Established in 1970 by Lee Metzger and joined by the Geiger family in 1999, the Metzger-Geiger Award honors the graduating Stanislaus State undergraduate students with the highest grade-point average. 

The Class of 2023 has eight students graduating with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages, including one, Ethan Machado, who maintained that perfection in both computer science and economics. 

The stories of Machado and the other top scholars: 

Ethan Machado