Catasauqua High School Class of 2020 awards, scholarships
The following awards and scholarships were presented to members of the Catasauqua High School Class of 2020. The awards video can be found at youtube.com/watch?v=VvkNhGRFjQc.
Women’s Club of Catasauqua: Amber Kalnas, Haley Lewis, Taylor Pattison
Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar-Representative: Hannah Kurczewski
Women’s Club of Catasauqua (for highest average in English-applied): Zachary Scheirer
Women’s Club of Catasauqua (for highest average in English-academic): Katherine Verenna, Sarah Yandrasitz
Jim Kappes Memorial Scholarship Award: Amber Kalnas
Catasauqua Lions Club (most improvement in senior year): Rebecca James, Bailey Witt
Sheckler Teacher’s Award: Shaziya Roberts
The Art Room Assistance Award: Rebecca James, Hannah Lewis, Priscilla Schaller
Michelle Mason Class of 1970 Scholarship: Zachary Scheirer
Catasauqua High School Alumni Scholarships: Jacob Drummer, Taylor Pattison
Class of 1937 Memorial Award: Sarah Yandrasitz, Katherine Verenna
Class of 1951 Memorial Award: Kadyn Faustner
Class of 1956 Lucille H. Lambert Memorial English/Journalism Achievement Award: Amber Kalnas, Sarah Yandrasitz
Class of 1957 Memorial Award: Benjamin Langsdorf, Sofia Lopez, Adam Reinhart, Bailey Witt
Class of 1958 Memorial Award: Noel Cruz, Haley Lewis
Class of 1959 Memorial Award: Tory Simmons
Class of 1961 Memorial Award: Shaziya Roberts
Class of 1970 (50-year graduates) Awards: Taylor Pattison, Sarah Yandrasitz
CHS Class of 1976: Rebecca James, Taylor Pattison
Class of 1984 Memorial Award: Katherine Verenna
Class of 2002 Award: Gavin Kozemko
Class of 2004 Joseph Galm Memorial Science Award: Alyssa Lee, Montana Muller
Class of 2008: Simon Tanyous, Montana Muller
Class of 2014 Milne/Fahringer Arts Scholarship: Lavonte Bouie
Al Marhefka Memorial Music Award: Erin Reph
Catasauqua Garden Club Award: Jordan Blose
Sage Stauffer Memorial Award: Madison Hicks, Joseph Merkel
Salem Preschool Alumni Graduation Award: Victoria Hurley
Whitehall Chamber of Commerce Scholarship: Sarah Yandrasitz
Catasauqua Community Partnership Award: Amber Kalnas, Taylor Pattison
Tracy Holmes Award: Madison Hicks
John Phillips Sousa Concert Band Award: Mackenzie Brobst
Frank “Jive” and Janice “Nin” Snyder Memorial Award: Katherine Verenna, Mason Schlofer
Catasauqua Area Education Association Memorial Scholarship: Shaziya Roberts
Arthur Williams Cross Country Awards: Benjamin Langsdorf, Montana Muller
Arthur Williams Business Award: Mackenzie Brobst
David Cunningham Memorial Girls Basketball Award: Madison Hicks
American Legion Post 215: Luis Saint-Amand
Frank J. Troxell Senior Memorial Award: Amber Kalnas, Taylor Pattison
Valley Forge Chapter-Pennsylvania Society Sons of the American Revolution: Luis Saint-Amand
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution: Amber Kalnas
Mark Moser Memorial Scholarship Award: Mason Schlofer
Charles “Chink” Gallagher Memorial Scholarship Award: Bailey Witt
Leonard Carlton Peckitt Scholarship: Sarah Yandrasitz, Gabriel Gurrea
West Point Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award: Alexis Rushatz
Deb Nothstein CAST Award Catasauqua Area Showcase Theatre: Benjamin Langsdorf
Mark Reccek Memorial Award: Amber Kalnas, Emily Miller
Gerald Case Memorial Award: Gideon McKenzie
Jesse Crossley Award: Joseph Merkel, Jordy Leon
Quincy Jones Musicianship Award: Emily Miller
National Marching Award: Benjamin Langsdorf
Raymond Hoffman Award: Matthew Smith
Thomas Delong Memorial Award: Jacob Smith
James P. O’Mara Scholarship Award given by the James and Sharon (O’Mara) Maida Foundation: Benjamin Langsdorf, Haley Lewis, Katherine Verenna
Walter Schlener Memorial Award: Justin Baehr, Victoria Hurley
CASD Summer Work Program Award: Marissa Montanez
Vincent V. Suppan Music Award: Mackenzie Brobst, Emily Miller
Barasso Awards (in honor of Dale Buss to a senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in education in science with a focus toward biology): Sarah Yandrasitz; (in memory of Vincent E. Spess to a senior who is a leader in the community): Amber Kalnas; (from the Barrasso family to a female student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the math and/or science fields): Marissa Montanez
Sports Award to honor the memory of Michael and Emma Brosky (baseball/basketball): Mason Schlofer; (softball/basketball): Madison Hicks
Varsity “C” Club: Adam Reinhart, Madison Hicks
