The K-State Alumni Association will be celebrating its 2025 alumni award recipients on Friday, Oct. 24, at the K-State Alumni Center. There will be a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m.

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Alumni Excellence Award

Epifanio Elizondo, Ph.D. ’88
Rear Admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commission Corps (retired)
College of Education 
Educational Leadership

Distinguished Young Alumni Award

Hayes Kelman ’15
Founder and CEO of Boot Hill Distillery
President of Kelman Farms, Inc.
College of Agriculture
Agriculture Economics

Ryan Urban ’21
Marketing Manager at Naturion
College of Arts and Sciences
A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication

Flinchbaugh Family Wildcat Pride Award

Richard Becker ’91, ’95
Director of Infrastructure Security Architecture
Kansas State University
Carl R. Ice College of Engineering 
Engineering Technology and Computer Science

Nancy Becker ’19
Enterprise IT Security Analyst
Kansas State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Social Sciences