We are pleased to be a participant in the Zondervan Publishing Company's Biblical Award program. These awards are to recognize students for outstanding achievement in the area of Biblical studies. Zondervan gives three awards - one for Biblical Greek, one for Biblical Hebrew, and one for Theology. The recipients are chosen based upon the recommendation of their professors.
The honorees receive an Award Certificate, a congratulatory letter from Zondervan, and an order form that allows them to select a product of their choice from Zondervan's catalog. The name of each recipient is added to a plaque provided by Zondervan. These plaques can be seen in the office of the Graduate Studies School of Theology, located in the Gardner Center (Room 102).
The Biblical Greek award began in 1999, the Biblical Hebrew award in 2011, and the Theology award in 2013.
The Biblical Greek plaque reads as follows:
Zondervan and Freed-Hardeman University
Annual Student Award for Outstanding
Achievement in the Study of Biblical Greek
Past recipients of the Zondervan Greek Award:
2022 - Trenton Karr Kennedy
2021 - Sawyer Blake Hudson
2020 - Timothy Lee Dooley
2019 - Jason Boyd Jackson
2018 - Robert Thomas Murphy
2017 - Caleb Glenn Colley
2016 - Adam Harley Cox
2015 - Spencer Henry Clark
2014 - Glenn Clay Leonard
2013 - Timothy Bryant Perkins II
2012 - Michael Gene Foresha
2011 - Jason Hugh Pierce
2010 - Aaron N. Burch
2009 - Justin Guin
2008 - James R. Mitchell
2007 - Donnie L. DeBord
2006 - Garrett McGilvray
2005 - Robert E. Mackenzie
2004 - Timothy A. Alsup
2003 - Nathan Kedarisetti
2002 - Jeffrey A. Stone
2001 - Jeremy M. O'Clair
2000 - M. Will Hanstein
1999 - Brennan T. Hughes
The Biblical Hebrew plaque reads as follows:
Zondervan and Freed-Hardeman University
Annual Student Award for Outstanding
Achievement in the Study of Biblical Hebrew
Past recipients of the Zondervan Hebrew Award:
2022 - Blake Yuri Hayes
2021 - Cameron Shane Meeks
2020 - Benjamin Scott Coleman
2019 - Robert Thomas Murphy
2018 - Nathan Riley Diller
2017 - Isaac Mitchell Bourne
2016 - William Lee Hagewood
2014 - Justin S. B. Guin
2013 - Aaron Nicholas Burch
2012 - Jason Darrell Sadler
2011 - Jacob Alan Evans
The Theology plaque reads as follows:
Zondervan and Freed-Hardeman University
Annual Student Award for Outstanding
Achievement in the Study of Theology
Past recipients of the Zondervan Theology Award:
2022 - Tyler Edwin Hawkins
2021 - Caleb Glenn Colley
2020 - Jeffrey Paul Smith
2019 - Nathan Riley Diller
2018 - Paul Mark Holland
2017 - Christopher Ryan Graber
2016 - Samuel James Glover
2015 - Robert Kyle Butt
2014 - Spencer Henry Clark
2013 - James Thomas Rutledge
For further information, see www.zondervan.com.