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Hundreds of nominations were accepted online from Sept. 22, 2024, until Nov. 11, 2024. The submissions were reviewed and scored by previous award recipients, UCF Young Alumni Ambassadors, and UCF staff. The finalists were then confirmed by the UCF Alumni Board based on the following criteria:

Must be a graduate of UCF (undergraduate or graduate degree)
Must be age 29 or younger on June 1, 2025
Must demonstrate a commitment to maintaining a lifelong relationship with UCF and striving to uphold UCF Young Alumni values

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UCF Alumni will celebrate the 2025 award recipients at a special event on Saturday, May 17 at Addition Financial Arena. Below is a complete list of the winners, listed alphabetically by last name. Past recipients can be found on the .

The 2025 honorees are:

Gillian Anderson 麻豆精品 S�21
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Burnett Honors College

Savannah Ashley 麻豆精品 S�18 麻豆精品 S�22MBA
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Bachelor 麻豆精品 S檚 in political science
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Amelia Mills Bender 麻豆精品 S�17
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Kyle Benkel 麻豆精品 S�20 麻豆精品 S�24MD
Bachelor 麻豆精品 S檚 in biomedical sciences
Doctorate in medicine
Burnett Honors College

Jordan Bubar 麻豆精品 S�20
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Robert F. Burke 麻豆精品 S�19 麻豆精品 S�20MS 麻豆精品 S�22PhD
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Doctorate in aerospace engineering
Burnett Honors College

Andrew Caputo 麻豆精品 S�22MS
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Dashiell Desravines 麻豆精品 S�20
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Megan Driggers 麻豆精品 S�19 麻豆精品 S�22MS
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Matthew Durrant 麻豆精品 S�17
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Leah Freeman 麻豆精品 S�22
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Burnett Honors College

Paul Gill 麻豆精品 S�18
Bachelor 麻豆精品 S檚 in political science
Burnett Honors College

Annalisa Gobin 麻豆精品 S�20
Bachelor 麻豆精品 S檚 in legal studies

Frank Hamedl 麻豆精品 S�18
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Burnett Honors College

Vladimir Louissaint 麻豆精品 S�21
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BJ Taylor 麻豆精品 S�18
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