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Awards and Honors

2021-2022 Season (9 awards)

BarMUN 
(3 awards)
Kevin Kraef - Best Delegate (Wallace Z. Kolmetz, Emerging Behemoth: Jumia Board of Directors)
Seth Robert Merryman - Honorable Mention (Iraq, Economic and Financial Committee)
RJ Schoen - Verbal Commendation (Uaem-kau, Priest of Ptah, Let Them Eat Loaves: the First Labor Strike against Ramses III)

McMUN (2 awards)
Kevin Kraef - Best Delegate (Gundaker Thomas Starhemburg, Maria Theresa and the War of Austrian Succession, 1740)
RJ Schoen - Best Delegate (Natalie van Gogh (Netherlands), 139th International Olympic Committee​)

ChoMUN (4 awards)
Kevin Kraef - Best Delegate (Septimius Haddudan, Queen of Kings: The Cabinet of Queen Zenobia, 270 A.D.)
RJ Schoen - Verbal Commendation (Tu’ipelehake Viliami Tupoulahi Mailefihi Tuku’aho, It's Tonga Time: Tonga's Transition to Democracy, 2008)
Gavin Trostle - Verbal Commendation (Siamak Nadiri, Guess Coup's Back: Daoud Khan's Afghanistan, 1973)
Anna Rehm - Verbal Commendation (Mohamed Dahalani, C’Mon Mayotte, Why Not?: Independence of Comoros, 1974)

2020-2021 Season (2 awards)

McMUN
(2 awards)
Kevin Kraef - Best Delegate (The Court of the Falcon: Reign of Abd al-Rahmen, Salim Ibn Salm - Minister of the Post)
Zack Beculheimer - Outstanding Delegate (My Kingdom for a Crown: The Dance of the Dragons JCC, Queen Helaena Targaryen)

​2019-2020 Season (4 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking Top 50

BarMUN (2 Awards)
Hanna Foreman - Best Delegate, Belt and Road Initiative
Kevin Kraef - Outstanding Delegate, Pope Leo's Cardinals

McMUN (2 Awards)
Emily Hanson and Ishan Modi- Honorable Delegates, (The Pacific Islands Forum, Niue)
Kevin Kraef - Verbal Commendation, (European Court of Human Rights: Agnes Nagy v. Hungary)

2018-2019 Season (17 Awards) Best delegate ranking: Top 30

ChoMUN
(2 Awards)
Ellie Tingstad - Honorable Mention, (If These Walls Could Talk: Kowloon Walled City, Ma Wa Yeung). 
Ryan Lumsden - Verbal Commendation, (Mid-Life Crisis: Popular Front of Moldova, 1988, Iurie Rosca).

VICS (2 Awards)
Kevin Kraef - Outstanding Delegate, (We're the Exception: Uniting the Mongols, Baidar)
Alison Shereda - Verbal Commendation, (Game of Thrones: The Great Council of 101 AC, Rhaenys Targaryen)

McMUN 2019 (5 Awards)
Pejman Masrouri - Honorable Mention, 
(The Triple Diadochi: Seleucus(Persia), Bagadates I)
Ellie Tingstad - Honorable Mention, (Romulo Betancourt's Venezuela: the Emergence of Consolidated Democracy 1945-1948, Juan Pablo)
Thies Ey - Verbal Commendation, (Miami: The Magic City, 1920-1925, Freddy D'Aquila - "Bootlegger")
Kevin Kraef - Verbal Commendation, (McMUN Consulting, Consultant #10)
Michael Downs - Verbal Commendation, (The Triple Diadochi: Ptolemy(Egypt), Pelagius of Knossos)

UPMUNC 2018 (4 Awards)
Karan Dhillon and Veronica Buschhaus - Best Delegate, (Economic Community of West African States, Ghana)
Thies Ey - Best Delegate, (Avatar the Last Airbender - Earth Kingdom, Aunt Wu)

