The Alan C. Rankin Distinguished Senior Award recognizes outstanding men and women of the senior class who have contributed to the betterment of Indiana State University. Award recipients demonstrate dedicated leadership on campus and in community organizations. They show the desire and commitment to improving ISU and continue to live up to the ideals and values of Indiana State University. Indiana State students with a 3.25 grade point average and more than 94 credit hours are eligible for the Alan C. Rankin Distinguished Senior Award.

Alan Carson Rankin was Indiana State University's seventh president, starting on July 1, 1965, Rankin served as president until 1975. Until his retirement in 1980, Rankin served as special assistant to the president, Richard Landini, raising funds for special projects.

For more information please see the Alumni Association Rankin Award pages. A list of all Rankin Award recipients from 1968 to 2015 is also available. 

The Awardees

These awardees are from the Scott College of Business

2022

Images from the 2022 Sycamore Leadership Awards

2021

2019

Three of the four awardees of the Rankin Distinguished Senior Award were students from the Scott College of Business

Allison Crick (Accounting & Marketing), Katie Sullivan (Finance), Jak Kramer (Insurance & Risk Management), and Andrew Case (Communication) 

2018

Michelle White Operations and Supply Chain Management major with a minor in Marketing << All 2018 Awardees >> << Photo Gallery >>

2017

At the 2017 Junior and Senior Awards ceremony, three of the four Rankin Award winners were students of the Scott College of Business. These were Kelsey Darin (Marketing), Trent Lunsford (Finance with a Financial Analysis and Investment Management concentration), and Kyle Varble (Operations and Supply Chain Management). Two of the four Landini Outstanding Juniors were from the college, these were Allison Crick, (Accounting and Marketing) and James "Jak" Kramer (Insurance and Risk Management). Both Hines Medalists were from the Scott College, Kelsey Darin (Marketing) and Bailey Pell (Accounting). << All 2017 Awardees >> << Photo Gallery >>

2017 Rankin Distinguished Seniors
Kyle Varble (Operations and Supply Chain Management), Amanda Lange (Elementary Education), Kelsey Darin (Marketing), and Trent Lunsford (Finance with a Financial Analysis and Investment Management concentration)

2015

2015 Rankin Distinguished Seniors
Jonathan Wachala (Marketing), Whitney Neukam (Communication) and Blaine Timonera (Management). Not pictured is Katherine Runge (Political Science)
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2014

2014 Rankin Distinguished Seniors
Tommy Lynch (Communication), Amber Kemp (Management) and William Lehman (Insurance and Risk Management). Not pictured is Kelly Steffen (Mathematics and Mathematics Education)
<< 2014 Rankin Awardees >> << Photo Gallery >>