HARRISBURG, Pa., May 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast
NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded approximately
$188,000 in scholarships for the
2017-18 school year to 178 Pennsylvania students as part of its
annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program
awards. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation
recognizes the best and brightest high school seniors for their
community service, academic performance and leadership skills.
"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners exemplify
leadership and are committed to academic excellence and community
service," said Christine Whitaker,
regional senior vice president for Comcast. "We are honored to
recognize their achievements, and excited to support them as they
continue their educational journeys."
Comcast, joined by Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera, and City of Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse, recognized the students at a
special event held Tuesday at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. All of the 2017 Pennsylvania
Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships, except for one student,
Adrianna Mowrer of Perkiomen, who was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founder's Scholarship –
instituted in honor of Ralph J.
Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast
Corporation. After a prize drawing, 10 students also received
Samsung Chromebooks for use at college.
"Governor Tom Wolf joins me in
congratulating these gifted students for their outstanding
achievements," said Pedro Rivera,
the governor's Secretary of Education. "Ensuring a first-rate
education is Gov. Wolf's top priority for Pennsylvania, and these young people exemplify
what excellence in teaching and learning can mean for every
student. We also commend the Comcast Foundation for its
ongoing charitable support of programs like this scholarship."
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full
potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their
communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as
models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program
is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future
and to engage them in their communities. The program also
demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value
placed on civic involvement by the business community.
This year, the program will award more than $2 million in scholarships to more than 2,000
students across the country to help them pursue higher education.
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2017 Comcast Leaders and Achievers®
Scholarship Winners from Pennsylvania:
SCHOLARSHIP
RECIPIENTS (by County where the high school is located)
Adams
Jamie Hogarty of New Oxford Senior High
School
Alexis Little of Littlestown
Senior High School
Allegheny
Zainab Adisa of Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12
Brittany Andrews of South
Park High School
Samuel Bordo of Lakeview
Christian Academy
Isabella Brown of Quaker
Valley Senior High School
Kali Bunecicky of Chartiers
Valley High School
Breanna Cavanaugh of
Elizabeth Forward High School
Justin Cook of Seton-Lasalle
High School
Christopher DeSalle of Our
Lady Sacred Heart High School
LaDayazia Diggs of Westinhouse High School
Carlee Domke of Plum Senior
High School
Christopher Johnston of
Clairton High School
Janel Jones of Allderdice
High School
Emmeline Klatt of Fox Chapel
Area High School
Tanner Klein of Brentwood Middle High School
Quinn McGuire of Penn Hills
High School
Aaron Meyer of Northgate High
School
David Mrazik of North
Allegheny Senior High School
Tyler Raub of Deer Lakes High
School
Meghan Reith of North Hills
High School
Michael Skledar of Cheswick
Christian Academy
Vicki Wang of Upper St. Clair
High School
Jacob Wiesenfeld of Hillel
Academy Pittsburgh
Ryan Zoldos of Sto-Rox
Junior-Senior High School