Hanna Foreman and Alison Shereda - Honorable Mention, (Future Environmental Summit, Ghana)
Michael Downs - Verbal Commendation, (JCC USA National Security Council, General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
​
NCSC 2018 
(2 Awards)
Hanna Foreman - Honorable Mention, (JCC Clash of the Titans: Sino-Soviet Split (China), Xie Fuzhi: Minister of Public Safety)
Eiley Fong - Verbal Commendation, (JCC Battle of the Balkans: The First Balkan War (Balkan League), Sir Edward Grey: Foreign Secretary of Great Britain)

BarMUN 2018 (2 Awards)
Michael Downs - Outstanding Delegate, (Sleeping with the Fishes: The Winter Hill Gang, Richard J. Schneiderhan - Police Lieutenant)
Sean Gibbons - Verbal Commendation, (Secretary General's High Level Board on Mediation, Roza Otunbayeva - Former President of Kyrgyzstan) 

2017-2018 Season (27 Awards)​ Best Delegate Ranking: #18

ChoMUN 2018 (7 Awards) 
Ayelet Zamek - Outstanding Delegate, (Gone With the Wind: The Executive Board of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios,
1945-1965, Benny Thau)
Matthew Rappe - Outstanding Delegate, (JCC from Tehran with Love: The Iranian Revolution, 1977: Ayatollah Khomeini’s Council, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh)
Ryan Lumsden - Honorable Mention, (A little Bit Holy, Not at All Roman, and Not Yet an Empire, the Court of Maria Theresa, 1740, Count János Haller)
Pranit Vengsarkar- Verbal Commendation, (In Her Good Graces: Clans and Company of Grace O’Malley, 1576, Kieran Bourke)
Jillian Riney - Verbal Commendation, (Stand in Solidarity: The Governing Committee of the 1980 Polish Solidarity (Solidarność) Movement,  Lech Kaczyński) 
Ellié Tingstad - Verbal Commendation, (The Fault in our Tsars: The Provisional Government of Russia, 1917, Fyodor Dan)
Michael Downs - Verbal Commendation, (It’s Everybody’s Job: Truman’s Cabinet and the Opening Moves of the Cold War, USA 1948, John E. Hoover)

MUNE 2018 (2 Awards)
Karan Dhillon - Outstanding Delegate (DISEC: North Korean Nuclear Proliferation and Cybersecurity, United States of America) 
Eiley Fong - Honorable Mention (Special Session Of The European Council, The Dissolution of the EU 2025: Aydan Özoğuz, Chancellor of Germany) 

MCMUN 2018 (9 Awards)
Michael Downs - Best Delegate (JCC: The Second Punic War: Rome, Publius Cornelius Scipio)
Veronica Buschhaus - Outstanding Delegate (Office to the Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Gender Issues: Shiraz Arif Mohammed)
Hanna Foreman - Outstanding Delegate (Samsung Board of Directors: Han-Joong Kim)
Harrison Greenleaf - Book Award (Supreme Court of Canada, Counsel for the Crown)
Neal Adams - Book Award (Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank, New Zealand)
Celia Hallan - Book Award (Antarctic Treaty Secretariat, Argentina)
Ellie Tingstad - Book Award (JCC Taiping Rebellion, Qing: Her Chyun)
Ryan Lumsden - Honorable Mention (Times of Troubles, The Rise of the Romanovs: Dmitri Ivanovich, Tsarevich of Russia)
Ayelet Zamek - Honorable Mention (Legislative Council of Hong Kong: Jeffrey Lam)

UPMUNC 2017 (5 Awards)
Tim Faass - Outstanding Delegate, (JCC: The Spanish Conquest, 1519: Aztecs, Cihuacoatl)
Ayelet Zamek - Honorable Mention, (UN Commission on the Status of Women, Israel)

Ellie Tingstad - Honorable Mention, (Deng Xiaoping's Cabinet, Ni Zhifu)
Hanna Foreman - Verbal Commendation, (UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Indonesia)
Karan Dhillon and Veronica Buschhaus - Verbal Commendation, (UN Committee on Information, Nigeria)

