Palmerton Area High School held its senior awards assembly recently in the high school auditorium.
Students and the awards they received are as follows:
Kelli Arner - Charles Fabian Memorial VFW Post 7134 Award ($50); Palmerton Area Girl Scouts Award ($100); Marietta T. Recker Memorial Scholarship ($200); Senior Spirit Achievement Award ($100); Harley E. Shupp IV Memorial Award ($100); Softball Parents' Club Award ($50); Student Council Award ($100); Outstanding Senior Award, Softball (Plaque).
Kayla Ashner - Good Samaritan Award ($250).
Lisa Bisbing - Warren E. Furry Memorial Award ($500).
Lanny Buck, Jr. - Outstanding Senior Award, Boys' Track (Plaque).
Daniel Costenbader - Outstanding Senior Award, Wrestling (Plaque).
Sarah Dreyer - Harry A. Bomberger Memorial German Award ($50); Shea's Hardware, Inc. Award ($100).
Michael Englert III - Emil Gerchak "Team Spirit" Wrestling Award (Certificate); PYW&CA Senior Wrestling Achievement Scholarship Award ($250); United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award (Certificate); Outstanding Senior Award, Golf (Plaque).
Jessica Fegley - Thomas McCall Government Scholarship Award ($500); Earl Bryan Seip Memorial Award ($100 and Book); Academic Award, Social Studies (Certificate); Academic Award, Science (Certificate); Academic Award, Math (Certificate).
Catherine Gamez - Dorothy A. Minnich CRN Palmerton High School Track & Field Scholarship ($200); PAEA Scholarship Award ($750); Palmerton Senior, Junior High Personnel Scholarship ($2,566); Outstanding Senior Award, Girls' Cross Country (Plaque).
Larissa Gaudette - Avenger Award (Pen/Pencil Set).
Victoria Graver - Michael Graver Scholarship Award ($40); Dorothy K. Sharp Memorial Award ($100).
Brownwyn Green - Field Hockey Parents' Club Award ($50); Deb Rodrigues Award to the senior outstanding in the field of Track ($25 and Plaque); Thomasine Wargo Falcone Athlete Award ($100); Outstanding Senior Award, Field Hockey (Plaque); Outstanding Senior Award, Girls' Track (Plaque).
Courtney Gruber - Carbon County Bar Association Award ($500); Exchange Club of Palmerton Award ($1,000); S.S. Palmer Faculty & PTO Award ($500).
Faith Gruber - Outstanding Senior Award, Cheerleading (Plaque).
Stephanie Gursky - Nick Bickowski 4 EVER Memorial Scholarship ($1,000); Grace M. Jillson Memorial Scholarship Award ($250); PAEA Scholarship Award ($750).
Derek Haas - Outstanding Senior Award, Boys' Basketball (Plaque); Perfect Attendance Award (Certificate).
Nicole Haas - Matin H. Philip, Attorney Award ($100).
Frank "Jay" Hall - Concourse Club Award ($500); John Durishin Memorial Public Speaking Award presented by Michael D. Snyder ($250); Exchange Club of Palmerton Award ($150); Good Citizenship Award presented by State Sen. David G. Argall (Certificate); The Junior N. Haupt Scholarship ($500); Meta M. Haupt Scholarship Award ($500); John Boyer Helmuth Award ($50); Lions Club of Bowmanstown/Parryville Award ($300); Nancy G. Mendsen Medical Career Award ($1,000); Evelyn & Joseph Plechavy Jr., Award ($50); Joseph Plechavy, Jr. Scholarship Award for musical and oratorical proficiency ($100); Science Faculty Award ($25); George Spillane, Inc. Award ($50); S.S. Palmer Faculty & PTO Award ($500); United States Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award (Certificate); Sidney R. Webb Memorial Award ($1,000); Academic Award, English (Certificate); Academic Award, Math (Certificate); Academic Award, Science (Certificate); Academic Award, Spanish (Certificate); Academic Award, Social Studies (Certificate).
Daniel Haney - Avenger Award (Pen/Pencil Set); Stacey Cotton Memorial Award ($250); Congressman Paul Kanjorski Foundation Award ($100); Academic Award, English (Certificate); Academic Award, Technology (Certificate).
Caitlyn Holland - Shea's Hardware, Inc Award ($100).
Allison Horinko - Avenger Award (Pen/Pencil Set); Slatington Lodge #440F & AM Award ($125); Student Council Award $100).
Zachary Huber - Soccer Parents' Club Award ($50); Outstanding Senior Award, Boys' Soccer (Plaque).
Robert Keyser - First National Bank of Palmerton Award ($200); National Honor Society Award ($50); Philip & Wimmer, Attorneys At Law Award ($35); Academic Award, Spanish (Certificate); Academic Award, Technology (Certificate).
Ryan Kleintop - Nick Bickowski 4 EVER Memorial Scholarship ($1,000); Travis C. Everett Award ($200); Charles Fabian Memorial VFW Post 7134 Award ($50); Charles Goodrich Memorial Award ($100); Valley Forge Chapter PA Society Sons of Revolution Award (Certificate/Medal).
Madeline Koller - Ellen Greene Christman Scholarship Award ($500); Nanovic Family Scholarship Award ($7,500 a year for four years); United States Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award (Certificate); Academic Award, Science (Certificate).
Dakota Miller - Avenger Award (Pen/Pencil Set).
Danielle Norris -