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Junior Prizes

The Economics Department awards three junior prizes per year: a first, second and third prize.

The prizes will be awarded based on GPA averaged over all departmental courses taken by the end of the junior year plus junior independent work (JIW). JIW counts as two courses. Graduate courses will be awarded an extra 1/3 in the calculation of GPA, as for departmental honors.

Prizes are announced each fall.

2025 Prize Winners

First Prize: Koda Gursoy
Second Place Prize: Annie Xu
Third Place Prize:  Siling Song

2024 Prize Winners

First Prize: Oliver Zhong
Second Prize: Anna Cornelissen
Third Prize: Alvaro Goncalves

2023 Prize Winners

First Prize: Gloria Wang
Second Prize: Samantha Lee
Third Prize: Aaron Ventresca and Henry Wright

2022 Prize Winners

First Prize: Julio C. Martinez
Second Prize: Asher Joy
Third Prize: Sophia Zheng

2021 Prize Winners

First Prize: Vignesh Panchanatham
Second Prize: Zachary Shevin
Third Prize: Caroline Skinner

Junior Prize Winners with Department Chair Wolfgang Pesendorfer

 

2020 Prize Winners

First Prize:Audrey Hahn
Second Prize: Aaron Balleisen
Third Prize: Alexandra Rice

2020 Prize Winners

2019 Prize Winners

First Prize: Nathaniel Hickok
Second Prize: Karen Wu
Third Prize: Isabella Haegg

2019 Prize Winners with Department Chair Wolfgang Pesendorfer