Accounting students, faculty, alumni, and generous donors were honored and recognized at the 41st annual LMU Accounting Society Banquet, held April 20, 2023 at Westdrift Manhattan Beach. Scholarships totaling approximately $369,500 were awarded to 47 undergraduate and graduate accounting students. Congrats to all of our scholars and honorees!
Big thanks to platinum sponsor Deloitte and gold sponsors GHJ, KPMG, and PwC.
Student Excellence Awards (students with top GPA)
M.S. in Accounting
Bianca Salinas
Xinran Zheng
M.S. in Taxation
Jessica Fouch
Marie Grillo
Undergraduate Accounting Majors
Rose Booth
Catherine Dea
Carter Judge
Jocelyn Lopez
Jamie Luong
Charlotte Maher
Simon Sadeghi
Biraj Shah
Trenton Spruce
Christopher Wilson
Angelica Zhang
Paul A. Grosch Award
Christopher Wilson
Leadership & Service Award
Bianca Salinas
Professor of the Year
James Plečnik
2023 Alumnus of the Year
Troy Varenchik ’97
Student Scholars
Anna Arevalo (Paul & Noot Stapleton Family Annual Accounting Scholarship); Emely Argueta (Poladian Accounting Scholarship); Andrew Boland (Accounting Alumni Endowed Scholarship); Haley Chatel (Adolph C. and Consuelo L. Molina Memorial Endowed Scholarship); Cameron Church (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Ashley Cruz (Accounting Alumni Annual Scholarship); Catherine Dea (J.C. & Kristi Frey Family Endowed Scholarship); Eric Eskandarian (J.C. & Kristi Frey Family Endowed Scholarship, Keys Family Endowed Scholarship); Mina Fam (Knott Family Endowed Scholarship in CBA); Shay Firsty (Accounting Alumni Endowed Scholarship, Department of Accounting Scholarship); Aidan Fitzpatrick (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Rodonna Flowers (Deloitte Tax Diversity MST Scholarship); Carolyn Frau Manzur (David Burcham Family Scholarship/Joseph & Carol Page Family Award); Marie Grillo (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Dezmin Hemmans (Deloitte Tax Diversity MST Scholarship); Hailey Hirakawa (Accounting Advisory Board Scholarship); Nikolaus Holert (Sunderland Endowed Scholarship in the College of Business Administration); Tristan Lee (Adolph C. and Consuelo L. Molina Memorial Endowed Scholarship); Tyler Lieu (Class of 1987 Accounting Scholarship, Class of 1987 Endowed Accounting Scholarship); Frida Linero (Joseph and Christina Mauthe Endowed Scholarship); Matthew Lopez (Accounting Alumni Annual Scholarship); Jocelyn Lopez (Provencio/Arias Family Accounting Scholarship); Jamie Luong (Accounting Alumni Annual Scholarship); Charlotte Maher (Dr. Alan Cherry Endowed Scholarship in Accounting); Lupita Martinez (Stephen F. & Judy K. Page Merit Scholar at the CBA); Lucas Miller (McGee Family Endowed Scholarship); Kaitlyn Mirhan (Alan H. Falcon Endowed Scholarship in Accounting); Lauren Ramirez (Adolph C. and Consuelo L. Molina Memorial Endowed Scholarship, Stephen F. & Judy K. Page Scholarship Fund at the CBA); Michael Ranudo (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Julianna Rozario (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Simon Sadeghi (Accounting Department Annual Scholarship); Bianca Salinas (Accounting Advisory Board Scholarship); Isabella Sandoval (Eric and Cynthia Castelblanco Scholarship in Accounting); Jillian Santiago (Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Scholarship, Elissa and John Di Carlo Scholarship); Daniella Sedeno (Provencio/Arias Family Accounting Scholarship); Marissa Seles (Jacquelin M. Fernandez '79 Deloitte Foundation Memorial Scholarship in Accounting); Biraj Shah (Dreier Family Accounting Scholarship); Trenton Spruce (Ray & Vivian Frew Annual Scholarship); Claire Tomaszewski (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Oscar Torres (Stephen F. & Judy K. Page Merit Scholar at the CBA); Gustavo Villar (Stephen F. & Judy K. Page Scholarship Fund at the CBA); Lisa Wen (John A. Garstka Accounting Scholarship, Stephen F. & Judy K. Page Scholarship Fund at the CBA); Morgan Wright (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Mikael Wondu (Stephen F. & Judy K. Page Scholarship Fund at the CBA); Wantzu Wu (Department of Accounting Scholarship); Roberto Zepeda (Deloitte Tax Diversity MST Scholarship); Angelica Zhang (Class of 1980 Scholarship).
For more information or questions about starting a named scholarship fund, please contact Roberta Kuhlman, CBA executive director of development, at (310) 258-5483.
**Save the date for the 2024 LMU Accounting Society Spring Banquet: Thursday, April 18.**