The annual Valparaiso University Alumni Association recognizes graduating students of distinction from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Nursing and Health Professions; Christ College — The Honors College; the Law School; and the Graduate School and Continuing Education. These students embody ideals of scholarship, leadership, service, and character.

1986 – Steven J. Charvat
1986 – Eric A. Felton
1986 – Paul B. Haecker
1986 – Heidi M. Helms
1986 – Dawn E. Mosher
1986 – Laura Mutscher
1986 – Brian L. Piazza
1986 – Joseph A. Prahlow
1986 – Rebcca L. Vossler
1986 – Kimberly A. Walesh
1986 – Linda S. Whitton
1987 – Armand H. Antommaria
1987 – Dianne Davis
1987 – J. Paul J. Fackler Jr.
1987 – Julie Martin
1987 – Margaret Murphy
1987 – Ann Marie Priebe
1987 – Sandra J. Rosenthal
1987 – Lori Sundquist
1987 – Andrea Wagonblast
1987 – Richard F. Wolf Jr.
1988 – Jean L. Doyle
1988 – Timothy H. Grafe
1988 – Jilleen A. Johnson
1988 – Michelle M. Kovac
1988 – Cynthia A. Oppliger
1988 – Deborah L. Petersen
1988 – Anne C. Press
1988 – William J. Rohde
1988 – Judith M. Swanson
1988 – Sarah R. Unger
1989 – Gwen M. Buerkle
1989 – Michael E. Deisher
1989 – Robert A. Fruend
1989 – Judith M. Gudeman
1989 – Kari M. Hanson
1989 – Paul C. Kapfer
1989 – Jeanine D. Notar
1989 – Deanine M. Paulson
1989 – Jayme S. Walker
1990 – David G. Clark
1990 – Carol B. Jud
1990 – Kristi J. Laninga
1990 – Loralie Levenhagen
1990 – Jewel M. Market
1990 – Kari L. Rankin
1990 – Jeanette M. Rueter
1990 – Jeff J. Schilling
1990 – Douglas G. Schmucker
1991 – Kimberly Carlton
1991 – Anna–Lisa Erickson
1991 – Matthew Flandermeyer
1991 – Marilyn Holscher
1991 – Gail Kanning
1991 – Stephanie A. Kapfer
1991 – Karen Leonard
1991 – Gregory Mohr
1991 – Thomas B. Nutter
1991 – Elaine Smirga
1992 – Sarah Daubendiek
1992 – Christine Drager
1992 – Victoria Flood
1992 – Gina Folta
1992 – Martin Hunter
1992 – Paul E. Krause
1992 – Amy Murphy
1992 – Julie Potts
1992 – Lois A. Prahlow
1992 – Jeanne C. Zuhn
1994 – Debra A. Billings
1994 – Paul F. Cook
1994 – Alycia J. Erickson
1994 – Krista E. Fielman
1994 – David J. Leckie
1994 – Karla S. Lemmon
1994 – Jill J. Norton
1994 – Kenneth J. Oakes
1994 – Marc A. Riedl
1994 – Kristin A. Schwain
1995 – Paul J. Block
1995 – Christine Drager
1995 – Nathan Gilbertson
1995 – Steven Grimm
1995 – Gregory E. Karpenko
1995 – Kari Kowalski
1995 – Ilse Masselink
1995 – Nada Mlinarevich
1995 – Maria Pallick
1995 – Pamela Seeber
1995 – Georgia Spaliaras
1995 – Patricia Stoddard
1995 – Charis A. Wuerffel
1995 – Karen E. Zima
1996 – Rita D. Buitendorp
1996 – Chrysanthemum M.L. Davis
1996 – Kristen K. Dietrich
1996 – Steve K. Gjerde
1996 – Christopher M. Lehmann
1996 – Rebecca S. Menis
1996 – Lisa M. Miller
1996 – Tiffany L. Oelschlaeger
1996 – Albert D. Pionke
1996 – Jahna A. Pollock
1996 – Chad A. Schiefelbein
1996 – Travis J. Scholl
1996 – Jason J. Winkler
1997 – Jonathan A. DeMik
1997 – Katherine A. Dueringer
1997 – Michelle L. Manke
1997 – Lorie Morgan
1997 – Sangeetha A. Rayapati
1997 – Jennifer B. Sachtleben
1997 – Joel M. Scheiwe
1997 – Larry G. Swets Jr.
