Austin College’s annual Honors Convocation, a formal convocation in full academic regalia each April, highlights academic and leadership achievements of students and faculty. Among those recognized at the convocation were students selected for induction into international and national honor societies based on academic achievement.
Austin College honor societies and related academic departments are Phi Beta Kappa, overall academic excellence; Alpha Chi, overall academic accomplishment; Alpha Psi Omega, drama; Beta Beta Beta, biological sciences; Delta Phi Alpha, German; Eta Sigma Phi, classics; Omicron Delta Epsilon, economics; Phi Alpha Theta, history; Phi Beta Delta, International Studies; Pi Delta Phi, French; Pi Sigma Alpha, political science; Psi Chi, psychology; Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish; and Sigma Pi Sigma, physics.
Students newly named to honor societies this spring are listed below along with the honor societies to which they were inducted.
Honor Society Inductees for 2016:
Daniel Jacob Ahle of Plano, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Ali Faraaz Ahmed of El Paso, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Brittney Marie Aldridge of Whitesboro, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Ayelia Ali of North Richland Hills, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Brittany Danielle Alvarado of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Cedric Paul Ambulo of Cedar Hill, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA PI SIGMA, National Honor Society for Physics;
Nickolas Mitchell Ashburn of McKinney, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA PI SIGMA, National Honor Society for Physics;
Parsa Mohsen Azam of Plano, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Matthew Austin Bagley of Coppell, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology, and PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Katie Cassandra Barber of Bonham, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Joel Hughes Barrett of Dallas, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology; ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society; and PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Steven Aaron Bender of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Payton Clark Betts of Bowie, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Tanner Justice Bierstedt of Freer, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Zachary George Bomar of Southlake, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish;
Sean James Brogan of Missouri City, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Marissa Brown of Grayslake, Illinois, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Bailey Carrell of San Antonio, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Kaitlyn Casmedes of Sherman, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society, and ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Nicole Collier of Nacogdoches, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Marissa Collins of Anna, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Emily Cook of Grand Prairie, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Brandon Dang of Frisco, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Megan Daugherty of North Richland Hills, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Josh Dickerman of Dallas, Texas, was inducted into OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, International Honorary Society of Economics;
Rachel Dickson of Burke, Virginia, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars, and PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Sarah Dillabough of El Paso, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society; PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars; PI DELTA PHI, National Honor Society in French; PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Brittany Dimock of Houston, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Xuanru “Nina” Ding of Beijing, CHINA, was inducted into OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, International Honorary Society of Economics;
Matthew Donovan of Mansfield, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society, and PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society;
Sarah Dowd of Dallas, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Jacob Dowell of Little Rock, Arkansas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Malak El-Sherif of Plano, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Aktan Eminovski of Pottsboro, Texas, was inducted into OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, International Honorary Society of Economics, and ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Carly Fagnant of The Woodlands, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Quincy Ferrill of Whitewright, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish;
Brady Flanery of Whitesboro, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish; PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society; PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Daisy Flores of Arlington, Texas, was inducted into ETA SIGMA PHI, Honor Society for Classical Studies;
Rachel Fusselman of Trophy Club, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society, and PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Rizwan Gangwani of Euless, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Ana Garcia of El Paso, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA PI SIGMA, National Honor Society for Physics, and ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Jorge Garza of San Antonio, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Erik Gentzel of McKinney, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Amy Louise Glazier of McKinney, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Phyllis Goode of Lubbock, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars; ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society; PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Kailey Gray of Plano, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Magan Green of Farmersville, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Isaac Groover of Richardson, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Emma Grundy of Wichita Falls, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Victor Gutierrez de Pineres of Sherman, Texas, was inducted into PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society;
Katie Hart of Keller, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Katarina Heidenhofer of Lewisville, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
James Hemen of Grand Prairie, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology, and PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society;
Ashley Hernandez of El Paso, Texas, was inducted into ETA SIGMA PHI, Honor Society for Classical Studies;
Jack Higgins of Dallas, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Austin Holloway of Borger, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Ryan Hood of Melissa, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA PI SIGMA, National Honor Society for Physics;
Angela Huang of Allen, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society; OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, International Honorary Society of Economics; ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Andrea “Andi” Hudson of Cedar Creek, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish;
Branden Hunt of Grand Prairie, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Aven Jackson of Arlington, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society, and PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Michele Lee Keller of Grapevine, Texas, was inducted into PI DELTA PHI, National Honor Society in French;
Sarah Klawun of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was inducted into DELTA PHI ALPHA, National German Honor Society;
