 Kenneth Ackeret, PhD ’90 ’96
- 1998 James L. MacFarlane ’71 ’83
- 1997 Clark McCarrell ’91 ’99
- 2024 Wendy Kveck, ’07 MA
- 2023 Cecilia Violetta López, '11 BM
- 2022 Dwayne R. Eshenbaugh AIA, '94 B.S.
- 2022 Cecilia Schafler PLA, SITES AP, '97 B.L.A.
- 2021 Cooper Rust, '13 B.A., B.F.A.
- 2020 Sush Machida, MFA '02
- 2019 Giovanna Sardelli '87
- 2018 Michael A. Del Gatto '96 '99
- 2017 Tim Bavington '00
- 2016 George Grove, MM '01
- 2015 Danielle Kelly '07
- 2014 Joe Aldridge '79
- 2013 Ronnie Vannucci, Jr. '11
- 2012 Eric Whitacre ’95
- 2011 David G. Howryla '97 '00
- 2010 Timothy Jones, DMA ’00 ’03
- 2009 Jerry Thompson ’01
- 2008 Michael Bunin
- 2005 Kim Barclay Drusedum ’90
- 2004 Robin Quinn ’05
- 2003 Kasey Baker-Benoit ’97
- 2002 John T. Assalone ’86
- 2001 Curtis Fairman ’02
- 2000 Randy DeLelles ’78 ’80
- 1999 Ethan Acres
- 1998 Glenn Casale ’78
- 1997 John Iacovelli ’81
- 1996 Paul Kreider ’79
- 2024 Lonnie Wright, ’78 BS, ’84 MA,’15 Ph.D.
- 2023 Katelyn DiBenedetto, '15 MA, '18 PhD
- 2022 Leslie L. Mujica '09 MPA
- 2021 Gregory K. Lull, '02 B.S., '06 MSE
- 2020 Christine L. Robinson, MA '92
- 2019 Dr. Constance J. Brooks '04 '12
- 2018 Michael J. Gordon, Ph.D. '08 '13
- 2017 Lisa Danielson, Ph.D. '98
- 2016 Cheryl Strabala, MEd '80
- 2024 Scott Hoffman, ’12 BA
- 2023 Jennifer Dorsey, '94 BS
- 2022 Emily Powers, '09 B.A
- 2021 Casey A. Barber, '17 B.S.
- 2020 Sagar R. Raich, J.D. '10, '13
- 2019 Dr. Noelle L. Lefforge '02 '07 '10 '16
- 2018 Paul Moradkhan '03
- 2017 Jason Smylie '03 '06
- 2016 Dr. Kate Martin '02
- 2015 Nadin Cutter '05 '08
- 2014 Robert L. Smale, Ph.D. '95
- 2013 Henry L. Schuck '05
- 2012 Dr. Daliah Wachs ’93
- 2011 Brian Sompayrac '95
- 2010 Judy A. Jenner ’98 ’01
- 2008 The George Family: Dr. Constantine George ’97; Dr. Veneta George ’00; Vassilios George ’01; Angela George ’04; and Elias George ’06
- 2005 Michele Kiraly ’90
- 2004 Stacey Wedding ’98
- 2003 Mei Mei Wong ’93
- 2002 Stefanie Shields ’89
- 2001 Ashish Sharma ’91
- 2024 Wyndee Forrest, ’04 BS
- 2023 Monica Moradkhan, '04 BS, '16 MS
- 2022 Chris Smith ’98 B.S.
