
Dental and dental hygiene award recipients
This list, taken from the commencement program, should offer a closer look
Dental Hygiene Class of 2012
First Scholastic Honors Gold Medal Winner
Shelley Deanne Burleson
Second Scholastic Honors
Haley Jordan Hays
Third Scholastic Honors
Jennifer Rose Otto
Cumulative Dean’s Honor List
Shelley Deanne Burleson
Haley Jordan Hays
Jennifer Rose Otto
Nessa Abraham Pathiyil
Brooke Ashley Westback
SHELLY MARIE ESPAY
The Preventive Dentistry Award
HALEY JORDAN HAYS
The Outstanding Patient Management Award
Baylor College of Dentistry Alumni Association Dental Hygiene Student Award
JENNIFER LANESE LAWRENCE KERSHEN
The Phillip Earle Williams Award
PAIGE ELIZABETH MCDANIEL
Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Award
NESSA ABRAHAM PATHIYIL
The Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award
NEEMA ABRAHAM PLACHERIL
The Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Research Award
BROOKE ASHLEY WESTBACK
Community Dentistry and Dental Public Health Award
Dental Hygiene Student Total Achievement Award
The George B. Clendenin Award
Geriatric Patient Care Award
MERIDETH KATE WHEELER
Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities Award
Elected to honorary society Sigma Phi Alpha
Shelley Deanne Burleson
Haley Jordan Hays
Nessa Abraham Pathiyil
Dental Class of 2012
First Scholastic Honors Gold Medal Winner and Alpha Omega Award
Kenner Gene Misner
Second Scholastic Honors
Patrick Ryan Whittington
Third Scholastic Honors
Kelly Martinez Owen
Fourth Scholastic Honors
John Howard Upton III
Cumulative Dean’s Honor List
AnneMarie Johnson Baker
Stephenie Sharp Browning
Joshua Austin de Graffenried
Justin Paul Farmer
Caytlyn Creta Foy
Michael Anthony Goodwin
Diego Ernesto Hurtado
Meghan Elizabeth Kilkelly
Kenner Gene Misner
Allen Wayne Mortimer
Kelly Martinez Owen
Mark Thomas Padilla
Edward Alonzo Palos
Sarah Nicole Percy
Radina Gwinn Petkova
Howard Boyd Price II
Garret Spencer Stigall
John Howard Upton III
Patrick Ryan Whittington
ANNEMARIE JOHNSON BAKER
Bernhard Gottlieb Memorial Award in Oral Pathology
MITRA FATIMA BOLOURI
Southwest Prosthodontic Society Award
CANDACE CHERI BROWN
American Association of Public Health Dentistry Award
STEPHENIE SHARP BROWNING
Pierre Fauchard Academy Award
The American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology Award
MEREDITH PAIGE BROWNLEE
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Award
RODERICK JAMES CASTELLS
American Student Dental Association Award of Excellence
JOSHUA AUSTIN DE GRAFFENRIED
Texas Dental Association Outstanding Senior Dental Student Award
TEDDY PAUL DYER, JR.
Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Periodontics
JUSTIN PAUL FARMER
General Dentistry Program Award
CAYTLYN CRETA FOY
General Dentistry Program Award
MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODWIN
The Merritt-Parks Award in Periodontology
DIEGO ERNESTO HURTADO
The American Academy of Craniofacial Pain Award
Baylor College of Dentistry Alumni Association Dental Student Award
ARTHUR JAMES JOHNSON II
Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Restorative Dentistry
DANIEL ONYANGO JUMA
The American Academy of Periodontology Award
MEGHAN ELIZABETH KILKELLY
The American Equilibration Society Award
CONSTANTINA ARTEMIS LALANGAS
The Eleanor J. Bushee Senior Student Award
JENNIFER SIAO-SA LEE
Dallas Section of the American Association for Dental Research Award
Quintessence Award for Research Achievement
International College of Dentists Student Leadership Award
MARIA GUADALUPE LIÑAN
The American Academy of Implant Dentistry Award
JAYME MARTINEZ ROJAS
General Dentistry Program Award
P JAY MERRELL
The International Congress of Oral Implantologists Award
The Rudolph Hanau Prosthodontic Award
MEGAN ELISA MILLER
The Warren Parker Community Dentistry Award
The Academy of Dentistry International Student Servant Leadership Award
KENNER GENE MISNER
Southwest Academy of Restorative Dentistry Award
ALLEN WAYNE MORTIMER
General Dentistry Program Award
BRAD JUSTIN MOSELEY
The American Association of Endodontists Award
KELLY MARTINEZ OWEN
The American Academy of Oral Medicine Award
The American Association of Orthodontists Award
George Barnes Preventive Dentistry Award
American Association of Oral Biologists Award
EDWARD ALONZO PALOS
The Horace R. Beachum Award in Denture Prosthesis
Academy of Osseointegration Implant Dentistry Award
MANSHI HARSHADKUMAR PATEL
The Academy of Operative Dentistry Award
SARAH NICOLE PERCY
General Dentistry Program Award
RADINA GWINN PETKOVA
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology Award
HOWARD BOYD PRICE II
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology Horace Wells Award
TRAVIS BRIAN ROTTMAN
American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry Award
GARRETT SPENCER STIGALL
American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Award
American Academy of Orofacial Pain Award
American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Implant Award
Dr. D. Lamar Byrd Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Award
JOHN HOWARD UPTON III
Southwest Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons Award
AMATEY WENSEL
General Dentistry Program Award
SHANE WESTON WHISENANT
The American College of Dentists Award
Elected to honorary society Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Joshua Austin de Graffenried
Justin Paul Farmer
Diego Ernesto Hurtado
Meghan Elizabeth Kilkelly
Jennifer Siao-Sa Lee
Kenner Gene Misner
Kelly Martinez Owen
Mark Thomas Padilla
Edward Alonzo Palos
Sarah Nicole Percy
Radina Gwinn Petkova
John Howard Upton III

