Awards and Honors

Trevor Evans Award: The Trevor Evans Award is intended to recognize outstanding performance by undergraduate majors in the Department of Mathematics.
Chair's Award for Achievement: This award recognizes outstanding undergraduates who exhibit dedication and exceptional performance in the fields of Mathematics.
Deborah Jackson Award (2007-2015): Made possible by a generous gift from Alumna Deborah Jackson, this award honors the academic achievements of undergraduate juniors and seniors in the Department of Mathematics.
Putnam Prize: The Putnam Prizes are awarded to the Emory undergraduates with the best scores on the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.

The Trevor Evans Award

The Trevor Evans Award is intended to recognize outstanding performance by undergraduate majors in the Department of Mathematics at Emory University. The award is given annually and is intended to help defray educational expenses. The award has been established by family and friends of Professor Evans to honor his contributions to mathematics and to Emory University. Each year, the Undergraduate Committee of the Department of Mathematics selects the award recipient based upon information received from the Department faculty.

Professor Evans received bachelor's and master's degrees, and the Doctor of Science from Oxford University. He taught at Manchester and Wisconsin before joining the Emory faculty in 1951. Here, he served as departmental chair for the periods 1957-72 and 1976-82; he was named Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Mathematics in 1980. In the early 50's he was invited to spend a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; he travelled extensively throughout his career as a research mathematician.

An expert in algebra and its applications to combinatorial problems, Professor Evans is most well-known for his work on partial planes, nonassociative algebras, and word and decision problems. He had many PhD students during his career at Emory: Curt Lindner is a notable research mathematician, a Distinguished University Professor at Auburn, and the late Etta Falconer, who served as dean at Spelman University and who received the Hay Award from the Association of Women in Mathematics, to name two of his most successful students. Professor Evans was awarded the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Education in 1972.

In recognition of his lifelong service to mathematics, Professor Evans received the first distinguished service award from the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America. As well, prizes in his name are given by the MAA to recognize the best articles published in "Math Horizons".

Recipients of the Trevor Evans Award

2024: Scott Masterson, Riley Chen, Zoe Ji, Jafer Hasnain
2023: Kristina Gong, Judy Hao, Keita Morisaki, Oliver Wang, Ashley Zhou
2022: Jennifer Zheng, Siwei Xu, Arshia Singhal, Sophy Huang, Rodrigo Jose Gonzalez Hernandez, Mai Phuong P
2021: Lingxin Cheng, Yuwei Wu, Jack Li, Jennifer Zheng
2020: Jack (Qiyu) Zhang, Tao Zhou, Chloe Lee, Uriel Yang
2019: Haotian Jin, David Luo, Varoon Pazhyanur, Sihan Yue
2018: Robert Dicks, Yijun Dong, Kaixin Ma
2017: Henry Chen, Noam Kantor, Siqi Xue
2016: Will Baker, Claire Yilin Lin, and Congzheng Song
2015: Hanqiu Xia
2014: Noah Adler and Ye Yuan
2013: Andrew McLeod
2012: Katherine Yu
2011: Michelle Chu and Joshua Keller
2010: Phillip Andreae and Jeremy McKibben-Sanders
2009: Matthew Hausknecht
2008: Jacob Geerlings
2007: Tristan Dennen
2006: Melissa Goldstein
2005: Martin Frank
2004: Michael Carr
2003: Lindsay [Betsy] Stovall
2002: Joseph Spivey
2001: Mili Shah and Shaariah Sulaiman
2000: Arthur Szlam
1999: Ben Schmidt and Alex Prater
1998: Alisa Marzilli
1997: Joshua Pollet
1996: Sarah Day
1995: Matthew Aycock and Cyrus Bradford

The Chair's Award for Achievement

The Chair's Award for Achievement recognizes outstanding undergraduates who exhibit dedication and exceptional performance in the fields of Mathematics. Awardees are presented with the award at the department's annual Evans-Hall Lecture Series each spring. Recipients are chosen by the department chair and the award committee based on instructor comments as well as outstanding success in course work. Winners will receive a monetary gift to be used for any purpose. Sponsorship of this award is part of the department's overall mission to encourage and promote excellence in undergraduate education in Mathematics.

