Nevada Alumni Association Award Recipients
The following Nevada Alumni Association Award winners and College & Unit Distinguished Alumni will be honored during Homecoming 2023. For more information, please call the Office of Alumni Engagement at (775) 784-6620. Congratulations to all of our 2023 honorees listed below. Go Pack!
Alumnus of the Year
Kevin Melcher ’79, ’81 M.S. (physical education)
Community Service
Brian Williams ’13 (marketing)
Outstanding Chapter of the Year
Veterans Alumni Chapter
Outstanding Recent Graduate
Alexa Ard ’16 (journalism)
Samantha McBride ’13 (environmental engineering)
Exceptional Achievement
Kenneth Howard ’74 (managerial sciences)
Jeffrey Hutzler ’83 (elementary education)
Jason Naaktgeboren ’20 (certificate renewable energy)
Travis Walker ’09 (biology) ’14 M.D., ’20 MPH
Tammy Westergard ’87 (speech communications)
Silver & Blue Appreciation
Dragonfly Energy
University Service
Edgard Hitti ’01 M.S. (civil engineering)