HomePublicationsCSA NewsIssuesCSA News: Volume 70, Issue 122025 Awards and Fellows November 4, 2025 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA congratulate the 2025 award recipients and Fellows. These individuals are being recognized at ceremonies held during CANVAS 2025 in Salt Lake City from Nov. 9-12, 2025.ASA, CSSA, SSSA ACS Golden Opportunity Scholars Kelsey Genovese, University of Maryland Cameron Doane, Grand Valley State University Elea Corson, University of Tennessee at Martin Erin Tschida, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Kaia Wright, Purdue University Agronomy Club Maria Eduarda Tonial, University of Massachusetts Hope Bagwandeen, College of Agriculture Science and Education Arianna Reid, Michigan State University Grace Beem, Michigan State University Avery Hood, University of Tennessee Knoxville Reagan Riggs, Virginia Tech Bryan Mendoza Torres, California State University Fresno ACS Bridge Scholars Olanrewaju E. Adeyemi, Utah State University Aviyan Pandey, Tennessee State University Endy Lopes Kailer, Kansas State University Ariana Lazo, Purdue University Amy Hurst, The Ohio State University Lucas Alexandre Batista, Kansas State University Ava-Rose Beech, University of California – Davis Rose Alcine Lovely Zamord, University of Nebraska – Lincoln ACS awards ACS Academic Undergraduate Scholarship Ms. Sarah Flanagan, Cornell University Ms. Elea Corson, University of Tennessee at Martin ACS Emerging Leader for African Agricultural Transformation (ELAAT) Award, sponsored by OCP North America Dr. Idowu Atoloye, Alcorn State University ACS Visionary Scientist for African Agriculture Award, sponsored by OCP North America Dr. Tilahun Amede, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) ACS Mentoring Award Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma, University of Tennessee-Knoxville American Society of Agronomy ASA Fellows Prof. Asim Biswas, University of Guelph Dr. Jeffrey Coulter, University of Minnesota Dr. Suduan Gao, USDA-ARS Dr. Patricio Grassini, University of Nebraska Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Florida Dr. Sandeep Kumar, USDA-NIFA Dr. Ramon Leon, North Carolina State University Dr. Rao Mylavarapu, University of Florida Dr. Nithya Rajan, Texas A&M University Dr. Gurpal Toor, University of Maryland Dr. Maria Villamil, University of Illinois ASA Greenfield Scholars Mr. Abe Dieleman, Iowa State Agronomy Club Mr. Derek Gehin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ms. Ashlynn Hartman, Wheat State Agronomy Club Ms. Hallie Cook, Texas A&M University Agronomy Society Ms. Olivia Marti, Iowa State University ASA awards ASA Presidential Award Soil Health Institute ASA Agronomic Education and Extension Award Dr. Corey Gerber, Purdue University ASA Agronomic Industry Award Dr. Daniel Poston, Pivot Bio ASA Distinguished Service Award Dr. Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University ASA Early Career Award Dr. Prakash Kumar Jha, Mississippi State University ASA Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award Dr. P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State University ASA Environmental Quality Research Award Dr. Scott Chang, University of Alberta ASA Frank D. Keim Graduate Fellowship Mr. Aidan Bobholz, University of Georgia-Athens Ms. Rianne Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison ASA International Agronomy Award Dr. Ravi Singh, CIMMYT ASA J. Fielding Reed Undergraduate Soil and Plant Sciences Scholarship Ms. Elizabeth Eroshenko, University of Nebraska-Lincoln ASA Kingenta Agricultural Science Award Prof. Qixing Zhou, Tianjin, China ASA Werner L. Nelson Award for Diagnosis of Yield-Limiting Factors Dr. Harold van Es, Cornell University Crop Science Society of America CSSA Fellows Dr. Sotirios Archontoulis, Iowa State University Dr. Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Texas A&M University Dr. Ignacio Ciampitti, Purdue University Dr. Jean Luc Jannink, USDA-ARS Dr. Shuyu Liu, Texas A&M University Dr. Nithya Rajan, Texas A&M University Dr. Devinder Sandhu, USDA-ARS Dr. Yanqi Wu, Oklahoma State University CSSA awards CSSA Presidential Award Dr. David Bubeck, Corteva Agriscience CSSA Crop Science Distinguished Service Award Dr. Ravi Singh, CIMMYT CSSA Crop Science Extension Education Award Dr. Shaun Casteel, Purdue University CSSA Crop Science Graduate Student Scholarship Mr. Christopher Cobos, Texas A&M University CSSA Crop Science Research Award Dr. James Holland, USDA-ARS CSSA Crop Science Teaching Award CSSA Early Career Award Mr. Gurcharn Singh Brar, Edmonton, AB Canada CSSA Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources Dr. Ardeshir Damania, University of California-Davis CSSA Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award Ms. Crystal Rose-Fricker, Pure Seed Testing Inc. CSSA International Crop Science Award Dr. Prasanna Boddupalli, CIMMYT Seed Science Award Dr. Jason Gillman, USDA-ARS Soil Science Society of America SSSA Fellows Prof. Asim Biswas, University of Guelph Dr. Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University Dr. Thomas Ducey, USDA-ARS Dr. Fabian Fernandez, University of Minnesota Dr. Daniel Gimenez, Rutgers University Dr. Patrick Inglett, University of Florida Dr. Markus Kleber, Oregon State University Dr. Randall Kolka, USDA Forest Service Dr. Sandeep Kumar, USDA-NIFA Dr. Maysoon Mikha, USDA-ARS Dr. Rao Mylavarapu, University of Florida Dr. Ronald Turco, Purdue University Dr. Wei Zhang, Michigan State University SSSA awards 2025 SSSA Presidential Award John Ryan Donald Sparks Clark Soil Biology Graduate Student Scholarship Ms. Dana Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award Dr. Bing Cheng Si, Ludong University, University of Saskatchewan Gary Pete Peterson Dryland Soil Management Scholarship Ms. Alexis Correira, Kansas State University International Soil Science Award Dr. Jeffrey Herrick, USDA-ARS Jackson Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy Award Dr. Derek Peak, University of Saskatchewan L.R. Ahuja Ag Systems Modeling Award Dr. Qiang Yu, Northwest A&F University Soil Science Applied Research Award Dr. Harold van Es, Cornell University Soil Science Distinguished Service Award Dr. Michel Ransom, Kansas State University Soil Science Education and Extension Award Dr. Harold van Es, Cornell University Soil Science Industry and Professional Leadership Award Dr. Bharat Sharma Acharya, Rodale Institute Soil Science Research Award Dr. Bruno Basso, Michigan State University SSSA Early Career Award Dr. Ekrem Ozlu, North Carolina State University Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award Dr. J R Rashitha Jayarathne, Southern Methodist University More Awards Back to current issue Back to home Text © . The authors. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Except where otherwise noted, images are subject to copyright. Any reuse without express permission from the copyright owner is prohibited.Share this: Related articles In memoriam: Michael H. B. 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