1997 – Elizabeth A. Tatro
1998 – David G. Adams
1998 – Lisa M. Boehm
1998 – Matthew M. Duffus
1998 – Bradley R. Jessen
1998 – Jeremy M. Linton
1998 – Martin N. Obermueller
1998 – Meghan Z. Podliska
1998 – Amanda W. Saler
1998 – Bethann M. Stuckey
1999 – Alison L. Eicher
1999 – Tara N. Frederich
1999 – Aaron A. Gin
1999 – Sarah E. Hamlin
1999 – Beth A. Keller
1999 – Paul C. Koch
1999 – Debbie M. Krutsinger
1999 – Andrew L. Makowski
1999 – Kerrie L. Morgan
2000 – Christine R. Cavalier
2000 – Jeremy S. Duff
2000 – Michael J. Jasaitis
2000 – Erica E. Kaufman
2000 – Mark E. Kerins
2000 – Susan E. Nichols
2000 – Matthew J. Provenzano
2000 – Peggy Rose Filipowicz
2000 – Jaime E. Shackel
2000 – Andrew J. Swiston
2001 – Heidi M. Burrell
2001 – Vanessa K. Burrows
2001 – Branka Kojic
2001 – Lorie K. Kolak
2001 – Justin M. Martell
2001 – Cassie J. Ricard
2001 – Robert C. Saler
2001 – Russ S. Schumacher
2001 – Paul M. Valenti
2001 – Joseph L. Wurzburger
2002 – Melissa M. Bailey
2002 – Stephanie M. Dotson
2002 – Matthew A. Landmeier
2002 – Liv B. Larson
2002 – Maryn M. P. Olson
2002 – Anita S. Patel
2002 – Julie E. Steinbrenner
2002 – Michael D. Story
2002 – Paul R. Wendt
2002 – Ryan A. Wolf
2003 – Michael Goede
2003 – Jill Harkness
2003 – Christina Heisser
2003 – Jessica N. Kerber
2003 – Laura K. Kruse
2003 – Kathryn J. Lanius
2003 – Benjamin Leese
2003 – Stephanie M. Loomis
2003 – Maren Van Otterloo
2003 – Tricia Armstrong White
2004 – Samantha Ahuja
2004 – Elizabeth Baden
2004 – Cathy DeVito
2004 – Elizabeth Galik (Wade)
2004 – Dana Hazen
2004 – Peter Hinck
2004 – Peter Hinck
2004 – Dustin Marciniak
2004 – Sage Miodov
2004 – Michael Sjoding
2005 – Julie M. Arnold
2005 – Lindy B. Arwood
2005 – Jeffrey D. Biebighauser
2005 – Robert S. Copouls
2005 – Eleanor R. Goetsch
2005 – Alisha E. Hoffman
2005 – Philip J. McBride
2005 – Heidi L. Nathan
2005 – Kelly R. Parrish
2005 – Elizabeth L. Schroeder
2006 – Peter Brock
2006 – Helen Huggins
2006 – Kirsten Huth
2006 – Josephine Jent
2006 – Adam King
2006 – Julie Nickels
2006 – Katherine Peters
2006 – Anna Schumaker
2006 – Amy Stark
2006 – David Wheeler
2007 – Sarah Benczik
2007 – Katie Benjamin
2007 – Jennifer Butz
2007 – Mary Caskey
2007 – Sarah Cottrell
2007 – Joel Dreessen
2007 – Kevin Ford
2007 – Benjamin Krause
2007 – Ross Moret
2007 – Joel Troxel
2008 – Mahdi Abulhasana
2008 – Jessica Doerrfeld
2008 – Megan Duckworth
2008 – Rickey Glover
2008 – Kendre Israel
2008 – Robert Pampel
2008 – Jessica Recchia
2008 – Noah Schroeder
2008 – Angeles Velasco-Carmona
2008 – Joshua Wood
2009 – Teri Borys
2009 – Elizabeth Coyne
2009 – Lauren DeGarmo
2009 – Sally Forsythe
2009 – Lindsay Jarosak
2009 – Jenna Johnson
2009 – Bonnie Keane
2009 – Paul Kulwinski
2009 – Rebecca Lohrmann
2009 – Robert Schroeder
2010 – Randol Alexander
2010 – Dane Butts
2010 – Hannah Johnson
2010 – Zachary King
2010 – Jaclyn Kondratko
2010 – Kathryn McEnery
2010 – Jonathan Rudy
2010 – Adam Rundh
2010 – Kathryn Schmidt
2010 – Julie Wingstrom
2011 – Katie Davis
