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Awards & Honors

2012-2013 Season
 
ChoMUN 2013 (7 Awards)
 
Claire Gaut – Best Delegate (France, NATO)
 
Cody Schulz – Best Delegate (France, NATO)
 
Sam Herzing – Outstanding Delegate (Director of Radio, 1960s BBDO Advertising Committee
 
Nick DeRyke – Honorable (France, UNSC)
 
Peter Sattler – Honorable (France, UNSC)
 
Kelsey Weyhing – Verbal Commendation (William O’Brien, Ministry of the First Dail)
 
Christopher Bourdganis – Verbal Commendation (Juan de Cartageña, Voyage of Ferdinand Magellan)
 
McMUN 2013 (8 Awards)
 
Chris Bourdganis- Outstanding Delegate (United Kingdom, Fourth Emergency Session: Congo Crisis 1960)
 
Robert Morelli- Book Award (Holy See, UNHCR)
Hannah Poole- Book Award (Wilhelm Frick/ Andrei Gromyko,German Olympics 1936/1972)

Neil DeSouza- Book Award (Yuri Kvasnikov,KGB)

Christian Gilson- Book Award (Djibouti, Organization of Islamic States)

Courtney Bonner- Book Award (Ghana, SOCHUM)

Emma Grissom- Book Award (Ghana, SOCHUM)

Peter Sattler- Honorable Mention (Ad-hoc)

UPMUNC 2012 (4 Awards)

Sam Herzing- Honorable Mention (South Africa- UNIDO)

Anzar Abbas- Verbal Commendation (South Africa- DISEC)

Christian Gilson- Verbal Commendation (South Africa- DISEC)

Nick DeRyke- Verbal Commendation (Frankie “Yale” Ioele- The Prohibition)

BarMUN 2012 (7 Awards)

Nick DeRyke- Best Delegate (David Mitchelson*- Senior Partner – Estates and Personal Specialist, Sullivan & Cromwell)
Neil DeSouza- Honorable Mention (LE Trong Tan- Deputy Commander of the Liberation Army, Communist Party of North Vietnam)
Chris Bourdganis- Verbal Commendation (Tom DONILON- National Security Advisor, United States National Security Council)
Kelsey Weyhing- Verbal Commendation (PHAM Van Dong- Premier of North Vietnam, Communist Party of North Vietnam)
Jessica Arnold- Verbal Commendation (Miguel Morais Leitao- Minister of European Affairs, Estado Novo of Portugal)
Peter Sattler- Verbal Commendation (MATLUBOV Bahodir Ahmedovich- Minister of Internal Affairs, Cabinet of the Republic of the Uzbekistan)
Michael Siegel- Verbal Commendation (Gen. Gholamreza BAGHBANI- Director of Operations, South and Latin America, Quds Force)

2011-2012 Season (26 Awards)

ChoMUN 2012 (10 Awards)

Jake Radecki- Outstanding Delegate (The New Space Race- NASA)
Anzar Abbas- Outstanding Delegate (Forging Europe: Emanuele II’s Council)
Chris Bourdganis- Honorable Mention (The Prince of Italy: Cesare Borgia)
Amanda Crissinger- Honorable Mention (United Nations Mission in Sudan)
Robert Morelli- Verbal Commendation (Republican National Convention 2012)
Nick DeRyke- Verbal Commendation (Republican National Convention 2012)
Peter Sattler- Verbal Commendation (Forging Europe: The Great General Staff)
Kelsey Weyhing- Verbal Commendation (The Smoke-Filled Aquarium: Open Government Working Group)
Mari Manoogian- Verbal Commendation (The Smoke-Filled Aquarium: Open Government Working Group)
Varsha Koduvayur- Verbal Commendation (Woman’s Voices Rising: Underground Woman’s Council in Iran, 1910)

McMUN 2012 (9 Awards)

