Please join us in honoring this year’s
Nevada Alumni Association Awardees joined by the
University of Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

Awards Reception
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Renaissance Reno Downtown Hotel & Spa
5:45 p.m. Doors Open | 6:00 p.m. Program | 7:15 p.m. Reception

Tickets are available online for $50

Alumni Awards

Alumnus of the Year
Peter Costa ’84 (pre-med), ’88 M.D.

Community Service
YeVonne Allen ’09 (marketing), ’18 M.S. (equity & diversity in education)

Exceptional Achievement
Austin Corbett ’17 (community health sciences)
Buddy Frank ’78 (journalism)
Robert Hadfield ’66 (history)
Joey Orduña Hastings ’97 (political science)
Cynthia Esparza ’07 (political science & women’s studies), ’13 M.A. (educational leadership)

Outstanding Chapter of the Year
UNR Med Alumni Chapter

Outstanding Recent Graduate
Sevki Cesmeci ’17 Ph.D. (mechanical engineering)
Ebrahim Tarshizi ’12 M.S. (mining engineering), ’14 MBA, ’14 Ph.D. (geo-engineering)

Silver & Blue Appreciation
Greater Nevada Credit Union
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

University Service
Nicole Dion ’12 (journalism)
Michael Edwards ’00 (science)

College & Unit Awards

Athletics 
Doug Hunter ’94 (civil engineering)

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources
Allen Biaggi ’80 AA (engineering design tech), ’82 (renewable natural resources)

The College of Business
James Starr ’85 (accounting)

College of Education and Human Development
Leslie-Anne Jia ’09 (health ecology), ’11 M.A. (educational leadership), ’20 Ph.D. (education)

College of Engineering's James G. Scrugham Medal Recipient
Stephanie Peterson ’01 (mechanical engineering)

College of Liberal Arts
Ann Morgan ’75 (English)

College of Science’s Samuel Abraham Goudsmit Medal
Lisa Lemond ’04 (biology & biochemistry), ’08 M.D.

Honors College
Jared Desamero ’18 (economics & finance)

Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering’s John William Mackay Medal 
Megan Tibbals ’02 (chemical engineering)

Orvis School of Nursing
Jackie Cox ’79 (nursing)

Reynolds School of Journalism
Sandra Yoffie ’56 (journalism)

School of Public Health
Peter DiGrazia ’64 (predental)

School of Social Work
Janet Reeves ’94 M.S. (social work)

School of Medicine
Arthur Hill, M.D., two year UNR Med Alumnus, ’81

University Libraries
Bobbi Lazzarone ’96 M.S. (human development & family studies)

Hall of Fame Inductees

Baseball
Braden Shipley
(2011-13)

Football
Cody Fajardo
(2011-14)

Men’s Basketball
Deonte Burton
(2010-14)

Rifle
Fred Harvey
Head Coach
(1995-2019)

Skiing
Katie Lyons
(2007-10)

Women’s Swimming & Diving
En-Tien Huang
(2010-14)

Women’s Track & Field
Atoya Shaw Burleson
(1995-2000)

Silver & Blue Service Award
Lauralyn Sandoval '92

For more information please call the Office of Alumni Engagement at 775.784.6620