Candi Hironaka Outstanding Class Leader Award

This award is named in honor of retired faculty member Candi Hironaka. Candi is a developer of people who provided direction, mentoring, and support to hundreds of LEAD 212 class leaders for over a decade working in Leadership Studies. This annual award recognizes class leaders who carry on Candi’s tradition of care and excellence in performing their peer leader role, as a facilitator of learning, a mentor, a community builder, and a teaching team member.

Past recipients

2024 Sarah Gulledge, KB Hennes, Emily Lanie, Josh Munda
2023 Audrey Burgoon, Meagan Parkins, Gage Roberts, Katie Whittley
2022 Lexi Cannizzo, Tara Foster, Hope Klausmeyer, Kinsley Searles
2021 Jenae Anderson, Rhett Pierce, Wyatt Steining, Isabelle Woodrum
2020 Lorena Juanez, Matt Plummer, Hannah Valentine, Emily Wollard
2019 Alyssa Frey, Megan Zeman, Connor Davis
2018 Taylor Anderson, Madison Ogle,
2017 Kayla Wilkinson, Bailey Porter, Shunyce Battles
2016 Michael Lee, Katelyn Meek, Emily Gray