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  • Iyana Blunt
    Kansas City, MO Major:  Accounting; William Randall Sowers Award* (honoree) Avila Faves: “I’ve been at Avila since my freshman year, right in the middle of COVID-19. Malcolm Gold, Grant Beck, and Sara Carvalho were three great professors of mine who taught me many things about business and accounting. My mom and aunt both graduated from...
  • Justyse Rodriguez
    Kansas City, KS Major:  Marketing (honoree) Avila Faves: “I started off my college career at Ottawa University and after my second year decided to transfer to Avila University. This was truly a match made in heaven for me. The moment I stepped onto this campus, I felt welcomed and like everyone here genuinely cared about...
  • Austin Harmon
    Raymore, MO Major:  Finance (honoree) Avila Faves: “My mom always told me how much she had loved Avila and its focus on both the community and each individual student. As with most things in life, she was right. I transferred to Avila after not one, not two, but three other colleges. I immediately felt a...
  • Jake Callahan
    Majors:  Accounting (honoree) and Marketing Avila Faves: “I transferred to Avila University before my sophomore year to join their newly established wrestling program, becoming the first victory in the history of Avila University Men’s wrestling. Upon graduation, I will join my older brother as a first-generation college graduate that also competed in athletics for this...
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