Alexis Zovko of Thomas Jefferson High School
Armstrong
Brianna Bell of Apollo Ridge Senior High
School
Emily Cornman of West
Shamokin High School
Jonathan Kamis of Armstrong High School
Beaver
Bryce
Allen of Beaver Falls High School
Christa Camp of New Brighton
High School
Amanda Clear of Beaver County
Christian School
Lauren Detrick of Ambridge
Area High School
Grace Dubois of Beaver Beaver
Area High School
Chloe Goehring of Western
Beaver Junior / Senior High School
Melissa Halstead of South
Side High School
Amanda Herzog of Freedom Area
High School
Frank Riggio of Blackhawk High School
Nicholas Romano of
Quigley Catholic School
Montana Shugars of Lincoln
Park Performing Arts Charter School
Holly Singer of Hopewell
Senior High School
Bedford
Derek
Lasch of Everett High
School
Lauren Ooghe of Bedford High School
Berks
Sneha Anmalsetty of Wilson Senior High
School
Evan Cardinal of Antietam
Middle / Senior High School
Felix Estevez Hilario of
Reading High School
Dylan Okonski of Muhlenberg
High School
Bucks
Anastasia
Ballasy of Archbishop Wood
Luke McDonald of Holy Ghost
Preparatory School
Madeline McQuaid of Pennsbury
High School
Daniela Molina of Morrisville
Middle / Senior High School
Livia Pinover of Germantown
Friends School
Sanjana Shah of Central Bucks
High – East
Butler
Thomas
Pascucci of Freeport Area High School
Cambria
Jenna Maurey of Central Cambria High
School
Madelyn Single of Portage
Area High School
Centre
Madison
Marucci of Bellefonte Area High School
Chester
Priyanka
Chunduru of B. Reed Henderson
High School
Elizabeth Harvey of Oxford
Area High School
Adrianna Mowrer of
Deleware Valley Friends School
Mason Putt of Twin Valley
High School
Kameron Reeves of Coatesville
Area Senior High School
Portia Wiggins of Collegium
Charter School
Clarion
Larissa
Lauer of Clarion Area High School
Cumberland
Madeline Bender of Shippensburg Senior High
School
Autumn Bishard
of Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
Chase DeShong of Trinity High School
Joshua Lehigh of West Shore
Christian Academy
Tyler Myers of Camp Hill High
School
James Thompson of Harrisburg
Academy
Dauphin
Amanda
Acri of Halifax Area High School
Kyla Brezitski of Bishop
McDevitt High School
Richard Cross of Millersburg
Area High School
Hunter Herb of Upper Dauphin
Area High School
Bailey Jones of Big Spring
High School
Trevor Kisler of
Steelton-Highspire Junior-Senior High School
Olivia Ramsey of Central
Dauphin East Senior High School
Junaid Rehman of Scitech High
School
Sadie Troup of Central
Dauphin High School
Delaware
Catherine Cai of Garnet Valley High School
Kelsey Czyszczon of Sun
Valley High School
Regina Fairbanks of Marple
Newtown Senior High School
Edward Issertell of Cardinal
O'Hara High School
Davina Le of Academy Park
High School
Samantha Martin of Penncrest
High School
Fayette
Margaret Schmidt of Belle Vernon Area High School
Nicholas Scipione of Lower
Dauphin Senior High School
Franklin
Riannon
Atkins-Smith of James Buchanan Senior High School
Cassidy Fritz of
Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School
Colby Maun of Shalom
Christian Academy
Cy McCleaf of Waynesboro
Senior High School
Misael Vera of Chambersburg
Area High School
Fulton
Justice
Seville of McConnellsburg Junior Senior High School
Greene
Hannah
Reed of West Greene High School
Huntingdon
Rachael Barszczowski of Juniata Valley High School
Indiana
Isaac Lohr of Penns Manor Area Junior-Senior
High School
Abrielle Okopal of Saltsburg
Junior-Senior High School
Hana Wahi of Indiana Area
Senior High School
Mya Zemlock of Homer Center
Junior-Senior High School
Jefferson
Blake
Bizousky of Punxsutawney High School
Lackawanna
Madilyn Augustine of North Pocono High
School
Casey Greenfield of Old Forge
High School
Nicholas Maldonato of Dunmore
Area High School
Leah Pawluck of Holy Cross
High School
Lancaster
Alyssa Ames of Penn Manor High School
Regan Donecker of Pequea
Valley High School
Madeline Harmes of Warwick
