WCCF awards scholarships
Washington County Community Foundation has completed its post-secondary scholarship cycle for 2018, awarding 78 scholarships totaling $218,250. Cumulatively, the Washington County Community Foundation has awarded more than $1,125,000 in post-secondary scholarships.
WCCF also awards scholarships to pre-kindergarten students and scholarships to students in kindergarten through grade 12 attending non-public schools.
More than $2.2 million has been awarded from all scholarship funds. To learn more about the WCCF’s scholarship opportunities, visit www.wccf.net.
The award winners are:
Alice Boone Main Memorial Fund – Andrew Allender, McGuffey, received $500
Arthur V. Ciervo Scholarship Fund – Kenneth Miller, Burgettstown, received $500
Black Family Scholarship Fund – Awards of $1,000 each went to Bailey Machesky, West Greene; and Sarah Fox, Avella
Buckholt Science Scholarship Fund – Marissa Lopez, McGuffey, received $500
Burgettstown Jr.-Sr. High School Student Council Leadership Scholarship Fund – Madison Banaszak, Burgettstown, received $500
Burgettstown Lions Club Scholarship Fund – Three Burgettstown seniors received scholarships. Ashley Tasz received $250; Elle Havelka received $250; and Joseph DeMario received $500
CAS/Dr. Kim Stacher Scholarship Fund – Tyler Barnhart, West Greene, received $1,000
Chapman Family Scholarship Fund – 10 awards were made from this fund. They went to Michael Tyhonas, California, $2,000; Courtney Cowell, McGuffey, $2,000; Justin Butka, Trinity, $2,000; Brooke Bioni, Canon-McMillan, $2,000; Darianne Bane, Canon-McMillan, $2,000; Rachel Jones, West Greene, $4,000; Peyton Blake, West Greene, $4,000; Madison Franco, Bentworth, $4,000; Ling Xue, Chartiers-Houston, $4,000; Shelby Saut, McGuffey, $4,000
Charles Pappas Sr. Scholarship Fund – Sierra McIntyre, Burgettstown, received $1,500
Christman Family Scholarship Fund – Maci Ward, Washington, received $4,000
CHROME FCU/Ed Orisko Scholarship – Three awards of $1,500 each went to Elek Buday, California; Tyler Whitfield, Chartiers-Houston; and Benjamin Zeisloft, Peters Township
Clyde J. Tracanna/Washington Rotary Club Educational and Vocational Fund – Awards of $1,000 each were made to Erich Durbin, McGuffey; Chelsea Geer, Trinity; and Matthew Marasco, Washington
Cynthia McCuen Scholarship Fund – Marko Olivarez, McGuffey, received $1,000
D. Jack & Geraldine L. Gaido Memorial Scholarship Fund – Jarred Rice, Trinity, received $4,000
Dave Pew Memorial Scholarship Fund – Mila Shadel, Peters Township, received $500
David O. and Sara F. Johnson Family Education Fund – Ashley Tremel, McGuffey, received $1,000
Dr. Paul Pipik Fund for Study in the Health Sciences – Dominic Clutter, Bethlehem-Center, received $850
Elizabeth Plumer Memorial Scholarship – Jessica Ashmore, Trinity, received $1,000
Friends of MarkWest Scholarship Fund II – Seven awards of $4,000 each were made from this fund. Recipients are Madison Banaszak, Burgettstown; Kieran Walsh, Burgettstown; Steven Horvath, Chartiers-Houston; Michael Paluda, Chartiers-Houston; Clay Klein, McGuffey; Abigail Cermak, Trinity; and Zachary Dinch, Trinity
George & Mary Matijevich Scholarship Fund – Joseph DeMario, Burgettstown, received $1,000
Hunter Lafe McAdoo Scholarship Fund – Marissa Lopez, McGuffey, received $1,000
John & Sophie Choratch Scholarship Fund – Seven awards of $2,500 each were made from this fund. Recipients are Victoria Carnes, Burgettstown; Lois Cass; Madison Codeluppi, Charleroi; Tyler Cochran, Canon-McMillan; Christopher Kerr, Canon-McMillan; Hannah Parnell, Ringgold; and Nicholas Stanek, McGuffey
Joseph P. Femiani Memorial Scholarship – Abigail Kita, Peters Township, received $1,000
Kirk C. Moninger Fund – Abigail Cermak, Trinity, received $400
Kiwanis Club of Washington Scholarship Fund – Valerey Rosenwald, Canon-McMillan, received $1,000
Margaret Pitek Ciervo Scholarship Fund – Lilley Beadling, Bethlehem-Center, received $500
Megan J. Phillis Scholarship Fund for Academic Excellence – Samantha Roner, Burgettstown, received $500
Olivia Scott Scholarship Fund – Awards of $1,000 each were made to Jenna Vito, Bentworth; and David Chapman, McGuffey
Ralph W. Young Family Scholarship Fund – Nine awards of $10,000 were made from this fund. The recipients include Chase Conrad, Bethlehem-Center; Paige Moore, Bethlehem-Center; Travis Pettit, Bethlehem-Center; Alexis Ozohonish, Bethlehem-Center; Marissa Filby, Charleroi; Kaitlyn Riley, Charleroi; Autumn Carroll, Ringgold; Lauren Gohacki, Ringgold; and Nolan Sion, Ringgold
Ringgold Alumni Scholarship Fund – Anna Freeman, Ringgold, received $250
Ronald T. Miller II Scholarship Fund – Raymundo Arvizu-Guzman, Peters Township, received $1,000
Ryan Johnston & Vaughn Johnston Scholarship Fund – Emily Durila, McGuffey, received $1,000
Sam & Bev Minor Fund – Carter Popelas, California, received $1,000
Sprowls College & Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund – Emily LaMark, Fort Cherry, received $1,000
Timothy Edward Hitchon Scholarship Fund – Akira Wheeler, Trinity, received $1,000
Washington County Gay Straight Alliance Scholarship Fund – Two awards of $4,000 each were made from this fund. Recipients are Julia Reedy, Burgettstown; and Samantha Schafer, Canon-McMillan
Washington County Visiting Nurses’ Association Scholarship Fund – Three awards were made from this fund. Matthias Campion, a Peters Township graduate who studies nursing at Cedarville University, received $1,250; Patrick McCracken who studies nursing at the Washington Health System School of Nursing, received $1,250; and Lauren McGavitt, a Trinity graduate who studies nursing at Waynesburg University, received $1,250
William L. & Barbara M. Laird Fund – Tori Danna, McGuffey, received $1,000