Departmental Awards

Outstanding First-Year Applied Statistics Master's Student Award

2025-2026: Fangzhou Cao, Audrey Frankel, Yiwu Gu, Franklin Huang, Qiran Qu, Chenshuo Wu
2024-2025: Lingjun (Gavin) Gao, Jiajun Guo, Ziyi Tao, Ziheng Wei, Enora Cattanach. Hongda Yuan
2023-2024: Yican Duan, Ke Hu, Pojtanut Manopanjasiri, Leshan Song, Jiaqi Sun, Emilio Cantu-Cervini
2022-2023: Victoria Chang, Yaxuan Hou, Xinyu Liang, Matthew McAnear, Yuting Xiao, Xuelin Zhu
2021-2022: Abner Heredia Bustos, Houyu Jiang, Jifan Li, Abigail Seeger, Dingyu Wang, Kailin Wang, Yi-Syuan Yen
2020-2021: Hongfan Chen, Jing Li, Zijin Liu, Ziteng Pang, Sadia Sarker, Yingjie Shan, Alexander Shen, Ziqing Tian, Cheng Wang, Wei Zhao (says only 8 people won, but 10 were listed)
2019-2020: Yan Chen, Suppapat Korsurat, Xinyang Qi, Yueyang Zhang, Wenjing Zhou
2018-2019: Ming Gao, Hu Sun, Zi Wang, Xun Wang, Chen Xie, Songkai Xue
2017-2018: Jing Chu, Bingqing Hu, Shen Jin, Yu-Chun Kao, Yunbi Peng, Zhen Qin, Jieni Wan, Shunji Wei, You Wu, Zaidan Wu, Yifan Xiang, Ruikan Xiao, Yuming Yang, Zhichao Yang, Yuzhe Ye, Mengyi Yuan
2016-2017: Elliott Evans , Ruijiang Gao, Ye Jian, Kaiwen Jiang, Kehan Jiang, Andrew Soncrant, Xinghui Song, Taylor Spooner, Tuo Wang, Yue Wang
2015-2016: Wei Jiang, Jiashen Lu, Yi Yang, Ketian Yu, Rui Zhang
2014-2015: Weijie Ding, Yumu Liu, Da Yu
2013-2014: Gregory Trowbridge, Peng Liao
2012-2013: Rong Li, Maria Ortiz Mancera
2011-2012: Hai Wang, Jinjing Yang
2010-2011: Bopeng Li
2009-2010: Lang Ming
2008-2009: Melissa Petrelius
2007-2008: Nidhi Talwar
2006-2007: Yijuan Yan
2005-2006: Jing Qian
2004-2005: Kathleen Dooley
2003-2004: Ui Hyun Lee
2002-2003: Tae-Kyun Kim
2001-2002: Brady West
2000-2001: Holly Price
1999-2000: Su Bang Choe
1998-1999: Jahna Otterbacher
1997-1998: Javier Bussi
1996-1997: Dong-Yun Kim
1995-1996: Connie Wang

Outstanding First-Year Data Science Master's Student Award

2025-2026: Jake Gwinn, Haoran Li, Aniket Panthri, Kaiyang Luo
2024-2025: Kiran Bodipati, Marissa Fluharty, Haiming Li, Elizabeth McAvoy, Yidan Tian, Chenyou Xie
2023-2024: Terry Jiang, Neil Anand Mankodi, Kiley Price, Aryan Ringshia, Ishan Saksena, Zhenyu Zhang
2022-2023: Settasit Chitphentom, Tong Lin, Haoyuan Ma, Zehao Ren, Eman Wong, Xiaoke Zhu
2021-2022: Saurabh Budholiya, Xinyue Li, Hareeshwar Karthikeyan, Zelong Jiang, Bokai Xu, Yuqi Yan
2020-2021: Rui Deng, Danielle Fanizzi, Andrew Heldrich, Wei Hu, Xin Hu, Grace Li, Yanyu Long, Xingwen Wei
2019-2020: Palash Biswas, Jiali Pan, Joshua Zimmer
2018-2019: Chung Hoon Hong, Zhongqi Liu, Ruirui Zhang

