The Ernest Henry Riedel Classical Studies Prize, established in 1971 and formerly known as the "Classical Studies Prize," is awarded to an outstanding senior in the Department of Classical Studies.
- 2022: Julia Simpson
- 2021: Sophia Gutierrez
- 2020: Julia Ferro
- 2019: Lauren Hitt
- 2018: Hannah G Hoover
- 2017: Madeleine A Grove
- 2016: Ashley Gaudlip
- 2015: Michelle L. Wright
- 2014: Arielle J. Suskin
- 2013: Jonathan Salman
- 2012: Brittany Owens
- 2011: Matthew Slattery
- 2010: Anne Elizabeth Herold
- 2009: Lindsay Williams
- 2008: Margaret Florian
- 2008: Corey Fredericks
- 2000: Sonia Kamboj
- 2000: Peter O’Carrol
- 1999: Zachary Harrelson
- 1999: Holly Margery Martin
- 1998: Judd Conrad
- 1998: Diana Hollenbeck
- 1997: Shane Vogel
- 1996: Michael Paul Vito
- 1995: Steven Megibow
- 1995: Natalie A. Loomis