2023-2024
External Organizations
2023 Governor’s Achievement Youth Conservationist of the Year Award
Alabama Wildlife Federation
Ally Cobern
Auburn University
2024 Research Symposium Poster Presentation
Ally Cobern
The President’s Award
Rory Grace Smith
College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment
2024 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Shelby Davis, Tess Lindow, Gigi Sharp, Emily Tice, Brianna Travis, Lexi McGrew
Alabama Ag Credit Annual Scholarship
Emily Legg
Alabama Division of the Society of American Foresters Junior Leadership Award
Thomas Davis
Alabama Forest Owners Association Award
Erin Colhoun
Alabama Forest Owners Association Award
Sam Hall
Alabama TREASURE Forest Association Annual Scholarship in Forestry
Chase Kitchens
Alabama TREASURE Forest Association Annual Scholarship in Wildlife Sciences
Lexi McGrew
Alabama Wildlife Federation David K. Nelson Game Management Award
Reese Stogner
Alabama Wildlife Federation Robert G. Wehle Non-Game Management Award
Ally Cobern
Annual Academic Improvement Award in Forestry
Bradley Gibson
Armistead and Woody Family Military Service Award
Eric Eisenhardt
Art and Ellen Dyas Endowed Scholarship
Benjamin Lawson
Association of Consulting Foresters Senior Leadership Award
Eric Eisenhardt
Avery Littrell II and Melba R. Littrell Endowment for Scholarships in Forestry
Thomas Davis
Barnett Lawley Annual Scholarship
Thomas Davis
Billy C. Bond Endowed Scholarship
Riley Ketchum
Bryan Wayne Cole/Beth Thomas Stukes Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Ethan Beets
Burgin Timberland Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Noah Coleman
Charles G. Lawson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Harrison Rainer, Taylor Scott
“Choppy” Bruce Johnson Annual Scholarship
Jack Williams
Christen, DeBrunner, Posey, Raper Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Logan Dillard
Christoph Stuhlinger Endowed Fund for Excellence
Braxton Lashley
Chuck and Deborah Hopkins Carter Endowed Scholarship
Kevin Henry
COL Charles D. Chitty, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Kacie Middleton
Compass Circle/Bashinsky Foundation Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Lauren Stevens
Dan Moultrie Wildlife Scholarship
Jessica Hazel, George Cochran, Emily Legg
Dwain C. Luce Family Endowed Scholarship
Charles Milling, Trey Etheridge
Doris Bass Tyler Endowed Scholarship
Caleb Smith
Edward A. Hauss Endowed Scholarship
Joseph Anglin
Elizabeth Powers and John Coleman Banks Endowed Scholarship
Brewer Smith
Emmett F. Thompson Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Erin Colhoun
F&W Forestry Services Rising Senior Award
Thomas Davis
Five Star Preserve Annual Scholarship
James Berry
Frank W. Boykin Endowed Scholarship
Mary Michelle Conway
Gaines Smith Endowed Scholarship
Samantha Huey
Garden Club of Alabama Forestry Conservation Endowed Scholarship
Mar Michelle Conway
George E. (Eddie) Gibson, Sr., Endowed Scholarship
Braxton Lashley
Geospatial and Environmental Informatics Student of the Year
Rory Smith
Hancock Forest Management Annual Scholarship
Nicholas Burgess
Harry V. Dunn, Jr. and Erin S. Dunn Endowed Fund for Excellence
George Cochran, Molly Dillon, Nico Martinez, Emmie Mayson, Wyatt Murphy, Evie Pearson, Lauren Rizzo, Caleb Sauls, Rory Smith, Megan Starling, Avy Elmore
Henry and Elizabeth Posey Endowed Scholarship
Connor Cox
Henson and Kirkland Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Morgan Dees
High Adventure Company/Swarovski Allie Saker Memorial Annual Scholarship
Briley Youngblood
Howard B. Harmon Endowed Scholarship
Noah Keller
Hugh Kaul Foundation Annual Scholarship
Colledge Elliott, Brewer Smith
International Paper Annual Scholarship
Kayelain Boucher
James D. Wadsworth Endowed Scholarship
Maddox Golden
James M. Wells, Sr., Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Forestry
Mays McMillan
James W. Richardson Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Lucas Jones
John Dorrill, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Jacquie Parker
Lane Messer Summer Practicum Endowed Scholarship
Thomas Davis
Lanier Edwards Family Endowed Scholarship
Justin Nonnenmacher
Lowery Pulpwood, Inc. / James R. Lowery Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Forestry
Clari Gregson
Lynn Dent Boykin Youth Wildlife Scholarship
Sara Luna, Mack Sartino, Anna Tucker, Lillian Avis
Mary Hall Ware Endowed Scholarship
Chase Kitchens
Mamie Hardy Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Joseph Anglin
Margaret Atchison Hathaway Endowed Scholarship in Non-Game Wildlife Management
Cheyenne Dean
Michael Kelly Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Jeb Thomasson
Mickie L. Cole/Beth Thorne Stukes Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Ethan Beets
Natural Resources Annual Scholarship
