There are opportunities for continuing training, development and recognition through the John F. Miller, Wellness and Recreation Friends and Family Scholarship and the Employee of the Year Awards. These awards are presented annually at the Wolfies, the Wellness and Recreation team end of year celebration.

John F. Miller Award Winners

Named after the first Physical Education and Athletics department head and the creator of the first Intramural Sports program at NC State, John F. Miller, this award recognizes an exceptional student team member within Wellness and Recreation.

Previous John F. Miller Award Winners

Recipient	Program Area	Year
Becca Strong	Fitness	2024-2025
Kaylyn Poole	Facility Operations	2023-2024
Joanna Wenchell	Member Services	2022-2023
Hannah Williams	Sports Programs	2021-2022
Bharat Karunakaran	Sports Programs	2020-2021
Jarred Taylor	Wellness	2019-2020
Jordan Kelber	Facility Operations	2018-2019
Chloe Shevlin	Fitness	2017-2018
Brandon Smith	Sports Programs	2016-2017
Kara Van Nice	Aquatics	2015-2016
Zach Mehlenbacher	Sports Programs	2014-2014
Justin Mumford	Facility Operations, Member Services	2013-2014
Ryan Unsworth	Aquatics	2012-2013
Aaron Harper	Sports Programs	2011-2012
Brian Cox	Facility Operations	2011-2012

Campbell and Dodson Family Award Winners

The Campbell and Dodson Family Award honors the legacy of Tyler Campbell and Susan Dodson, who embodied integrity, kindness, and a deep commitment to health, fitness, and community through their involvement with Wellness and Recreation. This award recognizes a Wellness and Recreation student employee who exemplifies their values of character, work ethic, and dedication to fostering well-being and community.

Wellness and Recreation Friends and Family Scholarship Winners

This $500 scholarship recognizes student employees who encourage and inspire the Wolfpack community to live actively and serve as a role model for healthy and balanced living.

Previous Scholarship Winners

Recipient	Program Area(s)	Year
Alden Mazo	Outdoor Adventures	2024-2025
Ava Saydam	Fitness	2024-2025
Nathan Hoyle	Member Services	2023-2024
Anneke Lam	Fitness	2023-2024
Rachel Falkowski	Fitness	2022-2023
Lily Palmer	Wellness	2022-2023
Katelynn Roark	Fitness	2021-2022
Benjamin Biedrzycki	Facility Operations	2021-2022
Katherine Bublitz	Fitness	2020-2021
Chris Watts	Facility Operations	2020-2021
Dani Dalton	Fitness, Outdoor Adventures	2019-2020
Carson Kelber	Fitness, Wellness	2019-2020
Katherine Mansfield	Fitness	2018-2019
Clare Bloss	Facility Operations	2018-2019
Lite Lim	Sports Programs	2017-2018
Victoria Patterson	Member Services	2017-2018

Regional and National Award Winners

Many of our student team leaders are recognized on the regional and national level from organizations such as NIRSA, Leaders in Collegiate Recreation or the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE).

Previous Award Winners

Recipient	Award	Year
Derek Applewhite	NIRSA William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award	2017-2018
Brandon Smith	NIRSA William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award	2016-2017
Justin Mumford	NIRSA Foundation Scholarship	2014-2015
Leslie Oman	NIRSA Region II Excellence Grant	2014-2015
Greg Wilson	AORE Student Scholarship	2014-2015
Lindsay Razc	NIRSA William N. Wasson Student Leadership and Academic Award	2013-2014
Justin Mumford	NIRSA J. Michael Dunn Student Professional Development Workshop	2013-2014

Student Employee of the Year Award Winners

The Employee of the Year Awards are given to one student per job that exemplifies everything that it means to be a successful employee and stand out among their peers.

