The Sophomore Honors Award (SHA) recognizes outstanding student achievement within their first two years as an undergraduate. It encorporates participation in Honors Core Curriculum, Honors engagement activities, and GPA. All recipients are recognized by the director at the time they receive the award, as well as being acknowledged at the time of their graduation.
Sophomore Honors Award 2021 Recipients
Sophomore Honors Award with Distinction Recipients:
| Garrett Lincoln Ashlock | Mrinalini Iyer | Maya Krishna Sabharwal |
| Margaret Bosschart Barber | Drishaan Jain | Aya S Salim |
| Geoffrey Batterbee | George Janke | Anusha Santhapur |
| Sravani Battula | Raymond Wentao Jiang | Kylie Jean Schache |
| Jasmine Bhatti | Andrew Paul Keisling | Josephine Lorelei Schmidt |
| Abigail Binder | Tate Lafrenier | Kylie Francesca Scott |
| Elizabeth Jane Brouns | Jinwook Lee | Srijani Sengupta |
| Michelle Busschots | Madeleine Christine Lee | Elyse Morgan Sherr |
| Sarah Julia Caston | Jack Levy | Heather Rachel Sherr |
| Ethan Jacob Won Chang | Ariel Lindholm | Alexander Shoflick |
| Allison Choe | Helen Liu | Rachel Morgan Sinar |
| Taewon Chung | Jing-Yi Liu | Ritu Bhargavi Somayaji |
| Nicholas Arthur Cook | Stephen Liu | Grace Stephan |
| Nikita Daniel | Sahita Indira Manda | Zackary Eugene Frances Taylor |
| Laura Davalos | Josh Martins-Caulfield | Emma Elisa Thronson |
| Fatema Dohadwala | Douglas McClure | Claire Elizabeth Tinker |
| Matthew Koshy Eitzman | Mohull Mehta | Jade Elise Turner |
| Henry Fleischmann | Drew Robert Meinecke | Claire Meiqin Wan |
| Sara Elizabeth Frawley | Julian Edgardo Meza | Jacalyn Hilary Wasserman |
| Thomas Edward Frost | Robby Miner | Jason Thomas Frasier Wing |
| Alyson Elizabeth Gessner | Jon Musai | Brian Wu |
| Wiley Gillam V | Jonah Nan | Alison Daniele Young |
| Thomas Frederick Griffith | Ethan Cooper Nelson | Zeran Zhang |
| Augusta Guo | Connor Novak | Zhuoyu Zhu |
| Jennifer Zhao Guo | Corinne Emma Packel | Laura Zichi |
| Rahul Gupta | Vincent Pinti | |
| Holly Gurnik | Talia Sloan Potters | |
| Evan Jonathon Daniel Hall | Vikram Prasad | |
| Joshua Meyer Harrington | Aarushi Ratna | |
| Shannon Teresa Hickey | Francesca Riley |
Sophomore Honors Award 2020 Recipients
Sophomore Honors Award with Distinction Recipients:
| Muhammad Ahmad | Alex Paul Kocheril | Alexandra Turfe | |
| Amina Tanweer | Andres Ramos Salinas | Andrew Le Nguyen | |
| Avery Heo | Brandon Jiepei Zhu | Brian Carpenter | |
| Caroline Theuerkauf | Celine Rajoulh | Chloe Jo Hale | |
| Connor Burke | Danielle Sharon | Elizabeth Davis | |
| Elizabeth Jeanette Rueppel | Emily Wang | Emily Johnson | |
| Georgia Sky Mies | Haitong Yu | Hani Nasr | |
| Hannah Marshall | Jack Dominic Toor | Jacob Walter Cohen | |
| Jagienka Helena Timek | Jared Daniel Miller | Jessica Antoinette Czapla | |
| Julia Kravchenko | Kathleen Gu | Kathryn Ann Kulie | |
| Kayleigh Christine Crabb | Lauren Park | Luanne Dreves | |
| Madhulika Sridevi Shastry | Madison Caldwell | Madison Mila Krumins | |
| Major White Stevens | Margaret Johnston Michalowski | Megan Tigue | |
| Nikhil Dwibhashyam | Nishika Patel | Prateeksunder Chandil Pinchi | |
| Reem Saleh Aburukba | Reid William Schreck | Ridge Weston | |
| Robert Hsu | Ruby Yearling | Samantha Ruth Ratner | |
| Sarah Chung | Sarah Zoheir Abdelbaki | Sohil Malik | |
| Sophia Marie Abusamra | Tatum Ewing | Veronica Sikora | |
| Victoria Abigail Helrigel | William Lewis North | Zaid Mohammad Haque | |
| Zoe Alexandra Lainis | Jeannie Mei |
Sophomore Honors Award Recipients:
