Published on April 23, 2025 by Catherine Smith  

In April, Samford University Brock School of Business hosted several awards ceremonies recognizing the hard work of its students.

During the 61th annual Scholarships and Awards Ceremony held on Friday, April 11, more than $230,000 in scholarships were awarded to deserving business students to apply to tuition for the 2025-26 academic year. Four faculty members were also recognized for excellence in teaching, research and scholarship, and service.

Accounting major Rachel Lorena Redmon was awarded the Junior Outstanding Academic Achievement Award and Lynzie Liddell, a senior marketing major, received the Dr. Betsy Bugg Holloway Scholarship recognizing the highest cumulative business school GPA.

On Tuesday, April 22, the accounting department and the Beta Alpha Psi accounting honorary society held its annual Scholarship and Awards Ceremony. During this event, more than $55,000 additional scholarships were awarded to undergraduate accounting and Master of Accountancy students.

323 Leadership Scholarship (Colossians 3:23)

Carson McCoy

Alan and Linda Speaker Org Leadership Scholarship

Rachel Strickland

Avery White Memorial Scholarship

Stephen Lilly

Barr Scholarship

David Brown

James (Reid) Jewell

Andrew Myers

Michael Wichmann

Ben M. Elrod Scholarship

Kaziah Williams

Bonnie Elliott Risk Management & Insurance Scholarship

Max D. Merrifield

Branan Family Scholarship

Giada Brou

Bradley Kemp

Bridget and Andrew Patterson Scholarship

Nicholas Noto

Brookwood Baptist–W.S. and Ruth Rivers Family Scholarship

Hallie Elisabeth Creighton

Carl Miller Jr Business & Athletics

Rebekah Claire Harrison

Meredith K. Taylor

Carolyn Mickler Murdock Endowed Scholarship

Elana Galambus

Chuck and Pam Carson Scholarship for Entrepreneurs

Claire Alford

Chris Morgan Graduate Scholarship

Jason Bates

Cook’s Pest Control/John Cook, Sr. Scholarship in Entrepreneurship

Alex Dickey

Camron Glover

CRC Group Scholarship

Jacob E. Barham

Robert DeWitt (Witt) Grooms

Matthew Wade Measures

Robert Thomas (Trey) Newsome 

Danny Wood Scholarship in Social Entrepreneurship

Emily Michelle Fletcher

David & Mallory Oakley Scholarship in Real Estate

Katelyn Anne Urban

Dean J. Howard Finch Endowed Scholarship

Ian Ledbetter

Joelle Ryan 

Dorothy L. McLeod Scholarship

Rachel Strickland

Dr. Barbara Cartledge Scholarship

Emma Claire Thompson

Dr. Betsy Bugg Holloway Scholarship

Lynzie Liddell

Edwin L. Trowbridge Scholarship

Alora Scholes

Emory and Brennis Floyd Scholarship

Drew Castleberry

Excellence in Financial Planning Scholarship

Alora Scholes

Fred Hendon Scholarship in Business

Caidan Maddux

Freeman Family Scholarship

Jax Rush

George Jenkins Business Scholarship

Brooke May

Hoffman C. & Martha H. Harless Scholarship Fund

William Perry

Hovater Family Scholarship

Grayson Kuebler

John Gary Wyatt Leadership in Business Scholarship

Linsey Hargis

Joseph Oral Dean & Willard McCay Dean Memorial Scholarship

Delaney Hill

Justin Kyle Lett Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Isaac Christopher McBane

Kay Sims Dixon Annual Scholarship

Caidan Maddux

Kelly Academic Excellence Scholarship

Mary Claire Griner (2x)

