WELLSBURG - Scholarships worth millions of dollars were awarded to many Brooke High School students at the school's scholarship night Thursday thanks to the generosity and support of many individuals, organizations and institutions of higher education.
Pannett applauded all of the benefactors, including the Brooke County Schools Education Foundation, which under the leadership of former Brooke High School principal Anthony Paesano, has raised more than $1 million in scholarships during the last 25 years.
Many of the scholarships are sponsored by area residents in honor or memory of loved ones, various civic groups and many businesses, including Wheeling-Nisshin, which provided $231,000 in scholarships over that 25-year period.
Article PhotosCatholic Central High School held its 125th commencement Sunday at the Franciscan University of Steubenville's Finnegan Fieldhouse. School Principal Richard Wilinski, left, told football stories with commencement speaker Todd Toriscelli, a 1979 graduate. Toriscelli is director of sports medicine for the Tennessee Titans. — Contributed
This year the steel firm funded 11 $2,000 scholarships for the following students: Katie Castellucci, William Combs, Sydney Gambellin, Alexa Gerrard, Brittany Hawken, Christian Hooper, Mikayla Misch, Breah Nieman, Alexis Turner-Davis, Ashley VanCamp and Paige Wood.
Many scholarships were presented outside of the foundation's umbrella. Among them were scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,500 from the Wheeling-based Albert Christ Foundation, which each year has provided millions of dollars in scholarships to graduates of several school districts along the Ohio River.
This year Brooke's recipients are: Dalton Minger, Morgan Zopp, Cheyenne Hudson, Madeleine Marks, Kelly Schambach, Ashley Van Camp, Katherine Conaway, Caitlin Cuomo, Mekenzie DeFranco, Sydney Gambellin, Drew Garrett, Kaylee Johnson, Raeann Lahita, Mara Miller, Katie Castellucci, Carlie Diserio, Alexa Gerrard, Nathan Green,Taylor Hair, Chad Harper, Natalie Henwood,Christian Hooper, Matthew Lazear,Jennifer Myers, Cassidy Sauvageot, Taylor Simala, Kristian Slavik, Morgan Snyder, Shyla Stroud, Gabriella Taverne, Alexis Turner-Davis, Alisha Wells, Cameron Barchiesi, Kaitlyn Bilak, Mario Boni, William Combs, Payge Farmer, Jacob Kennedy, Rebecca Nice, Breah Nieman, Kalee Robinson, Caitlyn Shorts,Ty Sicurella , Matthew Valentine, Breanna Vanderpool and Cody Younciak.
Awarded West Virginia P.R.O.M.I.S.E. Scholarships were: Abigail Ayers, Jacqueline Carbasho, Katie Castellucci, Amanda Casto, Thomas Cole, William Combs, Katie Conaway, Daniel Cooper,Caitlin Cuomo, Mekenzie DeFranco, Carlie Diserio, Drew Garrett, Brett Geary, Haley George, Taylor Hair, Brittney Hawken, Natalie Henwood, Christian Hooper, Cheyenne Hudson, Abbey Jackson, Kaylee Johnson, Christian Kasprowicz, Jacob Kennedy, Tristan Kowcheck, Raeann Lahita, Thomas Lancaster, Matthew Lazear, Justin Loughrie, Marco Marino, Madeleine Marks, Mara Miller, Dalton Minger, Jennifer Myers, Kelly Schambach, Taylor Simala, Jason Sprinkle, James Stollar, Shyla Stroud, Gabriella Taverne, Patrick Thompson, Alexis Turner-Davis, Ashley VanCamp, Logan Virtue, Cody Younciak and Morgan Zopp.
In his first year at the school, Pannett continued the tradition of presenting the Principal's Award to a male and female student active in various school organizations. Receiving the awards and a $500 scholarship each were Chad Harper and Alexa Gerrard.
Among the oldest scholarships given in memory of former students are the Robert "Buzz" Rocchio and the Roger Simpson awards.
Rocchio was an outstanding band and choir member and all-around student, well liked by his peers, who died in an automobile accident in 1971. This year's winner, Jasmin Brown, wasn't able to accept the award, and a $500 scholarship, Thursday because she is with the band in Washington, D.C., but was presented it at the band's annual banquet.
Simpson was a Follansbee High School baseball player who died in 1964 after entering a coma stemming from injuries resulting from his collision with another player during a game. An outstanding student and athlete, Simpson lettered in three sports and was respected by his coaches and peers.
This year's winner of the Simpson Award and a $2,500 scholarship is Dalton Minger. Minger also will receive a $2,500 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corp. after being named a National Merit Finalist.
About 15,000 students from throughout the U.S. are named National Merit Finalists after scoring in the upper half of the top 1 percent of thousands of high school students who took the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, maintaining an outstanding academic record and submitting exemplary recommendations from school officials.
In recent years the Richard Whitehead Scholarship has served to recognize an outstanding female athlete and student. It's named for a late former Brooke County Schools superintendent, principal, teacher and track and field official.
This year's winner of the award and a $500 scholarship is Cheyenne Hudson.
