The CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT STUDENT ORGANIZATION
Kent State University
Previous Awards
Kent State Students continue to make a name for themselves at competitions all across the nation. Each year they choose a variety of competitions to participate in, and they have continued to improve on their performance after every previous year! Interested in learning how you can help a team bring home the gold, visit the Competition Interest Form Tab or contact a team leader!
Top 10 - UC New Builders - '26
Team Lead: Austin Hammock
Members: Allyson Snyder, Antonella Ferrari, Christian Holden, David Verna, Edgar Gutierrez, Jacob Huebner, Joel Sonii, Kayden Crosier, Kiahra Turner, Rachel Spiezio
10th Place - NAHB Productions - '26
Team Lead: Grace Costin & Arianna Bennardo
Members: Andrew Prexta, Meryn Zangaro, Zachary Harvey, Izzy Kovacs, Austin Hammock, Gordon Schehter
1st Place - ASC Mass Timber - '25
Team Lead: Nathaniel Hudnell
Members: Grace Costin, Megan Lafleur, DeShod Reese, Marc Sostmann, Graham Richard
10th Place - NAHB - '24/25
Team Leads: Kyle Lance, Grace Costin, & Arianna Bennardo
Members: Kayla Usko, Alex Moore, Michael Zerby
5th Place - ABC - '23/24
Team Leads: Mattew Zelasko and Brayden Hall
Members: Tessa Gabriel, Lola Preseren, Diego Cortez, and Harrison Redeker
5th Place - MCAA - '23/24
Team Leads: Morgan Fischer, Gina Carnovale, & Alison Ritvo
Members: Aiden Slattery, Jordan Smith, Owen Ross, Jacob Prout, Gianna DeLucia, Megan Kreuger, & Ethan Prout
Special Recognition: Faculty Advisor Joe Karpinski - 2024 MCAA Educator of the Year Award!
1st Place - University of Cincinnati Residential - '24
Team Leads: Giana Testa & Tara Rybar
Members: Alex Moore, Michael Zerby, Cole Adams, Owen Reib, Matt Keleman & Nathan Coski
8th Place - NAHB Custom - '23/24
Team Lead: Melina Carna
Members: Diego Cortez, Tara Rybar, Sara Kuhwaji, Giana Testa, Trevor Feucht, Harrison Redeker, & Benjamin Smigel
ABC - '23/24
Team Lead: Matt Zekasko
Members: Harrison Redeker, Kaitlin Uram, Lola Preseren, Carmela McNall, & Brayden Hall
NAHB Production- '23/24
Team Lead: Kyle Lance
Members: Matt Zelasko, Arianna Bennardo, Brayden Hall, Grace Costin, Edison Chen, & Marc Sostmann
1st Place - University of Cincinnati Residential - '23
Team Lead: Giana Testa
Members: Cam Hite, Andzelika Malkowski, Corey Buckner, Tara Rybar & Sam Mitchell
8th Place - MCAA - '22/23
Team Leads: Emily Haldi, Tyler Rupp, & Jack Holland
Members: Alison Ritvo, Gina Carnovale, Morgan Fischer, Jake Prout, and Dominic Palma
5th Place - NAHB Custom - '22/23
Team Leads: Melina Carna & Tara Rybar
Members: Sara Kawhaji, Anthony Bishop, Kaitlyn Uram, Victoria LaGuardia, & Diego Cortez
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14th Place - NAHB Production - '22/23
Team Lead: Jordan Allshouse
Members: Kaitlyn Uram, Kyle Lance, Marc Sostsman, Brayden Hall, Lola Preseren & Matt Zelasko
3rd Place - MCAA - '21/22
Members: Leah Fritz, Tessa Gabriel, Cristian Galvin-Rodriguez, Emily Haldi, Aaron Hernandez, Jack Holland, Aundreas Naylor, Tyler Rupp
2nd Place - University of Cincinnati - '22
Team Leads: Leah Fritz & Nick Kukura
Members: Melina Carna, Hallie Carpenter, David Demarco, Vincent Ferrante, John Grunder, Sara Kahwaji, Ali Ritvo, Tara Rybar, Giana Testa, Kaitlyn Uram, Mason Virostko, & Matt Zelasko
1st Place - University of Cincinnati - '20
Team Leads: Kyle Hennossy & Zoe Robertson
Members: Leah Fritz, Emily Haldi, Nick Kukura, Aundreas Naylor, Michael Rudbart, Natori Thomas, Hemba Unongo
1st Place - University of Cincinnati - '19
Team Lead: AK Fullmer & Dean Urbanski
Members: Alexandra Barnett, Christine Bucey, Jeslyn Hyde, & McKenna Milks
Top 10 - NAHB - '18/19
Members: Courtney Anderson, Alex Berman, Christine Bucey, Anthony Duncan, William Duncan, Caleb Gagliardi, Tony Guerriero, Liz Hathaway, Zoe Robertson, Montrell Stevens, & Kathryn Wills
Top 8 - ABC - '19
Members: Courtney Anderson, Tyler Blazek, Liz Hathaway, Shivani Patel, & Zoe Robertson
3rd Place - ASC - '18
Members: Courtney Anderson, Alex Berman, Nathan DiPietro, Alex Moxie, Alex Rodak, & Zoe Robertson
1st Place - University of Cincinnati - '18
Team Lead: Tony Guerriero
Members: Alex Berman, Isabella Buffalini, Liz Hathaway, Zoe Robertson, & Montrell Stevens