
The Freshman Award indicates recognition by the faculty of outstanding work in the department and related coursework.
| 2007 | Joseph McDonald and Aparajita Singh |
| 2006 | Shreya Durvasula |
| 2005 | Jameson P. Graber |
| 2004 | Alexander R. Miltenberger and Michael R. McErlean |
| 2003 | Adam Bennett Jarczyk and Rares Trocan |
| 2002 | Thomas Trentman |
| 2001 | Kemal Levi |
| 2000 | David Russell Hicks and Elizabeth P. Townsend |
| 1999 | Elizabeth Anne Nacozy |
| 1998 | Jennifer R. Strawbridge and Charles Tyler Green |
| 1997 | Brian Jeffrey Eutermoser, William Alexander Kanner, Ansley Carnochan Miller, and Emilie Beth Wiesner |
| 1996 | Laura Beth Goodwin and Charles Drake Leddy |
| 1995 | John Joseph Thrall |
| 1994 | Torsten Frederic Chase and Nathan Edward Hottle |
| 1993 | Graig Alan Fantuzzi and Justin Stefanon |