Christopher Bourdganis – Book Award, President of FAS, Federation of American Scientists
Maria Elkin – Book Award, Wikipedia Free Press, The Convention for Media Strategies
Joe Habib – Honorable Mention, President of Boeing International, Boeing/Airbus
Sam Herzing – Book Award, Algeria, UNECA
Tom Nally – Best Delegate, Commanding Officer of Narcotics, NYPD
Jake Radecki – Outstanding Delegate, Minister of Regional Cooperation, South Sudan
Peter Sattler – Outstanding Delegate, Augusto R. Martinez Sanchez, Cuba, 1959
Jim Smith – Best Delegate, United Kingdom: NATO, Triple Joint Crisis
Dan Sommerville – Honorable Mention, Special Effects #3, Pixar

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UPMUNC 2011 (3 Awards)
Tom Nally – Verbal Commendation, Netherlands, UNFCCC
Varsha Koduvayur – Verbal Commendation, Netherlands, UNFCCC
Christopher Bourdganis – Honorable Delegate, Alain Juppe, The Xenothreat Conclave

CMUNNY 2011 (4 Awards)

Jim Smith – Verbal Commendation, Senator Margaret Smith, Historical Ad-Hoc
Peter Sattler – Honorable Delegate, Minister of Justice, Russian Security Council 2012
Jacob Radecki – Outstanding Delegate, Qin Bangxian, The Xian Conference 1937
Christopher Bourdganis – Outstanding Delegate, Belgium, The United Nations Security Council

2010-2011 Season (32 Awards)

CHOMUN 2011 (12 Awards)
Tim Heyse- Verbal Com, Helmand Province, Grand Council of Afghanistan
Nick DeRyke- Verbal Com, Helmand Province, Grand Council of Afghanistan
Varsha Koduvayur- Verbal Com, Kabul, Grand Council of Afghanistan
Mari Manoogian- Verbal Com, Kabul, Grand Council of Afghanistan
Christian Kelly Scott- Verbal Com, Earl of Morton, Acts on Union 1707
Joe Habib- Honorable Mention, Sec of Treasury, Nixon’s USNSC
Jim Smith- Honorable Mention, David Hammond, XE Services LLC
Jake Radecki- Outstanding Delegate, Minister of Internal Affairs, Warsaw Uprising 1944
Ben Rosner- Outstanding Delegate, Dir of Intel Gathering and Analysis: IMINT, Mossad
Tom Nally- Best Delegate, Attorney General, Cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah
Ben Lemanski- Best Delegate, Mosselle, Senate of the French 5th Republic
Maria Elkin- Best Delegate, Mosselle, Senate of the French 5th Republic

McMUN 2010 (11 Awards)
Outstanding Large Delegation Award
Verbal Commendation: Chris Bourdganis (Brazil in the UN Special Commission on the Apartheid, 1963)
Verbal Commendation: Amanda Crissinger (Cameroon in the UN Special Commission on the Apartheid, 1963)
Best Delegate: Joe Habib (NHL team owner Dave Checketts)
Book Award: Sri Kumar (Brazil on the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice)
Book Award: Sarah Lanczy: (Human Rights Watch in the NGO Forum)
Book Award: Robert Morelli: (Holy See on ECOFIN)
Best Delegate: Tom Nally (Brazil in the United Nations Security Council)
Book Award: Jake Radecki (Human Rights Watch in the UN Special Commission on the Apartheid, 1963)
Book Award: Shaheen Sheikh (Human Rights Watch in the UN Special Commission on the Apartheid, 1963)
Outstanding Delegate: Jim Smith (Head of Directorate of Operations in the CIA)
Outstanding Delegate: Dan Sommerville (Tampa Bay Lightening Player Representative in the NHL Players Association)

UPMUNC 2010 (2 Awards)
Verbal Commendation: Dane Dario (Aztec Empire, Matlal, Chief Advisor to the Lord of Toluca)
Verbal Commendation: Chris Bourdganis (UNDP, Ukraine)

BarMUN 2010 (7 Awards)
Best Delegate: Jake Radecki (State Council of the PRC, Yang Jang, Minister of State Ethnic Affairs Commission)
Best Delegate: Dane Dario (Iroquois Confederation, Shaman Rahalla)
Outstanding Delegate: Omar Azam (Kroll, Blake Coppotelli, Senior Managing Director of Real Estate Integrity Services)
Outstanding Delegate: Tom Nally (Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General)
Outstanding Delegate: Sri Kumar (Libertalia, Nathaniel Colbert)
Honorable Delegate: John Radcliff (Hezbollah, Husayn Al-Shami, the Head of Bayt Al-Mal)
Honorable Delegate: John Sparagowski (Department of Peace-Keeping Operations, Major General Natalio C. Ecarma, Head of Mission and Force Commander, UN Disengagement Observer Force)

