3MT Awards, Winners, and Presentations

The awards given include:

  • Grand Champion (highest score)
    The Grand Champion is invited to participate in the regional competition at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools’ annual meeting in March.
  • Department Cup
    This coveted cup is awarded to the department whose top three presenters have the highest combined score.

Here is a sample of our most recent 3MT winners and their mentors/departments.


2024 3MT Awards

Overall Winners

  • Grand Champion – Xanthia Saganis, Psychology
  • 2nd Place – Abigahill Simon, Biology

People’s Choice Award

Rachael Johnson, Biology

Department Cup

Department of Biology: Abigahill Simon, Rachael Johnson, and Caroline Johnston


2023 3MT Awards

Overall Winners

  • Grand Champion – Madison Rose, Computer Science
  • 2nd Place – Drew Theobald, Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • 3rd Place – Rachel Bruns, Engineering

People’s Choice Award

Skyler DeWall, Biology

Department Cup

Biology (Skyler DeWall, Michael Reynolds, and Chloe Gabriel)


2022 3MT Awards

Overall Winners

  • Grand Champion – Maddison Salois, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, PhD program
  • 2nd place – Chloe Scattergood, Anthropology, MA program

People’s Choice Awards

  • 1st place – Ashwinee Mehta, Computer Science, MS program
  • 2nd place – Drew Theobald, Pharmacology and Toxicology, MS program

Department Cup

The Department of Anthropology


2021 3MT Awards

Overall Winners

  • Grand Champion – Lesha Rouse, College of Nursing, PhD program
  • 2nd place – Mandee Schaub, Brody School of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences – Physiology, MS program

People’s Choice Awards

  • 1st place – Jalynn Stewart, Anthropology, MA program
  • 2nd place – Arunprasad Sundharam, Computer Sciences, MS program

Department Cup

The College of Nursing


2019 3MT Awards

  • Grand Champion: Peter Kann – Department of Biology – Mentor: Trip Lamb
  • People’s Choice: Mallory de Araujo Miles – Department of Biology – Mentor: Kyle Summers
  • Departmental Cup: Biology

2018 3MT Awards

  • Grand Champion: Emory Wellman, Department of Biology
  • People’s Choice: Robert Driver, Department of Biology
  • Departmental Cup: Department of Biology

2017 3MT Awards

  • Grand Champion: Shelby Powers, Department of Physiology
  • People’s Choice: Steph Orr, Department of Biology
  • Departmental Cup: Department of Biology

2016 3MT Awards

  • Grand Champion: Sophronia Knott, Department of English
  • People’s Choice: Adam Stuckert, Department of Biology
  • Departmental Cup Winner: Department of Biology