The John Honey is the most prestigious award given out by the Students' Association.

The award is given out in memory of John Honey (1781-1813), a student who bravely rescued five seamen from their wrecked ship during a storm in 1800. The Kate Kennedy Club commemorate his life every year with a torchlit procession down the Pier, known as the Gaudie.

The John Honey Award is given to one student every year who makes an outstanding and exceptional contribution to student welfare during their time at St Andrews. Whilst this does not have to necessarily mean saving someone's life, the award will only be given out to

Anyone can nominate a matriculated student for the John Honey award by emailing dorep@st-andrews.ac.uk at any point during the year. The winner of the award will be decided by the Association Executive, and announced in Semester 2. The award will appear on the recipient's HEAR transcipt.

The winner for the academic year 2009-10 was Claire Thomson.