{"id":1848,"date":"2026-05-15T14:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:27:56","slug":"holy-cross-business-students-shine-at-annual-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/2026\/05\/15\/holy-cross-business-students-shine-at-annual-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cross Business Students Shine at Annual Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1849\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/unnamed-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/unnamed-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/unnamed-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/unnamed-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/unnamed.png 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each year, the College honors dozens of students for their accomplishments during their time at Holy Cross. We&#8217;re proud to celebrate the exceptional achievements of our Certificate students and Business Club leaders who were recognized with prestigious Senior and Undergraduate Awards this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These awards highlight not only academic excellence but also leadership, service, and dedication to the Holy Cross community. Our students have distinguished themselves through their contributions to campus life and active participation with the Ciocca Center, alongside their commitment to academics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Congratulations to the award recipients:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sean Baker &#8217;26<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Finance &amp; Banking<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>The Elias Atamian Family Book Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Seneca Baldi &#8217;26<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Business Fundamentals<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>George B. Moran Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Emilia Bielska \u201927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Finance &amp; Banking<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>John D. O&#8217;Connell Prize for Accounting Excellence<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Maria DiFilippo<\/b> <b>\u201926<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Finance &amp; Banking<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clubs: Finance, Equity Research, Women In Business<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>The John J. Cummings, Jr.\/BAI Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thomas Formichelli<\/b> <b>\u201927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Finance &amp; Banking<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>Leonard J. McCarthy, S.J. Memorial Prize<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sophia Gaetano<\/b> <b>\u201927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Club: Consulting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>2024-2025 Kate C. Powers Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary Hatt<\/b> <b>\u201927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Business Fundamentals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>2024-2025 Kate C. Powers Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Gavin Kempskie \u201927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Business Fundamentals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Club: Equity Research<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>2024-2025 Kate C. Powers Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly McCullough \u201927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Business Fundamentals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>2024-2025 Kate C. Powers Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Henry Meiser \u201927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Finance &amp; Banking<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>James Fallon Debating Purse<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ashwin Prabaharan &#8217;26<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Finance &amp; Banking<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>The William E. Leahy Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Anna Rowley &#8217;26<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Business Fundamentals<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award:<\/span><b> The Bourgeois French Prize<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hannah Torrey \u201927<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Business Fundamentals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Club: Women In Business<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>2024-2025 Kate C. Powers Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Enci Zheng &#8217;26<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Certificate: Business Fundamentals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award: <\/span><b>The Edward F. Wall, Jr., Prize<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&gt;&gt; Learn more about the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.holycross.edu\/site\/8406269d-385d-5feb-9576-850fc1bab8a5\/page\/1f1946a4-2c48-4932-b155-24dd4af8ba8e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.holycross.edu\/site\/1d1886ca-eb49-59fb-b868-e59ada0aeddb\/page\/11ac27b5-a297-4717-a140-49766adc486a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Undergraduate Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Ignite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We look forward to seeing how these talented students continue to make their mark at Holy Cross and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the College honors dozens of students for their accomplishments during their time at Holy Cross. We&#8217;re proud to celebrate the exceptional achievements of our Certificate students and Business Club leaders who were recognized with prestigious Senior and Undergraduate Awards this year. These awards highlight not only academic excellence but also leadership, service, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/2026\/05\/15\/holy-cross-business-students-shine-at-annual-awards-ceremony\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Holy Cross Business Students Shine at Annual Awards Ceremony&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1850,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/1850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}