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Schuchard Prize


The Schuchard Prize was established through the Betsy and Wayne Rackoff Fund and named in honor of Dr. Wayne Rackoff's (75C) archival mentor, Ronald Schuchard, Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus of English.

The Schuchard Prize will award $750 to one student each academic year for the best paper, project, or honor's thesis created on the basis of primary source material from Rose Library related to a class or course of study in the Department of English only, $500 for a second-place award, and a $250 honorable mention reserved for a first-year student.

Previous Winners

2025
Carolina Orduno
Jaytrice Mackey
Leilani Robinson
Lily Zhang

2024
Oli Turner
Zoe Biely
Qiyu Joseph Tang

2023
Sophia Yoon
Sophie Vo
Nataie Sturza

2021
Shreya Pannaraju
Charles Schnell
Kate Appel

2020
Paige Safchik
Julia Fayer
Jenna Lasky

2019
Paula Quezada
Rikki Weiss  (Honorable Mention)

2018
Claudia Tung 
Hannah Christianson (Honorable Mention)
Jacqueline Veliz  (Honorable Mention)

2017
Sierra Cortner
Mary Cate Sullivan (Honorable Mention)
Gabriel Morbeck (Honorable Mention)

2016
Sydney Hertz