High School
Sharon Mathew of Lancaster
Catholic High School
Simon Munyan of Elizabethtown
Area Senior High School
Kelly Pentz of Solanco High
School
Ileana Santiago of McCaskey
Campus
Emily Stoltzfus of Dayspring
Christian High School
Stephanie Wagner of Manheim
Central Senior High School
Lawrence
Gabriella
Colucci of Neshannock Junior / Senior High School
Madison Donley of New Castle
Junior / Senior High School
Shania Johns of Shenango High
School
Lebanon
Samantha Grove of Cedar Crest High
School
Lycoming
Autumn Deitrick of Loyalsock High School
Noah Fagnano of Montoursville
High School
Justin Kramer of Muncy
Junior-Senior High School
Rebecca Nash of South
Williamsport Junior Senior High School
Kendra Snyder of St. John
Neumann Regional Academy
Montgomery
Mikayla Casey of Jenkintown High School
Alay'na DiSanto of Merion Mercy Academy
Naila Garbutt of Wyncote
Academy
Rachel Harmon of Springfield
High School
Francis Waweru of Norristown
High School
Philadelphia
Sandra Arroyo of Kensington High School for International
Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship
Marshae Batchelor of Parkway
Center City High School
Mya Brown of Parkway West
High School
Nikell Byrd of Murrell
Dobbins CTE High School
John Carley of Father Judge
High School
Amondo Clayton of Roman
Catholic High School
Emily Coulter of Philadelphia
Academy Charter School
Gregory Damas of Cristo Rey
Philadelphia High School
Tasia Dennis of Imhotep
Institute Charter
Cara DiMarcantonio of
Archbishop Ryan School
Tiana Douglas-Brown of High
School of the Future
Samantha Evans of Maritime Academy Charter School
Montana Flowers of West
Philadelphia Catholic High School
Rochaelle Gill of International Christian High School
Ajae Henson-Alston of Jules
E. Mastbaum Area Vocational Technical School
Semaj Herbert of Freire Charter School
Kevin Ipina de Leon of
Benjamin Franklin High School
Brandon Jackson of Lankenau
Environmental Science Magnet High School
Mingwang Jiang of
George Washington Carver High School
for Engineering and Science
Austin Lin of Academy at
Palumbo
Nasir Mack of Philadelphia
Performing Arts & Sciences: A String Theory Charter School
Mark Martin of Motivation
High School
Katherine Moronta of Mariana
Bracetti Academy Charter School
Cheyenne Murray of
Deleware Valley Charter High
School
Maimouna N'dongo of Sayre High
School
Franklin Okpala of
Frankford High School
Ramzy Raihan of Central High
School
Robert Sim of Julia Masterman
Laboratory and Demonstration School
Yoshna Tamang of Furness High
School
Nghi Tran of Mercy Vocational
High School
Kayla Warren of Friends
Select School
Sayyid Watson of Charter High
School for Architecture and Design
Sierra Williams of
Constitution High School
Mercer Wright of W. B. Saul High
School for Agricultural Sciences
Maliyah Robertson of Parkway
Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice
Denislava Stefanova of Northeast High School
Michaela Zammuto of
Hallahan High School
Schuylkill
Maura Bentz of Minersville Area
Junior-Senior High School
Emily Witmier of Pottsville
Area High School
Tyler Zimerofsky of Nativity
BVM High School
Somerset
Morgan Broderick of Berlin High School
Venango
Julia Serbati of Oil City High School
Washington
Darci
Debos of Washington High School
Maria Lengwin of Ringgold High School
Breanna McCann of South
Fayette High School
Tyler Meier of Canon McMillan
High School
Westmoreland
Jeremy Bass of Norwin Senior High School
Amber Carr of Greensburg-Salem High School
Lauren Comito of Hempfield
Area High
Michaela Dearborn of Donegal
High School
Marc Gibson of Monessen
Middle & Senior High School
Maiah Repovz of Yough Senior
High School
York
Ciara
Coombes of Northeastern Senior High School
Rebecca Glusco of Dallastown
Area Senior High School
Trevor Grim of Bermudian
Springs High School
Evan Raubenstine of South
Western Senior High School
Adam Wolnikowski of Eastern
York High School
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