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