2011 – Emily German
2011 – Krysta Gumbiner
2011 – Patricia Korzeniewski
2011 – Stephen Odegard
2011 – Timothy Olson
2011 – Kenneth Perkins
2011 – Amelia Peterson
2011 – Anna Urish
2011 – Emily Von Qualen
2011 – Mandy Waszak
2012 – Laura Ehlen
2012 – Katie Genereux
2012 – Ashley Gilbert
2012 – Jacob Just
2012 – Holly Peterson
2012 – Aman Wolde
2012 – Stephanie York
2012 – Chelsea Zemen
2012 – Kyle Zobeck
2012 – Diane Zuber
2012 – Anne Zygadlo
2013 – Kaitlin Forke
2013 – Jesse Fosheim
2013 – Halina Hopkins
2013 – Joshua Kalita
2013 – Benjamin Macy
2013 – Claire Mueller
2013 – Bryan Rogers
2013 – Andrew Stem
2013 – Anna Wiersma
2013 – Catherine Wingstrom
2013 – Natalie Zibolski
2014 – Aaron Taylor Baldwin
2014 – Bailey Bottorff
2014 – Lakshmi Jayanthi
2014 – Kelsey Loden
2014 – Gregory Maher
2014 – Megan Marimen
2014 – Zach Merrill
2014 – James Repp
2014 – Katelyn Stermer
2014 – Amanda Werling
2015 – Isaac Carr
2015 – Christina Crawley
2015 – Carmyn Hamblen
2015 – Hayden Hast
2015 – Kelsey Larson
2015 – Rylie Pearson
2015 – Julia Rogers
2015 – Caleb Rollins
2015 – Thomas Serratore
2015 – Paul Yox
2016 – Christopher M. Barnes
2016 – Cogan Blackmon
2016 – Bryn Cooley
2016 – Angel Flores
2016 – Madalyn Harvey
2016 – Emily Knippenberg
2016 – Emily Mussio
2016 – Caryn Schmidt
2016 – Justin Szaday
2016 – Bethany Wiersma
2017 – Tina Allen-Abulhassan
2017 – Yamen Atassi
2017 – Adam Bruno
2017 – Jenna Fleming
2017 – Jess Hunter-Bowman
2017 – Rebekah Koehn
2017 – Lauren Marinko
2017 – Adilene Peynado
2017 – Kathleen Prahlow
2017 – Eric Smith
2018 – Joshua Felty
2018 – Amalia Gemelas
2018 – Megan Gilliam
2018 – Kendall Kartaly
2018 – Hannah Koby
2018 – Aaron Mehner
2018 – Maia Moore
2018 – Emily Owens
2018 – Grace Rogers
2018 – Stephen Sekoulopoulos
2018 – Hussein Shahine
2018 – Li Shen
2018 – Krista Stribling
2019 – Nicholas Cesario
2019 – Lily Kapitan
2019 – Jonah Koetke
2019 – Elisabeth Noland
2019 – Katherine Carlson
2019 – Casey Main
2019 – Rachel Dodson
2019 – Janelle Bouman
2019 – Alesha McClanahan
2019 – Kyle Farris
2020 – Carly Armor 
2020 – Annika Brown
2020 – Samantha Burgett
2020 – Zachary Felty
2020 – Adali Johnson
2020 – Eseosasere Okundaye
2020 – Jacob Roth
2020 – Carmen Vincent
2020 – Lydia DeMoss
2020 – Michael Donovan
2020 – Elizabeth Brewer
2020 – Ty Snarr
2020 – Katherine Germann
2020 – Joshua Sievert
2020 – Misty Hatch
2020 – Kaitlyn Murphy
2020 – Aaron Robbins
2021 – Matthew Aberman 
2021 – Jacob Nadolsky 
2021 – Brayden Pollvogt 
2021 – Jenna Rifai 
2021 – Maggie Schaller 
2021 – Eric Blassick 
2021 – Lillia Pogue 
2021 – Jenna Johnston 
2021 – Ehren Braun

The VUAA has awarded one Distinguished Student Award to an adult scholar each year. This award recognizes a nontraditional student (at least 25 years of age) earning his or her undergraduate degree from any of the Colleges.

1999 – John D. Long
2000 – Amber L. Deem
2001 – Susan L. Doria
2002 – Marcia M. Lenburg-Collier
2003 – Samantha S. Rudzinski
2005 – Carol A. Maicher
2007 – Sandra Carpenter