School of Architecture Class of 2021

Recognition Day 2021

Olivia Anne Baker

• Employed: Duvall Decker | Jackson, Mississippi

Davis Scott Beasley

Kaitlyn Riann Breland 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: Beaux Arts Ball Chair, Fundraising Chair 
• Alpha Rho Chi
  • Officer: Pledge Trainer, Historian 
• Director's Council
• Dean's Council
• 2019 Trussell Travel Award Recipient 
• Employed: Eley Guild Hardy Architects | Biloxi, Mississippi

Brianna Mishell Brown 

• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students

Ashley Elaine Casteel 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: Public Relations
  • Freedom by Design: Project Manager, Co-Director, Public Relations
• Alpha Rho Chi
  • Officer: Historian 

Alexander “Alex” Patton Dean 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Tau Sigma Delta
• Employed: Quina Grundhoefer Architects | Pensacola, Florida

Jasmine Janae Dennis 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
  • Officer: Parliamentarian 
• Employed: SRG Partnership Inc. | Seattle, Washington

Rory Conner Fitzpatrick 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Alpha Rho Chi
  • Officer: Treasurer, President 
• Director's Council

Heather Leigh Gillich

Mariah Jhane’ Green 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: Secretary
• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: President
• Director's Council
• Employed: McKinney York Architects | Austin, Texas

Jacob Benjamin Haasl 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Employed: STOA Architects, Pensacola, Florida

Avery Caroline Harmon 

• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: Gallery Coordinator
• BARNworks Editor-in-Chief
• Employed: Gensler | Dallas, Texas

Jasper Scott Harmon

• Employed: Powers Brown Architecture | Denver, Colorado

Sarah Elizabeth Hoing 

• Alpha Rho Chi
  • Officer: Vice President
• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: Vice President
• Dean's Council
• 2019 Aydelott Travel Award Recipient 
• Employed: JJCA | Nashville, Tennessee

Madison Casey Holbrook 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: Fundraising Chair
• Tau Sigma Delta

Eric Morgan Hughes 

• Director's Council

Meredith Anne Hutto 

• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: Vice President 
• Director's Council
• Dean's Council
• Continuing Education: Harvard University Graduate School of Design

McKenzie “Kenzie” Rae Johnson 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: President
• Dean's Council
• MSU Student Association CAAD Senator 
• MSU Campus Affairs Chairman 
• Employed: Dynamik Design | Atlanta, Georgia

Nicholas “Nick” Cassidy Jones 

• American Institute of Architecture Students

William “Will” Ross Jordan 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Alpha Rho Chi
  • Officer: Scribe, President
• Tau Sigma Delta

Sarah “Amelia” King 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Director's Council
• Employed: Dalrymple | Sallis Architecture | Pensacola, Florida

Charlyn DeLane King 

• Tau Sigma Delta

Danielle Marie Leclercq 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Alpha Rho Chi
• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: Treasurer 
• Employed: Dynamik Design | Atlanta, Georgia

Calvin Leslie, Jr. 

• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students

Kerry Ellen McElroy

Breanna “Bre” Richeson Merchant 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: Treasurer
• Freedom by Design
  • Officer: Secretary 
• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: Gallery Coordinator 
• Director's Council

Matthew Houston Murphy 

• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: Gallery Coordinator
• Director's Council
• Shackouls Honors College Provost Scholar
• Employed: Williams Blackstock Architects | Birmingham, Alabama

Baron O’Brian Necaise 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: President
• Director's Council
• Dean's Council

D’Angelo Davante Oliver

Felipe Michael Olvera 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
  • Officer: Public Relations
• Freedom By Design
  • Officer: Public Relations
• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
• Barnworks
  • Officer: Co-editor

Maria Ibieta Ory 

• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
• Tau Sigma Delta
• 2018 Aydelott Travel Award Recipient

Connor Bruce Padgett

• Employed: James B. Laughlin, Architect | Birmingham, Alabama

Brittany Diane Roberts 

• Alpha Rho Chi
• Officer: Brotherhood Chair
• Employed: Studio 8 Design LLC | Valdosta, Georgia

Daniel Harrison Ruff

Caleb Qarrell Shaw 

• Alpha Rho Chi
• Employed: CCD | Architecture Planning Interior Design | Jackson, Mississippi

Suzanne “Drue” Smith 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Alpha Rho Chi

Jose Andres Solorzano 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Alpha Rho Chi

Derrill Satchel Starling 

• Alpha Rho Chi
• Officer: Vice President, Librarian 
• Employed: LIVE Design Group | Birmingham, Alabama

Jesse “Jess” Allen Stevens 

• Alpha Rho Chi
• Dean's Council
• Employed: Hereford Dooley Architects | Nashville, Tennessee

William Clayborne “Clay” Stocker

Hannah Catherine Strider 

• American Institute of Architecture Students
• Freedom By Design
• Employed: JBHM Architecture | Jackson, Mississippi

Duncan Emmons Thomas 

• National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
• Tau Sigma Delta
  • Officer: Treasurer
• Dean's Council
• Employed: Kimberly Brown Architecture | New York, New York

Pablo Vargas

Brendon James Ward 

• Alpha Rho Chi