​CMUNNY 2017 (4 Awards)
Pejman Masrouri - Best Delegate, (Fulgencio Batista's Cabinet: Cuban Revolution, 1956, Colonel Fernandez Suero)

Matthew Rappe - Outstanding Delegate, (JCC: Kurdish Freedom Movement, 1982-1984: PKK, Kemal Pir)
Hanna Foreman - Honorable Mention, (Summit on Korean Unification: 2017, Joo Ho Young)
Ellie Tingstad - Verbal Commendation, (Meeting of the Chinese Politburo: 2017, Yu Zhengsheng)

2016-2017 Season (22 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking: #21

ChoMUN 2017 (7 Awards) 
Tim Faass - Outstanding Delegate, (Women's Social and Political Union 1908, Norah Elam)
Emily Weiner - Outstanding Delegate, (Creating the Province of Freedom: Sierra Leone 1792, Joseph Leonard)
Ayelet Zamek - Honorable Mention, (Diné1821: the Navajo Before the Reservation Era, Johona Kai)
Katie Higgs - Verbal Commendation, (Pan Am Airways, Chief Financial Officer Oliver Bryton)
Matthew Rappe - Verbal Commendation, (The Presidential Campaign of Mir-Hossein Mousavi 2009,  Omid Kordestani)
Ellié Tingstad - Verbal Commendation, (The Hongs of Canton 1830s, Representative from the Qing Emperor: Bai Yanggu)
Pranit Vengsarkar - Verbal Commendation, (Camelot: The Court of King Arthur, Galeshin)

McMUN 2017 (4 Awards)
Matthew Rappe - Best Delegate, (Guardian Council, Mehdi Shabzendedar)
Ben Monticello - Best Delegate, (Economic Community of West African States, Cape Verde) 
Tim Faass - Outstanding Delegate, (JCC: French and Indian War, Johnathan Belcher: Governor of New Jersey)
Karan Dhillon - Book Award, (Syrian National Congress 1919, Riad al-Solh, Interior Minister)

UPMUNC 2016 (4 Awards)
Ben Monticello and Ayelet Zamek - Best Delegate, (UN Special Session on Drugs, Germany) 
Pejman Masrouri - Honorable Mention, (Medellin Cartel, Griselda Blanco)
Ellie Tingstad - Verbal Commendation (WHO, Germany)
Bob Brown - Verbal Commendation (Article V, Paul Ryan)

BarMUN 2016 (7 Awards)
Aileen Acuna - Outstanding Delegate, (International Court of Justice, James Richard Crawford)
Karan Dhillon - Outstanding Delegate, (JCC: Coastal Divides- Bad Boy Entertainment, Dante Wyatt: Head of Security)
Ben Monticello - Honorable Mention, ( The Five Families of New York, Joseph Profaci: Boss of the Profaci Family)
Tim Faass- Honorable Mention, (Indonesian Intelligence Services, Commander of Detachment-88)
Ayelet Zamek - Honorable Mention, (Office of the Russian Prosecutor General, Nikolai Patrushev)
Michael Downs- Verbal Commendation, (Office of the Russian Prosecutor General, Alexander Emanuilovich)
Amber DeJohn- Verbal Commendation, (Richard the Lionheart, Count Theobald V - Count of Blois)

2015 - 2016 Season (32 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking: #16

​ChoMUN 2016 (5 Awards)
Matthew McLaughlin - Outstanding Delegate (The Southern Axis of Evil: War of the Triple Alliance) 
Ben Monticello - Outstanding Delegate (Goodluck Outta Luck: Special Advisory to the President of Nigeria, 2014)
 Amber DeJohn - Outstanding Delegate (JCC French Revolution: Vive Le Roi)
Ayelet Zamek - Honorable Mention (Bribesville: the Italian Parliament, 1992)
Mathilde Haccart - Verbal Commendation (Calderon's Cabinet: the Mexican War on Drugs)