Sam Boyles
Natural Resources Management Student of the Year
Jacquie Parker
Nichols Family Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Trey Etheridge
Noll A. Van Cleave Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Alex Warr
Norman Bruce Bearden Memorial Scholarship
Bayleigh Lamberson
Outstanding Wildlife Member of the Year
Aiden Calderon-Wyant
Pat Dye and Nancy McDonald Endowed Scholarship
Josie Wolan
Peter J. Smith Endowed Scholarship
Nico Martinez
Pierce and Becky Miller Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Tess Lindow
Resource Management Service Endowed Scholarship
Erin Colhoun, Clari Gregson
Richard W. Brinker Endowed Scholarship
Cheyenne Dean
Robert E. “Bob” Lee Annual Scholarship
MaKenzie Criswell
Rooke Family Endowment for Scholarships in Forestry or Forest Engineering
Joseph Kitts, Charles Milling, Alex Warr
Rose Eugene Atchison Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Grayden Ketchum, Riley Ketchum
Russell Lands Annual Scholarship in Forestry
George Cochran, Chase Kitchens
Robert Tufts Endowed Scholarship
Reese Stogner
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Annual Scholarship
Gracey Goldsby, Camden Keeton, Bayleigh Lamberson, Cross Thomas
Southeastern Society of American Foresters and Alabama Division Leadership Travel Award
Erin Colhoun
Steve Jackson Annual Memorial Scholarship
Walt Denney
Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging Student of the Year
Emmie Mayson
The Forestry Club Most Outstanding Student Member Award
Rice Nichols
The President’s Award and Graduation Marshal
Rory Smith
The Westervelt Foundation / Beth Thorne Stukes Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Kevin Stehman
The Wildlife Society Student Leadership Award
Lauren Stevens
Thompson Family Endowed Scholarship
Clari Gregson
Tom Kelly Endowed Scholarship
Marley Acosta-Lee, Holden Lee, Wyatt Murphy
Toomer’s Oak Leadership Award
Jacquie Parker, Alex Warr
Walker Herring Taylor Endowed Scholarship
Lauren Wright
Watters Family Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Brooks Milling
Weyerhaeuser Forest Economics Award
Mays McMillan
Wildlife Enterprise Management Student of the Year
Dallas McCain
William Allen Carey Memorial Award in Forest Pathology
Clari Gregson
William F. Sahlie Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Chase Kitchens
Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund / Jim Leist Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Jacob Cobb, Rice Nichols
William L. Hamberlin II Annual Scholarship
Bayleigh Lamberson
2022-2023
External Organizations
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
Lexi McGrew
Crooked Oaks Legacy Foundation Scholarship
Ally Cobern, Carly Cummings
Auburn University
The President’s Award
Colby Cheaney
Graduation Marshal
Ashlyn Cowgill
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Caroline Ward
Advisor: Dr. Kelly Dunning
Undergraduate Student Winner Poster Presentation
2022 Student Research Symposium
Evelyn Pearson
Undergraduate Student Winner Oral Presentation
2022 Student Research Symposium
Brianna Dickson
College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment
Academic Improvement Award in Forestry
John Hammack
Alabama Wildlife Federation David K. Nelson Game Management Award
Reese Stogner
Alabama Wildlife Federation Robert G. Wehle Non-Game Management Award
Sarah Knutson
Geospatial and Environmental Informatics Student of the Year
Kyle Draper
Natural Resources Management Student of the Year
Avy Elmore
Sustainable Biomaterials and Packaging Student of the Year
Holden Lee
Weyerhaeuser Forest Economics Award –
Josh Mullins
Wildlife Enterprise Management Student of the Year
Sarah Hornsby
William Allen Carey Memorial Award for Outstanding Forest Pathology
Caemon Jernigan
Undergraduate Research Fellows
Ally Cobern, Mary Ashley Hughes, John-Michael Norris, Madeleine Park, Lauren Stevens, Ansley Strength
Alabama Chapter of the Wildlife Society Student Leadership Award
Payton Brewer
Alabama Division of the Society of American Foresters Junior Leadership Award
Alex Warr
Alabama Forest Owners Association Award
Rice Nichols & Riley Ketchum
Armistead and Woody Military Service Award
Phil Burchfield (17 years’ service in US Army)
Association of Consulting Foresters Senior Leadership
Josh Mullins
F & W Forestry Services Inc. Rising Senior
Eric Eisenhard
Forestry Club Outstanding Member Award
Garrett Norton
Southeastern Society of American Foresters and Alabama Division Leadership Travel Award
Alex Warr
Summer Practicum Endowed Scholarship
Hunter Cochran
The Wildlife Society Outstanding Member of the Year
Colby Cheaney
Westervelt Rising Senior Award in Wildlife
Judson Thompson
African American Alumni Scholarship
Brianna Travis
Alabama Ag Credit Annual Scholarship
Megan Starling
