The Franklin Shirley Award

Franklin Shirley Award recognizes the most outstanding paper submitted each year to the Theodore Clevenger Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference.  The recipient of this award is determined by the Vice President Elect through a process established by the Vice President Elect.

2023 - Elsa Black, Berea College

2022 - Serenity Wiles, Campbell University

2021 - Noah Autrey, Georgia Southern University

2020 - Annebelle Klein, Transylvania University

2019 - Kiley Lord, University of Alabama

2018 - William H. Merriman, Sawanee: The University of the South

2017 - Nejla Day

2016 - Samantha Grainger Shuba

2015 - Polina Larina, Berea College

2014 - Terrell Jake Dionne, University of North Texas

2013 - Kirsten Clark, Millsaps College

2012 - Monica Lawson, Transylvania University

2011 - Diana Lynde, Columbia College

2010 - Brad Griffith

2009 - Lateshia Beachum, Columbia College

2008 - Kattrina Baldus, James Madison University

2007 - Judith Novak, University of Kentucky and Drew Anderson, Georgia Southern University

2006 - Alex Teh, University of Georgia

2005 - Jennifer Bafundo, Furman University

2004 - Lindsey Ilion, George Washington University

2003 - Andrew Thomas Ross, George Washington University

2002 - Cynthia Ledford, University of Kentucky

2001 - Sara Bakker, George Washington University

2000 - Melanie Dotson, Samford University

1999 - Mark T. Witko, University of Wyoming

1998 - Kevin Hooper, North Carolina State University

1997 - Amy Tilton, University of Texas, Corpus Christi

1996 - Andrea Doughty and Kelli Jones, University of Alabama at Birmingham

1995 - Blaine Hummel and Garret Ulosevich, Trinity University

1994 - Gerard Pfannensteil, Trinity University

1993 - Joshua Boyd, David Lipscomb University

1992 - Lorice Evans, Trinity University