Hudson, Minger and Brown also received other scholarships included in the following list. Other scholarship recipients were:
Sydney Gambellin, Follansbee 20th Century Club, Edward M.Nogay Memorial Scholarship
Alisha Wells, General Federation of Woman's Clubs - West Virginia and Follansbee McDonald's; Hunter Helms, Weirton Rotary;
Brett Geary and Natalie Henwood, both Brooke County Rotary; Marco Marino, Brooke Rotary Business Scholarship; Ty Sicurella, Brooke Area AARP; Cheyenne Hudson, WesBanco; Hope Beatty, Koppers and Kim's Walk for Neurological Diseases; Katie Castellucci, Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival; Brittany Hawken, Serra Foundation and two Concord University scholarships; Kaylee Johnson, Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce; Katie Castellucci, Mario Boni and Isaac Herron, all Wellsburg Lions; Drew Garrett, Brooke County Education Association and Michael Cipoletti Memorial Scholarship; Cameron Barchiesi, Sydney Gambellin and Katie Castellucci, all Brooke County Schools Education Foundation Trustees; Mario Boni, Fargo Camerlengo, Drew Garrett, Chad Harper, Raeanne Lahita, Matthew Lazear, Justin Loughrie and Marco Marino, all Brooke baseball; Thomas Cole, Nathan Green, Justin Loughrie, Brandon Miller, Zachary Tweedy,Blake Burns, Payge Farmer, Abbey Jackson and Paige Wood, all Brooke basketball;
Makayla Moore, Sydney Gambellin, Kelly Schambach, Marin Rogers and Nicole Himmelrick, all Brooke Cheerleading; Brad Combs, Dalton Minger, Ty Sicurella, Alexa Gerrard, Natalie Henwood and Jason Sprinkle, all Brooke Cross Country; Jason Sprinkle, Natalie Henwood and Alexa Gerrad,all Brian Fritz Memorial Cross Country Scholarships; Katie Castellucci, Brette Geary, Taylor Hair, Kelly Schambach and Taylor Simala, all Brooke softball; Carly Balog, Jasmin Brown, Matteo Filippelli, Mya McAllister, Jason Sprinkle and Morgan Zopp, all Brooke swimming; Katie Conaway and Kynan Daugherty, both Brooke tennis; Mekenzie DeFranco, Cheyenne Hudson, Alexis Turner-Davis, Brad Combs, Nathan Green, Jacob Kennedy and Gavin Lewis, all Brooke track; Taylor Hair, Brooke Volleyball and Washington & Jefferson College; Mara Miller, Brooke dance team, Stacey Roach Memorial Scholarship and Rick Kucan Memorial Scholarship; Matthew Doll, Brooke Wrestling; Dalton Minger, Ty Sicurella, Cheyenne Hudson and Micha ela Valero, all Brooke soccer;
Justin Loughrie, Nathan Green,Chad Harper and Matthew Lazear, all Brooke football; Mario Boni, Brooke Golf; John Rasz Memorial Scholarship; Morgan Zopp, Brooke County Federation of Democratic Women and West Virginia Desk and Derek Scholarship; Thomas Cole, Robert Conley Memorial Scholarship, Russell Schwertfeger Scholarship and James Kolb Scholarship, Wake Forest University; Gavin Lewis, William "Catfish" Hearst Memorial Scholarship; Matthew Lazear, Vincent "Sonny" Rea Memorial Scholarship, Harry and Elrita Lazear Memorial Scholarship, St. John's Parish Scholarship, Shepherd College Dean's Scholarship; Katie Castellucci, James and Frank Rosso Memorial Scholarship; Carlie Diserio and Marin Rogers, Doug Jones Memorial Scholarship; Caitlin Cuomo, Gayle Montgomery Memorial Scholarship; Justin Loughrie, Carlin Dodrill Memorial Scholarship: Abigail Collins, William C. Hood Memorial Scholarship, Bob "Weeno" Kins Memorial Scholarship; Mario Boni, John Rasz Memorial Scholarship
Caitlin Cuomo, Carlie Diserio, Lauren Fritz, Sydney Gambellin, Alexa Gerrard, Mikayla Moore, Marin Rogers, Saegan Sacripanti, Kelly Schambach, Cassidy Sauvageot and Jordan Sponaugle, all Hannah Mozingo Memorial Scholarships; Drew Garrett, Chad Harper, Matthew Lazear, Fargo Camerlengo, Justin Loughrie, Mario Boni, Marco Marino and Raeann Lahita, all Nick Croce Memorial Scholarships; Marco Marino and Angelica Dawn McFadden, both Angelo & Betty Ciccolella Scholarships; Nathan Green, 1990 Brooke Pride Memorial Scholarship; Hunter Helms and Caitlin Cuomo, both Angela Casinelli Memorial Scholarships; Marin Rogers, Woody Baird Memorial Scholarship; Ashley Hinton, Tony Ruszkowski Never Alone Scholarship; Mekenzie DeFranco, Nathan Green, Kaitlyn Bilak and Caitlin Cuomo, all Howdy Verner Memorial Scholarships; Chad Harper, Doris Bird Memorial Scholarship; Shyla Stroud, Harry J. and Harriet M. Reitter Memorial Scholarship; Justin Loughrie, Jeff Ulrich Memorial Scholarship; Mekenzie DeFra nco, Eric Thomas Memorial Scholarship and Reasners of Wellsburg; Cheyenne Hudson, Derek "Ike" Eisienhauer Memorial Scholarship; Amanda Casto and Mario Boni, both C.F. Walker Memorial Scholarships; Raeann Lahita, R. Elaine Evans Memorial Nursing Scholarship and Wheeling Jesuit Presidential Scholarship; Rebecca Nice, Noreen Argenta Mechling Memorial Schoarship and Alpha Delta Kappa; Madeleine Marks and Ashley VanCamp, both Frank Ferguson Memorial Scholarships;
