Frederick Melvin Ellis Prize Winner: Harris Hardiman-Mostow

The Frederick Melvin Ellis Prize recognizes athletic versatility, academic achievement, and leadership. 

Harris Hardiman-Mostow (E21) is a truly exceptional scholar-athlete, brimming with intellectual firepower and modest character. As the captain of the Tufts Men’s Rowing Team, Harris has coordinated team trainings on bias, sexism, racism, and sexual misconduct, recently advocating for expansions in Tufts athletics’ recruiting process to be more inclusive of racial and socioeconomic minorities. Harris’s professors note his academic enthusiasm, leadership, and sense of humor, consistently surprised by his humility.