MUNE 2016 (11 Awards)
Emily Weiner - Outstanding Delegate (The Blacklist: Hollywood Fights Back)
Ben Monticello - Outstanding Delegate (Oh My Gods: How Many Greeks does it Take to Burn Down Troy?)
Tim Faass - Outstanding Delegate (Make America Great Again: Trump Administration Cabinet, 2017)
Thies Ey - Outstanding Delegate (Committee to Restore Gotham City)
Celia Hallan - Honorable Delegate (JCC War of the Roses: House of Lancaster)
Matthew Rappe - Honorable Delegate (Chile 1973: Hanging in the Balance)
Pejman Masrouri - Honorable Delegate (The Wire: New Day Co-Op)
Emma Fedorchuk - Verbal Commendation (JCC War of the Roses: House of York)
Michael Downs - Verbal Commendation (The Blacklist: Hollywood Fights Back)
Veronica Buschhaus - Verbal Commendation (Chile 1973: Hanging in the Balance)
Steven Else - Verbal Commendation (The Xi-Li Administration)

McMUN 2016 (7 Awards)
Outstanding Large Delegation!
Matthew Pitlock - Outstanding Delegate, (Consumer Insights Delegate's Choice: Lucasfilm, Spencer Beidelman, Director)
Mathilde Haccart - Outstanding Delegate, ( (Liberation-Sud) French Resistance Bilingual Committee, Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie)
Ben Monticello - Outsanding Delegate, (Organization for African Unity, African National Congress​)
Aaron Stephens - Outstanding Delegate, (The World Health Organization, Republic of Korea)
Bob Brown - Outstanding Delegate, (The Second Continental Congress, George Washington)
Wally Pelton - Book Award, ( The National Hockey League, Eugene Melnyk, Ottawa Senators)
Tim Faass - Book Award, (The Peloponnesian War, Royal Ephor (Sparta))

UPMUNC 2015 (2 Awards)
Aaron Stephens and Pejman Masrouri - Honorable Mention, (International Atomic Energy Agency, 1957, Turkey) 
Mathilde Haccart and Chas Pelton - Verbal Commendation, (SOCHUM, Turkey)

BarMUN 2015 (7 Awards)
Outstanding Large Delegation!
Matthew McLaughlin - Best Delegate, (Ad-Hoc, Comrade Marcos)
Emily Weiner - Best Delegate, (On Knife's Edge: Burkina Faso, Bibiane Ouedraogo-Boni)
Wally Pelton - Honorable Mention, ( JCC: Falling to Pieces - The Congolese Crisis - Western Coalition, Charles de Gaulle)
Ayelet Zamek - Honorable Mention, (JCC: Harbingers of Death - NORINCO, Jai Chen)
Alexis Noffke - Verbal Commendation, (JCC: Island of Pain - Tamil Tigers, Colonel Vithusha)
Tim Faass - Verbal Commendation, (JCC Island of Pain - Tamil Tigers, Colonel Shankar)
Ben Monticello - Verbal Commendation, (Board of Directors - Sanofi, Robert Castaigne)

2014 -2015 Season (22 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking: Top 50

MUNE 2015 (11 Awards)
Outstanding Large Delegation!
Matthew McLaughlin - Best Delegate, (Banana Wars, Lazaro Chacon Gonzalez)
Tim Faass - Best Delegate, (War Room, Foreign Minister of Jordan)
Ayelet Zamek - Best Delegate, (JCC Clinton, Huma Abedin)
Matt Pitlock - Outstanding Delegate, (Separate but Equal, Martin Luther King Jr.)
Andrew Ford - Outstanding Delegate, (Netflix, Chief Marketing Officer)
Wally Pelton - Honorable Mention, (The Tudors, Thomas Wyatt)
Katie Higgs - Honorable Mention, (World War Z, Shabir Madhi)
Neil Oza - Honorable Mention, (JCC: Obama, Robert Gibbs)
Arturo Ford - Honorable Mention, (Banana Wars, Roy T. Davis)
Alistair Poole - Verbal Commendation, (Separate but Equal, Ella Baker)
Jarren Osmar - Verbal Commendation, (Ocalan's Tea Party, Minister of Culture and Youth)

