Photo Caption: Students walk by the Phi Mu Fountain at the center of the Quadrangle on the University of Mississippi campus. Photo by Srijita Chattopadhyay/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

Miriam Crotwell, of Petal, MS, majoring in Political Science and Philosophy, was among the more than 90 University of Mississippi students to receive a 2025 Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal, the university's highest academic award.

The honorees were recognized for their achievements on April 3, with a dinner at The Inn at Ole Miss Ballroom and a ceremony at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

The Taylor Medals were established at UM in 1904 by Dr. William A. Taylor, of Booneville, in memory of his son, an honored 1871 alumnus of the university. The award recognizes no more than 1% of the student body each year.