Do you know an outstanding recent graduate?
Who do you think is already leaving their mark on the world? We invite you to nominate them for the Miami University Alumni Association’s 18 of the Last 9 Award.
Inspired by the university’s charter year of 1809, the award seeks to highlight and celebrate graduates from the past nine years who are living out the values inherent in a Miami education. For more than a decade, the award has recognized alumni who lead, innovate, or create a significant positive impact on the world around them through their work and/or service.
Alumni from class years 2014-2023 are eligible for this year’s 18 of the Last 9 cohort. Nominations were accepted earlier this year.
The final 18 honorees selected will be announced in the January, 2024 issue of the Miamian Express newsletter, on the MUAA website and social media pages, and celebrated throughout the year.
For questions, please contact Mollie Young at youngmr@MiamiOH.edu.
Congratulations to this year's cohort of 18 of the Last 9 Award winners. Based on the popular “30 under 30” model and inspired by Miami University’s charter year of 1809, the program is designed to honor alumni who are living out the values inherent in a Miami education. In the program’s eleventh year, nearly 90 alumni were nominated for this award. Please join us in congratulating and celebrating the 2023-24 honorees:
2023-24 Honorees
Kenzie Andrews ’14, M.Ed. ’18, Ed. D. ’22
Stephen Becker Ph.D. ’14
Akosua Boadi-Agyemang ’19
Mwoyo Chinoda ’17
Aaron Crookes ’16
Christie Currie ’19
Katherine Edwards ’16
Max Flannery ’16
Jacob Hyland ’13
Samuel Jerow ’18 , M.A. ’18
Mark Johnson ’14
Kyle Kron ’14, M.S. ’16
Jonathan Meyer ’16
Vedha Nayak ’20
James O’Connor ’16
Tanisha Pruitt ’13
Anthony Thompson ’18
Keiko Wilkins ’18, M.S. ’20
Emily Allbery ’12
Mac Anderson ’14
Rachel E. Barr ’12
Ramune Bartuskaite ’14
HA Clarke ’19
Jeffrey Crane Graham ’13
Matt Groesch ’13
Steven Lakin ’13
Eric Lee ’16
Marshall Osborne ’12
Megan M Purcell ’13
Andrew Quintana ’17
JM Rieger ’13
Tyler Sinclair ’13
Eric C. Thomas ’12
Aimee Venot ’15
Kierra Williams ’13
Megan Zahneis ’19
Kala Allen ’16
Hayley Berg ’15
KeAnna Daniels ’11
Elizabeth Dent ’11
Esther Ladipo ’17
Heather Macdonald ’12
Alyssa Marcangelo ’12
Connor McGarry ’17
Catherine Meade ’12
Jim Nardelli ’11
Allie Pearson ’15
Kevin Rose Ph.D. ’11
Andrea Spenny ’15, M.Ed. ’20
John Steele ’14
Ethan Taylor ’13
Chris Traner ’12
Christopher Walsh Sinka ’13
Hailee Yoshizaki-Gibbons ’08, M.S.’13
Viktor Barricklow ’15
Robin Beavers ’12
Courtney Cochran ’10
Wenyin Deng ’14
K. Jean Forney ’11
Amanda Grandjean ’13
Kyle Hoff ’10
Alisha ‘Jonesy’ Jones ’10
Kelsey McHugh ’10
Megan Moore ’12
Kathryn Werner Niergarth ’10
Scott Noonan ’10
Lillian L. Schwales ’12
Greg Shendel ’10
Brandon Smith ’10
Lance Theobald ’10
Alex Tyree ’11
Raleigh Wilson ’10
Katie Binns ’09
Lindsey Bullinger ’11
Kyle Denman ’16
Ashleigh DuBois ’13
Laura Palmer Graham ’15
Jonathan Hamilton ’10
Una Hrnjak-Hadziahmetovic ’11
Heath Ingram ’11
Emily Kuhn ’09
Kerry McCormack ’10
Kevin McLaughlin ’09
Macy Mills ’15
Kevin Phaup ’13
Daniela Pierre Bravo ’12
Fia Turczynewycz ’05, M.A. ’11
Rithvik Venna ’15
Benjamin L. Walker ’09
Leena Zahra ’15
James Earl Cox III
Sami Schalk
Michael Markesbery
Ibukun Ibraheem
Bethany Bowyer Khan
Austin Mace
Kevin Samy
Ryan Perhala
Kimberly Forster
Cristina Rue
Marisa Schnaith
Jessica Gephart
Corrylee Drozda
Preethi Srinivas
Brice Hamill
Alec Martinez
Sean McVay
Anna Middleton
Shelby Wegryn Holton
Kristen Lazaroff Stoehr
Taylor Robinson
Thomas Ringenbach
Sena Quist
William Pendergast
Nikki Martinkovic
Kara Isabella
Thomas Whalen
Alyssa Hopun
Katie Henry
Marni Goldberg
Emily Hennell
Matt Dopkiss
Mia DeNardi
Kyle Cuthbert
Wilson Cardwell
Leonard Buller
Neal Schick
Alexandra Ricca
Sarah Nather
Lyndsey McMillon
Tim Lu
Kate Guiler Lehman
Sarah LaTourette
Alen Amini
Lora Snyder
Ryan Batt
Samantha Burgoon
Mark Cerny
Kaushik Ghosal
Leslie Jones
Ethan Karp
Sean Kavanagh
Ryan Snyder
Tommy Wingels
Jamie Eckert
Erin Bower Patterson
Nick Seguin
Jessica Jones-Hughes
Ashley Mallon Walters
Pulkit Datta
Beth Stelling
Bradley White
William Angsten
Jonathan Nielsen
Whitney Thompson Feld
Brian Dean
Brad Moore
Rachel Chase
Beth Stebner
Jessica Hohman
Chester Mason
Cheryl Murray Miyamasu
Brooke Sammon
Elizabeth Baiocchi
Tess Schuster
Suzi Katto
Rachel Rudwall
Emily Douglas
LaDavia Hatcher Drane
Jeff Walker Jr.
Dan Hayes
Brian Gloede
Curv Miller
Michael P. Farrell Jr.
Ryan Graves
Adam J. Hill
Leslie Weiant King
Dustin Woods
John Litchfield
Shane Gring
From publishing research to working on presidential campaigns to growing their businesses more than 2,000 percent, Miamians are making an impact in all aspects of the world. Annually, more than 50 alumni are nominated and 18 are selected for the 18 of the Last 9 Award.
Read more about where these Miamians are by exploring some inspirational stories below.