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Alumnae Awards
Alumnae Awards
Alumnae Awards
We are currently accepting nominations for the 2026 Alumna of the Year awards. If you would like to nominate an alumna, please fill out the form below.
NOMINATE
2025 Award Winners
Achievement Award:
Sarah (Richard) Zibbel ’98
Humanitas Award:
Susan (LeBlanc) Ligman ’97
Sr. Kathleen Padden Leadership Award:
Timothy Alter
Past Award Winners
2024
Achievement Award:
Dr. Tracee Perryman
’97
Humanitas Award:
Annette (Gagnet) Meklus ’86
Sr. Kathleen Padden Leadership Award:
Aly Sterling
2023
Achievement Award:
Jamie Dandar McKinney ’95
Humanitas Award:
Jane (Krueger) Williams ’73 and Sydney Williams ’01, Ph.D.
Sr. Kathleen Padden Leadership Award:
Jeff Traudt
2022
Achievement Award:
Janet S. Helfrich ’64
Humanitas Award:
Joyce (Murtagh) Stengle ’82
Sr. Kathleen Padden Leadership Award:
Richard G. LaValley, Jr.
2019
Achievement Award:
Anne-Marie Nachtrab Ainsworth ’74
Humanitas Award:
Katherine Dubielak ’13, Mark Dubielak, and Abigail Dudek ’13 -The Labre Project
Sr. Kathleen Padden Leadership Award:
John Szuch Sr.
2018
Achievement Award:
Marsha Manahan ’73
Sr. Kathleen Padden Leadership Award:
Sr. Kathleen Padden, OSU
2017
Young Alumna Award:
Varenka Rodriguez DiBlassi ’06
Achievement Award:
Sharon Desmond ’74
Humanitas Award:
Tamara Bumpus ’82
2016
Young Alumna Award:
Sara Hanna Velarde ’97
Achievement Award:
Laura Ruse Brosch ’69, RN, PhD
Humanitas Award:
Teresa (Teri) Bennett Giacci ’78
2015
Young Alumna Award:
Elizabeth Baldwin ’99
Achievement Award:
Linda Sheidler Doyle ’67
Humanitas Award:
Abigail Dudek ’13
2014
Young Alumna Award:
Melissa Noe-Freeman ’00
Achievement Award:
Jane Connors Charette ’59
Humanitas Award:
Kathleen Carroll-White ’67
2013
Young Alumna Award:
Alison Arthur ’98
Achievement Award:
Carole Harmon Grates ’57
Humanitas Award:
Frances Korhumel Rideout’44 and Margaret Korhumel Chamberlin ’45
2012
Young Alumna Award:
Megan Crotte Mahon ’98
Achievement Award:
Maureen McCartney Kenney ’79
Humanitas Award:
Marilyn Hellrung Wolff ’46
2011
Young Alumna Award:
Shelly Smallman-Nielsen ’99
Achievement Award:
Elizabeth Clarke Horrigan ’64
Humanitas Award:
Carissa Cousins ’87
2010
Young Alumna Award:
Jill Valiton McIntosh ’90
Achievement Award:
Barbara Howard ’72
Humanitas Award:
Christine Sheline Flynn ’60
2009
Young Alumna Award:
Brigette Alge Sadowski ’00
Achievement Award:
Jennifer Umbles Hayes ’86
Humanitas Award:
Sr. Margaret Manion OSU ’62
2008
Young Alumna Award:
Jennifer Driscoll ’92
Achievement Award:
Debra Diethelm Monagan ’67
Humanitas Award:
Sr. Moira Hurley ’52
2007
Young Alumna Award:
Amy Smith Hall ’87
Achievement Award:
Lisa Mayer Lang ’83
2006
Young Alumna Award:
Bernadette Zayas Lorenzo ’89
Achievement Award:
Joan Breton Connelly ’72
Humanitas Award:
Janet Stanford Bosserman ’70
2005
Humanitas Award:
Mary McCartney Crown ’78 and Rita Blazic Tansey ’55
2004
Young Alumna Award:
Philana M. Boles ’96
Achievement Award:
Julie Dubielak ’85
2003
Young Alumna Award:
Julia Habrecht ’93
Achievement Award:
Laurie Gries Winters ’77
Humanitas Award:
Kitsie Bruss Valiton ’65
2002
Alumnae of the Year:
Nancy Marryott Schlageter ’43 and Stephanie Dutchess Trudeau ’75
2001
Alumna of the Year:
Louise Lynch ’48
2000
Alumna of the Year:
Donna Chezek Posluszny ’70
1999
Alumna of the Year:
Mary Conlisk Werner ’74
1998
Alumna of the Year:
Patricia Boyer Strasser ’63
1997
Alumna of the Year:
Ruth Lindecker ’38
1996
Alumna of the Year:
Rosemary Kanary Mauk ’66
1995
Alumna of the Year:
Marcy Kaptur ’64
1994
Alumna of the Year:
Grace Karshner Sattler ’41
1993
Alumna of the Year:
Connie Dobbs Wos ’51
1992
Alumna of the Year:
Loretta Gallagher Wenger ’54
1991
Alumna of the Year:
Sr. Jane Mary Sorosiak ’49
1990
Alumna of the Year:
Sr. Anne Louise Stoelzel ’40
1989
Alumna of the Year:
Mary C. McKeown Kanary ’41
1988
Alumna of the Year:
June Wasserman Bishop ’39
1987
Alumna of the Year:
Mary Alice Hurley Blanchard ’41