Distinguished Young Alumni Awards

Recognizing Our Distinguished Young Alumni Award Winners

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Distinguished Young Alumni Award

Established in 1973 by the Alumni Board of Directors, and given at the discretion of the board, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes conspicuous contributions to Washington and Lee University, community service and personal and professional achievements. The honor was first bestowed in May 1974 and was expanded in 1994 to permit recognition of the university’s younger alumni. The award affirms the university’s finest traditions of leadership, responsibility and service.

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Past Winners

2025
Wilson Hallett ’15
Jillian Katterhagen ’15

2024
Alvin G. Thomas ’14
Anna Thomas ’14

2023
Kathryn Stewart Gragg ’13
Wayde Marsh ’13
Camie Carlock McKee ’13

2022
Shiri Yadlin ’12
John Grigsby ’12

2021
Yuan Liu ’11
Caroline Bovay Meric ’11

2020
Katie Sinks Baird ’10
Marquita Robinson ’10

2019
Hunter Branstetter ’09
John Christopher ’09

2018
Andrew McEnroe ’08
Lauren Rudolph ’08

2017
John Bovay ’07
Kaylee Hartung ’07
Rob Rain ’07

2016 
Lyndsay E. Polloway ’06
Charles R. Yates, III ’06, ’10L

2015 
Brent C. Beshore ’05
Emily Wolfing Tunis ’05
Kiersten T. Salander ’05
W. Thomas Worthy ’05

2014 
Grace Andrews ’09
Kevin Coppersmith ’04

2013 
Jane Ledlie Batcheller ’03, ’08L
Paul S. Trible III ’03

2012 
Stacy McLoughlin Taylor ’02
Kelly N. Evans ’07

2011 
Clifford K. Holekamp ’96
Jennifer R. Strawbridge ’01

2010 
David D. Foster ’98
Juliet M. Bickford ’00

2009 
W. Ansel Sanders ’04

2008 
Brian J. Hooper ’98

2007 
Alex M. Cross ’95
Anthony J. Mazzarelli ’97

2006 
Margaret Killebrew Grin ’96
Michelle Lynne Milligan ’96

2005 
Katherine Boozer Boone ’95

2004 
No awards given

2003 
Monika Jaensson Hussell ’93L

2002 
Andrew R. Caruthers ’87

2001
James F. Kull ’94

2000 
John M. Falk ’86, ’90L
B. Dallas Hagewood ’90

1999 
Valerie A. Pierson ’89
John E. Taylor III ’84

1998 
Thomas J. McBride ’88
Alexa A. Salzman ’89

1997
Bennett L. Ross ’83
Robert K. Wittpenn ’82

1996
H. Powell Starks ’83, ’88L

1995 
James E. Dunn Jr. ’82
William R. Goodell ’80L

1994 
John M. Cleghorn ’84
Lee M. Hollis ’86