UPMUNC 2014 (4 Awards)
Oswaldo Gomez & Ramon Feliu- Verbal Commendation,  (DISEC, Brazil)
Emmy Neely- Verbal Commendation, (IMO, Algeria)
Tory Kulesza- Verbal Commendation, (OAS, Brazil)
Ben Monticello- Verbal Commendation, (World Bank, Brazil)

BarMUN 2014 (7 Awards)
Outstanding Large Delegation!
Matthew Pitlock- Best Delegate, (Re-emergence: Sovet Ministrov, Nikolai Tikhonov, First Deputy Chairman
Griffin Graham- Best Delegate, (State Ministry of National Development Planning of Indonesia, Imron Bulkin, Deputy Minister of Planning - Regional Development and Autonomy)
Bryant Hepp- Outstanding Delegate, (On the Edge: Meeting of the Turkish Ministers, Ayşenur İslam, Family)
Eric Straughn- Honorable Mention, (SAVAK, General ★★★ Nader Jahanbani, Deputy Chief of the Imperial Iranian Air Force)
Ramzi Masri-  Honorable Mention, (Indira Gandhi's Personal Advisory Board, Dhirendra Brahmachari, Yoga Instructor to the Prime Minister)
Emily Weiner- Verbal Commendation, (Coalition of Bangladeshi Nationalists, Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, Member of the Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal)
Matthew McLaughlin-
Verbal Commendation, (Ad-Hoc)

2013-2014 Season (25 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking: #18

ChoMUN 2014 (5 Awards)
Kelsey Weyhing- Best Delegate, (Mayhem in the White City: The World's Columbian Exposition, Stuyvesant Fish, Chairman for the Committee on Transportation)
Chris Bourdganis- Verbal Commendation,  (Keep the Red Flag Flying Here: Harold Wilson's Cabinet, Lord President of the Council: Richard Crossman)
Peter Sattler- Verbal Commendation, (Country at a Crossroads: Modern Cabinet of Turkey, Zafer Caglayan- Minister of Economy)
Andrew Roth- Verbal Commendation, (Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Sun Chunlan, Party Chief Tianjin)
Matthew McLaughlin- Verbal Commendation, (Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Sun Laiyan, Chinese National Space Administration)

McMUN 2014 (5 Awards)
Peter Sattler- Outstanding Delegate, (Triple Joint: People Power Revolution - Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)
Chris Bourdganis- Outstanding Delegate, (African Development Bank (AfDB) - South Africa)
Andrew Roth- Outstanding Delegate, (United States Council of Economic Advisors - Steven N. Braun)
Matthew Pitlock- Outstanding Delegate, (Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio - Art Nelson)
Christian Gilson- Outstanding Delegate, (Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) - George St.Pierre)

UPMUNC 2013 (4 Awards)
Peter Sattler- Best Delegate, (Papal Conclave,Cardinal Frederic de Lorraine)
Chris Bourdganis- Best Delegate, (UNECA, South Africa)
Courtney Heyse- & Sam Herzing- Verbal Commendation, (WHO, South Africa)
Matthew McLaughlin- Verbal Commendation, (UNESCO, South Africa)

BarMUN 2013 (11 Awards) 
For the first time in MSUIRO history, we won Best Large Delegation! 
Anzar Abbas- Best Delegate, (CNN: Tom Johnson, President)
Chris Bourdganis- Best Delegate, (Huawei: John Suffolk, Global Cyber Security Officer)
Sam Herzing - Best Delegate, (HSBC Latin America: Sergio Fuentes, Chief Marketing Officier, HSBC Latin America and the Caribbean)
Peter Sattler - Best Delegate, (Somali National Alliance: Ahmed Diriye Ali, Spokesman for the Hawiye traditional elders)
Kelsey Weyhing- Best Delegate, (Irish Republican Army: Gareth Moriarty, Member of Sinn Fein)
Didi Bibi - Outstanding Delegate, (McKinsey and Co.: John Dowdy, Chief Director of Aerospace and Defense)
Cody Schulz - Outstanding Delegate,  ( Halliburton: David J. Conrad III, Senior Vice President and Treasurer)
Jessica Arnold - Honorable Mention, (McKinsey and Co.: Amine Tazi-Riffi, Chairman of McKinsey Africa)
Griffin Graham - Verbal Commendation, (ECHELON: Magdelena Flatt, (UK) Ministry of Defense, Defense Intelligence)
Matthew McLaughlin - Verbal Commendation, (Huawei: Tian Feng, Regional President of Eastern Asia)

