John E. Prescott Award for Academic Excellence, formerly known as the McGraw- Hill and Appleton-Lange Award

This award was originally established by the McGraw-Hill and Appleton-Lange book publishing companies in recognition of the two students with the highest academic rank during the first year of medical school. This award has consisted of four free books from the McGraw-Hill and Appleton-Lange Publishers.

The MD degree Class of 2008 requested the award be renamed in honor of former School of Medicine Dean, John E. Prescott, MD who lead the school from 2004 to 2008 during which time many academic achievements were made which included the AAMC Award for Community Service, and a top 10 ranking by US News and World Report in Rural Medicine. Dr. Prescott served on the AAMC Council of Deans Executive Council. He wanted the students to do their best academically and to strive for excellence. These students have certainly earned that distinction.

Award Recipients

Class of 2026

Jonathan Bennett
Fallon Gallimore

Class of 2025

Alan Mizener
William Pentz

Class of 2024

Salm Rana
Paul Rose

Class of 2023

Megan Cavrak
Morgan Zopp

Class of 2022

Eric Bonar
Seth Noorbakhsh

Class of 2021

Bayan Razzaq
Jasmine Shah

Class of 2020

Pranav Jain
Elizabeth Swain

Class of 2019

Aric Clegg
Zachary Werner

Class of 2018

Frank Lacy
Lauren Rover

Class of 2017

Donald Bennett
Natalie Ferreti

Class of 2016

Lauren Gioia
Hayley Leight

Class of 2015

Brendan Cline
Brandon Lucke-Wold

Class of 2014

Jonathan Amoroso
Heather Grome

Class of 2013

Mark Miller
Rakesh Patel

Class of 2012

Tara M. Melgary
Jill C. Rotruck

Class of 2011

Jacob Conjeski
Ryan Wilson

Class of 2010

Joseph Donahue
Michael Ruffolo

Class of 2009

Melissa Alleman
Anthony Cacco

Class of 2008

Carrie Cantrel
Jonathan Cristy

Class of 2007

Joel Bigley
Matthew Hazey

Class of 2006

Michael Mishra
Bradley Van Dyke

Class of 2005

William Cavatassi
Joseph Habib

Class of 2004

Laine Hall
Scott Leslie