Outstanding First-Year Ph.D. Student Award

2025-2026: TBA
2024-2025: Jiwoo Han, Seyong Hwang
2023-2024: Judy Wu, Daniel Zou
2022-2023: Xuanyu Chen, Gabriel Durham
2021-2022: Aaron Abkemeier, Yash Patel, Vinod Raman, Shihao Wu, Shushu Zhang
2020-2021: Pramit Das, Kihyuk Hong, Declan McNamara, Bo Meng
2019-2020: Trong Dat Do, Simon Fontaine, Charlotte Mann, Jinming Li
2018-2019: Derek Hansen, Chengcheng Li, Peter Macdonal, Subha Maity
2017-2018: Caleb Ki, Michael Law, Yuanzhi Li, Debarghya Mukherjee, Ed Wu
2016-2017: Zoe Rehnberg, Baekjin Kim, Weijing Tang
2015-2016: Jonathan Goetz, Xuefei Zhang
2014-2015: Yura Kim, Timothy NeCamp, Boang Liu, Ruofei Zhao
2013-2014: Tianxi Li, Zhiyuan Lu, Jiahe Lin
2012-2013: Joonha Park, Yingchuan Wang, Yanzhen Deng
2011-2012: Naveen Narisetty, Yuan Zhang
2010-2011: Pramita Bagchi, Jing Ma, Tianshuang Wu
2009-2010: Sumanta Basu, Xi Lu, Xiang Zhou
2008-2009: Jie Cheng, Atul Mallik, Ashin Mukherjee
2007-2008: Cen Guo, Jingxian Lin, Yizao Wang, Zhanyang Zhang
2006-2007: Eric Laber, Yang Yang
2005-2006: Ali Shojaie, Runlong Tang, Nengfeng Zhou
2004-2005: Nam Hee Choi, Bodhisattva Sen, Harsh Singhal
2003-2004: Lili Yang
2002-2003: Jayanta Pal
2001-2002: Abhyuday Mandal, Zhiguang Qian
2000-2001: Xiao Wang
1999-2000: Roshan Vengazhiyil, Bowei Xi
1998-1999: David Mease, Xianggui Qu, Tonglin Zhang
1997-1998: Enrique Alvarez, Wei Biao Wu, Hongquan Xu
1996-1997: Yao Wang, Donglin Zeng
1994-1995: Yu Zhu
1993-1994: Shao-Wei Cheng

Ph.D. Outstanding Dissertation Award

Graduate Student Service Award

Graduate Student Instructor Excellence in Teaching - Individual Award

2025-2026: TBA
2024-2025: Kihyuk Hong, Tim White, Marc Brooks
2023-2024: Joe Pennacchio, Sam Rosenberg
2022-2023: Charlotte Mann, Alp Dogan Yel
2021-2022: Bach Viet Do, Luke Francisco, Aldo Iturrios, Page Uriarte
2020-2021: Katherine Ahn, Ajanae Bennett, Simon Fontaine, Moritz Korte-Stapff, Vincenzo Loffredo
2019-2020: Alexandra Elias, Byoungwook Jang, Hyun Jung Koo, Nicholas Seewald
2018-2019: Yuqi Gu, Olivia Hackworth, Yuanzhi Li, Timothy Lycurgus, Yujia Pan, Zoe Rehnberg, Eli Schultz, Robert Trangucci, Katherine Wilkinson
2017-2018: Kidus Asfaw, Alexander Everett, Naomi Giertych, Rayleigh Lei, Laura Niss, Taylor Spooner Hyesun Yoo
2016-2017: Yanzhen Deng, Roger Fan, John Keane, Ed Wu, Stewart Zellers
2015-2016: Jinqi Shen, Yuan Zhang, Gregory Hunt, Ryan Vaughn, Richard Bryant, Kelsey Pakkala
2014-2015: Jesus Arroyo, Christopher Clement, Julie Ghekas, Naveen Narisetty, Daniel Walter, Yingchuan Wang
2013-2014: Jennifer Chuu, Mackenzie Fenkell, Alexander Giessing, Michael Hornstein, Joon Ha Park, Joshua Strazanac
2012-2013: Jing Ma, Karen Nielsen, Adam Sales, Kira Szulborski
2011-2012: Joshua Errickson, Shane Fitzgerald, James Henderson, Ashley VanSlooten
2010-2011: YoungJae Choi, Joshua Errickson, James Henderson, Shawn Mankad, Joel Vaughan
2009-2010: Jason Goldstick, Kimberly Hicks, Colin Lewis-Beck, Melissa Petrelius, Lidia Pomana, Robert Reiner, Kelly Robertson, Sahar Zangeneh
2008-2009: David Childers, Kimberly Hicks, Katherine Meeker, Nidhi Talwar, Joel Vaughan, Jing Wang, Lin Xie
2007-2008: Sonja Clark, Carrie Hosman, Jane Kleyman, Joel Vaughan
2006-2007: Daniel Almirall, Stacey Culp, Herle McGowan, Adam Rothman, HoKeun Sun, Joel Vaughan, Yijuan Yan
2005-2006: Yasemin Akdas, Kathleen Dooley, Herle McGowan, Akarin Phaibulpanich, Heidi Reichert, Amy Wagaman
2004-2005: Yasemin Akdas, Meric Bardakcioglu, Carles Breto, Kathleen Dooley, Rohit Kulkarni
2003-2004: Mohammed Elayan, Kamal Hamidieh, Amy Wagaman
2002-2003: Jennifer Hu, Earl Lawrence, Akarin Phailbulpanich, Jing Wang
2001-2002: Su Bang Choe, Lindsay Kellam, David Mease, Jessaca Spybrook
2000-2001: Enrique Alvarez, Dong-Yun Kim, Graciela Mentz, Holly Price, Bruno Sousa
1999-2000: Enrique Alvarez, Jennifer Hu, Bruno Sousa, Sonya Vartivarian
1998-1999: Jayanti Gupta, Dong-Yun Kim, Kirsten Namesnik, Jahna Otterbacher
1997-1998: Justin Fisher, Kirsten Namesnik, Bruno Sousa
1996-1997: David Hunter, Kirsten Namesnik, Mary Ann Wiehe
1995-1996: Debjit Biswas, Shih-Yen Huang, Huaiqing Wu