2012-2013 Season (22 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking: #24

ChoMUN 2013 (5 Awards) 
Cody Schulz & Claire Gaut - Best Delegate, (France, NATO) 
Sam Herzing - Outstanding Delegate, (Director of Radio, 1960s BBDO Advertising Committee)
Nick DeRyke & Peter Sattler - Honorable, (France, UNSC) 
Kelsey Weyhing - Verbal Commendation, (William O'Brien, Ministry of the First Dail) 
Chris Bourdganis - Verbal Commendation, (Juan de Cartageña, Voyage of Ferdinand Magellan) 

McMUN 2013 (7 Awards) 
Chris Bourdganis- Outstanding Delegate, (United Kingdom, Fourth Emergency Session: Congo Crisis 1960) 
Peter Sattler- Honorable Mention, (Ad-hoc)
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 (Heyse) & Emma Grissom- Book Award, (Ghana, SOCHUM)

UPMUNC 2012 (3 Awards)
Sam Herzing- Honorable Mention, (South Africa- UNIDO)
Christian Gilson & Anzar Abbas- 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 (23 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking: #20

ChoMUN 2012 (8 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)
Nick DeRyke & Robert Morelli- Verbal Commendation, (Republican National Convention 2012)
Peter Sattler- Verbal Commendation, (Forging Europe: The Great General Staff)
Kelsey Weyhing & 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)
Jim Smith - Best Delegate, United Kingdom: NATO, Triple Joint Crisis
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
Dan Sommerville - Honorable Mention, Special Effects #3, Pixar
Joe Habib - Honorable Mention, President of Boeing International, Boeing/Airbus
Chris Bourdganis - Book Award, President of FAS, Federation of American Scientists
Maria Elkin - Book Award, Wikipedia Free Press, The Convention for Media Strategies
Sam Herzing - Book Award, Algeria, UNECA

UPMUNC 2011 (2 Awards)
Chris Bourdganis - Honorable Delegate, Alain Juppe, The Xenothreat Conclave
Tom Nally & Varsha Koduvayur - Verbal Commendation, Netherlands, UNFCCC


CMUNNY 2011 (4 Awards)
Jacob Radecki - Outstanding Delegate, Qin Bangxian, The Xian Conference 1937
Chris Bourdganis - Outstanding Delegate, Belgium, The United Nations Security Council
Jim Smith - Verbal Commendation, Senator Margaret Smith, Historical Ad-Hoc
Peter Sattler - Honorable Delegate, Minister of Justice, Russian Security Council 2012

2010-2011 Season (28 Awards) Best Delegate Ranking: #9

CHOMUN 2011 (9 Awards)
Tom Nally- Best Delegate, Attorney General, Cabinet of Kwame Nkrumah
Ben Lemanski & Maria Elkin- Best Delegate, Mosselle, Senate of the French 5th Republic
Jake Radecki- Outstanding Delegate, Minister of Internal Affairs, Warsaw Uprising 1944
Ben Rosner- Outstanding Delegate, Dir of Intel Gathering and Analysis: IMINT, Mossad
Joe Habib- Honorable Mention, Sec of Treasury, Nixon's USNSC
Jim Smith- Honorable Mention, David Hammond, XE Services LLC
Nick DeRyke & Tim Heyse- Verbal Com, Helmand Province, Grand Council of Afghanistan
Varsha Koduvayur & Mari Manoogian- Verbal Com, Kabul, Grand Council of Afghanistann
Christian Kelly Scott- Verbal Com, Earl of Morton, Acts on Union 1707