Alabama TREASURE Forest Association John Dorrill, Jr. Memorial Annual Scholarship
Jessica Staggs, Pratt Turner, Caroline Silva
Art & Ellen Dyas Scholarship
Benjamin Lawson
Billy C. Bond Scholarship
Caemon Jernigan
Bryan Wayne Cole (and Mickie L. Cole)-Beth Thorne Stukes Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Alex Liddie. Emilee Hale
Burgin Timberland Scholarship in Forestry
Alex Warr
Campbell Global Scholarship
Alex Warr, Angel Cagle
Charles G. Lawson Endowed Scholarships
Davis Nelson, Grace Leslie
Christen, DeBrunner, Posey, Raper Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Wildlife
Caemon Jernigan
Col. Charles D. Chitty Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Jessica Staggs
Dan Moultrie Endowed Scholarship in Wildllife Sciences
Emily Legg, Reese Stogner
Dwain G. Luce Family Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Logan Shirah
Edward A. Hauss Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Clari Gregson, Mays McMillan
Emmett F. Thompson Endowed Scholarship in Forestry & Thompson Family Endowed Scholarship
Timothy Roberts
Frank W. Boykin/Tensaw Land and Timber Endowed Scholarship
Brooks Milling
Garden Clubs of Alabama Endowed Forestry Conservation Scholarship
Chance Broussard
Garrett D. Hood/Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Annual Fund for Excellence
Sarah Hornsby
George E. (Eddie) Gibson, Sr. Scholarship
Mary Michelle Conway
Hancock Forest Management Annual Scholarship
Caemon Jernigan
High Adventure Company/Swarovski Allie Saker Memorial Annual Scholarship Anna Cate Lundeen
Howard B. Harmon Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Kole Williams
Imogene Thornell Walker Memorial Endowed Student Scholarship
Zac Brown
James D. Wadsworth Scholarship
Danielle Worthy
James M. Wells, Sr. Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Forestry
Reid Hines
James W. Richardson Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Garren Granec
L. Michael Kelly Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Jeb Thomasson
L.M. and Mary Ware Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Noah Coleman
Lane Messer Summer Practicum Annual Scholarship
Sarah Knutson
Lowery Pulpwood, Inc/James R. Lowery Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Forestry
Tanner Denney
Lt. Harry Prince, United States Army, Memorial Scholarship
Brooks Milling
Lynn Dent Boykin Youth Wildlife Scholarship
Caroline Silva, Destiny Strong, Kaylani Lafitaga, Sara Luna, Wynter Prempramot
Mamie Hardy Memorial Endowed Scholarship – Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Bo Harbison
Margaret Atchison Hathaway Endowed Scholarship in Non-Game Wildlife Management
Sarah Knutson
Melba R. Littrell Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Forestry
Angel Cagle
Natural Resources Annual Scholarship
Ashlyn Cowgill
Nichols Family Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Jay Creech
Noll A. Van Cleave Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Timothy Roberts
Pat Dye and Nancy McDonald Endowed Scholarship
Josie Wolan
Pierce and Becky Miller Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Connor Bass
Resource Management Service Annual Scholarship/ Harry Murphy
Clari Gregson
Robert E. “Bob” Lee III Annual Scholarship
Emilee Hale
Robert Tufts Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Wildlife
Reese Stogner
Rooke Family Endowment for Scholarships in Forestry or Forest Engineering
Charles Milling, Lucas Jones, Timothy Roberts
Rose Eugene Atchison Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Josh Mullins
Russell Lands Annual Scholarship in Forestry
Angel Cagle
Stella Jones Annual Scholarship
Marc Causey
Steve Jackson Annual Memorial Scholarship in Forestry and Wildlife
Chase Kitchens
T. Avery Littrell II and Melba R. Littrell Endowments for Forestry
Angel Cagle
The Barnett Lawley Annual Scholarship in Forestry and Wildlife
Jaiden Colley
The Richard W. Brinker Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Casey Whitt
The Tom Kelly Endowed Scholarship in Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
Florrie Adams, Holden Lee, Hunter Cochran, Lexi McGrew
The Westervelt Foundation-Beth Thorne Stukes Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship
Clari Gregson, Hunter Cochran
W. Earl Hughes Annual Memorial Scholarship in the Forestry Education Summer Practicum at the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center
Noah Coleman
W. Gaines Smith Endowed Scholarship
Emily Burke
Walker Herring Taylor Endowed Scholarship
Lauren Wright
Watters Family Endowed Scholarship in Forestry
Ben Bricken
WestRock Annual Scholarship
Charles Milling
WestRock Annual Scholarship
Rice Nichols
Weyerhaeuser/Jim Leist Scholarship
Riley Heitschmidt
William F. Sahlie Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Forestry
Ben Bricken
William L. Hamberlin II Annual Scholarship
Lauren Wright
