Outstanding Student Award

 

Congratulations to our 2023-24 Outstanding Student Award Recipients Florence Fadipe and Tim "Teo" Jakobsen!

Outstanding Student Award recipients Teo Jakobsen and Florence Fadipe with their plaques

2023-24 Texas Parents Outstanding Student Award recipients, Tim "Teo" Jakobsen and Florence Fadipe, at the Texas Parents Ambassadors Council luncheon on Friday, March 22, 2024. Photo by Christy Zhuang.

Like the honorees who came before them, these highly-talented students discovered there's more than one way to be a Longhorn through student leadership roles, community involvement and academic accomplishments. Learn more about this year's award recipients and finalists here.

Contact Texas Parents Awards

Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (CT)
Email: TPAwards@austin.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-471-2353

Every year since 1951, Texas Parents has proudly honored two undergraduate Outstanding Student recipients and four Outstanding Student finalists who demonstrate exceptional leadership, scholarship, character and service.

The Outstanding Student Award recipients receive a plaque, a brick paver laid at the Student Services Building in their honor and a $1,000 grant given in each of their names to the registered student organization or campus program of their choice.

2023-24 Outstanding Student Award Recipients

  • Florence Fadipe
  • Tim "Teo" Jakobsen

2023-24 Outstanding Student Award Finalists

2023-24 Outstanding Student Award finalists with plaques

2023-24 Texas Parents Outstanding Student Award finalists, Brandon Matthews, Amelia Nickerson, and Scott Fonseka, with their plaques at the Texas Parents Ambassadors Council luncheon on Friday, March 22, 2024. Photo by Christy Zhuang.

2023-24 Outstanding Student Award Finalists

  • Vidhyasai "Sai" Annem (not pictured)
  • Scott Fonseka
  • Brandon Matthews
  • Amelia Nickerson

Click here for a list of Outstanding Student Award Recipients, 2023-24 to 1951-52.