This prize is granted annually to students, who in the judgment of Professor Athanassakos, demonstrate exceptional promise in understanding and applying value investing concepts and techniques.
2024 Winners
MBA January Class: Ahmad Faizan, Setia Karan, Patrick Graham Kaufmann
HBA Section 2: Gabe Botelho, Nicole Debich, Zach Gillis, Roland Li
HBA Section 3: Kacey Niu, Ali Rashid, Jared Richstone
Intersession HBA: Lulu Guy, Kate Sullivan
Left to right: Setia Karan, Ahmad Faizan, Patrick Graham Kaufmann
Left to right: Kacey Niu and George Athanassakos (Not pictured: Gabe Botelho, Nicole Debich, Zach Gillis, Roland Li, Ali Rashid, Jared Richstone)
2023 Winners
MBA January Class: Vallabh Desai, Sanjog Mishra, Sujay Nair
HBA: Christopher Choi, Jake Diamond, Brett Gugel, Fiona Lee, Humza Pathan, Adrian Yip
Intersession HBA: Lauren Fong, Ariana Ghavami, Michael Hawkes
Left to right: Sujay Nair, Vallabh Desai, George Athanassakos and Sanjog Mishra
Left to right: Brett Gugel, Fiona Lee, George Athanassakos, Adrian Yip and Christopher Choi (Not pictured: Jake Diamond, Humza Pathan )
Left to right: Lauren Fong, Ariana Ghavami, Michael Hawkes
2022 Winners
MBA February Class: Jim Mackay, Santiago Rodriguez Villasuso
MBA January Class: David Booth, Matthew Ross Lord
HBA: Jesse Amaral, Trent Hambleton, Ben Heck
Intersession HBA: Alexander Goleszny, Ben Schneeweiss, Max Wang
Left to right: Santiago Rodriguez Villasuso, George Athanassakos and Jim Mackay
Left to right: Matthew Ross Lord, George Athanassakos and David Booth
Left to right: George Athanassakos, Trent Hambleton, Jesse Amaral and Ben Heck
Left to right: Alexander Goleszny, Ben Schneeweiss, Max Wang
2021 Winners
MBA February Class: Saab Kooner, Mihir Redij
MBA January Class: Eric Bogodist, Phillip Jong
HBA: Keenan Conlon, Mark Fortino, Aires Moura, Harrison Thomas
Intersession HBA: Jimmy Aulakh, Tony Xu
Left to right: Saab Kooner and Mihir Redij
Left to right: Eric Bogodist and Phillip Jong
Left to right: Mark Fortino and Aires Moura
Left to right: Keenan Conlon and Harrison Thomas
Left to right: Jimmy Aulakh and Tony Xu
2020 Winners
MBA February Class: Varun Bhalla, Shane Nightingale
MBA January Class: Hoang Le, Violeta Peczulis
HBA: Omri Chazot, Elliott Choi, Emma Juskovic, Kazim Naqvi, Teimur Siddiqui, John Sparrow
Left to right: Hoang Le, George Athanassakos and Violeta Peczulis
Left to right: Varun Bhalla and Shane Nightingale
Left to right: Elliott Choi, Emma Juskovic, Kazim Naqvi, Teimur Siddiqui, John Sparrow (Omri Chazot not pictured)
2019 Winners
MBA February Class: Chrystal Chen, Rohit Sharma
MBA January Class: Maksym Levytskyy, Manbir Pabla
HBA: Nikita Bisht, Nameh Dhavan, Esteban Lee, Alex Solomos, Pier Montoya Valdez
Left to right: Rohit Sharma, Chrystal Chen and George Athanassakos
Left to right: Manbir Pabla, Maksym Levytskyy, George Athanassakos
Left to right: Nameh Dhavan, Nikita Bisht, Pier Montoya Valdez and Alex Solomos
2018 Winners
MBA February Class: Tim Campbell, Pete MacLeod
MBA January Class: Jarvis Lu, Tyler Owen