McMUN 2011 (10 Awards)
Outstanding Large Delegation Award
 Joe Habib-Best Delegate, (NHL team owner Dave Checketts)
Tom Nally- Best Delegate:  (Brazil in the United Nations Security Council)
Dan Sommerville- Outstanding Delegate, (Tampa Bay Lightening Player Representative in the NHL Players Association)
Chris Bourdganis- Verbal Commendation, (Brazil in the UN Special Commission on the Apartheid, 1963)
Amanda Crissinger- Verbal Commendation, (Cameroon in the UN Special Commission on the Apartheid, 1963)
Shaheen Sheikh & Jake Radecki- Book Award, (Human Rights Watch in the UN Special Commission on the Apartheid, 1963)
Jim Smith- Outstanding Delegate, (Head of Directorate of Operations in the CIA)
Sri Kumar- Book Award, (Brazil on the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice)
Sarah Lanczy- Book Award, (Human Rights Watch in the NGO Forum)
Robert Morelli- Book Award, (Holy See on ECOFIN)

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

BarMUN 2010 (7 Awards)
 Jake Radecki- Best Delegate, (State Council of the PRC, Yang Jang, Minister of State Ethnic Affairs Commission)
Dane Dario- Best Delegate, (Iroquois Confederation, Shaman Rahalla)
Omar Azam- Outstanding Delegate, (Kroll, Blake Coppotelli, Senior Managing Director of Real Estate Integrity Services)
Tom Nally- Outstanding Delegate, (Ad-Hoc Committee of the Secretary-General)
Sri Kumar- Outstanding Delegate, (Libertalia, Nathaniel Colbert)
 John Radcliff - Honorable Delegate, (Hezbollah, Husayn Al-Shami, the Head of Bayt Al-Mal)
John Sparagowski- Honorable Delegate, (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)
Tom Nally- Best Delegate, (GRU, Major-General Feydor Petrosevich, Chief of the Third Direction)
Hayes Brown- Outstanding Delegate, (For God And Country (SIS), "O" Director of Cyber Ops)

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

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

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

2008-2009 Season (23 Awards)

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

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

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

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2007-2008 Season (13 Awards)

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

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

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

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2006-2007 Season (4 Awards)

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

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

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2005-2006 Season (4 Awards)

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

NCSC 2005 (1 Award):
Jason Ardonowski

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

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2004-2005 Season

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2003-2004 Season (10 Awards)

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

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

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2002-2003 Season (21 Awards)

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

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

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

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

NCSC 2002 (1 Award):
Mary Hynes- Best Delegate, (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):
Sandy Amble & Bryan Benjamin- Honorable Mention, (UNDP - Germany)
Louis Brown- Honorable Mention, (Experimental EU -- Germany)
 Jasmine Rivera- Honorable Mention

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

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2000-2001 Season (9 Awards)

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

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

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

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1999-2000 Season (3 Awards)

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

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1998-1999 Season (7 Awards)

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

AMUN 1998 (1 Award):
Marcus Sanborn & Timothy Senk- Best Delegate, (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):
Melissa Beck, Paige Lee- Best Delegate
Mindy Sofen- Honorable Mention


Robert Rodemeyer & Robert Weissert
Conrad Adkins & Louis Brown- Honorable Mention, (DiSec)
Dan Eichinger- Honorable Mention, (OAS)
Elizabeth Demchak- Verbal Commendation, (LAS)
Gillian Sopko- Verbal Commendation, (CPCJ)

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1999-2000 Season (3 Awards)

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

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1998-1999 Season (7 Awards)

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

AMUN 1998 (1 Award):
Marcus Sanborn & Timothy Senk- Best Delegate, (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):
Melissa Beck, Paige Lee- Best Delegate

Mindy Sofen- Honorable Mention
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