BEST Entrance Award Recipients – Fall 2022

We’re pleased to announce the recipients of the Fall 2022 BEST Entrance Award. This award recognizes students for their entrepreneurial initiatives, including leadership pursuits and/or involvement in enterprising activities at their high school, and is awarded to incoming students at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University.

The Fall 2022 Best Entrance Award recipients are:

NAME	PROGRAM
Hannah Alli	Engineering
Sagar Saha	Computer Science
Jayant Punia	Software Engineering
Amely Su	Engineering
Toby Carter	Computer Science
Carlos Santiago	Engineering
Shiza Shaikh	Computer Science
Behrouz Homam	Mechanical Engineering
MD Faiaz	Software Engineering
Dylan Gauvin	Computer Science
Ayaan Mohammed	Computer Science
Joshua Mullin	Space Engineering
Rishit Shah	Computer Science
Umer Shaikh	Engineering

“Entrepreneurship is my true passion in life so receiving the BEST award allows me to make my next business idea more feasible. I view this award as a growth opportunity that will aid me in expanding my business knowledge and my soft skills which I can apply to my engineering journey.” – Hannah Alli

“I am really grateful to have received the BEST Entrance Award and I am sure it will help me achieve my entrepreneurial dreams. I have been passionate about bringing my project to life and without the BEST Award, this wouldn’t have been possible. Thank you once again!” – Sagar Saha

“This award allows me to continue working on developing my ideas and passions. It encourages me to continue growing my skills outside of my regular studies. I’m beyond honoured to have been selected for this award, and I’m so thankful for the opportunities it will open in the future.” – Toby Carter

“Receiving this award gives me the confidence that I need to take my idea to the next level. This award will be the first step into, hopefully, creating a successful business at York.” – Joshua Mullin

“The BEST Entrance Award gives me the space to grow and improve. It has motivated me to increase the scale of my project. I am very honoured to be selected for this award.” – MD Faiaz

“This award will help me continue pursuing my extracurricular entrepreneurial activities and allow me to focus on my work with my rocketry team, where I am currently designing a cooling unit for our cameras on the Goose 3 rocket and trying to acquire funding for parts. We’re aiming to go halfway to space (50 km) this year! Your award has helped make this all possible for me, and I am truly grateful.” – Amely Su