2009-2010 Season (20 Awards)

ChoMUN 2010 (2 Awards)
Best Delegate: Tom Nally (GRU, Major-General Feydor Petrosevich, Chief of the Third Direction)
Outstanding Delegate: Hayes Brown (For God And Country (SIS), “O” Director of Cyber Ops)

McMUN 2010 (9 Awards)
Best NGO: International Committee of the Red Cross (Allie Carter, Effy Folberg, Meghan O’Malley, Sarah Lanczy)
Best Delegate: Chris Roman (UNEP, United States)
Outstanding Delegates: Amanda VanderMeulen and Kelly Steffen (WHO, United States)
Verbal Commendation: Noel Schroeder (WTO, United States)
Book Award: Ben Arbitter (Mexican Drug War, Minister of the Interior)
Book Award: Steve Lawson (1971 India-Pakistan War, General Tikka Khan)
Book Award: Christian Scott (UNIDO, United States)
Book Award: Joe Habib (G-20, Director of the IMF)
Book Award: Meghan O’Malley (International Committee of the Red Cross)

UPMUNC 2009 (3 Awards)
Honorable Mention: Angela Wharton (LOST, Sayyid Jarrah)
Verbal Commendation: Stephanie Hall (SOCHUM, South Africa)
Verbal Commendation: Kareem Seifeldin (Iranian Council of Ministers, Minister of Commerce)

NCSC 2009 (8 Awards)
Best Delegate: Tom Nally (UN Peacebuilding Commission, South Africa)
Outstanding Delegate: Steve Lawson (Israeli Cabinet, Abba Eban)
Outstanding Delegate: Sarah Abramson (U.S. Senate 1850, John C. Calhoun)
Honorable Mention: Ben Arbitter (Congo, African Union)
Honorable Mention: Michael Mersol-Barg (Cabinet of Myanmar, 2010)
Honorable Mention: Hayes Brown (Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary General
Verbal Commendation: Monika Johnson (Indian Parliament)
Verbal Commendation: Chris Roman (Union for the Mediterranean, Syria)

2008-2009 Season (23 Awards)

ChoMUN 2009 (6 Awards):
Outstanding Delegate: Angela Wharton (MGM Studios, Irving Soderberg)
Honorable Mention: Hayes Brown (White House Senior Staff, Ellen Moran)
Honorable Mention: Tom Nally (The War for Chicago: Chicago Police, William Stayton)
Honorable Mention: Nathan Bashaw (1792 French Legislature, Nicolas Louis de Neufchateau)
Verbal Commendation: Monika Johnson (NBC-Universal Board of Directors, Lynn Calpeter)
Verbal Commendation: Steve Lawson (Iranian Expediency Council, Parviz Davoodi)

McMUN 2009 (10 Awards):
Honorable Mention: Megan Holland & Tom Nally (DiSec, Ethiopia)
Honorable Mention: Michael Mersol-Barg & Matthew Sunderlin (SpecPol, Germany)
Honorable Mention: Monika Johnson (Committee on the Rights of the Child, Canada)
Honorable Mention: Noel Schroeder (Colombian Cabinet 2008, Juan Santos Calderon)
Verbal Commendation: Amanda VanderMeulen & Kelly Steffen (DiSec, Germany)
Verbal Commendation: Han Lee & Christian Scott (SpecPol, Republic of Korea)
Verbal Commendation: Allie Carter (NGO Forum, International Crisis Group)
Verbal Commendation: Stephanie Hall (ICTY, Justice Hall)
Verbal Commendation: Kareem Seifeldin (Israeli Cabinet 1967, Moshe Kol)
Verbal Commendation: Hayes Brown (Georgian Gambit: NATO 2008, France)

