Seniors of Significance
About the Award
The Seniors of Significance Award, created by the Division of Student Affairs in 2016, recognizes students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership, and service to campus and community and have brought distinction to ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University.
Seniors of Significance have made a lasting impact on the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University campus and in their individual academic fields during their time at LU. They will continue to excel after graduation when they join the LU alumni family.
Seniors of Significance receive recognition at the Toast to Leadership Banquet, a graduation stole, and a commemorative gift. Honorees are also featured on the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University website.
The Bess Gentry Award and the C. Robert Kemble Award recipients are selected from the Seniors of Significance. Recipients of these two awards each receive $1,000.
Criteria for Award Selection
Seniors of Significance must be undergraduate students graduating in May, August, or December 2026 who have:
- Excellence in scholarship
- Leadership and service to campus and community
- Brought distinction to ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University
LU faculty and staff members may nominate as many students as they feel are deserving of this recognition. Students may nominate themselves for consideration to be recognized. The nomination period opens soon!
2025 Seniors of Significance
TOP ROW L-R: Estrella Balderas, Biochemistry/Pre-Dental, Silsbee; Ashton Burch, Political Science/Pre-Law, Oklahoma City; Daisy Calero Estrella, Nursing, Port Arthur; Waverlee Cooper, Biology/Pre-Dental, Orange; Alexis Houston, Exercise Science, Crowley; Madison Hunt, Speech and Hearing Science, Saratoga; Jacy Lognion, Speech and Hearing Science, Kountze
MIDDLE L-R: Mallory Martin, Nursing, Vidor; Diana Martínez Granados, Marketing/Spanish, Beaumont; Peyton McLaurin, Political Science/Pre-Law, Kountze; Abia Mubashir, Biology/Pre-Medical, Beaumont; Lauren Rosetta, Political Science/Pre-Law, Beaumont;
Grace Roy, Biology/Pre-Medical, Port Neches
BOTTOM L-R: Kara Rumsey, Music Education/Teacher Certification, New Waverly; Rima Shaaban, Chemistry/Pre-Dental, Nederland; Bryce Sheffield, Computer Science, Houston; Ryan Shugart, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Pasadena; Luke Sodolak, Mechanical Engineering, Vidor; Gavin Treuter, Criminal Justice, Lumberton; Audrey Vincent-Eze, Political Science, Katy
2024 Honorees
BACK ROW L-R: David Haley, Dakota Emerson, Jacob Thompson, Susann Kalathra, Stephanie Barron, Annabelle Broussard, Kelvin Elgar, Zaid Mohammed, Oluwatomisin Egbewale. FRONT ROW: Lexus Wilkerson, Vicky Longoria-Alvarado, Riley Mayo, Angelie Bautista, Julia Barrett, Amarie Guillory, Mallory Lisle, Bailey Doss, Morgan Luke, Jaelan Sherman. Not pictured: Kristin Hebert.
2023 Honorees
BACK ROW L-R: Jacob Murphy, Umer Malik, Zuhair Merchant, Shelbie Williams, Chloe Smith, Jennifer Tsan, Britney Brevell, Sindi Castillo, Luis Arevalo, Marcellious Prentice, Kalan Bonnette. FRONT ROW L-R: Christine Osborne, Madison Taylor, Avery McLain, Chloe Thompson, Kaylee Goodspeed, Hannah Norwood, Caroline LeBlanc, Dajha Myles, Madison Richards, Lily Yoder.
2022 Honorees
Back Row L-R: Dion Tran, Thanh Nguyen, David Williams, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵr Reed, Aris Martinez, Ali Hamza, Ayo Oni, Landon Richard, Cade Pellerin, Brendon Camp. Front Row L-R: Umera Ahmed, Krystal Le, Maissa Salibi, Vivica Edwards, Menna Elsaka, Taliah Belcher, Tiffany Tran, Lisseth Aguilar, Bethany Edwards, Kaylie Overstreet.
2021 Honorees
Top Row L-R: Hannah Abdullah, Samira Ahmed, Rachel Clark, Valen Elliot, Oris Granger, Joissy Grimaldo, Blaine Huff, Ashtyn Jones, Aurora Maldonado. Bottom Row L-R: Tyler Martin, Katey McCall, Neera Momin, Ayana Robinson, Yesenia Loera Romo, Chelsea Savoy, Todd Senters, Alexis Sturrock, Brooke Tant, Yen Vu.