The Young Alumni Award

The Young Alumni Award, established in 1988, honors alumni who have demonstrated high personal achievements within 15 years of their Central Methodist University graduation or attendance and who have strong commitments to community and university service.

Past Young Alumni Award Recipients:

2023

Paden Kleinhesselink ’16
Shamika Pegue ’13
Richard Strait ’07

2022

Anthony Johnson ’10

2021

Kiona Sinks ’18

2020 (recognition celebration in 2021)

Brandon Ousley ’11

2019
Christina Marie Thompson Shutt ’08

2018
Seth Richard Bauman ’09

2017
Nolyn C. Nyatanga ’05

2016
Erin L. Valentine Youngs ’07

2015
Sonya S. Addison ’02

2014
Shawn Griggs ’04

2013
Thomas R. Randoll ’01

2012
Lathem A. Scott ’98

2011
Allicia Young Baum ’98

2010
Patricia S. Hughes Williamson ’96

2009
Jessica L. Grasdorf Quint ’97

2008
Kristin Marie Griffith ’95

2007
Scott Travis Horman ’97

2006
Matthew C. Cordon ’94

2005
Scott Andrew Barthelmass ’93

2004
John William Brown ’94

2003
Angel L. Allen ’94

2002
Michelle Puller Howell ’94

2001
James W. Arnold ’90

2000
Beverly Davis Garner ’88

1999
Russell S. Cribb ’89
Keith W. Young ’86

1998
Joseph A. Beckmann ’83
Michael B. Davis ’83
Jeffrey A. Sherman ’83

1997
Mark K. Dempsey ’85
J. B. Waggoner ’91

1996
Michael L. Dimond ’85
Deborah E. Sellmeyer ’87

1994
John Robert Baker ’82
Paul T. Klemme ’79

1993
Susan J. Rampy Stegeman ’84
Beth McCune Whitaker ’82

1992
Richard D. Bailey ’84
Susan Marner-Sides ’78

1991
Don L. Catlett ’77
Mary Beth Crocker ’77
Keith Paul Polette ’77
Donna Marie Spaulding ’76

1990
Kathy Morris Blackmore ’77
Ted House ’81
J. Kurt Howell ’81
J. Larry Luetjen ’78
John R. Smart III ’76
Roy D. Vandelicht ’77

1989
Debora Kirschman Davis ’76
Jamie Page ’82
Richard L. Parker ’74
Geoffrey W. Posegate ’75

1988
Merilee K. Willmann Dauster ’73
David L. Thornton ’77
Gregory L. Thurmon ’77