Anna Lynn Harms

Delaney Hill

King & Mausz Endowed Scholarship

Michael Wichmann

Leaders of Integrity (Proverbs 20:7) Scholarship

Emily Carol Mills

Lillian Chandler Memorial Scholarship

Anna Lynn Harms

Logan Deen RMI Advisory Board Scholarship

Jacob E. Barham

Mac McEwen Scholarship

Riley Heitschmidt

Malcolm & Betty Miller Endowed Sch. In Risk Mgmt. and Insurance

Robert DeWitt (Witt) Grooms

Mall Family RMI Scholarship

Matthew Wade Measures

Marlene Mints Reed Endowed Scholarship

Jonathan Hall

McDermott and Palacio Scholarship

Andrew Myers

Merrill Henry Cook Risk Mgmt and Insurance Scholarship

Max D. Merrifield

Mickey Newsome Scholarship in Business

Delaney Hill

Andrew Myers

Power Cross

Rachel Strickland

Bennett Wagley

Matthew Wyatt

Motion/Dr. Archie Lockamy Endowed Scholarship

Connor Edel

O’Neal Industries RMI & Ins Sch

Robert Thomas (Trey) Newsome

Outstanding Junior Award in Business

Rachel Lorena Redmon

Pete Petro Scholarship

Haylee Davis

Protective Life Corporation RMI Scholarship

Matthew Wade Measures

Randall J. Freeman Endowed Scholarship

Jennifer (Abigail) Howle

Raymond Earl Box Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Jax Rush

Reidinger-Smith Endowed Scholarship

Sofia Marrufo

RIMS Alabama Chapter Scholarship

Emily Carol Mills

Robert & Camelia Holmes Scholarship

Charles McLean 

Russell H. Stanley Scholarship

Nikolas Scalzo

Samford MBA Alumni Scholarship

Ellen Reid

Scroggins Family Annual Scholarship in Marketing

Matthew Wyatt

Taylor Family Fund

Emily Garrick

Emily Carol Mills

Taylor M. Harsh Internship Award

Alyssa Blackson

Teri & Joe Syslo Endowed Sch

Mary Helen Woods

The Beck and Julie Taylor Scholarship for Brock School of Business

Lynzie Liddell

The Chick-fil-A Midtown Plaza Scholarship

Cade Staley

Thomas D. Russell Scholarship

Ian Viner

Noah Whipple

Thomas McClurg Acheson Memorial Scholarship

Jackson Bryan

Thomas P. Williams Scholarship

Harper Thornbrough

Timothy Willis Memorial Scholarship

Claire Alford

Vulcan Materials Co/Bennie Bumpers Scholarship

Jacob E. Barham

Robert DeWitt (Witt) Grooms

Walter M. Graham Sr. Scholarship

Thomas Figaretti

William D. Geer Scholarship

Charles McLean

William Hester Manly Scholarship

Phoebe Huntington

William J. (Bill) Stevens Endowed Scholarship

Tori Franklin

Michael Hall

Noah Lister

Luke Seeley

RSM Scholarship

Joe Don Anderson

Haylee S. Davis

Lowell Broom ASCPA Scholarship

Andrew Simpson Wallace

Pete Petro Scholarship

Haylee S. Davis 

EY Scholarship

Brooke Nicole May 

Carr, Riggs, Ingram Scholarship

Grace Katherine Gilbert

PWC Endowed Scholarship

Morgan Olivia Negus

Dr. Kay Guess Scholarship

Elana Cassidee Galambus

BMSS Scholarship

Robert L. Tims

Crowe Accounting Scholarship

Christian Sullivan Haworth

Dent Moses Scholarship

Rachel Lorena Redmon

Pearce, Bevill, Leesburg, Moore, P.C. Scholarship

Christopher Aaron Perkins

Alex T. Dickey

Warren Averett Scholarship

Laura Elizabeth Acuff

The Schultz Family Endowed Scholarship

Randolph Berry Woolley

Robert L. Tims

Olivia Jane Schultz

Laura Elizabeth Acuff

Joe Don Anderson

Brooks M. Andrews

Mary Claire Griner

Campbell Elisabeth Richey

Mary Alice Roe

Ashley Faith van Tol

Isaac Christopher McBane

Addison N. McMillen

Morgan Olivia Negus

Christopher Aaron Perkins

Rachel Lorena Redmon

David Luke Shoemaker

Sarah Childress

Richard D. Horsley Beta Gamma Sigma Scholarship

Mary Alice Roe

Luke David Hadigian

Forvis Mazars Accounting Education Scholarship

Brooks M. Andrews

Luke David Hadigian

KPMG Accounting Scholarship

William Perry

Everett G. Lemeron Accounting Scholarship

Olivia Jane Schultz

Professor Frank C. Minter Scholarship

Blake Smith

Deloitte Accounting Scholarship

Andrew Simpson Wallace

Loren F. Fitch Accounting Scholarship

Sarah Childress

Dale Splawn Endowed Scholarship

David Luke Shoemaker

 
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