John and Sabrina KontnerThe 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)