Graduate Student Instructor Excellence in Teaching - Team Award

2024-2025 Abhiti Mishra, Ethan Schubert, Xinhe Wang
2024-2025 Omar Afifi, Izzy Andrews, Nina Bryan, Emilio Cantu-Cervini, Pete Pritchard
2023-2024 Victoria Chang, Jade De Abreu, Bret Ellenbogen
2022-2023 Daniele Bracale, Prayag Chatha, Junting Wang
2021-2022 Yash Patel, Vinod Raman
2020-2021 Alex Shen, Eli Shumpurt, Hu Sun, Songkai Xue
2019-2020 Thomas Fiore, Yangyi Lu, Timothy Lycurgus, Anran Meng, Ed Wu, Ziping Xu

Brenda Gunderson Teaching Award

Brenda Gunderson, Lecturer IV Emerita, retired from full-time teaching in 2020 after more than 30 years at the department. She has won every teaching award on this campus and was loved by many generations of undergraduates as the lead instructor of the biggest class in LSA, STATS 250 (previously known as 350 and 402). She has trained and mentored generations of GSIs and inspired the whole department by her unparalleled commitment to undergraduate education.

To honor Brenda’s legacy at the University, the Department of Statistics has created the Brenda Gunderson GSI Award to be given each year to an outstanding GSI in a lower-level course. “I have been so blessed to have the ability to work with these amazing graduate students,” said Brenda. “It brought so much joy, and I learned so much through them. To have the award be for a GSI for an introductory course is a wonderful honor.”

See below for a list of past recipients.

2024-2025 Divya Santhanam
2023-2024 Rachel Himmel
2022-2023 Abigail Seeger
2021-2022 Jennifer Rodriguez
2020-2021 Nick Seewald

Undergraduate Honors

Click here to view Past Honors Theses.

