School of Landscape Architecture & Planning Student Awards

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Student awards

From "Against the Grain," Master of Landscape Architecture 2nd Prize in 2020 U.S. EPA Campus RainWorks Competition.

 
Our landscape architecture, real estate development, sustainable built environments and urban planning students regularly win a variety of awards.

Awards include those offered through the school as well as esteemed regional, national and international awards. Learn more about our award-winning students and their projects.

End-of-Year Student Awards

Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Awards

SBE Capstone Award

  • Kiera Eason
  • Jesús Ponce de León Galarza
  • Korina Simons
  • Pierina Virhuez

NITC Student Scholar Award

  • Lauren Heat

Faculty Commendation

  • Carla A. Campos
  • Joaquin Chocano
  • Eric Dahlstrom
  • Briana DiNicola
  • Kiera Eason
  • Bárbara Félix
  • Lauren Heath
  • Alejandra Huerta
  • Keegan Kowal
  • Will Leipold
  • André Luperdi
  • Oscar Sebastian Motta Celiz
  • Brad David Nelson
  • Jesús Ponce de León Galarza
  • Oscar Rodriguez Ponce
  • Heather Schulz
  • Korina Simons
  • Shamara Smith
  • Rodrigo Torreblanca
  • Sebastian Valesco
  • Irvanna Velazco Gomez
  • Adriana Velis
  • Pierina Virhuez

Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awards

Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Scholar

  • Kendra Potter

CELA Fountain Scholar Award

  • Irene Pineda

AzASLA Honor Award

  • Kendra Potter
  • Alizabeth Potucek

AzASLA Merit Award

  • Hunter Lohse
  • Heather Schmidt

AzASLA 2022 Student Collaborative Design Honor Award

  • Hunter Lohse
  • Ethan Wissler

AzASLA 2021 Student Individual Honor Award

  • Austin Young

AzASLA Student Community Service Honor Award

  • Mattea Wallace

Leadership Award

  • Mattea Wallace

Outstanding Community Service Award

  • Alizabeth Potucek

NITC Student Scholar Award        

  • Jacqueline Howell
  • Ethan Wissler

MRED Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Kendra Potter

Planning Faculty Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jacob Siegel

Outstanding GPA Award

  • Hunter Lohse
  • Alizabeth Potucek
  • Mattea Wallace
  • Ethan Wissler
  • Austin Young

Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society

  • Jordan Lawson
  • Hunter Lohse
  • Emily Lorenz
  • Kendra Potter
  • Heather Schmidt
  • Mattea Wallace
  • Austin Young

Master of Real Estate Development Student Awards

Outstanding GPA Award

  • Jessica Bassi
  • Brianna Lostaglio
  • Nicholas Moran
  • Joshua Olsen
  • Jose Pardo Urrea
  • Ryan Querubin
  • Lori Summers
  • Candace Sutherland-Mott

Master of Science in Urban Planning Student Awards

2022 AICP Outstanding Student Award

  • Christina Scarpitti

NITC Student Scholar Award

  • Melanie Olson
  • Christina Scarpitti
  • Ethan Wissler

Best Colleague Award

  • Christina Scarpitti

Excellence in Planning Research Award

  • Benjamin Carpenter
  • Nathalia Untiveros

Faculty Distinction Award

  • Melanie Olson

Leadership Award

  • Garrett Aldrete

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant

  • Ethan Wissler

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Christina Scarpitti

Outstanding GPA Award

  • Garrett Aldrete
  • Benjamin Carpenter
  • Melanie Olson
  • Christina Scarpitti
  • Ethan Wissler

Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Awards

Capstone Award

  • Tiburcio Bazúa Jr | Food Deserts and Sustainable Multifamily Greenhouse Design

Outstanding GPA Award

  • Shannon Buchele
  • Suzanne Ries

Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awards

Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Award

  • Paige Anthony

ASLA Honor Award

  • Ramzy Bejjani

ASLA Merit Award

  • Paige Anthony

AzASLA Student Collaborative Award of Excellence

  • Paige Anthony
  • Ramzy Bejjani

Leadership Award

  • Ramzy Bejjani

Outstanding Community Service Award

  • Rebecca Shaw

Elizabeth “Liba” Wheat Memorial Prize

  • Paige Anthony
  • Ramzy Bejjani

Outstanding GPA

  • Ramzy Bejjani

Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society

  • Paige Anthony
  • Ramzy Bejjani
  • Chelsea Hendryk
  • Rebecca Shaw
  • Gabrielle Spickard

Master of Science in Urban Planning Student Awards

2021 APA Outstanding Student Award

  • Wyatt Berger

Friends of Planning Excellence Award

  • Chrissy Scarpitti ’22 (1st Place)
  • Wyatt Berger ’21 (2nd Place)
  • Elliot Welch ’21 (3rd Place)

Excellence in Planning Research Award

  • Lincoln Edwards Jr

Leadership Award

  • Elliot Welch

NITC Student Scholar Award

  • Wyatt Berger
  • Eric Carlson
  • Jackson Cassidy
  • Lincoln Edwards Jr
  • Paul Daniel La Farga
  • Georgia Pennington
  • Elliot Welch
  • Blake Zetter

Best Colleague Award

  • Jackson Cassidy

Outstanding GPA

  • Wyatt Berger
  • Eric Carlson
  • Elliot Welch
  • Blake Zetter

Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Awards

Capstone Award

  • Lauran Morrissey | The Connection between People and Place: A Case Study on Social Interactions in University of Arizona Outdoor Spaces
  • Owen Shorey | Sustainable Event Transportation: Reducing Traffic Impacts of University of Arizona Events

Master of Landscape Architecture Student Awards

Landscape Architecture Foundation Olmsted Award

  • Penelope Cottrell-Crawford

ASLA Honor Award

  • Tess Wagner

ASLA Merit Award

  • Penelope Cottrell-Crawford

AzASLA Student Collaborative Award of Excellence

  • Penelope Cottrell-Crawford, Dionna Marie Hatch and Rebecca Johnstone | Modern Krutch
  • inqiao (Joy) Deng, Mario Nuño-Whelan, Isaac Palomo and Tess Wagner | Against the Grain

Leadership Award

  • Mario Nuño-Whelan

Best Colleague Award

  • Rebecca Johnstone

Outstanding Community Service Award

  • Isaac Palomo

Outstanding Master's Report, Research Emphasis

  • Penelope Cottrell-Crawford

Outstanding Master's Report, Creative Emphasis

  • Mario Nuño-Whelan

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Penelope Cottrell-Crawford
  • Mario Nuño-Whelan

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant

  • Tess Wagner

Master of Science in Urban Planning Student Awards

2020 AICP Outstanding Student Award

  • Lindsey Romaniello

Excellence in Planning Research Award

  • Warren Bristol
  • Samuel Jensen
  • Julian Griffeee
  • Lena Porell
  • Andrew Quarles
  • Lindsey Romaniello

Planning Excellence Award (Design Excellence)

  • Ariel Fry
  • Julian Griffee
  • Samuel Jensen
  • Lena Porell
  • Andrew Quarles
  • Yicheng Xu

Leadership Award

  • Lena Porell

Outstanding Community Service

  • Julian Griffee

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Lena Porell

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant

  • Quinton Fitzpatrick
  • Samuel Jensen
  • Andrew Quarles

Best Colleague Award

  • Ariel Fry

NITC Student Scholar Award

  • Warren Bristol
  • Quinto Fitzpatrick
  • Andrew Quarles

Outstanding GPA

  • Warren Bristol
  • Quinton Fitzpatrick
  • Ariel Fry
  • Julian Griffee
  • David Jellen
  • Samuel Jensen
  • Andrew Quarles
  • Lindsey Romaniello

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