The Tommie Award is presented each spring semester to a University of St. Thomas senior who, according to UST students, faculty, and staff, best represents the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas through scholarship, leadership, and campus involvement.  To be eligible for nomination and to receive the Tommie Award, the candidate must be a UST senior earning her/his degree no later than December 2012, have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75, and be in good academic and non-academic standing (i.e., not on conduct probation).