UPMUNC 2008 (7 Awards):
Outstanding Delegate: Ben Muz & Tom Nally (SpecPol, Brazil)
Honorable Mention: Steve Lawson & Cameron Tindall (Legal, Croatia)
Honorable Mention: Monika Johnson (UNDP, Brazil)
Verbal Commendation: MJ Crawford & Lian Lin (DiSec, Brazil)
Verbal Commendation: Chris Roman (SocHum, Brazil)
Verbal Commendation: Hayes Brown (Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson)
Verbal Commendation: Sarah Abramson (Arab-Israeli Summit of 2013, Gordon Brown)

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2007-2008 Season (13 Awards)

ChoMUN 2008 (3 Awards):
Outstanding Delegate: Sarah Abramson & Steve Lawson (UNSC, South Africa)
Honorable Mention: Mike Mersol-Barg (The Great Game: Russia)
Honorable Mention: Hayes Brown (The Great Game: Britain)

McMUN 2008 (8 Awards):
Best Delegate: Noel Schroeder (Great War of Africa, Min of Interior)
Best Delegate: Alex Plum (ICC, Justice Plum)
Honorable Mention: Monika Johnson & Angela Wharton (SpecPol, Oxfam)
Verbal Commendation: Hayes Brown (BOP 1985: Seven Party Alliance, Burhanuddin Rabbani)
Verbal Commendation: Sarah Abramson (ExCom UNHCR, Iran)
Verbal Commendation: John Sparagowski & Nick Bourjaily (SpecPol, Iran)
Verbal Commendation: Bethanne Pontious (UNCSW, Iran)
Verbal Commendation: Tanya Rodriguez (UNDP, Oxfam)

UPMUNC 2007 (2 Awards):
Honorable Mention: Matt Sunderlin (SpecPol, Iran)
Verbal Commendation: Hayes Brown (China 2020, Min. National Defense)

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2006-2007 Season (4 Awards)

McMUN 2007 (3 Awards):
Best Delegate: Alex Plum (Kosovo Liberation Army, Hashim Thaci, Political Leader)
Best Delegate: Hayes Brown (BOP: Balkan Gambit, Vlastimir Djordevic, Public Security)
Honorable Mention: Kim Bos (IAEA, Sweden)

UPMUNC 2006 (1 Award):
Verbal Commendation: Dan Schaffer (ESCAP, DPRK)

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2005-2006 Season (4 Awards)

McMUN 2006 (2 Awards):
Honorable Mention: Sean Williamson (BOP 1969: Viet Nam, Press Secretary Ron Ziegler)
Verbal Commendation: Cat Batsios (IAEA, Ghana)

NCSC 2005 (1 Award):
Jason Ardonowski

UPMUNC 2005 (1 Award):
Honorable Mention: Sean Williamson (UNSC, Greece)

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2004-2005 Season

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2003-2004 Season (10 Awards)

McMUN 2004 (4 Awards):
Outstanding Delegate: Sean Williamson (Org for Intl Security and Coop BOP: 2024, Australia)
Honorable Mention: Brad Wilson & Felicia Eshragh (SOCHUM, Syria)
Honorable Mention: Tony Senagore (Summit on the Caucasus Region, Russia)
Verbal Commendation: Matt Thome (Japanese Ministerial Crisis 2008, Tanaka Makiko)

UPMUNC 2003 (6 Awards):
Outstanding Delegate: Tony Senagore (Commission on Narcotics, China)
Honorable Mention: Brad Wilson and Katie Jones (Legal, Iran)
Honorable Mention: Jason Ardanowski (UNCHR, China)
Verbal Commendation: Sarah Mars (Commission on Narcotics, Thailand)
Verbal Commendation: Sean Williamson (Commission on Science and Technology, China)
Verbal Commendation: Dave Brumbaugh (United Nations Security Council, China)

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2002-2003 Season (21 Awards)

CANIMUN 2003 (7 Awards):
Best Delegate: Jason Ardanowski (Summit on HIV/AIDS, Somalia)
Best Delegate: Daniel Eichinger (UN Security Council, United States)
Best Delegate: Matthew Thome (ASEAN +3 Ministerial Crisis, Vietnam)
Outstanding Delegate: Claire Munger (Summit on HIV/AIDS, United States)
Outstanding Delegate: Robert Rodemeyer (Legal, Ecuador)
Honorable Mention: Sandra Amble (Social Humanitarian and Cultural, United States)
Honorable Mention: Edward Little (Millennium Assembly, United States)

