On Saturday May 3rd, 2014, the Florida Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons presented the prestigious Martin Lebowitz Award to Dr. Stacy Michelle Nedrud, who is the first female dentist to receive this high honor.

Miss Nedrud graduated from Cocoa Beach Senior High School as Valedictorian, and International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient in May of 2006. She scored a perfect 800 on math SAT IIc and 1510 out of a possible 1600 on SAT 1.

She attended the University of Notre Dame from August 2006 thru May 2007, where she majored in Math/Physics, and was on the Dean’s List with a 3.69 GPA and was a Scholarship Division I varsity student-athlete on the swim team for 1 year, with three publications:

• Bernhardt V, Nedrud SM, et.al. “The Effects of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training on Subjective Ratings and Performance in Elite Swimmers”. International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology, Athens, Greece, October 2011
• Bernhardt V, Nedrud SM, et. al. “The effects of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) in Collegiate Swimmers,” Experimental Biology, Washington, DC. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal. March 17th, 2011 25:1057.8
• Bernhardt V, Nedrud SM, et. al. “The Effects of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training in Elite College Swimmers,” EB, Anaheim, CA. FASEB Journal, April 6, 2010 24.618.4

Miss Nedrud matriculated at the U of FL that fall on a Bright Futures Scholarship. She was on the U of FL Dean’s list, and SEC Academic Honor Roll from 2007 thru 2010, and graduated with a B.S. degree in Zoology and Biology.