The 2021 Belmont Student Leadership Awards took place via the @BelmontU and @Belmonttoday Instagram account stories as “a celebration of student leadership and accomplishment,” on Wednesday, April 7. The virtual award show experience was hosted by Joe Mankowski, director of the Department of Fitness and Recreation, who introduced and congratulated each award-winner.
This year’s award show theme, “You Made It,” highlights the accomplishment of students for completing a full academic year in spite of the pandemic. Dr. AdriAnne Sternberg, dean and director of Student Leadership shared, “We wanted to celebrate the fact that not only did our students make it through the year, but they also accomplished so many great things along the way.”
Each award was announced through a graphic design that was posted to Belmont’s Instagram. The categories included the Aspiring Leader Awards, Emergent Leader Awards, Student Organization and Activities Awards, Tower Award and the Bruin Award.
“It is so inspiring to recognize students who, in the face of everything, committed to investing in themselves, their organizations and their campus. I know I speak on behalf of the Leadership Awards committee (and I imagine on behalf of the whole campus community) when I say thank you to all of our students and we can’t wait to see your continued success in the years to come,” shared Sternberg.
A complete list of award winners can be found below.
| Award Categories | Recipient(s) |
| Student Affairs (General) | |
| Tower Award | Heather Daughtery |
| Bruin Award | Avery Goodwin Cailyn Currie Jacob Storey Jasmine Meriweather Marcus Knight Max Baker Michaela Odian Michelle Dong Sam Traxel Savannah Land |
| BOLD Levels | |
| Aspiring Leader Award | Andrew Estrada Anna Biondi Bailey Smith Emma Wells Kate Ward Nardien Sadik |
| Emergent Leader Award | Brigham Finch DJ Needs Jared Carwile Samantha Urban |
| Student Organization and Activities Award | |
| New Student Organization of the Year | Strong Women in The Making (S.W.I.M.) |
| Student Organization Advisor of the Year | Dr. Amy Crook |
| Student Organization Member of the Year | Alex Hernandez – Belmont Bridge Builders Zaid Hatem – Student Government Association Gabriella Cannone – Belmont Legal and Society Antionedra Maupin – Black Student Association Aidan Riordan – Belmont Kite Club Chloe Vaughn – Tennessee Intercollegiate Student Legislature Raquel Cato – College of Law Black Law Student Association Maddi Landis – United Nations Association at Belmont Evabeth Ellis – Navigators Cara Kim – Asian American Association Ben Carter – Best Buddies Belmont Titus Cody – Black Student Association Sanyourah El-Hulu – Women in Science Joel Engelhardt – Belmont Student Activities Programming Board Genevieve Delano – Public Health Student Association Jade Ryan Hollister – Alpha Gamma Delta |
| Student Organization of the Year | Student Programming Activities Board (S.A.P.B.) |