Aquatics

Recipient	Position	Year
Daniel Atkins	Aquatics Supervisor	2024-2025
Emily Palmer	Lifeguard	2024-2025
Madison Payne	Swim Lesson Instructor	2024-2025
Eliza Ayers	Health and Safety Instructor	2024-2025
Jay Charbonneau	Aquatics Supervisor	2023-2024
Jimmy Kinsella	Lifeguard	2023-2024
Ian Giffel	Swim Lesson Instructor	2023-2024
Sydney Schmidt	Health and Safety Instructor	2023-2024
Mason Hunter	Lifeguard	2022-2023
Brielle Jackson	Swim Lesson Instructor	2022-2023
Bella Prigge	Health and Safety Instructor	2022-2023
Lauren Garlinghouse	Aquatics Supervisor	2022-2023
Jun Yang	Lifeguard	2021-2022
Akshita Patil	Swim Lesson Instructor	2021-2022
Joanna Patterson	Aquatics Supervisor	2021-2022
Sydney Gyurek	Health and Safety Instructor	2021-2022
Micheal Gray	Health and Safety Instructor	2020-2021
Christina Kranz	Lifeguard	2020-2021
Battle Nichols	Aquatics Supervisor	2020-2021
Thomas Vaughn	Aquatics Supervisor	2019-2020
Justin Restrepo	Health and Safety Instructor	2019-2020
Cailin O’Keeffe	Swim Lesson Instructor	2019-2020
Madeline Anderson	Lifeguard	2019-2020
Carter Edwards	Aquatics Supervisor	2018-2019
Jonah Andrews	Swim Lesson Instructor	2018-2019
Trevor Vook	Lifeguard	2018-2019
Audrey Bolanos	Aquatics Supervisor	2017-2018
Kiana Villianueva	Swim Lesson Instructor	2017-2018
Anna Hoyt	Lifeguard	2017-2018
Julian Brodie	Aquatics Supervisor	2016-2017
Jordan Krumanocker	Swim Lesson Instructor	2016-2017
Kimberly Dale	Lifeguard	2016-2017
Stephen Boyle	Aquatics Supervisor	2015-2016
JoEllen Hogoboom	Swim Lesson Instructor	2015-2016
Lucas Fautua	Lifeguard	2015-2016
Stephen Boyle	Lifeguard	2014-2015
Carrigan Chastain	Aquatics Supervisor	2014-2015
Emily Schulz	Event Assistant	2014-2015
Tim Leimer	Lifeguard	2013-2014
Kara Van Nice	Aquatics Supervisor	2013-2014

Facility Operations

Recipient	Position	Year
Parker Seay	Facility Assistant	2024-2025
Andrew Whitehead	Facility Supervisor	2024-2025
Abigail Elias	Facility Assistant	2023-2024
Matthew Badger	Facility Supervisor	2023-2024
Jacob Biedrzycki	Facility Assistant	2022-2023
Morgan Miller	Event Supervisor	2022-2023
Ryan Napier	Facility Supervisor	2022-2023
Parker Shahdad	Facility Supervisor	2021-2022
Antony John Edathattil	Facility Assistant	2021-2022
Sara Tonnesen	Facility Supervisor	2020-2021
Loulou Batta	Facility Assistant	2020-2021
Matt Loflin	Facility Supervisor	2019-2020
Holly Huffine	Facility Operations Specialist	2019-2020
Leo Jaffe	Facility Assistant	2019-2020
Ann-Hunter Carraway	Facility Assistant	2018-2019
Simon Blotko	Facility Operations Specialist	2018-2019
Eric Li	Facility Operations Maintenance	2018-2019
Ryan Gallagher	Facility Supervisor	2018-2019
Kiran Manoj	Facility Assistant	2017-2018
Zachary Sansavera	Facility Supervisor	2017-2018
Matthew Sutterby	Facility Operations Maintenance	2017-2018
Stephanie Swann	Facility Assistant	2016-2017
Anthony Greene	Facility Supervisor	2016-2017
Jacob Brooks	Facility Operations Maintenance	2016-2017
Katie Murray	Facility Assistant	2015-2016
Danny Prevatte	Facility Supervisor	2015-2016
Deanna La	Event Assistant	2014-2015
Anna Svancarek	Facility Assistant	2014-2015
Steven Boehm	Facility Supervisor	2014-2015
Laura Power	Equipment Room Assistant	2013-2014
Emily James	Event Assistant	2013-2014
Will Fields	Event Supervisor	2013-2014
Lauren Gerringer	Event Supervisor	2013-2014
Megan Jeffries	Facility Assistant	2013-2014
John Nagel	Facility Operations Maintenance	2013-2014
Justin Leitch	Facility Supervisor	2013-2014

