Introduction
We are pleased to have outstanding faculty and students who receive recognition for their research, service, and academic achievements in areas such as physical education, holistic health, exercise science, public health, teaching, strength and conditioning, sports psychology, health education, kinesiology, exercise physiology, and health promotion to name a few.
Student Awards and Recognition
| 2018 | Katherine Temnyk |
Kinesiology
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2021 |
Andrew Boland |
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2020 |
Viridiana Van Den Hengel |
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2019 |
Tirzah Ricklick |
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2018 |
Katherine Temnyk |
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2017 |
Jason Oliveira |
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2016 |
Channing Wilson |
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2015 |
Rebecca Van Klaveren |
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2014 |
Adriana Rivas |
Exercise Science
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2021 |
Benjamin Davies |
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2020 |
Kyle Alexander |
Public Health Promotion
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2021 |
Job Medina-Ramirez |
Judge and Alverta Hughes Humanitarian Award
| 2016 | Consuelo Hernandez (Kinesiology - Health Promotion) |
Outstanding Student Organization
| 2013 | Kinesiology Club |
Department Awards and Recognition
| 2025 | Chris Rivas |
| 2024 | Mitchell Evans |
| 2023 | Hunter Giger |
| 2022 | Jillian Leon and James Calvillo |
| 2021 | Brandon Pacheco |
| 2020 | Brian Dudley and Salvador Gutierrez |
| 2019 | Miguel Arellano |
| 2018 | Gabriela Aguilar |
| 2017 | Nina Garcia |
| 2016 | Enith Rojas |
| 2015 | Omar Musleh |
| 2014 | Matthew Blakely |
| 2013 | Christine Retteinhouse |
| 2025 | Kate Lumley |
| 2024 | Jestin Roy Abraham |
| 2023 | Nimrat Samra |
| 2022 | Georgina Orozco |
| 2021 | Rocky Pimentel |
| 2020 | Sean Fjellstrom |
| 2019 | Rebecca Linderman |
| 2018 | Krystle Sanders |
| 2017 | Alexa Sanchez-Estrada |
| 2016 | Hannah Cifuentes |
| 2025 | Cynthia Villa |
| 2024 | Aryial Chandler |
| 2023 | Gianna Nunes |
| 2022 | Angel Santellano |
| 2021 | Job Medina-Ramirez |
| 2020 | Samantha Nerio* |
| 2019 | Alexxa Banuelos* |
| 2018 | James Nelson* |
| 2017 | Bryan Jimenez* |
| 2016 | Consuelo Hernandez* |
*Previously Known as Outstanding Health Promotion Student Award
Single Subject Matter - Physical Education
| 2021 | Andrew Boland |
| 2020 | Brian Dudley |
| 2019 | Miguel Arellano |
Exercise Science
| 2021 | Benjamin Davies |
| 2020 | Kyle Alexander |
| 2019 | Sean Bender |
| 2017 | Jason Oliveira |
Public Health Promotion
| 2021 | Job Medina-Ramirez |
| 2020 | Viridiana Van Den Hengel* |
| 2019 | Cinthia Morales Martinez* |
| 2017 | Sukhsharn Johal* |
*Previously Health Promotion Highest GPA
Professional Organization Awards
| 2019 | Diana Cardenas | James Echols Award |
| 2017 | Jenna Boesch | John F. Kennedy Award |
| 2017 | Bill Amaya | James Echolas Award |
| 2012 | Bethany Kerr | Winifred Van Hagen/Rosalind Cassidy Award |
| 2012 | Christine Rettinhouse | John R. Kennedy Award |
| 2020 | Jorge Alvarez |
| 2019 | Kinsey Pettigrew-Taa |
| 2018 | Jade Poon |
| 2017 | Katrina Tooman |
| 2016 | Channing Wilson |
Faculty Awards and Recognition
| 2021 | Student Empowerment Award | Janice Herring |
| 2015 | Student Org. Advisor Award | Brent Powell |
Updated: September 05, 2025