While it’s impossible to recognize every award-winning student on campus, these highlights capture the considerable academic work and creative abilities of our Cougars.

Emily Quan (Engineering)

Emily Quan was named a 2022 Truman Scholar, one of only 58 recipients chosen from more than 700 nominees nationwide. The Truman Scholarship recognizes college juniors who display exceptional leadership potential and are committed to affecting change through public service. The scholarship provides each student with $30,000 for graduate study, leadership training and fellowship. Quan’s achievement marks the second consecutive year a BYU student has received a Truman Scholarship. Upon graduation, Quan hopes to use her cybersecurity skills to contribute to U.S. cybersecurity efforts as a public service leader.

Isabella Errigo (Life Sciences)

Isabella Errigo was named a 2022 Fulbright scholar. The Fulbright Program offers students funding for a year of research and study in over 140 countries with the goal of promoting international goodwill. Errigo completed her undergraduate degree in environmental science and international development at BYU and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in environmental science and sustainability. Her studies focus on how wildfires impact rivers and streams. With the Fulbright scholarship, Errigo will spend 10 months in Ecuador learning how different agricultural practices affect aquatic biodiversity in the Amazon.

Olivia Fisher (Physical and Mathematical Sciences)

Olivia Fisher was named as a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. The prestigious Goldwater Scholarship awards up to $7,500 to students intending to pursue careers in the natural sciences or engineering and mathematics. Fisher is a research assistant in the physics and astronomy department, where she works with Dr. Dennis Della Corte. Fisher plans to pursue a Ph.D. in systems biology after graduation.

Ally O’Rullian (Fine Arts and Communications)

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Ally O’Rullian won first place and $10,000 in the 62nd annual Hearst National Championship competition in the television category. She was one of only 29 journalism students nationwide who competed in the national Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia Championships. She also won an additional $1,000 award for Best Use of Television for News Coverage in the Hearst competition.

Chad Pollard (Life Sciences)

Chad Pollard won first place in the BYU Student Innovator of the Year Competition with an invention relating to Alzheimer’s diagnostics. Using public data sets to identify a signature of neuronal DNA, Pollard helped create new techniques to revolutionize how Alzheimer’s is first detected.

Andy Brewer and Collette Jones (Fine Arts and Communications)

Andy Brewer won the Gold Medal Award from the Audio Engineering Society for best sound design and mixing on the collaborative animation film “Stowaway.” Collette Jones composed the music for the short film. The animated film recently won a Student Emmy award.

Brooklyn Jarvis and Matthew Norton (BYU Photo)

Two BYU Photo student employees received national recognition from the Annual Photo Competition held during the annual conference for the University Photographers’ Association of America. Matthew Norton’s photos garnered third and fourth place while Brooklyn Jarvis’ images were awarded first and second. View their award-winning images here.