Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics students were awarded for their outstanding academic performance in 2024.
The School of Mathematics and Statistics held its annual prize-giving ceremony on Tuesday 4 March to celebrate exceptional undergraduate and honours students from the 2024 prize round.
The ceremony recognised students across various categories including best performance by year, best in discipline, high achievers in the 2024 Simon Marais Mathematics Competition, and recipients of industry-sponsored awards.
Several students received multiple honours, with Mayuri Aithala standing out by earning an impressive seven prizes.
Head of School Professor Andrew Francis conferred certificates to the students, alongside representatives from Optiver and IMC Financial Markets who presented prizes sponsored by their organisations. Following the ceremony, recipients enjoyed a morning tea with members of the School.
A complete list of award recipients appears below. Congratulations to all of the School's prize winners on their outstanding achievements.
| Student name | Award name | Prize description |
| Anders Mah | The Head of School's Prize | for the best performance by a student proceeding to the Honours Year |
| Anders Mah | The George Szekeres Prize | for the best performance in Mathematics leading to Honours in Pure Mathematics |
| Anne Chen | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 3 Pure Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Pure Mathematics courses |
| Darshpreet Singh | The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1251 | for the best performance by a male student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1B - MATH1251 |
| Hei Tong Klio Ng | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics | for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 1st prize |
| Hugh Wheaton | The Alma Douglas Prize for Level 3 Statistics | for the best performance in Level 3 Statistics courses leading into Honours Year |
| Jaiden Lam-Po-Tang | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 2 Pure Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Pure Mathematics courses |
| Jialu (Gabrielle) Fang | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Pure Mathematics Honours | for the best performance by a female in Pure Mathematics Honours program |
| Jini Gao | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 3 Applied Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Applied Mathematics courses |
| Jini Gao | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 3 Statistics | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Statistics courses |
| Jini Gao | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize - Level 3 | for the best performance by a female in Level 3 Mathematics and Statistics courses |
| Kaiyang Zhou | The C H Peck Prize | for the best performance in Year 2 Mathematics by a student proceeding to Year 3 in the School of Mathematics and Statistics |
| Lily Annabelle Miranda | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions | for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 2nd prize |
| Margaret Ritchie | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Applied Mathematics Honours | for the best performance by a female in Applied Mathematics Honours program |
| Mayuri Aithala | The CITADEL Securities Prize | for the best performance in Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses in a Bachelor program |
| Mayuri Aithala | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize, Level 1 | for the best performance by a female in Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses |
| Mayuri Aithala | The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for 1st Year Actuarial Maths | for the best performance in MATH1151 Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1A and MATH1251 Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1B |
| Mayuri Aithala | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize - Level 1 | for the best performance by a female in two or more Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics courses |
| Mayuri Aithala | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics in 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics | for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics - 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics, 1st prize |
| Mayuri Aithala | The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1151 | for the best performance by a female student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1A - MATH1151 |
| Mayuri Aithala | The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1251 | for the best performance by a female student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1B - MATH1251 |
| Minghu Wang | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize - Level 2 | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics courses |
| Nina Kesby | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 2 Statistics | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Statistics courses |
| Noor Iliana Binti Noor Ilias | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions | for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 3rd prize |
| Rayan Mehta | The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 2 Mathematics | for the best performance in Level 2 Higher Mathematics units in a Bachelor program |
| Richard Wang | The CITADEL Prize | for the best performance in Level 2 Mathematics and Statistics courses in a Bachelor program |
| Samuel Tyler | The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 1 Mathematics | for the best performance in MATH1131 Mathematics 1A, MATH1141 Higher Mathematics 1A and/or MATH1231 Mathematics 1B, MATH1241 Higher Mathematics 1B in a Bachelor program |
| Sarah Talsania | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics in 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics | for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics - 1st Year Actuarial Mathematics, 2nd prize |
| Senuli Thinaya Edirisinghe | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions | for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 1st prize |
| Shannon Giles | The School of Mathematics and Statistics Prize for Level 3 Applied Mathematics | for excellence in Level 3 Applied Mathematics courses in a Bachelor program |
| Shannon Giles | The Buchwald Prize | for the best performance in Mathematics leading to Honours in Applied Mathematics |
| Shaoxuan Niu | The IMC Financial Markets Prize - MATH1151 | for the best performance by a male student in Mathematics for Actuarial Studies and Finance 1A - MATH1151 |
| Stella Gunawan | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Level 2 Applied Mathematics | for the best performance by a female in Level 2 Applied Mathematics courses |
| Xiao Wei Huang | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics | for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 2nd prize |
| Xinyu Li | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics | for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 4th prize |
| Xuechun Wang | The Women in Mathematics and Statistics Prize in Statistics Honours | for the best performance by a female in Statistics Honours program |
| Yu Tyan Ng | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions | for best performance by a female in the Quantitative Data Science Major in the Bachelor of Data Science & Decisions, 4th prize |
| Yue Wing | Optiver Excellence Prize for Women in Mathematics - Advanced Mathematics | for best performance by a female in Mathematics & Statistics in Advanced Mathematics, 3rd prize |