Hope Beatty, American Red Cross blood drive; Sydney Gambellin, Carlie Diserio, Drew Garrett, Kaylee Johnson, Cheyenne Hudson, Justin Loughrie and Tristan Kowcheck, all Wellsburg High School Alumni Scholarships; Matthew Valentine, Future Business Leaders of America/Interact; Isaac Heron, Kaylee Robinson and Cameron Barchiesi, all DECA Scholarships; Alisha Wells and Cheyene Hudson,both Career Technical Outstanding Work Experience Scholarships; Madeleine Marks, Career Technical Above and Beyond Scholarship; Carlie Diserio, Anthony Paesano Scholarship; Raeann Lahita, Haley George, Dalton Minger and Alexis Turner-Davis, all Charles and Thelma Pugliese Foundation Scholarships; Dalton Minger, Ashley VanCamp, John Fox and Alexis Turner-Davis, all Colliers Alumni and Friends Scholarships; Dalton Minger, the Larsen Charitable Education Trust and OVAC: Sydney Gambellin, Michaela Valero and Abigail Collins, all Robert Lindsey PTA Memorial Scholarships; Ashley VanCamp, a quilt made by the Over brook Quilters through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program; Katherine Conaway, Wellsburg Civic League; Kelly Schambach, First National Bank; Ty Sicurella, OVAC-Huntington Bank "Do the Right Thing" Scholarship and Jacob M. Harrick Engineering and Science Scholarship;
Cameron Brown, Pay it Forward Scholarship; Carly Balog, James and Janet Benzo Scholarship; Alexis Turner-Davis, Caitlin Cuomo,Morgan Zopp and Jasmin Brown, all Queen of Queen Scholarships; John Fox, Weiton Medical Center Staff; Breah Nieman, Brooke County Association of Retired School Employees; Darren Weisgerber, U.S. Marines Corps; Sydney Gambellin and Matthew Lazear, both Wellburg Applefest Scholarships; Sydney Gambellin, Betty Shaw Honorary Scholarship; Angelica Dawn McFadden, BHS Alumni 1970; Justin Loughrie, Good Smile Orthodontics; Cheyenne Hudson, Daughters of the American Revolution; Hunter Helms, Abby Ayers and Kynan Daugherty, all Spirit of Music Awards; Angelica Dawn McFadden, Alisha Wells, Breanna Vanderpool, Thomas Lancaster and Austin Ansell, all McDonald's Archways to Opportunity Scholarships; Hunter Helms, Beyond Tomorrow Drug Awareness Scholarship; Payge Farmer and Amanda Casto, both Bethany College Merit Scholarships; Madeleine Marks and Thomas Lancaster, both m ultiple scholarships from West Virginia Wesleyan College; James Stollar, U.S. Air Force; Carly Balog, Ashley Hinton, Logan Virtue, Shyla Stroud and Alexis Turner-Davis, West Liberty University; Cameron Brown, Kaylee Johnson, Jacqueline Carbasho and Kaylee Johnson, Fairmont State University;
Tyler Bailey, Desirae Coen and Madison Roadman, various West Virginia Northern Community College; Caitlyn Shorts, three Pierpont Community and Technical College scholarships; Dominique Deavers and David Carlisle, Alderson-Broaddus College; Mikayla Misch, two Bowling Green State University scholarships; Lauren Fritz, two scholarhips to the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts; Brett Geary, University of South Florida; Dalton Minger, Morgan Zopp, Caitlin Cuomo, Mekenzie DeFranco, Carlie Diserio, Haley George, Marco Marino, Kelly Schambach, Gabriella Taverne, Ashley VanCamp, Drew Garrett, Cameron Barchiesi, John Fox, Breah Nieman,Ty Sicurella, Katie Castellucci,William Combs, Katherine Conaway, Natalie Henwood, Christian Hooper, Jacob Kennedy and Justin Loughrie, various West Virginia University scholarships; Kelly Schambach, Alfonse DiConstantino Memorial Scholarship; Sydney Gambellin, Michael Ferrell Memorial Scholarship; Dalton Minger and Morgan Zopp, both Gupta Merit Scholarships; and Madison Roadman, Jim Bailey Scholarship.
Source: Brooke students receive variety of scholarships
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