Student Awards
GW Ramsey Scholars
The top ten students across all of our classes are selected as Ramsey Scholars every academic year, and each student receives a $5,000 financial award. The program was started in academic year 2019 and the GW Investment Institute has awarded $300,000 to students to date. These financial awards are funded from a portion of the endowment payout from the GW Ramsey Student Investment Fund designated for the Ramsey Scholars program. The fund was launched in 2005 with seed funding from Russ and Norma Ramsey.
Award Criteria
- Both undergraduates and graduates are eligible.
- Academic performance in class.
- Enroll in and successfully complete one of the GW Investment Institute associated classes.
- Leadership outside of class, general dedication to learning, working well with their teams and being a positive force for others.
Ramsey Scholars 2024
- Arian Agadi, B.S. Finance
- Charlotte Bell, B.S. Finance
- Richelle Charisse, B.S. Business
- Serena Colyer, B.S. Finance & Int. Affairs
- Elizabeth Ellis, B.S. Applied Mathematics & Finance
- Gabriela Giraldo, B.S. Business
- Nathan Nguyen, B.S. Business
- Laura Null, B.S. Finance
- Kai Pourzanjani, B.S. Finance & Business Analytics
- Yaseen Shah, B.S. Finance
Ramsey Scholars 2023
- Will Ahrens, B.S. Finance
- Ameen Iraqi, B.B.A. Int. Business & Finance
- Leon Kamenev, B.S. Int. Affairs & Finance
- Zach Kovach, B.S. Finance
- Eamon Lin, B.S. Finance & B.S. Economics
- Barikisu Sumara, M.B.A.
- Chapman Roper, B.B.A. Finance
- Alyssa Shen, B.S. Finance & B.S. Economics
- Nicolle Ugarte, B.B.A. Political Science & Finance
- Hilal Uyanik, M.S. Management
Ramsey Scholars 2022
- Kayla Albano, BS Finance
- Hatoun AlHazmi, BS Finance
- Vicki Deng, BS Finance
- Viktoriia Godunova, MBA
- Trevor Haen, BS Finance
- Austin Lai, BBA Finance
- Josh Luberda, BS Finance
- Carolina Ortega, BS Finance
- Dasha Vavilava, BS Finance
- Jack Wilson, BS Economics & Finance
Ramsey Scholars 2021
- Jakub Behun, BBA Finance
- Olivia Eckstein, BBA Finance
- David Lilla, BBA Finance
- Vikram Vignesh Nallakrishnan, BBA Finance
- Zihan Ni, BBA Finance
- Taylor Pischke, Global MBA
- Victoria Schmit, BS Finance
- Jeff Siaw, Global MBA
- Jiajun Zhong, B.S. Finance
- Lexington Zografakis, BBA in Finance
Ramsey Scholars 2020
- Christophe de Montille, MBA & MA Int. Economic Policy
- Jordi Halle, BBA Real Estate
- Charlie Horton, BBA Finance
- Isabella Joseph, BBA Finance
- Skye Kussmann, MBA
- Max Leo, BBA Real Estate
- Joseph Pecora, BS Finance
- Mantong Pei, BS Finance
- Elizabeth Voss, MS Accountancy
- Dinesh Prabaharan, BBA Finance
Ramsey Scholars 2019
- Solomon Abrams, BBA Finance
- Patrick Archer, BBA Finance
- Judy Chen, BBA Finance
- Paul Fagan, BBA Finance
- Giulia Genovese, BS Finance & BS Economics
- Stephen McAuley, BBA Finance
- Rebecca Neteler, BBA Finance
- Ciry Cabrera Padovani, MBA
- Autumn Trowbridge, BS Finance & BA Int. Affairs
- David Yankovich, MBA
GW Investment Institute Leadership Awards
The GW Investment Institute Leadership Award is open to all undergraduate and graduate students at GW. Students must have taken a GW Investment Institute-associated class (such as the Ramsey Student Investment Fund or the Quant Student Investment Fund) and/or students must have made a consistent and material contribution to the GW Investment Institute.
Students must have also demonstrated leadership at GW — for example, by leading and/or participating in student organizations, helping other students, working on projects that benefit students beyond themselves, or leading fruitful and challenging discussions in and out of the classroom.
Award recipients receive recognition from the GW Investment Institute and a $2,000 financial award. The GW Investment Institute Leadership Award was started in the academic year 2019 and $22,000 has been awarded to students to date.
Leadership Award Recipients 2024
- Will Ahrens, BS Accountancy & Finance
- Rhys Chambers, BS Computer Science & Int. Business
- Yaseen Shah, BS Finance
Leadership Award Recipients 2021
- Ethan Baron, BS Finance & BS Computer Science
- Aizhan Daniyarkyzy, BS Finance & BS Economics
- Samantha Horowitz, BBA Finance
- Oya Houalla, BS Finance & Mathematics
- Hannah Jackman, BS Finance & BS Economics
- Amelia Larkin, BBA Finance
- Jodie Lian, BBA Finance
- Yejide Olutosin, MBA
- Sam Rivere, BBA Finance
- Madison Walenda, BBA Finance & BA Economics
- Alex Win, MBA
Leadership Award Recipients 2020
- Suzanne Dannheim, BBA Finance
- Jiajun Zhong, BS Finance
- Mary DePond, BBA Finance
- Xintong Li, BS Finance
- Nikolai Bottitta, BS Finance