Math Department Awards

The K. Brooks and Marion Reid Student Achievement Awards

The CSUSM Department of Mathematics is excited to announce awards for CSUSM students for academic performance in the academic year 2026-27. Thanks to a generous donation by the Founding Librarian Dean and Librarian Emerita Marion Reid and Founding Faculty Member and Professor Emeritus K. Brooks Reid, the department is able to give awards to students at the end of the fall and spring semesters. The awards distinguish students that have shown exceptional accomplishments in Algebra/Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Probability/Statistics, and graduate-level coursework.

Faculty members who teach these courses will form an award committee to determine the awardees for the academic year.

• Fall 2026 Reid Graduating Student Achievement Award

  The K. Brooks and Marion Reid Fall-graduate Student Achievement Award will be awarded to undergraduate students, based on academic performance (exams, presentations, papers, or final grade) in mathematics course(s) in the Fall of 2026. The awardee will be announced at the end of the Fall 2025 semester and will receive a $600 award.

  The purpose of this award is to recognize an undergraduate student graduating in Fall 2026 who would normally be eligible for a 2026-27 Reid Award (in Discrete
  Mathematics, Algebra, Analysis, or Probability/Statistics) but will not be eligible if they graduate in Fall 2026.

  Fall 2026 Reid Graduating Student Achievement Award Requirements

  2025 Awardee: Stella Muehlhausen

• Reid Algebra Student Achievement Award

  The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in Algebra upper division or graduate course(s).

  2026-27 Reid Algebra Student Achievement Award Requirements

  2026 Awardees: Kristy Franco Niebles

  *Prior to Spring 2026, this award given to a student in Algebra or Analysis.
  2025 Awardee: Mackenzie Cox
  2024 Awardee: Carmen Gutierrez
  2023 Awardee: Cameron Ginn

• Reid Analysis Student Achievement Award

  The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in Algebra or Analysis upper division or graduate course(s).  

  2026-27 Reid Analysis Student Achievement Award Requirements

  2026 Awardee: Diana Gracia and Daniel Villanueva

  *Prior to Spring 2026, this award given to a student in Algebra or Analysis.
  2025 Awardee: Mackenzie Cox
  2024 Awardee: Carmen Gutierrez
  2023 Awardee: Cameron Ginn

• Reid Discrete Mathematics Student Achievement Award

  The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in Discrete Mathematics upper division or graduate course(s).  

  2026-27 Reid Discrete Mathematics Student Achievement Award Requirements

  2026 Awardees: Michael Guzman and Cipriana Rodriguez

  2025 Awardee: Renton McGregor
  2024 Awardee: Thomas Cameron
  2023 Awardee: Tyler Weaver

• Reid Graduate Student Achievement Award

  The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in their graduate course(s). A student cannot receive this award twice.

  2026-27 Reid Graduate Student Achievement Award Requirements

  2026 Awardee: Elizabeth Goehe

  2025 Awardee: Ian Tullis
  2024 Awardee: Trevor Ryback
  2023 Awardee: Haoyang Lu

• Reid Probability/Statistics Student Achievement Award

  The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in a Probability or Statistics upper division or graduate course(s).

  2026-27 Reid Probability/Statistics Student Achievement Award Requirements

  2026 Awardee: Kayla Barrett

Outstanding Faculty-Student Collaboration

The Outstanding Faculty-Student Collaboration Award honors a tenure-track faculty member and a student from each department in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics for achievement in the area of collaboration on a project related to research and/or teaching.  CSTEM prides itself on active student research and the teacher-scholar model. This award will showcase how closely our faculty work together with our students on innovative projects, while helping our students learn and grow from the experience.  

2026 Awardees: Dr. Shahed Sharif and Jacob Mendenhall

2025 Awardees: Dr. Hanson Smith and Dylan Scofield
2024 Awardees: Dr. Wayne Aitken and Jesse Stevenson

Wolfram Award

The Wolfram Award is given to an undergraduate student for achievements in computational science. Students incorporating computation into their undergraduate research projects or as part of advanced coursework are eligible for nomination.

2026 Awardee: Eric Nardi

2025 Awardee: Noah Lowery

Outstanding Graduate Awards

• Outstanding Master's Thesis Award

  2024 Awardee: Iryna Razhkova

• Outstanding Master's Comprehensive Exam Award

  2026 Awardee: Thomas Long

  2025 Awardee:  Guillermo Jimenez
  2024 Awardee: Joshua Ottoson

• Outstanding Teaching Associate Award

  2026 Awardee: Jacob Bergsma

  2025 Awardee: Yoko Peters
  2024 Awardee: Maryrose Jardin