“We are proud to present our 2016 Excel Awards to these outstanding young professionals,” said Todd Shapiro, CEO of the ICPAS, in a statement. “Passing the CPA Exam is a tremendous achievement on its own, and to do so with such high scores is an incredible accomplishment that few achieve. We congratulate them and look forward to their journey in becoming future leaders of our profession.”
Established in 1984 by the ICPAS Board of Directors, the Excel Awards are awarded each year to new CPAs for their outstanding performance on the Uniform CPA Examination. In order to be considered, candidates must achieve a combined average score of 90% or above on all sections of the Exam within two consecutive testing windows, as well as being in the top five percent of Illinois scores. Excel Gold, Silver and Bronze medals are awarded to those who achieve the top three Exam scores in the state.
The 2016 ICPAS Excel Award winners are as follows:
Gold Medal Award
- Qiaoli Wang
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Austin Zarbuck
- The Ohio State University
- Grant Thornton
Silver Medal Award
- Tyler Faught
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
Bronze Medal Award
- Andrew Lamers
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Deloitte
Honored Excel Award Recipients
- Monika Warnecka
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Grant Thornton
- Steven Ventre
University of Iowa
- Amanda Rhodes
University of Missouri
- Marion Brisport
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
KPMG
- Samuel Adler
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Robert W. Baird & Co.
- Ryan Spatz
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
KPMG
- Patrick Sharpe
- University of Michigan
- Ernst & Young
- Nayan Telang
University of Michigan
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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