Recipients of the Chair's Award for Achievement

2024: Zihao Jin
2023: Abdu Birik, Zoe Ji
2021: Mai Phuong Pham Huynh
2020: David Luo
2019: Evan Scope Crafts
2018: Jose Coves, Varoon Pazhyanur, Qihang Zhang
2017: Robert Dicks, Wenda Zeng, Ethan Zhou
2016: Henry Yu-Hsin Chen, Noam Kantor, Siqi Xue

The Deborah Jackson Award

Made possible by a generous gift from Alumna Deborah Jackson, these awards honor the academic achievements of undergraduate juniors and seniors in the department of Mathematics.

Selection procedure: Early in the Spring semester (mid-February) each year, the department undergraduate committee will meet to consider nominations from faculty for outstanding seniors and juniors in the department. Based on nominating recommendations, academic records (e.g. gpa, level of classes taken), and other factors (e.g. honors participation, Evans/Hall candidacy, Putnam exam performance) the department will award cash prizes to the most outstanding students from the senior and/or junior class. The prize money will be given in one lumpsum cash payment early in the semester, usually by April 15, and may be used for any purpose by the recipients.

Recipients of the Deborah Jackson Award

2015: Andres Celis, James Ding, Jacob Eckert, Noam Kantor, Andrew Kilgore, Yilin Lin, Yan Sheng, Liqi Shu, Congzheng Song, Lee Vian, and Hanqiu Xia
2014: Dallas Albritton, Shannon Buckley, Hyo Yul Byun, Andres Celis, Michael Conway, Jennifer Lin, Amy Shannon, and Hanqiu Xia
2013: Emma Accorsi, Noah Adler, Dong Ba, Junying He, Andrew McLeod, Sarah Pitman, Leah Shiferaw, and Xinhui Wu
2012: Chen Chen, Dylan Connor, Robert Lunde, Warrick Macmillan, Andrew McLeod, Philip Wu, and Katherine Yu
2011: Chen Chen, Patrick Cook, James Nance, and Daniel Orner
2010: Aaron Bush, Michelle Chu, Patrick Cook, James Herring, Joshua Keller, Sara Lykken, and Daniel Orner
2009: Dan Acton, Phillip Andreae, Walter Askew, Allison Louie, and Jeremy McKibben-Sanders
2008: Emily McIntosh, Veronica Mejia-Bustamante, and Christopher Verdery
2007: Sam Ballas, Sabrina Rainwater, Solomon Stein, and Cory Trankle

The Putnam Prize

The Putnam Prizes are awarded to the Emory undergraduates with the best scores on the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. The competition is held at Emory on the first Saturday of December each year and the prizes are awarded the following spring.

Recipients of the Putnam Prize

2024: Srijon Sarkar, Enoc De Jesus
2023: Noah Lichtenberg
2022: Noah Lichtenberg, Frederick L Davis, Zihao Jin, Keita Morisaki, Sarah Werum, Larry Chen
2021: Alexandru Rudi, Keita Morisaki, Taylor Dover, Frederick Lowell Davis
2020: Jack Li, Tao Zhou, Keita Morisaki, Shiyuan Wang, Alexandru Rudi, Shreya Rana
2019: Tao Zhou, Jack Li, Emily Eckels, Zirui Deng, Chenxi Xu
2018: Lee Brewer, Chenxi Xu
2017: Jose Coves
2013: Jiaqi Guo and Rousen Zhou
2012: Andrew Gruet and Andrea Zeng
2011: Linzhi Wang and Joshua Keller
2010: Phillip Andreae and Joshua Keller
2009: Phillip Andreae and Jacob Geerlings
2008: Phillip Andreae and Allison Louie
2007: Sabrina Rainwater. Runner-up: Tristan Dennen