Established by the family of Mrs. J.D. Clement for the best essay written by a member of the first-year class.
Sophomores!
Do you remember the best essay you wrote when you were a first-year student? Please think about submitting it for consideration for the OM Allen Prize. This prize is presented each fall at Honors Day Convocation and is awarded for the best essay in any disciple a continuing student wrote when they were a member of the first-year class.
Congratulations to the 2025 Allen Prize Winner
2025 Winner: Sarah Guerrero Gorostieta
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Previous Allen Prize Winners
| 2024 | Asha Dawson |
| 2023 | Madeline Moss |
| 2022 | May Tun |
| 2021 | Claire McCall |
| 2020 | Shanon Brown |
| 2019 | Abigail Cadieux and Jessica Chaidez |
| 2018 | Avani Ashtekar and Ynika Yuag |
| 2017 | Paige Coffing |
| 2016 | Kate Kreiss |
| 2015 | Elise Houcek |
| 2014 | Sara McKinney |
| 2013 | Mallory McClure |
| 2012 | Allison Kennedy |
| 2011 | No Award Given |
| 2010 | Amanda Patton |
| 2009 | Rebecca Staudenmaier |
| 2008 | Emily France |
| 2007 | Laura Fox |
| 2006 | Kathryn Prout |
| 2005 | Emma Perry |
| 2004 | Michael White |
| 2003 | Meridel Thompson |
| 2002 | William Miller |
| 2001 | Joseph Tracz |
| 2000 | Michael Gouin and Sara Wiener |
| 1999 | Melissa Fox |
| 1998 | Meital Fried |
| 1997 | Jennifer Bontrager and John Cunningham |
| 1996 | Sara Rivara |
| 1995 | Sharalynn Cromer, Jeffrey Grisenthwaite, and Shondra Kruger |
| 1994 | Thomas Bourguignon, Shannon Coleman, and Nichole Miller |
| 1993 | Michael Bak and Jessica Walsh |
| 1992 | Matthew Kandell and Michael Wells |
| 1991 | Bethany Pagel |
| 1990 | Andrew Sherrod |
| 1989 | Susan Thomas |
| 1988 | Josephine Rood |
| 1987 | Amolak Singh |
| 1986 | Laura Behling |
| 1985 | Mark Crilley |
| 1984 | Tina Stoecklin |
| 1983 | Catherine Laurent |
| 1982 | Kathleen Kiersey |
| 1981 | Linda Craig |
| 1980 | Tad Schmaltz |
| 1979 | Timothy Schroder |
| 1978 | Katherine Ralowsky |
| 1977 | Martin P. Greydanus |
| 1976 | Patricia Gossman |
| 1975 | Margaret Springer |
| 1974 | Richard Anzinger |
| 1973 | Guy Calcerano |
| 1972 | No Award Given |
| 1971 | Philip Scruton |
| 1970 | Barbara Boyle |
| 1969 | No Award Given |
| 1968 | Ann Towsley |
| 1967 | Leon Raikes |
| 1966 | Evelyn J. Form and Catherine Gaetjens |
| 1965 | Michael Saxby |
| 1964 | Bruce Stewart |