Scholarship Recipients

Graduate Student Recruiting Fellowship for Merit – New Students 2025-2026

Atmospheric Sciences Textbook Scholarship 

Samuel Hanson 

Logan Schmidtz

 

Sylvia Cearley Endowment in the College of Arts and Sciences

Emily Allen

Emily Brodie

Julia Burhman

Lauryn Fox

Cecelia Jeffers

Peyton Lewis

 

Departmental Scholarship

Jubier Ahammed

Madduma Bandarage

Max Bloomquist

Goodluck Dike

Samuel Gardner

Nusrat Jahan

Charlie Johnstone

Josiah Melke

Ryan Penny

Ryan Price

Logan Schmidtz

Mduluza Takada

Riley Young

 

Jerry Jurica Atmospheric Sciences Endowed Scholarship 

Emily Allen 

Lauryn Fox 

Josiah Melke

 

Graduate Student Fellowships for Merit- Returning Students 2025-2026

Sylvia Cearley Endowment in the College of Arts and Sciences 

Andrea Benz

Blake Checkowawy

Diya Das

Ashton Dirner

Sabrina Fischer

Georgia Ford 

Danielle Harr

Emily Hauf

Nurana Ismayilova

Melodie Martinez-Manahan

Kelsey Olson

Aparna Raman

Nanditha Subhash

Diana Urda

Natalie Wall

 

Departmental Scholarship

Elijah Amoah- Asamoah

Nicholas Appiah

Miguel Ariza Coll  

Hamidreza Azarmidokht

Nicholas Camp

Alexander Cerminaro

Matthew Connor

Shipu Debnath

Ayenachew Desta

Jacob Hynes

Shu Li

Arnoldus Kotze

Omid Mansourihanis

Zachary McDaniel

Tusher Mohanta 

John Nelson

Oluwaseye Oyetade  

Gayatri Paudel

Megan Porter

Matthew Saldana

Binisha Shrestha

Ethan Steward

Jaxon White

 

Stephen Lewis Jones Scholarship

Melodie Martinez-Manahan

Ethan Steward

 

Portnoy Solidus Fund

Hamidreza Azarmidokht

 

Summer 2025 Graduate Field Experience Fellowships  

Geography Excellence Fund

Miguel Ariza Coll

Shipu Debnath

Sajad Ghafari

Medine Eda Oz

Molly Sorensen

 

Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship Recipients 2025-2026

Isaac Arseneau

Hamidreza Azamidokht

Blake Checkoway

Diya Das

Sadie Durning

Nurana Ismayilova

Arnoldus Kotze

John Nelson

Megan Porter

Isabella Rico

Gyanendra Sapkota

Mduluza Takada

Divya Viswanath

Kyle Watson

 

Graduate School Fellowship Recipients 2025-2026

Graduate School Scholarship 

Michael Brown

Caleigh Claar

Samuel Hanson

Cassie Isenberger

Ivy Jeffries

 

Helen Jones Foundation Scholarship

Charlie Johnstone

 

Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship Recipients 2025-2026

Emily Hauf 

 

Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships 2025

 

Sylvia Cearley Endowment in the College of Arts and Sciences

Emily Doyle

Emily Hauf

Nurana Ismayilova

Megan Lever

Aparna Raman

Diana Urda

Natalie Wall

 

Matt and Ginger Williams Graduate Scholarship Endowment

Hamidreza Azamidokht

 

George B. Asquith Scholarship for Excellence in Petroleum Geology

Elias Cadoso

Oluwaseye Oyetade

 

E. A McCullough Graduate Scholarship in Geosciences

Ayenachew Desta

Tusher Mohanta

John Nelson

 

Dr. F. Alton Wade Graduate Research Endowment

Arnoldus Kotze

 

John P. Brand Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Gyanendra Sapkota

 

The Lewis G. Weeks Geosciences Endowment

Hamidreza Azarmidokht

Elias Cadoso

Emily Hauf

Arnoldus Kotze

John Nelson

Aparna Raman

Gyanendra Sapkota

Natalie Wall

 

Virginia Clair Geology

Ayenachew Desta

Emily Doyle

Emily Hauf

Nurana Ismayilova

Megan Lever

Oluwaseye Oyetade

Diana Urda

 

Georgia H and Carroll M. Thomas Fund

Tusher Mohanta

 

First-Year Undergraduate Student Fellowships for Merit 2025-2026

Departmental Scholarship

Shelby Aja

Jordan Bleser

Zachary Chmielowski

Emeri Goodson

Linkyn Harris

Jesus Hernandez

Parker Huse

Ryan Ilunga

 

Undergraduate Student Fellowships for Merit-Returning Students 2025-2026

Heather Anderson Scholarship

Julia Creaney

Rebecca Couvillion  

Michael Daigle

Ethan Langton

Dejahn Somers

 

Ray Beck Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Aleynah Alvarado

Christopher Deady

James Nicodemus

Sara Ornelas

Adelene Rivas

Sriya Shrestha

 

Jason and Nancy Currie Scholarship Endowment in Geosciences

Cade Hogle

Gwyneth Hooks

 

Gary Elbow Scholarship Endowment

Alyssa Luna

Wesley Crawford

 

Frank M Hall Endowed Scholarship 

David Chavez

Caro Cotlar

Maeghan Gourlay

Sriya Shrestha

 

 

The Larry McIver Memorial Scholarship for Geography

Annika Coyle

Michael Kincer Mem Geology Endowed Scholarship 

Sydney Combs

 

Jason Krell Endowed Scholarship

Matthew Meador

 

Lubbock Gem and Mineral Society 

Holland Stokes

 

Dr. Grover E Murray Endowment Fund in Geosciences 

Katrina Canute

Caleigh Mosako

 

Rogers and Rosen Memorial Endowed Scholarship 

Neely Smith

 

Sigma Gamma Epsilon and Geosciences Society

David Chavez

Clan Martinez

 

John Stephens and Stephens Exploration Inc. Scholarship 

Gwyneth Hooks

 

Otis Templar Geography Scholarship Endowment

Annika Coyle

 

Dr. F Alton Wade Geology Scholarship Endowment

Noah Hazelton

 

Matt and Ginger Williams Geosciences Scholarship Endowment

David Chavez

Jayssen Leon

Neely Smith

Dejahn Somers

 

Vestal and Ouida Yeats Scholarship Endowment

Gwyneth Hooks

Christian Naillon

 

Summer 2025 Undergraduate Field Experience Fellowships

Ann and Dennis Bell Geology Endowed Scholarship

Ethan Langton

 

Sylvia Cearley Endowment in the College of Arts and Sciences

Maddy Boone

Rebecca Couvillion

 

Sigma Gamma Epsilon and Geosciences Society  

Tanner Isola  

 

Jay Parsley Field Camp Memorial Endowed Scholarship 

Tanner Crabbe

Jayssen Leon 

 

Deskin Shurbet Endowment

Matthew Meador

 

Transformative Experiences in Geology Scholarship Fund

Christopher Gray

Riley Young