Phi Kappa Phi

Phi Kappa Phi is the all-university honor society at University of the Pacific. It is the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society. Memberships are by invitation only to the juniors who rank in the top 7.5% of their class, as well as seniors and graduate students who rank in the top 10% of their class.

We were honored to celebrate the following seniors who were inducted into the honor society during their time at Pacific.

Honor society members by school: College of the Pacific  | Conservatory of Music  |  Benerd College  |  Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy  |  School of Engineering and Computer Science  |  Eberhardt School of Business  |  School of Health Sciences

College of the Pacific

  • Oscar Hugo Avalos
  • Bailey Thomas Baer
  • Graylin Cosio
  • Beatriz Ortega Diaz
  • Vivien Fleck
  • Emma Garber
  • Fadi Georgies
  • Arshdeep Gill

  • James Greer
  • Nemawae Karyssa Hines
  • Gauri Jain
  • Jenna Luu Le
  • Eric Lin
  • Umayma Mohsin
  • Paloma Ruby Morales
  • Radhia Mumtaz
  • Sydnee I Navarro

  • Benjamin Thomas Nguyen
  • Colson Nguyen
  • Matthew Keiji Okuda
  • Katlyn Ong
  • Megan Audrey Silva
  • Jayden R Stahl
  • Nicole Su
  • Lucas Sun
  • Crystal X Zhu

Conservatory of Music

  • Huey Chan
  • Alice Green
  • Jordan Elizabeth Hendrickson
  • Luis Alberto Talamantes Jr
  • Madison Rose Karzin
  • Bailey LaBrie
  • Sharon R Witkin

Benerd College

  • Debbie Bayani
  • Elena Joanne Byrd
  • Mishi Chua
  • Gabriella Dahlin
  • Simon Gaughan
  • Matthew John Harrington
  • Adriana Juarez
  • Natalie V.A. Kersh
  • William Loeng

  • Elizabeth Anne Lowy
  • Andres Mayorga
  • Allie Patawaran
  • Halle Rogers
  • Taylor Toledo
  • Lee Vue
  • Richard A Woodruff

Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy

  • Douglas Der-Ming Chu
  • Vanessa B Chu
  • Kevin J Mo
  • Ailan Adriel Reyes
  • Elijah Thomas Saucedo
  • Jamie Trocke
  • Austin James Vermillion
  • Melody Yeung

School of Engineering and Computer Science

  • Nora Bakken
  • Jacob Joseph Bejarano
  • Harsh Umesh Bhanushali
  • Mark Albert Castaneda
  • Umith Chandra
  • Abdullah Tariq Choudhry
  • Rahul Choutapally
  • Chunjingwen Cui

  • Koby Naomi Izunaso
  • Sumeet Khedkar
  • Parneet Kheira
  • Jack Li
  • Sai Sravan Meduri
  • Solomon Mithra
  • Ngoc Kim Nguyen
  • Ethan Perez

  • Vedang Nitin Pokharkar
  • Manish Banavara RamaMurthy
  • Konika Reddy Saddikuti
  • Kushal Vijay Therokar
  • Samrudh Sushant Uchil
  • Kira Iris Williams
  • Shivam MD SIiraz Uz Zaman
  • Yalin Zhang
  • Crystal Xiuhui Zhu

Eberhardt School of Business

  • Alexia Denise Ferguson
  • Nitta Matachan Kadavil
  • Chand Kaur
  • Aleksander Jacob Newman
  • Rogelio Cuevas Ornelas
  • Carlos Yahir Vazquez

School of Health Sciences

  • Chelsea Bigelow
  • Arveen Birdi
  • Katelynn Carpenter
  • Aliah Cisneros
  • Lauren Graham
  • Kevin Gutierrez
  • Sebastian Ibarra

  • Shannon Johnson
  • Nayeli Lara
  • Madelyn Melo
  • Gianna Mora
  • Sebastian Perez
  • Alexis Sosa
  • Jessica Stanley

Pacific Athletics

Pacific Athletics is proud of the following seniors recognized at the 13th annual Tommy Awards on April 28, 2025.

Best Team Upset

  • Men’s Swimming

Performance of the Year

  • Lamar Washington
  • Alexa Edwards

Rookie/Newcoming of the Year

  • Javier Lopez Guillen
  • Christina Agiomatu

Unsung Hero

  • Christof Schlaterlin Coffey
  • Dalee Higgins

Coach of the Year

  • Katelynne Herrington

Alice Hirata Tiger Spirit Award

  • Alexa Edwards

Tiger Staff Award

  • Antonion Hernandez-Escobar

2025 Gena Johnson Sports Medicine Comeback Award

  • Ruel D’Souza
  • Hannah Glad

Iron Tiger

  • Serena Yee
  • Carson Revay

2025 Amos Alonzo Stagg Senior Scholar Award

  • Megan Carmichael
  • Lukas Aberli
  • Margherita Gianni
  • Alberto Cruz
  • Megan Nishimura

2025 Team GPA

  • Men’s Tennis
  • Women’s Cross Country

Dan Malley Service Award

  • Paige Sondgeroth

Pacific Tigers Leadership Award

  • Carlos Astiazaran
  • Megan Carmichael

Four Pillars Award

  • Ruel D’Souza
  • Sydney Ward

All Tiger Award

  • Mihalo Vukazic
  • Alexa Edwards

Faith Davies

The Faith Davies All-University Leadership Awards aim to recognize the success of Pacific students, student organizations and student organization advisors.

