
2022 LAS Awards
CommunicationOutstanding Undergraduate Students

Amber Adamson-Vallesi
Fall 2021 Outstanding Student in Leadership
Parker Bennett
Outstanding Student in Digital Filmmaking and Media
Mia Bukowski
Outstanding Student in Sports Communication
Elizabeth Canright
Outstanding Student in Communication and Outstanding Social Sciences Divisional StudentElizabeth is a General Communication major with a minor in English Literature. She enjoys the field of communication because of its intersectionality with other disciplines like psychology, sociology, journalism, marketing and current events and is interested in organizational and public relations. During the spring 2022 semester, Elizabeth participated in a graduate assistantship learning best practices in social media management and creating content for the UCCS communication Facebook page. She has been a scholar with the Reisher Scholarship and Reach Your Peak Scholarship and would like to express her deepest gratitude to those two foundations for their support of her undergraduate studies. After graduation, Elizabeth will work in office administration for her husband’s company, Cabinet Craft Finishes. Upon completing her master’s degree in communication, she hopes to teach college communication courses.

Hannah Held
Outstanding Student in Digital Filmmaking, B.I.Hannah is a Digital Filmmaking major with a Cross-Discipline in Globalization. She has always loved the art of storytelling and started writing at a young age. She became interested in film because of her dad, who is a UCCS alum and a film editor. Through the UCCS film program, Hannah had the opportunity to write several scripts for films, even taking on the role of Head Writer for Season 8 of the Bluffs. After graduation, Hannah hopes to go into the animation industry to write and develop heartfelt, inclusive stories.

Ryan Maikell
Outstanding Student in Strategic Communication
Meagan Pattillo
Fall 2021 Outstanding Student in Sports Communication
Bethany Snow
Outstanding Student in Organizational Communication
Savannah Watson
Outstanding Student in Leadership
Ghalia Yousef
Outstanding Student in Media Studies
Brie Escobedo
Outstanding Graduate Student in Training and Development