The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering had its Annual Departmental Scholarship and Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 13 at Philips Event Center. The banquet highlights summer study abroad scholarship recipients and 2019-2020 scholarship recipients.
Special congratulations to Dr. Maria King for receiving the student chosen ASABE Professor of the Year Award.

(left to right) Dr. Stephen Searcy, Stephen King, Dr. Maria King, Nancy Searcy and Dr. Robert Hardin IV
Awardees
National Cotton Ginner’s Association Peary Wilemon Scholarship
- Hao Ju
- Jianing He
- Tianyi Wang
William H. Aldred Endowed Scholarship in Agricultural Engineering
- Donovan Davis
- Meiyi Zhang
Rita and Dannie O. Burk ’68 Endowed Scholarship
- Jordan Taylor
Ada and Louis Calvert Family Memorial Scholarship
- Caleb Rea
- Claire Barber
Corpus Christi Exchange Scholarship
- Faith Gonzalez
- Madison Hodges
- Matthew White
Dow Aggies Endowed Scholarship Fund in Agriculture
- Randall Navarro
- John Derry
- Caleb Byorth
Dr. Brock Faulkner ’04 Memorial Scholarship
- Alec MacManus
- Boone Lane
- Emily Fauver
George H. Follet Undergraduate Endowed Scholarship
- Michell Grahmann
Plains Ginner’s Association Scholarship
- Logan Sunvison
- Parker Goebel
- Tristan Frerich
- Hylke Talsma
COADC Patricia and Edward Hiler Endowed Scholarship in Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- AnnMarie Burns
- Jessica Li
- Joseph Grimm
Edward A. Hiler Endowed Scholarship
- Carly Fronckowiak
- Josilyn Ochoa
- Laura Peppel
Price and Merle Hobgood Endowed Scholarship in Agricultural Engineering
- Jacy Gray
- Gabriela Ramos
Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Jones Scholarship in Agricultural Engineering
- Satindra Saravanan
- Cody Stovall
Verlin and Howard Kruse ’52 Endowed Scholarship in Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Balck Tatsch
Earl M. Ladd III Memorial Scholarship
- Joshua McDonald
PT Montford Fellowship
- Emily Aronson
- Abigail Ayers
- Celeste Branstrom
- Reagan Giesenschlag
- Hannah Looney
- Maired Mooney
COADC Calvin & Peggy Parnell Endowed Scholarship in Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Reagan Rucker
- Hao Ju
COADC James R. “Cobby” Reed ’50 Scholarship
- John Duus
Robert Jr. Agricultural Endowed Scholarship
- Humberto Trevino
Dr. Jodie Whitney ’59 General Scholarship in Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Ana Chen
Hank Wiederhold Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of ’79 Memorial Scholarship
- Gabriella Rico
Lambert H. Wilke Scholarship
- Ariana Arredondo
- Hayden Dallmeyer
- Galvin Rodriguez
Dr. and Mrs. Cady Engler Undergraduate Student International Experience Fund
- Alex DeFily
- Madison Harris
- Garret Shaw
COALS International Programs Scholarship
- Abigail Ayers
- AnnMarie Burns
- Claire Barber
- Ana Chen
- Riley Dunn
- Emily Fauver
- Madison Harris
- Kristyn Kline
- Jessica Li
- Hannah Looney
- Gabriella Rico
- Garret Shaw
- Cody Stovall
Price Hobgood Scholarship Award
- Griselda Quintero
W.E. McCune Student Award
- Randy Stark
J.W. Sorenson Student Award
- Matthew White
- Galvin Rodriguez
Robert E. Stewart Graduate Excellence Award
- Amir Sedaghatdoost
Bill A. & Rita L. Stout International Graduate Student Achievement Award
- Dhruva Kathuria
- Kritika Kothari
Departmental Excellence Award in Teaching
- Mr. Greg Stark
- Dr. Douglas M. Kingman
Departmental Excellence Award in Research
- Dr. Zong Liu
- Dr. Yongheng Huang
- Mr. Bassel Daher
Departmental Excellence Award in Service
- Dr. Ronald E. Lacey
Departmental Excellence in Extension Education
- Dr. Zong Liu
- Mr. Ryan Gerlich
Departmental Staff Excellence Award
- Mrs. Ashlea Schroeder
- Mrs. Amy Martinez
Inductees to the Academy of Distinguished Graduates