Fitness

Recipient	Position	Year
Isabella Cogan	Group Fitness Instructor	2024-2025
Anneke Lam	Coach	2024-2025
Avery Doughty	Personal Trainer	2024-2025
Avery Doughty	Fitness Specialist	2023-2024
Rachel Falkowski	Group Fitness Instructor	2023-2024
Caroline Woods	Coach	2023-2024
Anneke Lam	Personal Trainer	2023-2024
Brooke Roed	Fitness Assistant	2022-2023
Victoria Wright	Group Fitness Instructor	2022-2023
Emily Baird	Coach	2022-2023
Bellina Johnson	Personal Trainer	2022-2023
Taylor Veneziali	Fitness Assistant	2021-2022
Reese Dait	Group Fitness Instructor	2021-2022
Lydia Wells	Personal Trainer	2021-2022
Justin Allamby	Personal Trainer	2020-2021
Abby Strickler	Group Fitness Instructor	2020-2021
Brooks Godbold	Fitness Assistant	2020-2021
Gabby Xiong	Personal Trainer	2019-2020
Katherine Mansfield	Group Fitness Instructor	2019-2020
Claire Maske	Fitness Assistant	2019-2020
Dajana Gaube-Ogle	Strength and Conditioning Assistant	2018-2019
Anna Beam-Mitchell	Group Fitness Instructor	2018-2019
Michael Hunt	Personal Trainer	2018-2019
Kate Houston	Strength and Conditioning Assistant, Fitness Assistant	2017-2018
Bronwyn Cortez	Group Fitness Instructor	2017-2018
Austin Paytes	Personal Trainer	2017-2018
Ryan Quistorff	Strength and Conditioning Assistant, Fitness Assistant	2016-2017
Coley Lyon	Group Fitness Instructor	2016-2017
Peter Ciaccio	Personal Trainer	2016-2017
Jaylyn Miller	Strength and Conditioning Assistant, Fitness Assistant	2015-2016
Kristen Navaroli	Group Fitness Instructor	2015-2016
Germain Singa-Craddock	Personal Trainer	2015-2016
Jess Butner	Strength and Conditioning Assistant, Fitness Assistant	2014-2015
Ciara Oden	Group Fitness Instructor	2014-2015
Nick Gregory	Personal Trainer	2014-2015
Jeffrey Florence	Group Fitness Instructor	2013-2014
Germain Singa-Craddock	Personal Trainer	2013-2014

Marketing

Recipient	Position	Year
Audrey Henderson	Marketing Assistant	2024-2025
Ashwin Prasad	Marketing Assistant	2023-2024
Seraphina Bieniek	Marketing Assistant	2022-2023
Sam Dotson	Marketing Assistant	2021-2022
Aubrey Izurieta	Marketing Assistant	2019-2020
Allona Wilkerson	Marketing Assistant	2018-2019
Julia Falewee	Marketing Assistant	2017-2018
Alan Bishel	Marketing Assistant	2016-2017
Cherif Gueye	Marketing Assistant	2015-2016
Riley Meek	Marketing Assistant	2014-2015
Samantha Siano	Marketing Assistant	2013-2014

