Scholarships & Awards

Each Spring semester, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences hosts an Honors Convocation. At this event, the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies: 

• honors an outstanding graduate of each academic program
• recognizes a significant community partner
• names an outstanding alumnus

Harvey A. Theriot, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Eligible students are full time juniors or seniors pursuing the BS in Health and Physical Education (K-12) degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

• Rosalind Flowers (Spring 2000)
• Beverly Galatas (Fall 2000)
• Tiffany Rauschkolb (Fall 2001)
• Billy Gueldner (Fall 2004)
• Amy Faust Willie (Fall 2005)
• Ross Currier (Fall 2006)
• Rebecca delaGarza (Fall 2008)
• Brad Didier (Fall 2009)
• Candace Johnson (Spring 2010)
• Grace Stiegler (Fall 2012)
• Michael Lachney (Spring 2013)
• Jake Bourgeios (Fall 2014)
• Emily Laurent (Spring 2016)
• Madison Laprarie (Fall 2018

Arthur and Esther deVries Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates must be full-time, junior standing, and have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA. Graduate students must be full time and have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Applicants must demonstrate interest and experience in special needs of the aging and aged.

• Ollie Markens (Fall 1994)
• Lisa Johnson (Fall 1996)
• Andrea Albert (Spring 1997)
• Robin Wright (Fall 1997)
• Crag Callihan (Spring 1998)
• Andrea Toups (Fall 1998)
• Robin Wright (Fall 1998)
• Stacy Meyn (Spring 1999)
• Sherri Adler (Spring 1999)
• Sheila Hughes (Fall 1999)
• Beverly Galatas (Fall 1999)
• Denis Dominique (Spring 2000)
• Janie Hatcher (Fall 2000)
• Wendy McCrimon (Fall 2000)
• Denise Dominique (Spring 2001)
• Robert Kelly (Spring 2001)
• Janie Hatcher (Fall 2001)
• Wendy McCrimon (Fall 2001)
• Sarah White (Fall 2002)
• Melanie Bartmess (Spring 2003)
• Elizabeth Smiley (Fall 2004)
• Dawn Bassett (Fall 2005)
• Craig Thomas (Fall 2006)
• Jim Hall (Fall 2008)
• Chelsie Russell (Spring 2009)
• Brielle Kluka (Spring 2010)
• Hernilda Davis (Fall 2011)
• Leslie Guillory (Fall 2012)
• Rachel Brewer (Spring 2013)
• Carley Short (Fall 2014)
• Katie McReynolds (Fall 2016)
• Whitney Adams (Spring 2017)
• Emily Whittington (Spring 2018)
• Not funded (Fall 2018)

Walter L. Russell Scholarship

Eligible students are full-time undergraduate junior or senior students pursuing a major in the Kinesiology and Health Studies Department with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

• Kristi Bergeron (Fall 1993-Spring 1994)
• Joseph Didier (Fall 1993-Spring 1994)
• Pamela Bettis (Fall 1994-Spring 1995)
• Richard Warner (Fall 1994-Spring 1995)
• Mark Cochran (Fall 1996)
• Letitia Tooraen (Spring 1997)
• Donna Hardy (Fall 1997)
• Helena Polokava (Spring 1998)
• Lisa Billingsley (Spring 1998)
• Stacy Meyn (Spring 1998)
• Alicia Zabala (Fall 1998)
• Brian Bizette (Spring 1999)
• Jacob Thompson (Spring 1999)
• Eric Richard (Fall 1999-Spring 2000)
• Robert Kelly (Fall 2000)
• Brian Hirstius (Spring 2001)
• Robert Kelly (Fall 2001)
• Jeannie Dufrene (Spring 2002)
• Sean Stanton (Fall 2002)
• Emilie Kelley (Spring 2003)
• Justine Vosloo (Fall 2004-Spring 2005)
• Jennifer Culotta (Fall 2005)
• Arden Ballard (Fall 2006)
• Jasmine Ealy (Fall 2008)
• Shawn Bedo (Spring 2009)
• Miguel Larrea (Fall 2010)
• Kyle Macintosh (Fall 2011)
• Tabitha McReynolds (Fall 2012)
• Brandon Leblanc (Fall 2013)
• Tyrone’E Hawkins (Fall 2014)
• Callie Lambert (Spring 2017)
• Emily Whittington (Fall 2018)

