Awards - Cal-Neva AFS Chapter

Check out our annual awards!

You can learn about the chapter’s annual awards here. Know someone or a group that deserves one of these awards? Please send a 5-7 sentence nomination to awards.afs.calneva@gmail.com. In your nomination, please specify which award is the best fit and why.

You can review all award recipients in Cal-Neva AFS’s history here.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Cal-Neva AFS awarded the Special Contributions Award to the following individuals in 2026:

Katrina Martens Memorial Award
- Dani Hartwigsen

Nina Jo Kogut Memorial Award
- Olivia Boebertiz

Best Student Talk
- Kelly Goedde-Matthews
- Runner Up: Brandi Goss
- Second Runner Up: Alec Bauer

Best Student Poster
- Rizelle Mae Mazon

Travel Grants
- Kelly Goedde-Matthews
- Karina Arzuyan

Special Contributions Awards
- Christina Parker
- Kim Luke
- Dennis Finger
- Wayne Lifton

Congratulations to All!