Member Services

Recipient	Position	Year
Bridgette Pullium	Member Services Entrance Assistant	2024-2025
Jayanth Ramanidharan	Member Services Supervisor	2024-2025
Lyndsey Oetjen	Member Services Entrance Assistant	2023-2024
Logan Taylor	Member Services Specialist	2023-2024
Matthew Kulikowski	Member Services Specialist	2022-2023
Laurel Hey	Member Services Specialist	2021-2022
Ashleigh Steadman	Member Services Specialist	2020-2021
Je’Lia Russell	Member Services Specialist	2019-2020
Natalie Daughtry	Member Services Specialist	2018-2019
Renesha Bowman	Member Services Specialist	2017-2018
Massiel Medina	Member Services Specialist	2016-2017
Hope Padgett	Member Services Specialist	2015-2016
Maggie Fuentes	Member Services Specialist	2014-2015
Alex Polk	Member Services Specialist	2013-2014

Outdoor Adventures

Recipient	Position	Year
Elaine Vespa	Climbing Wall Specialist	2024-2025
Holden Rossi	Climbing Wall Supervisor	2024-2025
Jimmy Kinsella	Trip Leader	2024-2025
Zane Bryan	Challenge Course Facilitator	2024-2025
Sage Huffman	Rental Assistant	2023-2024
Aidan Stewart	Climbing Wall Specialist	2023-2024
Kevin Essig	Trip Leader	2023-2024
Surya Dutta	Challenge Course Facilitator	2023-2024
Katie Shapiro	Rental Assistant	2022-2023
Katie Jansen	Trip Leader	2022-2023
Chase Lizarralde	Climbing Wall Specialist	2022-2023
Kaelyn Nelson	Challenge Course Facilitator	2022-2023
Caleb Meader	Bike Mechanic, Gear Repair Specialist	2021-2022
Chip Raynor	Rental Assistant	2021-2022
Massey Stichter	Challenge Course Facilitator	2021-2022
Jake Wilson	Climbing Wall Specialist	2021-2022
Conner Borkowski	Trip Leader	2021-2022
Caitlin Reilly	Challenge Course Facilitator	2020-2021
Anna Beth Adcock	Climbing Wall Specialist	2020-2021
Alyssa Schneider	Rental Assistant	2020-2021
Massey Strichter	Challenge Course Facilitator	2019-2020
Ben Learn	Climbing Wall Specialist	2019-2020
Savannah Everett	Trip Leader	2019-2020
John Stay	Bike Mechanic, Gear Repair Specialist	2019-2020
Georgie Exton	Rental Assistant	2019-2020
John Wallace	Rental Assistant	2018-2019
Christian Rust	Bike Mechanic	2018-2019
Katherine Miller	Trip Leader	2018-2019
Evan Kearse	Climbing Wall Specialist	2018-2019
Sean Betts	Challenge Course Facilitator	2018-2019
Sean Betts	Bike Mechanic	2017-2018
Amy Hinds	Rental Assistant	2017-2018
Joshua Glazer	Team Building Facilitator	2017-2018
Megan Hester	Climbing Wall Specialist	2017-2018
Garnett Bullock	Tip Leader	2017-2018
Noah Hartzell-Jordan	Bike Mechanic	2016-2017
Ryen Parno	Rental Assistant	2016-2017
Ethan Briggs	Team Building Facilitator	2016-2017
Joli Stavish	Climbing Wall Specialist	2016-2017
Nicholas Harwood	Trip Leader	2016-2017
Paul Gannett	Rental Assistant, Bike Mechanic	2015-2016
Cody Earnhardt	Climbing Wall Specialist	2015-2016
Laura Tomkins	Trip Leader	2015-2016
Lucas Jones	Challenge Course Team Building Apprentice	2015-2016
Graham Via	Challenge Course Team Building Facilitator, Lead Facilitator	2015-2016
Alex Clark	Rental Assistant, Bike Mechanic	2014-2015
Rebekah Petty	Climbing Wall Specialist	2014-2015
Thomas Lineberger	Trip Leader	2014-2015
Ethan Briggs	Challenge Course Team Building Apprentice	2014-2015
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Jenny Gough	Rental Assistant	2013-2014
Christopher Holmes	Bike Mechanic	2013-2014
Tyler Simmons	Climbing Wall Specialist	2013-2014
Will Edmonson	Trip Leader	2013-2014
Christopher Kuczkowski	Challenge Course Team Building Apprentice	2013-2014
Morgan Cheek	Challenge Course Team Building Facilitator	2013-2014
Lauren Byrne	Challenge Course Team Building Lead Facilitator	2013-2014

