Each spring, the Virginia Tech Honors College recognizes students who achieved a 4.0 GPA in their first semester of study at Virginia Tech as Norrine Bailey Spencer Strong Start Honorees.

The namesake of the recognition is the late Norrine Bailey Spencer, former associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions and former associate dean of the Pamplin College of Business, who often expressed to students the importance of getting a strong start in their university education.

“It is fitting that this award be named in memory of Norrine,” her husband, Edward Spencer, said. “With an undergraduate mathematics degree and a Ph.D. in educational evaluation and research, she appreciated how important a strong start is in determining cumulative success. Using the mathematical GPA formula, Norrine was very fond of showing students that after the first semester, each succeeding semester has less and less ability to impact one’s overall GPA. It’s the strong start that is so important.”

The following students were recognized this spring for their achievement:

  • Niranjan Aradhey
  • Sophie Atkisson
  • Eve Azano
  • Allison Beck
  • Teylan Becker
  • Taylor Berenbaum
  • Sophia Bhatt
  • Sara Blades
  • Taryn Blitzer
  • Caroline Blom
  • Elena Booth
  • Sarah Boudreau
  • Maryn Brown
  • Jaaziah Burt
  • Nina Cancro
  • Youssef Chebil
  • Eva Choberka
  • Ilyas Choukri
  • Evan Cline
  • Sydnie Coffee
  • Kara Cox
  • Bethany Crittenden
  • Keira Currier
  • Connor Custalow
  • Samanvi Dammalapati
  • Brenna Demko
  • Vivian Denny
  • Juli DesRosiers
  • Christina Dimitropoulos
  • Caique Diogo
  • Emma Duncan
  • Kelley Dwyer
  • Sarah Fuccello
  • Zoe Gainer
  • Nistha Gautam
  • Anna Gomer
  • Coleman Grindstaff
  • Emily Hancock
  • Taylor Harrison
  • Bryce Heinbuch
  • James Hensley
  • Julia Hocker
  • Sarah Hoey
  • Seraphina Hsiao
  • Basem Huneidi
  • Oluwatoni Ikhile
  • Melani Jefferson-Stubblefield
  • Ryan Jeronimus
  • Julia Johansson
  • Carolyn Jones
  • Natalie Kahn
  • Andrew Karayiannis
  • Joan Kariuki
  • Senior Kelly
  • Dohee Kim
  • Ben King
  • Ekaterina Kokinos
  • Summer Kooi
  • Maceo Kwik
  • Benjamin Larrieu
  • Joseph Leonard
  • Thomas Leskoske
  • Jessica Liang
  • Nicky Litle
  • Carson Long
  • Isabella Loreto
  • Sutton Marks
  • Jessica May
  • Luke McClung
  • Matthew Mccollum
  • Megan McMonagle
  • Melana Mendoza
  • Taylor Murrell
  • Anika Natarajan
  • Jillian Newman
  • Gavin Neysmith
  • Sophia Parisi
  • Kira Patel
  • Harrison Pentecost
  • Kira Peters
  • Hannah Poole
  • Eliza Quesenberry
  • Ali Raia
  • Amelia Rawlings
  • Nora Refai
  • Karl Rice
  • Chloe Richard
  • Tarek Rifai
  • Sean Rigdon
  • Julia Rocha
  • Mila Santsaver-Jones
  • Drew Schineller
  • Allison Schock
  • Juan Sebastian
  • Jeremy Sessions
  • Abigail Sharrett
  • Aditi Shukla
  • Sahaj Singh
  • Jackson Smith
  • Brooke Sobolewski
  • Sean Stafford
  • Ty Stephens
  • Mahima Suresh
  • Adi Suresh
  • Kieran Sweeney
  • Divya Tennant
  • Leah Tillman
  • Vidhi Tripathi
  • Shaan Tucker
  • Caleb Turner
  • Ethan VonNida
  • Kyle Walker
  • Tim Wilson
  • Ashley Wilson
  • Eli Wiscarson
  • Micah Wise
  • Mikayla Woodward
  • Charlize Wylde
  • Richard Xu
  • Alayna Zebra
  • Liam Zee