John Philip Templet Endowed Scholarship

This scholarship is given in memory of a former undergraduate student, John Templet. John graduated from East Ascension High School in 2005, where he was a very good student and football player. He attended Southeastern for 2 years pursuing a BS in Kinesiology, commuting daily from his hometown of Gonzales. He died in a car accident early one morning in 2008 on his way to Southeastern to exercise at the student health center then attend classes. The scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior level undergraduate student pursuing a major in Kinesiology (Exercise Science or Fitness & Human Performance), who has a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Past recipients include:

• Chelsea Barr (Fall 2011)
• Abbey Smith (Fall 2012)
• Allison Ostendorf (Fall 2014)
• Meghan McInnis (Spring 2016)
• Emily Laurent (Spring 2017)
• Emily Carter (Fall 2018)

Outstanding Graduates

Outstanding Graduate in Athletic Training

• Vanessa Taromina (2004-2005)
• Scott Giardina (2005-2006)
• Chad Dufrene (2006-2007)
• Nicole Finch (2007-2008)
• Melaina Pirie (2008-2009)
• Phillip White (2009-2010)
• Amanda Palazola (2010-2011)
• Nicole Phegley (2011-2012)
• Tabitha McReynolds (2012-2013)
• Katie Becnel (2013-2014)
• Joel Lockhart (2014-2015)
• Anthony Miller (2015-2016)
• Anthony Baham (2016-2017)
• Autumn Brown (2017-2018)
• Kaleigh Vargas (2018-2019)
• Craig Billiot, Jr. (2020)
• Kristen Loving (2021)
• Thomas “Tommy” Nedow (2022)
• Randon McCallum (2023)
• Tyler Albritton (2024)

Outstanding Graduate in Health Sciences

• Yulanda Dyson (2004-2005)
• Kimberly Hauer (2005-2006)
• Fabian Austin (2006-2007)
• Chelsea Clouatre (2007-2008)
• Sarah Bennett (2008-2009)
• Harper Wray (2009-2010)
• Katie Lemoine (2010-2011)
• Henry Rop (2011-2012)
• Nadia Allen (2012-2013)
• Anna Espy (2013-2014)
• Bobijo Bode (2014-2015)
• Ryan Woods (2015-2016)
• Katie McReynolds (2016-2017)
• Darla Donnaud (2017-2018)
• Eryn Brannagan (2018-2019)
• Emily Simeon (2020)
• Christina Ernst (2021)
• Darian Truxillo (2022)
• Rylie Butler (2023)
• Kaylee Bech (2024)

Outstanding Graduate in Health and Physical Education Teacher Education

• Emile Flanagan (1992)
• Joseph Didier (1994)
• Richard Warner (1995)
• Shane Smith (1996)
• Cary Berthelot (1997)
• Kim Thompson (1998)
• Jason Aucoin (2000)
• Brandon Paille (2003)
• Seth Foster (2003)
• Evan Balfantz (2004)
• Leon Hebert (2004-2005)
• Kimberly Jones Stern (2005-2006)
• Ross Currier (2006-2007)
• Sandra Richardson (2007-2008)
• Lindsey Russell (2008-2009)
• Samantha Wilkinson (2009-2010)
• Scott Gaines (2010-2011)
• Joey Roberts (2011-2012)
• Cody Rogillion (2012-2013)
• Meghan Thigpen (2013-2014)
• Roy Misita (2014-2015)
• Kevin Klingman (2015-2016)
• Hannah Tracey (2016-2017)
• Patrick Byrd (2-17-2018)
• Hayli Gillette (2018-2019)
• Tyler Dawsey (2020)
• Reagan Baggett (2021)
• Kaylee Hughes (2022)
• Amanda White (2023)
• Dana Hill (2024)

Outstanding Graduate in Exercise Science

• Justine Vosloo (2004-2005)
• Courtney Hope (2005-2006)
• Dana Castjohn (2006-2007)
• Alex Richerand (2007-2008)
• Emily McMillan (2008-2009)
• Abby Meehan (2009-2010)
• Christy Hutchison (2010-2011)
• Ryan Bermudez (2011-2012)
• Donald Ponzo (2012-2013)
• Rebecca Schnadelbach (2013-2014)
• Erin St Pierre (2014-2015)
• Sophia Epling (2015-2016)
• Elizabeth Leboeuf (2016-2017)
• Madina Vorotnikova (2017-2018)
• Carl Guidry (2018-2019)
• Chloe Chauvin (2020)
• Cameron Diez (2021)
• Leighton Zeigler (2022)
• Nicolle Dardinger (2023)
• Jessica Starring (2024)

