Eleven College of Medicine students are among this year’s 37 inductees into the Order of Pegasus, UCF’s highest student honor. Two others were honored for Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis during Founders’ Day 2026 celebrations.
The nine Order of Pegasus undergraduate honorees from the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences make up 35 percent of UCF’s total undergraduate winners. Two M.D. candidates were selected in the graduate portion of the awards.
This year marks the 25th anniversary class of top-achieving UCF Knights.
Congratulations to the College of Medicine honorees:
Undergraduate
- Sanjana Bhatt
- Kyle Coutray
- Andrew Hansen
- Meera Lakshmanan
- Varun Nannuri
- Om Pathak
- Janapriya Vijayakumar
- Ornella Vintimilla
- Om Vishanagra
Graduate
- Ariana Johnson
- Sanjan Kumar
Three College of Medicine students also received awards for Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis.
- Shreya S. Pawar was selected for Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis in Natural Sciences.
- Andrea C. Molero Perez was selected for Outstanding Honors Undergraduate Thesis in Health Sciences.
- Nicholas Rose was selected for Outstanding Honors Thesis in Engineering and Technology.
Sun Latt was the College of Medicines Founders’ Day Outstanding Student honoree.
For more information on the 2026 Order of Pegasus honorees, please visit https://www.ucf.edu/news/founders-day-2026-student-awardees/