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The Gordon Ford College of Business is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni at the 2025 GFCB Awards. Annually, outstanding individuals are honored for their remarkable contributions to both the College and the community.

We are proud to present the 2025 award recipients:

Undergraduate Student Awards

• Outstanding Senior in Accounting – Addison Pruitt
• Outstanding Junior in Accounting – Benjamin Grant Reese
• Outstanding Senior in Economics – Chaise Bethmann
• Outstanding Junior in Economics – Emma Terrell
• Outstanding Senior in Finance – Addison Pruitt
• Outstanding Junior in Finance – Amela Mehmedovic
• Outstanding Senior in Analytics & Information Systems – Michael Delaney
• Outstanding Junior in Analytics & Information Systems – Tacy Croney
• Outstanding Senior in Management – Skylar Johnson
• Outstanding Junior in Management – Ellie Burdette
• Outstanding Senior in Marketing – Emily Mayfield
• Outstanding Junior in Marketing – Nick Wilson
• 2024–2025 Business LLC Student of the Year – Kloie Martin
• Eaton Student Leadership Award – Adam Maulden
• Robert W. Jefferson Outstanding Graduating Senior – Addison Pruitt

Graduate Student Awards

• Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Economics – Ethan Bates
• Outstanding Master of Accountancy Student – Kaysten Thomas
• Outstanding MBA Student – Alyson Kline
• Outstanding Cybersecurity Data Analytics Student– Giulia Vega Ayala
• Outstanding Graduate Student – Kaysten Thomas

Faculty & Staff Awards

• University Teamwork Award -Doreen Williams-Holmes (university winner)
• Lou Prida Student Service Award – Zach Jones
• Vitale Award for Initiative, Innovation & Leadership – Jim Lindsey
• Anne & Dan Greenwell Staff Award – Cara Cordell
• Early Career Teaching Award – Dr. Peter Lin
• Emerging Scholar Award – Dr. Golnaz Baradaran Motie
• MBA Teaching Award – Meredith Rozanski

GFCB University-Level Awards

• Public Service Award – Dr. Feng Helen Liang
• Teaching Award – Heather Glass (university winner)
• Student Advisement Award – Dr. Gihan Edirisinghe
• Part-Time Faculty Award – Angela Spiller

Alumni Recognition

• Recent Alumni Award – Steven Dossey, Purple Toad Winery

Congratulations to this year’s recipients. For more information about the Gordon Ford College of Business and its programs, please visit wku.edu/business.