| Aditi Shankar Priyadershi | Aidan James Woutas | Anna Simpson |
| Caroline Patricia Vandam | Drew Eric Tarnopol | Edward Spahiu |
| Eli William Hermo Weaver | Heba Aziz Malik | Katelynn Marie Mulder |
| Kelsie Imus | Laura Hutchins | Marc Skriloff |
| Nupoor Jain Goyal | Roy Lahood | Esther Kwak |
Tracking Engagement Points and Applying for the Award
Standard Requirements (read below for amendments specific to your admitted term):
The Sophomore Honors Award recognizes students who have:
1. Earned at least 30 Engagement Points (tracked in the individual's umich.GradeCraft.com account).
2. Completed an Honors Core class that meets the first-year writing requirement
(FYWR).
3. Completed of a total of three Honors Core courses (inclusive of # 2 above) in
at least two different distribution areas (HU, NS, ID or SS).
4. Achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.400 with all classes graded or credit/no credit
(no elective P/F).
The Sophomore Honors Award with Distinction recognizes students who have:
1. Earned at least 30 Engagement Points (tracked in the individual's umich.GradeCraft.com account).
2. Completed an Honors Core class that meets the first-year writing requirement (FYWR).
3. Completed of a total of three Honors Core courses (inclusive of # 2 above) in each of the
three different distribution areas (HU, NS, ID or SS).
4. Achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.700 with all classes graded or credit/no credit
(no elective P/F).
Covid SHA amendments for students admitted summer 2019, fall 2019, summer 2020, fall 2020:
1. P grades for winter 2020, spring 2020, summer 2020, fall 2020, winter 2021, spring 2021, and summer 2021 are acceptable and will not impact your eligibility for the SHA.
2. Honors has waived the requirement that you take an average of 14 credits per term across fall and winter terms.
3. The number and type of Core courses required for SHA and SHA with distinction eligibility still apply:
a. Three Core in at least two distribution areas for SHA.
b. Three Core in at least three distribution areas for SHA with distinction.
4. The GPA minimum requirements for the SHA and the SHA with distinction still apply:
a. SHA: minimum 3.4 cumulative GPA.
b. SHA with distinction: minimum 3.7 GPA.
5. The minimum number of Engagement Points required for SHA eligibility (both levels of the award) still applies: 30 points.
For students admitted summer 2021 and fall 2021:
1. No elective P/F grades.
2. Honors has waived the requirement that you take an average of 14 credits per term across fall and winter terms.
3. The number and type of Core courses required for SHA and SHA with distinction eligibility still apply:
a. Three Core in at least two distribution areas for SHA.
b.Three Core in at least three distribution areas for SHA with distinction.
4. The GPA minimum requirements for the SHA and the SHA with distinction still apply:
a. SHA: minimum 3.4 cumulative GPA.
b. SHA with distinction: minimum 3.7 GPA.
5. The minimum number of Engagement Points required for SHA eligibility (both levels of the award) still applies: 30 points.
When to apply based on your first term in lower-division Honors:
Summer and fall 2019: apply end of summer 2021
Summer and fall 2020: apply end of summer 2022
Summer and fall 2021: apply end of summer 2023
*Winter admits: check your admissions letter or contact your advisor.
Looking for engagement points opportunities outside the Honors Core? Click here.
Are you a joint student with the Residential College or another College? See
your Honors Advisor for more information on your award criteria.