Sports Programs

Recipient	Position	Year
Joshua Rodarmel	Official	2024-2025
Brayden Kauffman	Evaluator	2024-2025
Ethan McCoy	Supervisor	2024-2025
Michelle Taylor	Scorekeeper	2023-2024
Ryan Simms	Official	2023-2024
Braden Farlow	Evaluator	2023-2024
Anthony Peay	Supervisor	2023-2024
Tamia Everette	Scorekeeper	2022-2023
Max Green	Official	2022-2023
Hudson Carpenter	Evaluator	2022-2023
Federica Lenti	Supervisor	2022-2023
Nathaniel Kolk-Tomberlin	Scorekeeper	2021-2022
Jared Boudreau	Official	2021-2022
Adonis Belton	Evaluator	2021-2022
Chinmay Andhare	Supervisor	2021-2022
Colin Reyer	Supervisor	2020-2021
Evan Reyer	Official	2020-2021
Carter Edwards	Supervisor	2019-2020
Kristy Green	Evaluator	2019-2020
Tommy DeLaunay	Official	2019-2020
Brooks Godbold	Scorekeeper	2019-2020
Nathan Hill	Maintenance Assistant	2019-2020
Justin Frye	Scorekeeper	2018-2019
Bharat Karunakaran (BK)	Official	2018-2019
Matt Hartl	Evaluator	2018-2019
Brendan Hilferty	Supervisor	2018-2019
Amy Nussman	Scorekeeper	2017-2018
Wyatt Howard	Official	2017-2018
Andrew Horne	Evaluator	2017-2018
Matthew Williams	Supervisor	2017-2018
Lite Lim	Scorekeeper	2016-2017
Matthew Harmody	Official	2016-2017
Daniel Briggs	Evaluator	2016-2017
Anurag Chauhan	Supervisor	2016-2017
Omar Rosado	Scorekeeper	2015-2016
Derrick Applewhite	Official	2015-2016
Matthew Grochmal	Evaluator	2015-2016
Taylor Haynes	Supervisor	2015-2016
Christopher Daly	Scorekeeper	2014-2015
Tyler Rohrbach	Official	2014-2015
Javion Henderson	Evaluator	2014-2015
Stephanie Igo	Supervisor	2014-2015
Michele Makdad	Scorekeeper	2013-2014
Brent Kitchen	Official	2013-2014
Caleb Lowman	Evaluator	2013-2014
Andrew Wilson	Supervisor	2013-2014

ThriveWell

Recipient	Position	Year
Ashley Wiederspiel	Wellness Specialist	2024-2025
Sydney Jett	Wellness Coach	2024-2025
Khadeeja Ali Syeda	Wellness Specialist	2023-2024
Morgan Smith	Wellness Coach	2023-2024
Lulu Black	Wellness Assistant	2022-2023
Lily Palmer	Wellness Coach	2022-2023
Emma Hardy	Wellness Assistant	2021-2022
Annalise Hafner	Wellness Coach	2021-2022
Cailin Peterson	Wellness Assistant	2020-2021
Carson Kelber	Wellness Coach	2020-2021
Caroline Griffith	Wellness Assistant	2019-2020
Zack Jenio	Wellness Coach	2019-2020
Jarred Taylor	Wellness Assistant	2018-2019
Liz Aimone	Wellness Coach	2018-2019
Abby Caudle	Wellness Assistant	2017-2018
William Rowe	Wellness Coach	2017-2018
Jarred Taylor	Wellness Assistant	2016-2017
Kelly Clute	Wellness Coach	2016-2017
Nicole Muller	Wellness Coach	2015-2016