- 2021 Rikki Tanenbaum, '06 MHA
- 2020 Michael F. Kawazoe '01
- 2019 Colleen Walters Birch '99
- 2018 David D. Ross '95 '05
- 2017 Kathy Dyke '94
- 2016 Thomas A. Jingoli '96
- 2015 John Ceriale '75
- 2014 Gerard J. Inzerillo '75
- 2013 Chuck Lehman '71
- 2012 Paula Eylar-Lauzon ’89 ’97
- 2011 Guy Fieri '90
- 2010 Jung-Ho Suh ’82 ’83
- 2009 Bob Boughner
- 2008 Cynthia Kiser Murphey
- 2007 Scott Sibella '88
- 2006 William Paulos ’69
- 2005 William P. McBeath ’86
- 2004 Tony Santo ’84
- 2003 Bill Hornbuckle ’84
- 2001 George Maloof ’88
- 2000 James Germain ’75
- 1999 Roger Wagner ’69
- 1998 William Schlaf ’92
- 1997 Tom Jones
- 1996 Ed Crispell ’72
- 2024 Dr. Juan Gutierrez, ’15 BA, ’18 Ph.D.
- 2023 Scott Scherr, '97 BS
- 2022 Michelle Samuel, '03 B.S., '06 M.S.
- 2021 Ashley C. Reagor, PT, MSPT, ATC, '02 B.S., '05 M.S.
- 2020 Edwin Suarez, PT '02
- 2019 Dr. Anne R. Lindsay '88 '15
- 2018 Dr. John J. Pierce '98
- 2017 Maria Barton '00
- 2016 Jeremy Cope '07
- 2024 Justin Carley, ’06 JD
- 2023 Kathia Quiros-Medina, '03 JD
- 2022 Kelly H. Dove, '07 J.D.
- 2021 Brittnie T. Watkins, '09 M.A., '14 J.D. and Ph.D., '17 LL.M.
- 2020 Marisa Rodriguez, Esq. '04, '13
- 2019 John J. Piro '05 '10
- 2018 Brenda Weksler '99 '02
- 2017 Daron Dorsey '98 '01
- 2016 Joe Cain, JD '01
- 2015 Hon. Linda Marquis '03
- 2014 Keith Brown '05
- 2013 Heather Procter '03
- 2012 William Michael Kapalka ’04
- 2011 Jeremy Aguero '97 '04
- 2010 Sean K. Claggett ’00 ’03
- 2009 Michael Higdon ’01
- 2008 Paola Armeni Androvandi ’03
- 2024 Gretchen Grierson, ’92 BA, ’94 MA
- 2023 Mark Wiley, '01 BA
- 2022 Lindsey B. Ricciardi, '05 Ph.D.
- 2021 Josh Molina, '10 B.A.
- 2020 Jill Campbell '80
- 2019 Gregory J. Morris '85
- 2018 Jeanne Hamrick '88 '94
- 2017 Herb Santos, Jr. '85
- 2016 Dr. Carlos Campo '81 '86 '93
- 2015 Maile Chapman, Ph.D. '10
- 2014 Nicole Ann Cavenagh, Ph.D. '03
- 2013 Barbara Buckley '86
- 2012 Eric Talbert ’03
- 2011 Tony F. Sanchez III '89
- 2010 Kara Kelley ’92 ’98
- 2009 Sam Lieberman ’96
- 2008 Gina B. Polovina ’91 ’94
- 2008 Thomas V. Grasso ’07 (University College)
- 2005 Anthony "Tony" Gladney ’86
- 2004 Gina B. Polovina ’91 ’94
- 2003 Stavros Anthony ’87 ’99
- 2002 William B. Terry, Esq. ’69
- 2001 Tony Gladney ’88
- 2000 Michael Green
- 1999 Dario Herrera ’95
- 1998 Florence McClure ’71
- 1996 Phyllis Darling ’64
- 2024 Dr. Janice Enriquez, ’23 Ph.D.
- 2023 April Clyde, '00 BS
- 2022 Robert J. Vadovic RN, DNP, APNc ’13
- 2021 Gregory L. Peistrup, '94 B.S.
- 2020 Cynthia A. O'Neal, Ph.D., RN '90 '93
- 2019 Dr. Robin B. Dail '81
- 2018 Maileen G. Ulep-Reed '09 '15
- 2017 Dr. Tomas Walker '12
- 2016 Carol Martin, RN '73 '75 '82
- 2015 Dr. Margaret Covelli '12
- 2014 Victoria VanMeetran '81 '96 '05
- 2012 Linda Anne Silvestri ’10 Ph.D.
