Virgil Y.C. Eady Sophomore Service Award
Madeleine Lepley was the 2024 recipient of the Virgil Y.C. Eady Sophomore Service Award, now in its 54th year of recognizing outstanding and selfless service to the Oxford community. The award was presented by Co-Interim Dean of Campus Life Amanda Yu-Nguyen.
The Virgil Y.C. Eady Sophomore Service Award was established 52 years ago in 1969. The Eady Award is the sole student award reserved for commencement and is presented to one sophomore student who has demonstrated outstanding and selfless service to the college community.
This award is named in honor of the late Dean Virgil Eady who ably served the Academy and the College for thirty-seven years. The first Eady Award was given in 1969.
Past Recipients
| 2024 | Madeleine Lepley 24Ox 26C |
| 2023 | Virginia Cano 23Ox 25C |
| 2022 | Sarah Bekele 22Ox 24C |
| 2021 | Hannah Kreuziger 21Ox 23C |
| 2020 | Nicolas Paschetto 20Ox 22B |
| 2019 | Josephine-Mac-Arthur 19Ox 21C |
| 2018 | Samah Meghjee 18Ox 20C |
| 2017 | Jenna Cariker 17Ox 21C |
| 2016 | Cristin Hendrickson 16Ox 18C |
| 2015 | Jhènelle Marie Elder 15Ox 17C |
| 2014 | Chloe G. Donegan 14Ox 16C 24M 24PH |
| 2013 | Amelia Van Pelt 13Ox 15C 17PH |
| 2012 | Khatdija Amin Meghjani 12Ox 14C |
| 2011 | Susanna Elizabeth Brantley 11Ox 13C 13G |
| 2010 | Evan Clayton Dunn 10Ox 12C |
| 2009 | Helen Suzanne Hill 09Ox 11C |
| 2008 | Allison Vinson DeFrees 08Ox 10C |
| 2007 | Safiya Jetha 07Ox 09C |
| 2006 | Marlon Kenneth Rhine 06Ox 08C |
| 2005 | Alexandra Hope Vinson 05Ox 07C |
| 2004 | Michael Holmes Woodworth 04Ox 06C |
| 2003 | Ryan Burns Roche 03Ox 05C |
| 2002 | Jessica Poole Young 02Ox 04B |
| 2001 | Charles Freeman Burnett 01Ox 03C |
| 2000 | Nishima Chudasama 00Ox 02C |
| 1999 | Amee Vinay Tejani 99Ox 01C |
| 1998 | Samuel Tito Jackson 98Ox 00C |
| 1997 | Julie Schwietert Collazo 97Ox 99C |
| 1996 | Toria Crichlow Frederick 96Ox 98B |
| 1995 | Emily Tripp Jameson 95Ox 97C 97G |
| 1994 | Wesley Ray Shealey 94Ox 96C |
| 1993 | Leanne Stone Jones 93Ox 95C |
| 1992 | Johanna Hatch Mackin 92Ox 94C |
| 1991 | Christine Lamback Benitez 91Ox 93C |
| 1990 | Manoj Menon 90Ox 92C |
| 1989 | Laura Rauch Sumner 89Ox 91C |
| 1988 | Daniel Stallings 88Ox 90C |
| 1987 | Deirdre Smith Stewart 87Ox 89C 96MR |
| 1986 | Timothy Mason 86Ox 88C |
| 1985 | Matthew Williams 85Ox 87C |
| 1984 | Madeline Monahan Mittelhammer 84Ox 86C |
| 1983 | Bonnie Brinson 83Ox 84C - deceased |
| 1982 | Jennifer Hough Weston 82Ox 84C |
| 1981 | Mary Gazzola Jeffrey 81Ox 83N - deceased |
| 1980 | Robert Terrell Bass, Jr. 80 Ox 82C |
| 1979 | Mark Lassiter Daniel 79Ox 81C |
| 1978 | Kim Wilder-Dyer 78Ox 80C 83M |
| 1977 | Michael Scott Baxley 77Ox |
| 1976 | Diane Carlson White 76Ox 78B |
| 1975 | Leon Hamrick, Jr. 75 Ox 77C |
| 1974 | Cynthia Ruth Trewhitt 74Ox |
| 1973 | William Thomas Daniel, Jr. 73Ox 75C |
| 1972 | Boyd Henry Ruff 72Ox – deceased |
| 1971 | Jane Gump Lyon 71Ox 73C |
| 1970 | Nancy Lee Aertker O’Brien 70Ox 72N |
| 1969 | Joseph Vincent Siry 69Ox 71C |