Sara Krusekopf of College Station, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society, and PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Cameron Kubacki of The Woodlands, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Kelvin Lane of Plano, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Yeesoo Lee of Plano, Texas, was inducted into PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society;
Minhua Li of Fuzhou, FUIJAN, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Savanah Low of Austin, Texas 78704, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Zoe Lugo of Allen, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Alex Lux of Houston, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Trung Ly of Anna, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Ganesh Maniam of The Woodlands, Texas, was inducted into OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, International Honorary Society of Economics;
James Mantil of Coppell, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Grant Marcinko of Plano, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society, and ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Gabrielle “Gaby” Margocs of Austin, Texas 78750, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society, and PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Rose Massey of Mound, Minnesota, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society, and BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Camille Mavelian of Dallas, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish;
Kennedy Mazara Jr of Denton, Texas, was inducted into ETA SIGMA PHI, Honor Society for Classical Studies, and PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Todd McCormack of Friendswood, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Joseph McDuffie of Bryan, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Shannon McKelvie of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was inducted into PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society, and PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
George Melchor, Jr. of Uvalde, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Chris Melton of Fort Worth, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Jameson Moore of Helotes, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Alejandro Moran of Sherman, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society, and OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, International Honorary Society of Economics;
Will Mount of League City, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Francisco Neal of Tesuque, New Mexico, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society, and BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Rachael Newsom of Arlington, Texas, was inducted into SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish;
Katrina Ngo of McKinney, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society, and BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Tam Nguyen of North Richland Hills, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Katie Nicholas of Cedar Hill, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society, and ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Karlie Niehus of Sherman, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Holly Nightengale of Heath, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Andrew O’Connor of Natick, Massachusetts, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Oluwafunmto “Funmto” Toluwalase Ogunbanwo of Ikeja, Lagos State, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Chris Patton of Houston, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society; SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish; PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society;
Kylie Peterson of Plano, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Melissa Pool of Double Oak, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Alexandra Elizabeth Pottorff of Crowley, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Steven Prinslow of McKinney, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Giovanna Privitera of Austin, Texas 78735, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
Rohail Rahman of Plano, Texas, was inducted into OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, International Honorary Society of Economics;
Ana Maria Rea of Greenville, Texas, was inducted into PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society;
Michael Rinehart of Garland, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society, and PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society;
Rebecca Rogers of Boerne, Texas, was inducted into PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society, and SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish;
Audrey Rose of Round Rock, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society, and SIGMA DELTA PI, National Honor Society for Spanish;
Madison Ross of Fort Worth, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Greyson “Morrison” Sanders of Springfield, Ohio, was inducted into PI DELTA PHI, National Honor Society in French;
Dilan Shah of McKinney, Texas, was inducted into BETA BETA BETA, National Biological Honor Society;
John Sinclair of McKinney, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Charlotte Smart of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was inducted into ETA SIGMA PHI, Honor Society for Classical Studies;
Aimee Spearman of Sherman, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Emily Spears of Bloomburg, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars, and PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Niki Stavrianopoulos of Fort Worth, Texas, was inducted into ETA SIGMA PHI, Honor Society for Classical Studies;
Rachel Storm of Arlington, Texas, was inducted into ETA SIGMA PHI, Honor Society for Classical Studies;
Jayden Stumbaugh of Denison, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Jordan Tanner of Cibolo, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Destiny Tatum of Celina, Texas, was inducted into ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society, and PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Virgina “Henny” Trifiro of Austin, Texas 78731, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Cassi Tullier of Houston, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society, and PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Rebekah Urban of Whitesboro, Texas, was inducted into PI SIGMA ALPHA, National Political Science Honor Society; ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society; ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society;
Kathryn Van Dinh of Austin, Texas 78739, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Laura Michelle Van Zant of Sherman, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society;
Sitara Weerakoon of Austin, Texas 78739, was inducted into PI DELTA PHI, National Honor Society in French;
Blair Whalen of The Woodlands, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology and PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Marissa Wilkinson of Portland, Oregon, was inducted into ALPHA PSI OMEGA, National Theatre Honor Society;
Chance Witherspoon of Garland, Texas, was inducted into DELTA PHI ALPHA, National German Honor Society;
Charlotte Wright of Dallas, Texas, was inducted into PHI BETA DELTA, Honor Society for International Scholars;
Danielle Wright of Los Fresnos, Texas, was inducted into PSI CHI, International Honor Society in Psychology;
Aj Ximenes of Fort Worth, Texas, was inducted into PHI ALPHA THETA, National History Honor Society;
Zhiyun Ye of Sichuan, CHINA, was inducted into PHI BETA KAPPA, National Undergraduate Honor Society and ALPHA CHI, National Scholastic Honor Society.
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