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Tamaqua announces senior awards

Tamaqua Area High School held its academic awards assembly on May 9.

This year, approximately $149,000 was awarded to students from 49 award sponsors and organizations.The following students received awards during the assembly.Air Products and Chemicals Award: Jacob Marcolla, Matthew Minchhoff, Arienne Serniak, Kyle Patrick and Catherine Minehan: $1,000 eachDrs. Larry and Pamela Assalita Scholarship: Catherine Minehan, $500Tamaqua Business & Professional Women's Club Young Woman of the Year Award: Hannah Georgis, $250Baileys Building Supplies Top Vo-tech Award: Ashlyn Herring, $100Tamaqua Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Award: Jazmin Mena, $150James D. Collins Memorial Award: Jazmin Mena, $1,000Arnold Delin Award: Patrick McMullenThe William and Florence Fegley & Family Scholarship: Kaitlyn Frantz, $3,000The Fenstermacher Prize: Kyle Patrick, $4,500The Fisher Memorial Awards: Patrick McMullen, $150; Arienne Serniak, $100; and Jacob Marcolla, $75John and Nell Forrest Vocal Scholarship: Hannah Betz, $1,000, summer camp-recognition onlyTheodore A. Giltner Scholarship: Julianna Wagner, $3,000Kermit Gregory Award: Matthew Belzner, $100Abe Hassan Memorial Scholarship: Chelsea Frantz, $5,500Benjamin Herring Memorial Scholarship: Allison Amodea, $5,000Sabrina Hill Memorial Scholarship: Allison Pedersen, $300John P. Klimowitch Memorial Award: Kelsey Zamudio, $250The William K. Klingaman Sr. Award: Merranda Zehner, $500Alice Konecny Memorial Scholarship: Arienne Serniak, varies by yearThe Russell P. Kropp, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship: Catherine Minehan, $1,500Theodore Leiser Memorial Scholarship: Brieanna Purcell, $6,450Humbert Lendin Music Scholarship: Patrick McMullen, $3,000Walter Ligenza Memorial Award: Kaitlyn Frantz, $100Karen Mateyak Mathematics Award: Catherine Minehan, $1,000Karen Mateyak Mathematics Tutoring Award: Amy Gardiner, $1,000John Mettler Future Educator's Scholarship: Amy Gardiner, $500Dr. Richard Miller Award: Bailey Pedersen, $100Diane Miller Memorial Award: Taylor Fritz, $100J.E. Morgan Foundation Scholarship: Emily Wenzel, Jacob Marcolla, Matthew Minchhoff and Joseph Berezwick, $20,000 eachEdward L. Shafer Memorial Award: Arienne Serniak, $200Ernest Scheller III Memorial Scholarship: Catherine Minehan, $12,000Schuylkill County Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholarship: Jazmin Mena and Russell Blaker, $100 eachSt. Luke's Miners Memorial Board of Trustees Award: Alexis Baddick, $500St. Luke's Miners Memorial Medical Staff Award: Julia Shellhammer, $500TASGA Scholarship: Catherine Minehan Arienne Serniak, $500 eachTamaqua Education Association Award: Joseph Berezwick and Catherine Minehan, $1,000 eachTowle Family Scholarship: Nicole Prantow, $250Class of "1946" Award: Hannah Georgis, $400The Tamaqua Area School District Alumni Award: Kyle Arner, $500Fred M. Valent Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Caryn Matz, $500Arthur and Mary Wolfe Scholarship: Emma Osenbach, $3,000Marlin A. Hechler Memorial Award (Dolinsky): Jonathon Scannell, $500Nicholas S. Demyanovich Memorial Award: Jonathon Scannell, $200Kimberly Griffith Memorial Award: Emily Wenzel, $1,000Edmonds Memorial Award: Myranda Fulton, $200Class of 1965 Award: Aimee Hull, $500Rotary Club Award: April Brooks, $200Thelma Urban Memorial Award: Hoyt Gyuricsek and Victoria Labar, $750 each

Top scholarship winners honored at the Annual Tamaqua High School Achievement Awards included, from left, Emily Wenzel, Jacob Marcolla, Catherine Minehan and Matthew Minchhoff. Joseph Berezwick was unavailable for the photo. Wenzel, Marcolla, Minchhoff and Berezwick were each awarded $20,000 J.E. Morgan Scholarships, in addition to other awards. Wenzel garnered a total of $17,500 in scholarship money. KATHY KUNKEL/TIMES NEWS