HNMUN 2003 (1 Award):
Best Delegate: Edward Little & Claire Munger (UN Environment Programme, Nigeria)

McMUN 2003 (4 Awards):
Best Delegate: Jason Ardanowski (Social and Legal, United States)
Best Delegate: Daniel Eichinger (Political and Security, United States)
Best Delgeate: Bret Jackson (Political and Security, Cuba)
Best Delegate: Gordon Jimison (Political and Security, Germany)

UPMUNC 2002 (8 Awards):
Outstanding Delegate: Daniel Eichinger (Security Council, China)
Outstanding Delegate: Gordon Jimison (Economic and Financial, Argentina)
Honorable Mention: David Brumbaugh (Economic and Financial, China)
Honorable Mention: Jason Ardanowski & Bret Jackson (Special Political, China)
Verbal Commendation: Thomas Adams & Antonio Senagore (Disarmament, Lebanon)
Verbal Commendation: Mary Hynes & Scott Risner (Social Humanitarian Cultural, China)
Verbal Commendation: Michael Stone (Commission on Human Rights, China)
Verbal Commendation: Daniel Vagasky (Commission on Science & Technology, China)

NCSC 2002 (1 Award):
Best Delegate: Mary Hynes (Hungarian Cabinet)

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2001-2002 Season (5 Awards)

UNA-USA 2002:
Felicia Eshragh and Scott Risner will present at the UNA-USA Model UN Summit and Leadership Conference

HNMUN 2002 (3 Awards):
Honorable Mention: Sandy Amble & Bryan Benjamin (UNDP – Germany)
Honorable Mention: Louis Brown (Experimental EU — Germany)
Honorable Mention: Jasmine Rivera

McMUN 2002 (2 Awards):
Honorable Mention: Daniel Eichinger & Robert Rodemeyer (SpecPol, Nigeria)
Honorable Mention: Jamie Pierson (Summit on Genomics & Biotech, Nigeria)

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2000-2001 Season (9 Awards)

HNMUN 2001 (2 Awards):
Best Delegate: Elizabeth Demchak (WHO — Pakistan)
Honorable Mention: Louis Brown & Kurt Hines (DiSec — Pakistan)

McMUN 2001 (2 Awards):
Honorable Mention: Louis Brown & Jerren Osmar (DiSec — Algeria)
Honorable Mention: Daniel Eichinger & Robert Rodemeyer (Summit on Racism — Algeria)

UPMUNC 2000 (5 Awards):
Outstanding Delegate: Robert Rodemeyer & Robert Weissert (DiSec)
Honorable Mention: Conrad Adkins & Louis Brown (DiSec)
Honorable Mention: Dan Eichinger (OAS)
Verbal Commendation: Elizabeth Demchak (LAS)
Verbal Commendation: Gillian Sopko (CPCJ)

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1999-2000 Season (3 Awards)

NAMUN 2000 (3 Awards):
Honorable Mention: Louis Brown & Elizabeth Demchak (SpecPol)
Honorable Mention: Aaron Jost (NATO)
Honorable Mention: Inga Ndibongo & Melissa Winchester (Special Commission on Women)

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1998-1999 Season (7 Awards)

HNMUN 1999 (6 Awards):
Best Delegate: Marcus Sanborn
Honorable Mention: Melissa Beck
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Demchak
Honorable Mention: Gale Govaere & Sujata Shah
Honorable Mention: Jeff Hegneveld & Aaron Jost
Honorable Mention: Mindy Sofen

AMUN 1998 (1 Award):
Best Delegate: Marcus Sanborn & Timothy Senk (International Court of Justice)

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1997-1998 Season (2 Awards)

NMUN 1998:
Mindy Sofen will direct the General Assembly Meeting, a by-application graduate student activity

HMUN 1998 (2 Awards):
Best Delegate: Melissa Beck, Paige Lee
Honorable Mention: Mindy Sofen

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