APA Outstanding Student Award
The APA Outstanding Student Award recognizes outstanding attainment in the study of planning by students graduating from Planning Accreditation Board (PAB)-accredited planning programs during the academic year of the award. Each PAB-accredited program convenes a faculty committee to select the GSD nominee. The criteria include, but are not limited to, academic achievement, leadership, commitment to planning as a career, and community service. The American Planning Association grants the award.
For deadline and submission information, please visit GSD Now.
recent recipients
| 2025 | Aaron Smithson | 
| 2024 | Briana Villaverde | 
| 2023 | M.C. Abbott | 
| 2022 | Ben Demers | 
| 2021 | Steven Gu | 
| 2020 | Juan Reynoso | 
| 2019 | Eleni Macrakis | 
| 2018 | Jeanette Pantoja | 
| 2017 | Lindsay Woodson |