Scholarship Recipients

The Greater Austin Illini Club established the Scholarship, which includes a monetary award funded by the Club's endowment.  Our annual scholarship recognizes a student's outstanding leadership qualities and extracurricular involvement.  Starting in 2018, we also have awarded the Dr. Michael Bennett Horwitz Greater Austin Illini Club Scholarship now the Dr. Michael Bennett Horwitz & Elaine Kolker Horwitz Greater Austin Illini Club Scholarship, shown with *.

  Award Recipients

Award Year	Name	College		Major
2024*	Nikhil Jayakumar	Grainger College of Engineering		Computer Engineering
2024	Darren Liu	Grainger College of Engineering		Chemical Engineering
2024	Abigail Mayock	Gies College of Business		Business Administration
2024	Shayan Rahman	Grainger College of Engineering		Computer Engineering
2023	Denver Holden	Engineering		Electrical Engineering
2023*	Nikhil Jayakumar	Engineering		Computer Engineering
2023	Mahnoor Khurshid	Liberal Arts & Sciences		Astrophysics
2023	Benjamin Tsao	Engineering		Mechanical Engineering
2022*	Sudha Gattu	Engineering		Computer Science
2022	Alma Zirojevic	Engineering		Computer Science
2021*	Peter Lee	Engineering		Computer Engineering
2021	Morgan McCammon	Education		Elementary Education
2021	Freya Bansal	Engineering		Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
2020*	Lauren Partridge			Developmental Psychology
2020	Nisha Kolagotla	Engineering		Electrical Engineering
2020	Albert Zhao			Math and Computer Science
2019*	Nisha Kolagotla	Engineering		Electrical Engineering
2019	Nikita Agarwal	Engineering		Computer Science
2019	Guoyang Ma
2018	Nikita Agarwal	Engineering		Computer Science
2018	Collin Vauk	Engineering		Computer Engineering
2018*	Nisha Kolagotla	Engineering		Electrical Engineering
2017	Tristan Kuhn
2016	Tristan Kuhn
2016	Rachel Joseph
2016	Andrew Waldecker
2015	Andrew Waldecker
2014	Dayoung Choi	Business		Accounting
2014	Ting-Wai To	Engineering		Mechanical Engineering
2014	Justin Baker	Engineering		Materials Science and Engineering
2014	Ashley May	Liberal Arts and Sciences		Chemical Engineering
2013	Logan Ebeling
2013	Soo Min Kim	Liberal Arts & Sciences		Chemical Engineering
2013	Ashley May	Liberal Arts & Sciences		Chemical Engineering
2012	Ben Feicht	Fine & Applied Arts		Architecture
2012	Kevin Pierce	Liberal Arts & Sciences		Chemical Engineering
2011	Rishi Bajekal	Engineering
2011	Ben Feicht	Fine & Applied Arts		Architecture
2010	Rishi Bajekal	Engineering
2010	Jenna Sansing
2009	Jeff Wheeler	Engineering