UW Bothell Husky 100

2018 winners

Each year, the University of Washington selects 100 students who are making the most of their Husky experience. Seven UW Bothell students were selected as part of the Husky 100 Class of 2018. What’s special about a Husky 100 recipient? They dare to do. They use what they learn in the classroom to create change in their community. We are proud to introduce our Husky 100 awardees.


Fahad Alshehri

junior – computer science and software engineering

Alshehri values the one-on-one relationships he’s enjoyed with professors. He extends the same attention to the students he helps as a teaching assistant. “We make sure students get the most out of their computer science and software engineering experience.”

Meet Fahad Alshehri

Lisa Fryett

senior – society, ethics and human behavior

Fryett worked for more than 18 years at Boeing, becoming a project manager in engineering before returning to college. Fryett (Blackfeet) served as a voice for greater support for Native students and for a curriculum that recognizes contemporary as well as historical Native communities.

Meet Lisa Fryett

Tanya Kumar

senior – law, economics and public policy

Student body president in 2016-17, Kumar also worked as a cybersecurity intern with T-Mobile, made two trips to India to support stakeholders in gender equality and participated in UW Bothell’s Washington, D.C., Human Rights Seminar. School support “helped drive me places I could have never imagined.”

Meet Tanya Kumar

Allison Pace

senior – community psychology

Pace worked as an adviser in career services and co-founded the student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. “I wanted to live on campus, work on campus, go to school on campus. If I was going to be here for two years, I wanted to maximize my time.”

Meet Allison Pace

Leah Shin

junior – dual major: business administration; interactive media design

Student body vice president, intern at T-Mobile and creator of a multimedia startup to give Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders a platform to express themselves, Shin is on a mission to help diversify the marketing world. “I dream to be the first person in my family to earn an MBA.”

Meet Leah Shin

Avi Socha

senior – law, economics and public policy

Socha has tried to spend as much time as possible exploring the world. He volunteered with a nonprofit in South Africa, interned at the U.S. Embassy in Rome and served as a legislative intern in Olympia. “The best way a student can enrich their Husky experience is to get out of the classroom.”

Meet Avi Socha

Warisha Soomro

junior – pre-major

A class senator in student government, study abroad traveler and member of Muslim and Pakistani student clubs, Soomro said her most impactful experience was as a CEO student ambassador with the Business & Organization Leadership Development program. “Every step of the way I internalized the lessons about mindset and grit.”

Meet Warisha Soomro