Top local high school students honored at Fayette campus

2017 4.0 club group photo

Students from 15 local high schools comprise the 2017 Penn State Fayette and United Bank 4.0 Club. The outstanding students were honored July 15 at the Fayette campus.

Credit: Penn State

LEMONT FURNACE, Pa. — Fifteen local high schools sent students to be honored for their academic excellence and achievement at a ceremony on July 15 in the Community Center at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. For the seventh year in a row, the Penn State Fayette and United Bank 4.0 Club recognized students who have completed their sophomore, junior or senior year with a cumulative 4.0 grade-point average. Joining the ceremonies was United Bank representative and Penn State graduate Tim Kelly, who started at Penn State Fayette and finished his bachelor’s degree in business at the University Park campus.

The program featured two speakers, both of whom distinguished themselves academically in high school and at the Fayette campus. Johnny Marcolini, a Penn State Fayette alumnus from Brownsville, went on to earn his master’s degree from Penn State World Campus and works as an enrollment specialist at Penn State Fayette. Colton Layhue, a Uniontown High School graduate, just completed his sophomore year at the campus and will be a junior this fall at University Park. Layhue intends to complete his engineering degree with a major in mechanical engineering.

The 2017 Penn State Fayette and United Bank 4.0 Club inductees that were in attendance at Saturday’s event are:

  • Albert Gallatin High School: Breannah LeAnn Bogus, Kaden S. Earley, Olivia Hellen, Haley Lynn Miller, Haley Moats, Jessica Myers, Nathan A. Sutton, and Jessica Victor
  • Belle Vernon Area High School: SaraAnn Buza, Alaina Conte, Jordan Hartman, Taylor Lazzari, Hanna Legazza, Allegra Ochs, Katharine Ruhl, Dionne J. Ruozzi, and Margaret Schmidt
  • Bethlehem Center High School: Thomas Harvey, Abigail McDaniel, and Isabella Quinones
  • Brownsville Area High School: Tyler Adams, Brenna L. Glowacki, Sarah Lemesh, Destinie Olesko, Evan Olesko, and Emily Sloan
  • California Area High School: Elek Buday, Morgan L. McBurnie, and Shelby Volosin
  • Carmichaels Area High School: Jacob D. Hair and Stephen Zacoi
  • Charleroi Area High School: Victoria R. Anders, Karlen M. Brovey, Ryan Kurtes, Chaley Marconyak, Bre Miller, Khayla Powell, and Evan Thompson
  • Connellsville Area High School: Adriana R. Andrus, Rachel Bittner, Noelle Bodenheimer, Ethan D. Brooks, Cassidi Butler, Parker J.E. Carte, Madeline R. Cramer, Payne G. Johnson, Kiara B. Laws, Morgan Lukaesko, Coalby McNair, Nico Munson, Trisha Poorbaugh, Nichole Soforic, Emily Ukasik, Ally N. Wilson, Kylee Witt, Zoe S. Youdell, and Kyleigh S. Zurawski
  • Frazier High School: Thomas L. Clark Jr., Skyllar L. Domonkos, Kristen Hartz, Stacy Hartz, Noah J. Harvey, Annya Kossal, Isabella Kudyba, Mackenzie Massey, Nicholas Miller, Justin P. Novak, and Riley Strickler
  • Geibel Catholic High School: Amber D. Blanish, Sara M. Ehrhardt, Grace Goodwin, Patrick T. Grundy, Sydney R. Palya, Emily Petro, Sarah Petro, and Hayley Riggin
  • Jefferson-Morgan High School: Cameron J. Cernuska and Brittany L. Nelson
  • Laurel Highlands High School: Autumn Buchheit, Erin Egnot, Lindsay Filcheck, Alexander Gesk, Haley R. Gray, Amanda Gregg, Justin Hartsek, Greg J. Hensh, Alyssa Lambert-Alonso, Zachary D. Mansberry, Kristen R. Marmol, Kevin M. Masi, Olivia N. McKnight, Abby K. Miller, Macy L. Miller, Megan L. Perry, Bailey Rohm, Emily Rohm, Casey Russell, Matthew R. Santilli, Hunter Scott, Sean Sweeney, Alex Timperio, and Amy N. Yuhas
  • Southmoreland High School: Jenna Conty, Morgan E. Conty, Austin Keyser, Erin Polakovsky, Olivia Price, Kalianna R. Rager, Hayley Robbins, Allie Shreffler, and Kimberly Weinman
  • Turkeyfoot Valley High School: Caleb Butler
  • Uniontown Area High School: Nicole Bevard, Connor DeMoss, Emma McSurdy, Karleigh Risha, Jeremy Saliba, and Jayden E. Thomas