The Kontner Award is made to undergraduate mathematics majors who have expressed interest in the applications of mathematics to the solution of real world problems in business and industry.
The award was established in 2011 by John and Sabrina Kontner. John received his Bachelors degree from the University in 1984 and his Masters in Mathematics in 1988. Sabrina received her Bachelors degree from the University in 1992.
Award Recipients
- 2025 Samuel Galita, Allen Du
- 2024 Sydney Gravel, Lauren Sherr, Grace Tao
- 2023 Maria Anna Nikolaichik, Diana Yoonjung Shin
- 2022 Elliot Kienzle
- 2021 Yuang Shen
- 2020 Ryan Craver
- 2019 April Nellis
- 2018 Nadia Batkhan, Arianne Schwartz
- 2017 Patrick David Owen
- 2016 Michael Benjamin Roberts
- 2015 Guoqing Wang
- 2014 Geoffrey Ji
- 2013 Alyssa Maccarone and Kevin Smith
- 2012 Justin Kyle Shugarman (first year of the award)