Alumni Honors
SOLES seeks to recognize those graduates who have excelled in their professional lives. All SOLES alumni are eligible to be nominated for the Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award. The Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Award is the University of San Diego's highest honor bestowed upon its alumni.
2021 Torero Changemaker Honoree
Past Honorees
2019 Honoree
Lawrence S. Sykoff '73 (MEd), '88 (EdD)President, LSS Consulting Group, LLC
Headmaster Emeritus, Ranney School
2018 Honoree
Catherine "Caity" S. Riddle Meader '10 (MA)
Executive Director, Family Services of Tulare County
2017 Honoree
Marsha McDonald '86 (MA)
Retired Educator
2016 Honoree
Diana Combs Neebe '08 (MEd)
English Teacher and Instructional Technology Coach, Sacred Heart Preparatory
2015 Honoree
Janine Mason '86 (BA), '11 (MA)
Executive Director, The Fieldstone Foundation
2014 Honoree
Stuart Grauer '89 (EdD)
President/Head of School, The Grauer Foundation for Education/The Grauer School
2013 Honoree
Jeff Carlstead '04 (EdD)
Owner/Manager, Carlstead Inc. Hotel Development and Management
2012 Honoree
Arnulfo Manriquez '05 (MA)
President, Maximizing Access to Advance our Communities (MAAC Project)
2011 Honoree
Cynthia Flores '79 (MA)
Campus Director at Coachella Valley Campus, Brandman University
Honorees 2010 and Prior
2010 |
Rich Newman '05 (EdD) |
2009 |
Leona Makokis '01 (EdD) |
2008 |
Rabbi Laurie E. Coskey '00 (EdD) |
2007 |
Rebecca C. (Haddock) Smith '93 (MEd) |
2006 |
Juanita Santos Nacu '90 (MA), '98 (EdD) |
2005 |
David Herrera '04 (EdD) |
2004 |
Conni E. Cintas '88 (BA), '89 (MEd) |
2003 |
Anthony Smith '87 (EdD) |
2002 |
Judith Rauner '95 (EdD) |
2001 |
Capt. Adolfo Gonzales '96 (EdD) |
2000 |
Sister Miriam Kaeser '87 (EdD) |
1999 |
Kimberlee Jubala '90 (MEd) |
1998 |
George Cameron '84 (EdD) |
1997 |
Jackie Freiberg '94 (EdD) and Kevin Freiberg '87 (EdD) |
1996 |
Bertha O. Pendleton '89 (EdD) |
1995 |
Gloria G. De Ment '76 (MEd) |