Frances B. Huston Medallion Award

Recipients of the Frances B. Huston medallion award must have established themselves as exceptionally capable individuals in both academic and extracurricular activities. The faculty and the administration of Eastern Washington University acknowledge their great pride in the accomplishments of these students during their college experience and expect even greater accomplishments in the years that lie ahead. The Frances B. Huston medallion is presented to only 20 graduating students per year.

Madison Doepker ’20 is graduating this spring with a major in professional accounting. Doepker embodies the spirit of the Frances B. Huston Medallion, having demonstrated academic excellence, earning a 3.97 cumulative grade point average and recognition on the Dean’s List each quarter of her college career, while excelling in athletics and actively participating in service activities in the community.

The Walla Walla native is a Captain on the EWU women’s track and field team who earned Big Sky All-Academic honors all four years, one of only three EWU student-athletes to do so. She was also named the 2019 Big Sky Champion for Javelin.
Doepker actively gives back to her community by volunteering her time and expertise. This winter, she volunteered many hours serving as an auditor in the Spokane County Superior Court Guardianship Monitoring Program, a program designed to improve the Superior Court’s ability to monitor guardians’ handling of the ongoing care and financial affairs of Spokane County’s incapacitated citizens under court-supervised guardianship.

Doepker was nominated for the Frances B. Huston Medallion by Professor Arsen Djatej, who noted her exceptional loyalty and support for Eastern, as evidenced by her commitment to remain on campus as long as possible amid the uncertainty of the Coronavirus outbreak this spring. After graduation, Doepker plans to pursue her CPA while continuing to work in public accounting in Spokane.