The 2026 Grove City College Senior Man and Woman of the Year awards were presented, respectively, to John Garrett and Julia Sikora on Wednesday, April 22 during the College’s annual Recognition Convocation.
Sikora, from Elizabethtown, PA, will graduate with a degree in Science/History Middle Level Education with minors in Special Education and Biblical and Religious Studies.
A Trustee Scholar, she has served on the Student Government Association all four years, with three years on the Executive team. She played clarinet for the Pit Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, and Wind Ensemble, has been involved in Orientation Board, IM Sports, the Deeply Rooted Mentorship Program, and the Wolverine Broadcast Network. Sikora is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Lambda Epsilon Delta, and Kappa Delta Pi and volunteers at Faustina Parish and East Main Presbyterian Church
Garrett, from Hillsborough, North Carolina, will graduate with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
The 2025 Homecoming King, he has been a member and leader in New Life Ministry and ICO Rural Ministry. He has served as a freshman RA and teacher for fifth grade Sunday School. He has also been involved in the MENtor program, Plowshare, and the GO Program.
The awards are presented jointly by the leadership honoraries Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) as a service to Grove City College. Man and Woman of the Year selections are made based on scholarship, leadership, and service. The candidates were voted on by students and faculty.
The senior awards are the highest honors that the College can bestow on students. Their names are recorded for posterity on a memorial plaque on a boulder outside Harbison Chapel on campus. Former recipients of this prestigious honor have gone on to become leaders in faith, education, business, law, and health care.
Woman of the Year nominees also included: Annalina Brant, Stoystown, Pa.; Hannah Phillips, College Park, Md.; Abigail Plank, Millersville, Pa.; and Ashley Van Dixhoorn, Charlotte, N.C.
Man of the Year nominees also included: Nathan Ehst, Douglassville, Pa.; Jackson Hays, Benton, La.; David Thomas, Portland, Or.; and Braedon Weigle, Mechanicsville, Va.