The Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers annually awards the Merle C. Prunty Scholarship to an outstanding undergraduate student from our region with the objective of encouraging talented undergraduate students to pursue professional careers in geography.
Eligibility: Applicants must currently be juniors or seniors and enrolled as geography majors (or geography minors) in a college or university located within the Southeastern Division. Applicants must demonstrate an interest in pursuing a professional career or the clear potential to pursue academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree. Applicants are evaluated by the SEDAAG Honors Committee on the basis of scholastic records and professional promise.
Notification: Award recipients will be named at the Honors Ceremony at the 2022 Division virtual meeting. If not present, recipients and applicants will be informed of the outcome by e-mail.
For nomination guidelines, please follow the link to the SEDAAG Awards Page.
The following distinguished Geography students have been awarded the Merle C. Prunty Scholarship since 1984.
| Year | Recipient | Instituiton |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ||
| 2022 | -Not Awarded- | -Not Awarded- |
| 2021 | Megan Porter | Univ. of Tennessee – Knoxville |
| 2019 | Sarah VanSchoik | Univ. of Florida |
| 2018 | John E. Crowell | Univ. of North Alabama |
| 2017 | Addy Falgoust | Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
| 2016 | Madison Heffentrager | East Carolina Univ. |
| 2015 | Kati Perry | Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
| 2014 | Sarah Mirza | Univ.of Georgia |
| 2013 | Alexandra Horst | Univ.of Georgia |
| 2012 | Camille Parker Gregory | Univ.of Georgia |
| 2011 | Justin Frazier | Old Dominion Univ. |
| 2010 | Cal R. Scheinert | East Carolina Univ. |
| 2009 | Jason Jones | Univ .of Southern Mississippi |
| 2008 | Laura Paulik | Univ.of Georgia |
| 2007 | Sara Nicholson | Univ. of Southern Mississippi |
| 2005 | Sol Wuensch | East Carolina Univ. |
| 2004 | Dana Marie Goins | Univ. of North Carolina – Charlotte |
| 2004 | Marcia Hsu | Univ. of Georgia |
| 2003 | Gwyneth Moody | Univ. of Georgia |
| 2002 | Lindsey N. Williams | Univ. of Georgia |
| 2002 | Anthony Robinson | East Carolina Univ. |
| 2001 | Anthony P. Foisy | Virginia Tech |
| 2000 | Joseph Morris | Univ. of North Carolina – Charlotte |
| 1999 | Tamara Johnson | Univ. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |
| 1998 | Bonnie Kaserman | Univ. of North Carolina |
| 1997 | Laura Fischer | Univ. of South Carolina |
| 1996 | ||
| 1995 | ||
| 1994 | Robin Harris | Univ. of Memphis |
| 1993 | Tina L. Johnson | West Virginia Univ. |
| 1992 | Jeanne D. Wershoven | Florida Atlantic |
| 1991 | Charles W. Lafon | Emory and Henry College |
| 1990 | Michelle Mills | Appalachian State Univ. |
| 1989 | Elizabeth Lowell, | Univ. of Georgia |
| 1988 | Randi Horner | East Carolina Univ. |
| 1987 | Jefferson J. Beeckler | Western Kentucky Univ. |
| 1986 | Mark Kemp | West Virginia Univ. |
| 1985 | Christine Klaine | Memphis State Univ. |
| 1984 | Jeanne M. Murday | Univ. of South Carolina |