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2009 Senior Banquet

List of SCO Senior Awards Banquet Honorees

Southern College of Optometry (SCO) hosted its 2009 Senior Awards Banquet the evening prior to the commencement ceremony for 118 graduates. Visit here to read more about the commencement ceremony and to see a full list of graduates.

Students were recognized for their academic and clinical achievements. Following is a list of award recipients, their awards and donor information:

Jennifer York; NBEO Part II Award, $1,000 and plaque

Jarrod Davies; Essilor Labs of America/Southern Optical, $400 award

Scott Paladichuk; Essilor America Crizal Award of Excellence, Digital Corneal Reflex Pupillometer

Tiffany Walters; Heart of America Contact Lens Society, $2,000

Rebecca King; Vistakon/American Optometric Foundation Award of Excellence in Contact Lens Patient Care, $1,000

Tracy Elliott, and Matt Horton; Art Optical, Contact Lens Fitting Set

Lindsay Petrie; CLMA/GP Lens Institute, GP Contact Lens Clinical Excellence Award, GP Diagnostic Set and Plaque

Jared Ivie; X-Cel Contacts Outstanding GP Fitting Award, Contact Lens Fitting Set

Amy Elizabeth Coburn; Southwest Contact Lens Society Endowed Scholarship, $2,000

Ashwynn Halbert; Bausch & Lomb Endowed Scholarship, $1,000

Adam Shupe; LS&S Group Low Vision Award, COIL Pocket Magnifiers Diagnostic Set

Holly Adams; NoIR Low Vision Award, Low Vision Filter Evaluation Kit

Anita Blanchard; Eschenbach Optik Low Vision Award, Spectacle Diagnostic Kit

Tristan Wild; Designs for Vision, Inc.; The William Feinbloom Low Vision Award, $2,000 product certificate and plaque

Ashley Schuelke; Marchon Eyewear Practice Management Award, $1,000 award and plaque

John Adams; Alcon Case Study Scholarship Award, $1,000 scholarship and certificate; Dr. Adams is also the national award winner and will receive an additional $5,000

Joe Sugg; SECO International, Southern Council of Optometrists Clinical Excellence Award, $1,000 scholarship

Lauren Grahl; Dr. Bernard L. Kahn Memorial Endowed Scholarship, $2,000 scholarship

Christina Vranich; Ocular Instruments, Inc., Award of Excellence, $400 in Retinal Lens Product

Melissa Stiling, and Lauren Farwell; Odyssey Medical Partners in Optometry Award, Dry Eye Management Kit

Brandon Dahl; Eagle Vision, Super Eagle Practice Builder’s Kit

Joe Borden; College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Excellence in Vision Therapy Award plaque

Logan Bannister; Stereo Optical Co., Inc., Borish Vectrographic Near Point Card

Jarrod Davies, Victoria Gengenbach, Ashwynn Halbert, Rebecca King, Scott Paladichuk, Ashley Schuelke, Melissa Stiling, Joseph Sugg, Christina Vranich, Jennifer York; Outstanding Clinician Award plaques

Paul Kimball; Ooh La La de Paris, 12 starter frames and $500 cash award

Jennifer York; MiraMed Tech, 20/20 Vision Acuity Software System and lifetime license

Amy Blue; Drs. Fred and Charlene Burnett, Student Research Award, $1,000 and plaque

Rebecca King; Dr. David P. Sloan Memorial Award, $300 award

Kelsey Bloch; Bays Family Service Award, $400 award

David Nigh; Fellowship of Christian Optometrists Spirit Award, $500