- 2011 Dr. Janet Quillian '67
- 2010 Maj. Maureen Nolen, U.S. Army (Ret.) ’85 ’92
- 2005 Dr. Yaffa Dahan ’97
- 2004 Maureen Matteson-Kane ’75
- 2024 Fabian Donate, ’18 BS
- 2023 Joanna Kramer, '09 MS
- 2022 Crystal Rose Schulz '07 B.S., '10 MPH
- 2021 Brian J. Labus, '15 Ph.D.
- 2020 Lisa M. Segler, Ph.D., MPH '11, '19
- 2019 Tracy Donnelly '07
- 2018 Dr. Charles Bernick '11
- 2018 Dr. Charles Bernick '11
- 2017 Holly Lyman
- 2016 Jodi Tyson, MPH '94 '06
- 2015 Scott Hillegass '95
- 2024 Alison Sloat, ’14 Ph.D.
- 2023 Douglas Sims, '95 BA '97 MS
- 2022 Tricia D. Evans, '05 B.S.
- 2021 Zane L. Marshall, '96 B.A., '06 M.A.
- 2020 Susan M. Corbett, MS '91
- 2019 Dr. Travis Eugene Huxman '00
- 2018 K. Bruce Jones, Ph.D. '95
- 2017 Dr. Theodore Garland, Jr.
- 2016 Amy L. Brock-Hon, Ph.D. '02 '07
- 2015 Dr. Matthew Schwartz '96
- 2014 Dr. Tony Alamo '86
- 2013 Andrée Prigoda Reed '70 '78
- 2009 Dr. Ray D. Rawson ’64 ’78
- 2008 Hiba Risheg ’97
- 2004 Avnish Bhatnagar ’89
- 2000 Elizabeth Donley
- 1999 William Clark ’92
- 1998 Dr. Pamela Moore ’77
- 1997 Daniel Fischer ’79 ’90
- 1996 Ilene Morgan, Ph.D. ’88 ’90
- 2024 Aileen Pastor, ’08 BA, ’13 MA
- 2023 Shanice Stevens, '10 BA
- 2022 COL (R) Victor S. Ingram, MSGL, MSS, MSW, LCSW, '91 BA
- 2021 Caitlin J. Saladino, '12 B.A., '14 M.A., '20 Ph.D.
- 2020 Bruno Moya, MSW '15, '17
- 2019 Sarah A. Thornton '96
- 2018 Judy Tudor '94 '97
- 2017 Sara Leoni '96
- 2016 Ricki Y. Barlow '08 '12
- 2015 Hannah Birch '12
- 2014 Lisa Morris Hibbler, DPA '96 '98
- 2013 Mercedes Bolt '13
- 2012 Tara Pike-Nordstrom ’95
- 2011 William Horne '99 '01
- 2010 Lisa Story ’84
- 2009 Julie A. Murray ’82 ’94
- 2008 Garth R. Winckler ’79
- 2002 Anthony Zuiker ’91
- 2000 Garth Winckler ’79
- 1999 Ramona Denby ’90
- 1998 Rob Powers ’81
- 1997 Barbara Buckley ’86
- 1996 Kirby Burgess ’74 ’80
- 2002 Lori Estes, Ph.D.
- 2001 Kamran Haq ’90
- 2000 Carol Rayfield
- 1999 Carol Rayfield
- 1998 Carol Shelton
- 1997 Carolyn Sue Witt
- 1996 Maureen Nolen
- 2024 Claytee White, ’97 MA
- 2023 Tyler D. Parry, '08 BA
- 2022 Marydean Martin
- 2021 Flora E. Mason, ’85 B.A., ’88 M.A.
- 2024 Dr. Chase Shropshire, ’15 BS, '21 Ph.D.