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PENNSYLVANIA - Sharpsville - Sharpsville Area High School - Scholarships and Awards - June 1997

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Date: Monday, 2 September 2024, at 4:07 a.m.

GRADUATION '97: Awards
Sharpsville High School, Sharpsville, Pa.

Sharpsville students received awards and scholarships totaling $203,027 on June 3.

Natasha Burns _ $4,000 National Merit Special Scholarship given by Greyhound Lines, Inc.

Elizabeth Candiotti_ $3,000 Slippery Rock University Academic Affairs, $1,000 Strimbu Memorial Fund Leader, $2,400 Kenneth Burton Roberts SRU and $300 student council scholarships and an American Citizenship award.

Kathy Jo Divens _ $4,000 Mercer County $4,000 Dean's, $6,000 Mueller and $4,000 Haller Enterprise Institute scholarships, all given by Thiel College, Greenville; $350 Henry G. Evans, $300 student council and $100 Kaibas Memorial scholarships; Tom Burns Academic All-Stars $100 bond from Mercer County Hall of Fame; $100 College Club Award; and American Citizenship, The Herald Academic All-Star, Navy Honors Program, National School Choral, and Army Scholar-Athlete awards.

Bonnie Hiryak _ $1,000 Farrell Wolves Club scholarship.

Shaun Jones _ $6,000 New Castle School of Trades and $1,000 General Motors vo-tech scholarships.

Erin Kelly _ $28,000 Bethany (W.Va.) College faculty scholarship and Navy honors.

Julie Killa _ $26,000 Strub Merit Award given by Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and $2,000 Scottish Rite Abbott Scholarship; $300 student council scholarship; $50 Sharon Elks Lodge 103 salutatorian award; $100 Mary and Vincent Devine School and Community Award and Shenango Valley Performing Arts awards; National Chopin Piano, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen, The Herald Academic All-Star, American Citizenship and academic excellence awards; and Navy honors.

Sara Lieb _ $27,500 Westminster College trustee, $1,500 Shenango Valley American Business Women's Association and $300 student council scholarships; Westminster Chemistry Award; Veterans of Foreign Wars first-place in art competition; American Citizenship, Air Force Math and Science and Sharpsville Women's Club Volunteer awards; Navy honors; and outstanding physics student.

Adam Lucich _ $2,400 Kenneth Burton Roberts, $4,728 Presidential and $27,500 trustee scholarships all from Westminster College, New Wilmington; $300 student council scholarship; Tandy Technologies Award; and Navy honors.

Josh Masters _ $1,000 Farrell Wolves Club scholarship and Navy honors.

Jennifer Robinson _ $40,000 Jacob Albright Scholarship given by Albright College, Reading, Pa.; $20,000 Pennsylvania Governor's School, $750 Sharpsville Area Education Association, $300 student council scholarship, $100 College Women's Association and $100 Sharon Elks Lodge 103 valedictorian scholarships; and Tandy Technologies, Navy, The Herald Academic All-Star and academic excellence awards.

Gina Spon _ $4,500 Outstanding Achievement Scholarship given by Valley Forge (Pa.) Christian College and American Citizenship Award.

Dennis Sump _ $3,000 Slippery Rock University Academic Affairs Scholarship.

Elizabeth Thiry _ $10,000 Youngstown State University Presidential, $2,400 Kenneth Burton Roberts, $750 Sharpsville Area Education Association, $500 Service Club of Sharpsville, $500 National Service Matching and $300 student council scholarships; $250 Alex Krotenak math excellence, Tandy Technologies, American Citizenship, The Herald Academic All-Star, Navy and academic excellence awards; and second place in Eco-Meet.

Charlene Young _ $22,400 grant, $10,000 Presidential Scholarship, $8,000 choral scholarship and $2,000, all from Wheeling (W.Va.) Jesuit University; $300 student council scholarship; $1,000 Horizon Hospital System Auxiliary educational assistance, $50 Kiwanianne Club, principal's leadership, National School Choral and American Citizenship awards.

Gretchen Achenbach, Aaron Barth and Patty Funk _ second place in the Eco-Meet.

Shaun Adams and Jamie Whitmore _ $25 Sharpsville Women's Club volunteer awards.

Russ Adkins _ Xerox and Wendy's High School Heisman awards.this is academic

Scott Bailey _ first place in national mathematics test.

Tim Banas and Jackie Shuttleworth _ Westminster College chemistry awards.

Ted Brinkley _ Tom Burns Academic All-Stars $100 bond from Mercer County Hall of Fame, Army Scholar-Athlete Award, national mathematics test runner-up and Navy honors.

Joe DeAngelis _ $150 Band Boosters award, first place in the Sharpsville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6404's Voice of Democracy contest and Semper Fidelis band and Louis Armstrong Jazz Band awards.

Jamie Flaherty _ $300 student council scholarship, Devil's Advocate editor and fourth place in Voice of Democracy contest.

Rachael Fustos _ $25 Sharpsville Women's Club volunteer and John Philip Sousa band awards.

Aaron Johnson _ second place in the VFW art competition.

Matt Kollar _ second place in the Voice of Democracy contest.

Tammy Lowers _ $500 Penn State Cosmetology Academy Award.

Terry McAdams _ Rotary Youth Leadership award.

Alison Minoff _ Wendy's High School Heisman Award.

Aimee Neeley _ English Department award.

Amy Petricini _ American Citizenship Award and WYTV's Senior Salute.

Brian Pifer _ Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award.

Brice Reed _ Winner of American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary and VFW essay contests.

Jennifer Reichart _ American Citizenship Award.

Erica Sigler _ VFW art competition, third place.

Jill Thompson _ Navy honors.

Brian Tuskan _ Voice of Democracy, third place.

Michelle Wiseman _ Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, second place at Eco-Meet and American Citizenship Award.
English teacher Walter Karsonovich was selected as Teacher of the Year.

Nominated by senior Amy Petricini, Karsonovich was presented with a plaque from the National Honor Society.

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