HBA: Elliott Foley, Greg Lee, Duncan McRae, Daniel Ptasznik, Harry Solomon, Leroi Yu
Left to right: Tim Campbell, George Athanassakos, Pete MacLeod
Left to right: Tyler Owen, George Athanassakos, Jarvis Lu
Left to right: Duncan McRae, George Athanassakos, Leroi Yu, Greg Lee
2017 Winners
MBA February Class: Kathryn Tang and Hassan Ahmed
MBA January Class: Steven Arnott and Shilpa Agarwal
HBA: Rahim Ladak, Hamza Mhadi, Stefanie Ott, Mitchell Rothman, Brandon Shamess and Michael Yuan
Left to right: Kathryn Tang, George Athanassakos, Hassan Ahmed
Left to right: Steven Arnott, George Athanassakos, Shilpa Agarwal
Left to right: George Athanassakos, Mitchell Shamess, Hamza Mhadi, Mitchell Rothman, Rahim Ladak (Absent: Michael Yuan)
2016 Winners
MBA February Class: Omar Khan, Alex Cestnik and Sasha Brown
MBA January Class: Mano Majumdar and Rahim Murji
HBA: Brandon DaSilva, Jeremy Kamenschik, Josh May, David Gu, Chris Phillips and Arth Patel
Left to right: Rahim Murji, George Athanassakos, Mano Majumdar
Left to right: Chris Phillips, Jeremy Kamenschik, George Athanassakos, Josh May, Brandon DaSilva
2015 Winners
MBA February Class: Farah Lalani, Mykyta Mykhaylychenko and Graham O'Neill
MBA January Class: Keisha Bailey and Patrick Welsh
HBA: Davit Kantola, Kevin Kim, Austin Sinclair, Oscar Wong and Hersi Shima
Left to right: Mykyta Mykhaylychenko, Graham O'Neill, Farah Lalani, George Athanassakos
Left to right: George Athanassakos, Keisha Bailey, Patrick Welsh
Left to right: Davit Kantola, George Athanassakos, Kevin Kim
2014 Winners
MBA January Class: Evan Huang
MBA February Class: Tristan Hodge and Charles Hechema
HBA: Felix Boisse, James Hammond, Chris Voorpostel and Brad Wood
Left to right: Charles Hechema, George Athanassakos, Tristan Hodge
Left to right: Evan Huang and George Athanassakos
Left to right: Brad Wood, George Athanassakos, Felix Boisse
Left to right: James Hammond, George Athanssakos
2013 Winners
MBA February Class: Chris Goulakos and Shrikesh Majithia
MBA January Class: Geoff Butt and Edouard Morin
HBA: Samaar Haider, Gietha Murugiah, Linda Xu and Sherlyn Yang
Left to right: Shrikesh Majithia, George Athanassakos, Chris Goulakos
Left to right: Edouard Morin, George Athanassakos, Geoff Butt
Left to right: Sherlyn Yang, Linda Xu, George Athanassakos, Gietha Murugiah, Samaar Haider
2012 Winners
HBA Section 1: Andrzej Zarzycki
HBA Section 2: David Yi
HBA Section 3: Sylvia Broschinski, Fartunov, Ivan and Navid Nathoo
MBA February Class: Griffin Gettas and Shady Ghattas
MBA January Class: Andrew Michalik and Brent Osborne
Left to right: Andrew Michalik, George Athanassakos, Brent Osborne
Left to right: Griffin Gettas, George Athanassakos, Shady Ghattas
George Athanassakos and Andrzej Zarzycki
2011 Winners
HBA Section 1: Chris Cunningham
HBA Section 2: Minh Nguyen
HBA Section 3: Marlena Zabielska and Melody Tao
MBA February Class: Radu Bolohan
MBA January Class: Ryan Irvine
Left to right: Radu Bolohan, George Athanassakos, Ryan Irvine
Left to right: Chris Cunningham, Marlena Zabielska, George Athanassakos, Minh Nguyen (Absent: Melody Tao)