Awards and Recognition

Below is the list of Agricultural Economics graduate student awards and recognitions by year.

2026

Student	Event	Award, Recognition and Honor
Katie Dillon	3-Minute Thesis Competition, Southern Agricultural Economics Association	Second Place
Hence Duncan	Job Market Paper Competition, Southern Agricultural Economics Association	First Place
Molly Parker	Poster Competition, Southern Agricultural Economics Association	First Place
Sydney Vieira	3-Minute Thesis Competition, Southern Agricultural Economics Association	First Place

Student	Event	Award, Recognition and Honor
Katie Dillon	Internship, Cargill, 2025
Sydney Vieira	3MT Ferguson College 3MT Oklahoma State University	First Place Second Place
Caleb Blackwell Owen Brown Hence Duncan	Graduate Case Study Competition, American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting	Second Place
Savannah Jones	Poster Contest, Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting	Third Place
Josiah Cruikshank	Student-led Paper Competition, North American Regional Science Association	Finalist
Benham Hassanizadeh	National Science Foundation I-Corps Regional Teams Program	National Recognition
D.G. Han	Graduate Student Paper Contest, Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting	Second Place
Haven Trunzo	Awarded the Elroy Webster Cooperative Studies Fund Scholarship