The Champion Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion

  • Molly Mobley ‘25
    Political Science, College Of The Pacific
  • Murad Shah ‘26
    Business Administration, Eberhardt School Of Business

Elizabeth Griego Outstanding Student Leader Award

  • Emma A. Garber, ‘25
    Psychology, College Of The Pacific

Judy Chambers Leadership Award

  • Alysha Haight ‘25
    Business Administration, Eberhardt School Of Business

Jesse Marks Co-Curricular Award

  • Sydnee Navarro ‘25
    Sociology, College Of The Pacific

Norm Allen Outstanding Student Leader Award

  • Farheen Shaikh ‘27
    Computer Science, School Of Engineering And Computer Science

Dochterman Outstanding Junior Scholarship

  • Catalina Bella Franco-Gomez ‘26
    Business Administration, Eberhardt School Of Business

Fraternity And Sorority Life Member Of The Year

  • Thanh Do ’25 (Alpha Phi Omega)
    Biological Sciences, College Of The Pacific

Fraternity And Sorority Life President Of The Year

  • Simon Hinmon ’25 (Beta Theta Pi)
    History, College Of The Pacific

Fraternity And Sorority Life Chapter Of The Year

  • Alpha Phi Omega

Student Employee Of The Year

  • Isabella Nelson ‘25
    Music Industry Studies, Conservatory Of Music

Outstanding Graduate Student Leader

  • Raja Nicolas Salameh ‘25
    Dentistry, Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Anderson Y Community Service Award

  • Pacific’s United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef)

Student Organization Of The Year

  • Kilusan Pilipino

College of the Pacific

College of the Pacific was elated to celebrate the following outstanding seniors within each major.

AMPD – Art: Graphic Design

  • Jovani Batuyong

AMPD – Media X

  • José Flores Jimenez

Biochemistry

  • Tristan Thomas Allen
  • Elisabeth Elaine Marzette Garner
  • Ngoc Tu Vy Phan

Biological Sciences

  • Arshdeep Gill
  • Matthew Okuda
  • Amanda Nguyen

Chemistry

  • Amanda Nguyen

Communication

  • Elizabeth Monterroso

Economics

  • Colson Nguyen

English

  • Paloma Morales

Ethnic Studies

  • Luis Garcia
  • Destiny Vivero

Gender Studies

  • Briana Nascimento

Geological and Environmental Sciences

  • Kylie Miller

Health and Exercise Sciences

  • Rob Farris

History

  • Luke Wirthlin

Mathematics

  • Oscar Avalos

Mathematics, Applied

  • Crystal Zhu

Modern Language & Literature

  • Gabe Tang

Philosophy

  • Madison Blank

Physics

  • Desmond Roland

Political Science

  • Bailey Baer
  • Leah Brent

Political Science (Criminal Justice Concentration)

  • Kayleigh Fick

Psychology

  • Megan Louise Carmichael
  • Emma A Garber

Social Sciences

  • Vivana Uriostegui

Sociology

  • Beatriz Diaz

The following are seniors who received awards from College of the Pacific:

Arlen J Hansen/John Valentine Award

  • Amy Hagler

Fred and Marguerite Early Undergraduate Research Award (Bio)

  • Catrina Brown
  • Hiba Ahmed

Fred and Marguerite Early Undergraduate Research Award (Chemistry)

  • Nathan P. Diep
  • Simran Krit Pravin

Harold S. Jacoby Citizen Leadership Award

  • George Retana

Jan Good Award (Spanish)

  • Elisabeth Celestino
  • Karla Ramirez Orozco

Jan Good Award (French)

  • Angel L’Mae

M. Jack Mason Award

  • Sydnee Navarro

Seamus Heaney Prize

  • Madie Neely
  • Sophia McRae

Phi Beta Kappa

College of the Pacific is among the just 10% of colleges and universities in the United States to host a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's oldest and most well-known academic honor society. Pacific’s Chi Chapter of California inducted the following liberal arts graduates into the distinguished society. 

  • Kathryn Bertolero  
  • Robert Escobar  
  • Gabriel Tang  
  • Oscar Hugo Avalos
  • Nora Bakken  
  • Beatriz Diaz  

  • Eric Lin  
  • Paloma Ruby Morales  
  • Katlyn Ong  
  • Myra Z. Retana  
  • Lucas Sun 

Conservatory | Phi Kappa Landa (PKL)

Founded in 1918, Pi Kappa Lambda is a national music honor society, and recognizes high achievement in the musical arts.

Members inducted spring 2024:

  • Huey Chan
  • Mia Janosik

Members inducted spring 2025:

  • Judy Kim
  • Bergen Finley
  • Parker Deems
  • Grace Liaw
  • Ria Patel
  • Tristan McMichael
  • Madison Karzin
  • Michelle Pak

Pharmacy

Check out our 2025 PharmD awarded students here.

SOECS | Tau Beta Pi

The only engineering honor society representing all fields of the engineering profession. Tau Beta Pi is the second oldest honor society in the nation and recognizes outstanding scholarship, character and attainment in the profession.

  • Kai Bayers-Cardone
  • Martin Calderon
  • Mark Albert Castaneda
  • Christian Alexander Ceja
  • Umith Chandra
  • Harnoor Singh Chima
  • Cheng Chin
  • Blake Herrington

  • Mason Chikara Koyama
  • Jack Li
  • Kyra-Angela Alvarico Magsayo
  • Gerardo Martinez
  • Tyler McIntosh
  • Iliana Raquel Minervini-Vega
  • Luis Bucio Ortiz

  • Nathan Osorio
  • Erick Fernando Pastran
  • Felipe Rodarte Jr
  • Emma Danielle Torres
  • Minh Khan Trinh
  • Kira Iris Williams
  • Crystal Xiuhui Zhu