University Recognizes 2024-25 Hall of Fame Inductees

The group was introduced Friday (April 4) evening during a ceremony at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

"I'm incredibly proud of this year's Hall of Fame inductees," said Brent Marsh, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students. "They have accomplished so much during their undergraduate years, and I fully anticipate many future success stories.

"These students join a long line of distinguished Hall of Fame honorees."

This year's honorees are:

• Jana Lynn Abdrabbo is an international studies major from Madison. Abdrabbo has served as president of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Minority Engagement Council and principal of External Affairs for the Associated Student Body.
• Jack Baker is a biological sciences major from Madison. Baker has served as vice president and new member educator for the Columns Society.
• Christian Boudreaux is a biology major from Oxford. Boudreaux is a recipient of prestigious Marshall, Truman and Goldwater scholarships.
• Aashish Dhakal is a computer science major from Ilam, Nepal. Dhakal has served as president of Tech Jam: The Coding and Interview Preparation Club and co-founder and director of operations for Ole Miss Hacks.
• Jesse Lamar Gordon is a multi-disciplinary studies major with minors in biological sciences, chemistry and mathematics from Lucedale. Gordon has served as vice president for Gamma Beta Phi honor society and founder of UM Tooth Fairy.
• Madeline Paige Mueller is a psychology major from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mueller serves as executive director of Ole Miss Ambassadors and co-president of Special Olympics Ole Miss.
• David Michael Phillips Jr. is a biology major from Hattiesburg. Phillips has served as a senator in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and a member of the Columns Society.
• Ethan Cole Robertson is a political science major from Mantachie. Robertson has served as principal of First Year Encounters for the Associated Student Body and president of men's club volleyball.
• Justice Colbert Rose is a journalism major from Madison. Rose is a Stamps scholar who has served as opinion editor for The Daily Mississippian.
• Hannah E. Watts is a secondary English education and public policy leadership major from Hattiesburg. Watts served as president of the Associated Student Body.

The ceremony also included 200 inductees into Who's Who Among Students at the University of Mississippi.

Top: The university's 2025 inductees into the Hall of Fame are (from left) Jack Baker, Christian Boudreaux, Justice Rose, Aashish Dhakal, Madeline Mueller, Jana Abdrabbo, David Phillips, Hannah Watts, Jesse Gordon and Ethan Robertson. Photo by Bill Dabney

See individual photos of the Hall of Fame inductees