2024-2025: Jun Chen, Xiaoran Chen, Samuel Disorbo, Faraz Hassan, Samantha Hastie, Junran (Jasmine) Jia, Dae Hyun Kim, Xinyue (Sienna) Mao, Yuan Qian, Junyan (Samuel) Tan, Sophia Tesic, Xinya Xu, Peter Yang, Yuhan (Annie) Ye, Jiakai Yu, Wei-Jie Zhou, Hanzhen Zhu
2023-2024: Kevin Cao, Qi Chen, James Edwards, Zuyuan Han, Yize Hao, Zhongming Jiang, Raelynn Li, Yanlong Liu, Xinpei Shen, Weizhe Sun, Yiwen Wu, Jiayi Xu, Jiakai Yu, Yue Yu, Zongqi Yu, Jianhao Zhou, Ziyu Zhou
2022-2023: Raphael Jeong-Hin Chin, Junhan Fu, Zhuxuan Gao, Wenxin Guo, Yueying Hu, Qingyang Liu, Rui Nie, Jin Niu, Jingruo Sun, Kevin Hao En Tan, Emma Thronson, Yuqin Wan, Bo Yang, Xianchen Yang
2021-2022: Zhenyan Chen, Yeonjeong Chu, Mingxuan Ge, Yiling Huang, AnnaElaine Rosengart, Will Schmutz, Chen Shang, Lingbo Wang, Xinyi Xie
2020-2021: Sijia Du, Chenxi Fan, Isabella Gierlinger, Jiapeng Guo, Siqi Li, Wanqi Liang, Juejue Wang, Chao Peter Yang
2019-2020: Jack Finkel, Jingyi Jia, Shijia Li, Ziyang Shao, Chenkai Sun, Xiaojun Wang, Xuekang Wu
2018-2019: Zhihao Guo, Yingsi Jian, Jiayue Lu, Tiffany Sophia Luo, Yanmeng Song, Madison Stoms, Xinyue Zhao
2017-2018: Adam Rauh, Jingyi Zhou, Haoran Chen, Haoyu Chen, Zui Chen, Zun Gao, Wu Han, Jiahui Li, Katherine Li, Mengjie Shi, Qianlin Song, Xiao Tan, Tahmeed Tureen, Ao Wang, Han Wu, Xiaotong Yang, Tiantian Ye, Mingyuan Zhang, Mingduo Zhao
2016-2017: Yongfeng Chen, Xi Chen, Kaitlin Cornwell, Fangmeng Gu, Xiuyi He, Shuaiji Li, Zifan Li, Chuying Ma, Heather Shen, Xiaoting Sun, Lu Zhang, Xuewei Zhang
2015-2016: Maxwell Spadafore, Blake Arnold, Christopher Lanctot, Yuhan Li, Tianwen Ma, Debra Tee, Avery Wu, Yishu Xu, Xige Zhang, Rong Zhou
2014-2015: April Cho, Xinyan Han, Hwanwoo Kim, Sooin Lee, Yuchen Lin, Jiyang Liu, Yang Luo, Kelsey Pakkala, Qingyi Sui, Zhenxiang Zhou
2013-2014: Rita Li, Allison Roach
2012-2013: Yiqun Hu, Sangwon Hyun, Zoe Richards, Emily Slade, Yuxiang Xie
2011-2012: Ben Charoenwong, Xiatong McClure
2010-2011: Katherine Beltamo, Ruchir Pandya

Outstanding Undergraduate Majors

2024-2025 Scott Brinley, Xiaoran Chen, Caroline Moy, Yanbo Pan
2023-2024 Zhongming Jiang, Xinjin Li, Advith Reddy, Nathaniel White, Yue Yu
2022-2023 Raphael Jeong-Hin Chin, Yueying Hu, Qian Liu, Jingyi Liu, Rui Nie, Kevin Hao En Tan, Bo Yang, Nuobei Zhang
2021-2022 Veronica Alfaro, Michael Hymowitz
2020-2021 Tyler Fuelling, Li Hsuan Lin, Allison Malkowski, Eric Margolin, Maxwell Stauffer, Juejue Wang
2019-2020 Anna Billiard, Dan Ciotlos, Jingyi Jia, Grace Li, Yicheng Ren, Elishua Shumpert, Chenkai Sun
2018-2019 Yingsi Jian, Joshua Moss, Elise Odell, Yanmeng Song
2017-2018 Adam Rauh , Mingyuan Zhang, Wu Han, Miranda Riggs, Han Wu, Tiantian Ye
2016-2017 Kaitlin Cornwell, Zifan Li, Chuying Ma, Dominic Russel
2015-2016 Blake Arnold, Christopher Lanctot, Xige Zhang, Jay Satonik, Abhinav Satyavarapu, Maxwell Spadafore
2014-2015 Sarah Greenwood. Isaac Wade, Daniel Bendetson, Hwanwoo Kim, Kara Martinez
2013-2014 Chloe Konzer, Allison Roach, Luxi Zhang
2012-2013 Emily Slade, Kit Clement, Sangwon Hyun
2011-2012 Ben Charoenwong, Michael Dalgleish, Christy Duan, Wan Zhang
2010-2011 Eric Blancke, Kirill Serkh, Lee Yung Sim, Yingying Tan, Somin Yoo
2009-2010 Allison Frayer
2008-2009 Xuanzhong Wang, Julianne Zamora
2007-2008 Corina Mommaerts, David Wheeler

Nair Innovation in Statistical Education Award

Michael Woodroofe Lecture Series

The Department of Statistics sponsors the Michael Woodroofe Seminar Series in recognition of the late Michael B. Woodroofe’s profound contributions to the profession and to the Department of Statistics at the University of Michigan.

Michael Woodroofe, Leonard J. Savage Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Michigan, passed away on February 22, 2022, at 81. Michael made many fundamental contributions at the interface between probability and statistics, including sequential analysis and non-linear renewal theory, shape-restricted inference, and central limit theorems under dependence. His seminal work in sequential analysis and non-linear renewal theory influenced an entire generation of researchers. He published over 100 research articles, wrote an SIAM monograph, and authored a book.

Learn more about the Michael Woodroofe Lecture Series and past lecturers HERE.

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