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2026 Pioneer Recipients
Congratulations to the 2026 Phi Kappa Phi Pioneer recipients! These awards are designed to encourage and reward undergraduate members for developing the research, engagement and leadership skills necessary to become a successful scholar. Fifty awards, at $1,000 each, are distributed each year.
| Name | Chapter of Initiation |
| Khaled Alkurd | George Mason University |
| Bailey Baxter | University of South Alabama |
| Valentina Bonilla | University of North Florida |
| Josephine Brinkman | College of Charleston |
| Jordyn Brown | Campbell University |
| William Bump | Virginia Tech |
| Luke Claudy | Marymount University |
| Gargi Deshmukh | Florida State University |
| Yuexi Ding | Kean University |
| Ifechinemerem Diwe | Texas State University |
| Rong Fan | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Kiara Fenn | Cornell University |
| Catherine Francis | University of Massachusetts |
| Diya Garrepally | University of Georgia |
| Naime Beyza Gokce | Middle Tennessee State University |
| Samuel Gordon | United States Military Academy |
| Brantley Gray | Louisiana Tech University |
| Amie Ha | The University of Texas at Dallas |
| Lauren Holladay | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Zeyad Ibrahim | The University of Mississippi |
| Brianna Jankowski | Ithaca College |
| Tony Jing | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Raina Karakkattil | The University of Texas at Dallas |
| Jae Young Kim | MCPHS University |
| Hannah Kiresuk | University of Minnesota |
| Nathaniel Kopp | Idaho State University |
| Maxwell Lachut | Syracuse University |
| Sarah LeRoux | The University of Alabama |
| Maxwell Mamishev | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Mary Helene Marmande | University of South Alabama |
| Katherine Martin | Ithaca College |
| Ellie McCain | Fordham University |
| Carver Means | Hillsdale College |
| Cody Moss | Oklahoma State University |
| Madeline Neely | University of the Pacific |
| Simone Obregon | University of Southern California |
| Emma Parker | Middle Tennessee State University |
| Emma Porricelli | University of Rhode Island |
| Krupa Pothiwala | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Mark Raspopov | California State University, Los Angeles |
| Marco Ruiz | Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
| Blake Schuetz | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott |
| Jakub Sobura-Durma | Caldwell University |
| Molly Stover-Brown | The University of Kansas |
| Tiffany Sudijono | University of Michigan |
| Colton Summers | East Carolina University |
| Selina Sun | University of Georgia |
| Alessandra Valentine | Elon University |
| Kalina Weber | Syracuse University |
| Hannah Yancey | The University of Mississippi |