WALSAA Outstanding Sophomore Award

Annually, WALSAA selects several outstanding sophomores who have demonstrated excellence in academics, leadership and service to the University and their community. These students are awarded a financial gift to apply toward tuition in their junior year at UW-Madison. The amount of each award is up to $2,000 per student. The Outstanding Sophomore Award winners are recognized at a WALSAA Board meeting in the spring and at the scholars and donors event in the fall, in addition to being announced in the WALSAA Connection and website. 
2025 Application Deadline: January 28 – 2025 Interview Date: March 13

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2024 WALSAA Outstanding Sophomore Award Recipients

Andre Acra, Biology 
Faith Baerwolf, Agricultural and Applied Economics and Life Sciences Communication
Lauren Breunig, Life Sciences Communication
Evelyn Browning, Genetics and Genomics
Elizabeth Cahill, Genetics and Genomics
Patrick Colegrove, Biology
Trista Drew, Biochemistry and Spanish
Jenna Gries, Dairy Science
Pate Lantz, Biology and Life Sciences Communication
Clarissa Ulness, Dairy Science

Past Outstanding Sophomore Award Winners