The 2009 Student Affairs Leadership and Student Achievement celebration on Thursday honored several students for their outstanding commitment and leadership abilities.

Students were honored with the following awards:

Men’s basketball MVP: Wajih Idriss

Women’s basketball MVP: Sahar Elrefai

Student Employee of the Year: Karim Farhat

Gathwright Scholar Award: Hazeem Abdelmoati, Misam Jaffer and Mariam Al-Meer

Richard E. Ewing Award for Excellence in Research: Karim Farhat, Hazem Abdelmoati (undergraduates) and Qasim M. Chaudhari, Ph.D. (graduate)

Troy Marschang Award for Leadership: Muna Gharfeh

Emerging Leader Award: Thamer Al-Kuwari

Buck Weirus Spirit Award: Mohd Mateen Bin Kamal

Student Organization Advisor of the Year: Liticia Salter

Student Organization of the Year: Anime Club.

For information contact Jeffrey Sulik: jeffrey.sulik@qatar.tamu.edu.