Outstanding Graduate in Sport Management

• Janelle Grovey (2004-2005)
• Lauren Fitzmorris (2005-2006)
• Shara Cain (2006-2007)
• Jeremy Barrios (2007-2008)
• Jasmine Ealy (2008-2009)
• Samone Cammon (2009-2010)
• Claressa Farrow (2010-2011)
• Chase Lawson (2011-2012)
• Michael Dupre (2012-2013)
• Erin Sykes (2013-2014)
• Blake Borgstede (2014-2015)
• Brent Wagner (2015-2016)
• Amber Lasher (2016-2017)
• Hannah Schexnailder (2017-2018)
• Kade Granier (2018-2019)
• Mary Anna Jambon (2020)
• Ariyanna Mason (2021)
• Flory Bierma (2022)
• Joshua Freeman (2023)
• Abigayl Cox (2024)

Outstanding Graduate in Fitness and Human Performance

• Brenna Faulk (2004-2005)
• Kacie Thompson (2005-2006)
• Tim Mars (2006-2007)
• Wendy Lester (2007-2008)
• James Whitener (2008-2009)
• Jill Leblanc (2009-2010)
• Jason Schexnayder (2010-2011)
• Claire Ford (2011-2012)
• Alyssa Glover (2012-2013)
• Kana Koenig (2013-2014)
• Brandon Chapoton (2014-2015)
• Sarah Koger (2015-2016)
• Alexis LaPlante (2016-2017)
• Madeline Siau (2017-2018)
• Whitney Lobell (2018-2019)
• Madeline Jenkins (2020)
• Samantha Messina (2021)
• Sarah Shoun (2022)
• Annabelle Young (2023)
• Makenzie Sinagra (2024)

Outstanding Graduate Student

• Sheri Reynolds (2003)
• Jason Aucoin (2004)
• Tiffany Rauschkolb (2004)
• Elliott Pauli (2004-2005)
• Vanessa West (2004-2005)
• Ashlee Loboguerrero (2005-2006)
• Gregory Reeves (2005-2006)
• Ashley Dupre (2006-2007)
• Anne Zaloudek (2006-2007)
• Louvenia Askew (2007-2008)
• Angelique Ortego (2007-2008)
• Kirin Sehgal (2008-2009)
• Katie Keen (2009-2010)
• Brian Williams (2009-2010)
• Brielle Kluka (2010-2011)
• Jenny Ricks (2010-2011)
• Nancy Dardis (2011-2012)
• Tifffany Genola (2012-2013)
• Heather Koepp (2012-2013)
• Greg Mayo (2013-2014)
• Daniel Toups (2013-2014)
• Matthew Reynolds (2014-2015)
• Caitlin Clarke (2014-2015)
• Jessica Osborn (2015-2016)
• Cedric Scotto (2015-2016)
• Corinne Cormier (2016-2017)
• Drew Gourley (2016-2017)
• Alex Bowers (2017-2018)
• Jessica Friley (2017-2018)
• Ebony Glascock (2018-2019)
• Brittany McDaniel (2018-2019)
• Alex Young (2018-2019)

Graduate Scholar Award

• Lauren Himel – Health Studies (2021)
• Danielle Blackwell – Kinesiology (2021)
• Alexandra Tomchek – Health Studies (2022)
• Alexandra Gundersen – Kinesiology (2022)
• Eryn Brannagan – Health Studies (2023)
• Hannah Reck – Kinesiology (2023)
• Flory Bierma – Kinesiology (2024)

Partnership Award

• Strawberry Fields, Inc. (2002)
• Tangipahoa Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council (2003)
• Covington Orthopedics (2004)
• Denham Springs High School (2005)
• North Oaks Community Education (2006)
• Covington High School (2007)
• Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation (2008)
• St. Tammany Parish Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation (2009)
• Jeff Schnitt, North Oaks Sports Medicine (2010)
• Andrew Bechac, Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics (2011)
• Gayle Hatch, Spectrum Fitness (2012)
• Albany Upper Elementary School (2013)
• Gerald Drefahl, Functional Integrated Therapy and Training (2014)
• Tammy Swindle, Cancer Center of Greater New Orleans (2015)
• Health Transition Alliance Program, North Oaks Medical Center (2016)
• Bill Gvoich, Medical Wellness, Spectrum Fitness (2017)
• Child Advocacy Services of Hammond (2018)
• Alyssa Lyon, North Oaks HealthSystem (2019)
• Ryan Barker, Chappapela Sports Park (2021)
• Jason Demelo, Ochsner Sport Performance (2022)
• Tangipahoa—Reshaping Attitudes for Community Change (TRACC) (2023)
• Josh McDaniel, Springfield Middle School (2024)