Earl Stengel Memorial Scholarship Award: Bailey Witt
National School Choral Award: Gavin Kozemko
CYAA Youth Award: Madison Hicks, Adam Reinhart
Catasauqua Booster Club Awards: Benjamin Langsdorf, Luis Saint-Amand
Slovak Center Social Club Scholarship: Zachary Scheirer, Hannah Miller
Michael H. Yaroma Memorial Integrity Scholarship (demonstrated integrity, recognizes why it is an essential life skill): Katherine Verenna
Catasauqua Hall of Fame: Katherine Verenna, Jacob Smith
Robert S. Spengler and Bernadine S. Wehr Memorial Award given by Ann T. Spengler and Dale W. Wehr in honor of their children and grandchildren: Emily Miller, Taylor Pattison
Lehigh Valley Chapter National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar: Zachary Scheirer
Lehigh Valley Soccer Scholar Athlete: Joseph Merkel, Madison Hicks
2020 Colonial League Academic All-Stars Awards: Mason Schlofer, Katherine Verenna
Scholar Athlete Wrestling Award: Zachary Scheirer
Erik Hirner Memorial Fireman Scholarship Award: Jacob Drummer, Zachary Scheirer, Mason Schlofer
Carl Kratzer Memorial Community Service Award: Jacob Drummer
Joseph Meeko Memorial Track and Soccer Awards (track award for outstanding male and female sprinter): Joseph Merkel, Madison Hicks; (outstanding male and female defensive soccer player): Joseph Merkel, Madison Hicks
Meeko Humanitarian Awards - Joseph John Meeko Memorial Award: Jacob Drummer; Mary B. Meeko Memorial Award: Taylor Pattison
Senior Accounting Award donated by a friend: Mackenzie Brobst
Catasauqua Fire Department Community Service Award: Joseph Merkel, Luis Saint-Amand, Amber Kalnas, Jacob Drummer, Jacob Smith
Alva R. Davies Art Scholarship: Hannah Lewis
Allentown Post L of the Travelers Protective Association of America Altruism Award: Amber Kalnas
Bruce A. Frankenfield Memorial Award (highest ranked male and female): Gabriel Gurrea, Sarah Yandrasitz
Principal’s Award for Outstanding School Service: Amber Kalnas
Jeffrey Greb Memorial Scholarship: Amber Kalnas
Ted LaRose Social Studies Award: Lavonte Bouie, Dariana Diaz, Gavin Kozemko, Ian Langsdorf, Lyliaris Montalvo Santiago, Montana Muller, Priscilla Schaller, Tory Simmons, Matthew Smith, Simon Tanyous
The Rev. Phillip Miller Memorial Scholarship Award: Amber Kalnas, Taylor Pattison
Kenneth C. and Shirley J. Wotring Memorial Scholarship Fund: Amber Kalnas
Jennings Transportation Corp Special Award: Mackenzie Brobst
2020 Senior Debate Team Awards: Rebecca James
Scholastic Scrimmage Awards (2019-20 team members): Angele Diamacoune, Randy Costenbader, Will Elston, Haylie Toth, Maya Moussa, Kayla Cunningham
2020 Brown and White Awards (for editors): news- Lucy Brubaker, Sydney Gebhardt, Aidan Gerhard, Taylor Pattison, Shaziya Roberts, Alexis Rushatz, Sabrina Safadi, Sarah Yandrasitz; opinion- Montana Muller, Katherine Verenna; features- Gabriel Gurrea; sports- Jacob Drummer, Olivia Emery, Amber Kalnas, Marissa Montanez, Mason Schlofer; review- Will Elston, Tyler Monahan, Derek Troxell
National Honor Society members: Montana Muller, president; Jacob Drummer, vice president; Gabriel Gurrea, treasurer; Taylor Pattison, secretary. Seniors: Mackenzie Brobst, Noel Cruz, Haley Lewis, Marissa Montanez, Matthew Smith, Katherine Verenna, Sarah Yandrasitz. 2020 inductees: Olivia Becker, Cassidy Fischl, Donovan Gair, Julianne Grate, Emily Rivera, Alexis Rushatz, Sabrina Safadi, Alexandria Treiber, Derek Troxell
Varsity “C” Club officers: Joseph Merkel, president; Madison Hicks, vice president; Alexis Sheldon, secretary; Haley Lewis, Mason Schlofer, treasurers; Tory Simmons, sergeants of arms
Student Council officers: Jacob Drummer, president; Jordy Leon, vice president; Madison Hicks, secretary; Mason Schlofer, treasurer; Haley Lewis, historian
STARS officers: Angel Font, president; Trevor Schappell, vice president; Jaylin Ortiz, secretary; Trista Graser-Jewell, treasurer
FBLA officers: Kadyn Faustner, president; Sabrina Safadi, vice president; Destany Montanez, secretary; Priscilla Schaller, treasurer; Jorry Cene, historian
Digital Media Club: Stewart Alex Oakley, president; Chloe Moyer, vice president/co-secretary; Trisha Bloszinsky, treasurer/co-secretary
CHS Drama Club “Pathetic Players” Award (one year): Ismael Correa, Gabriel Gurrea, Haley Lewis, Marissa Montanez, Taylor Pattison; (two years): Emily Miller; (three years): Mackenzie Brobst, Noel Cruz; (four years): Lavonte Bouie, Benjamin Langsdorf, Luis Saint-Amand
LCTI/DCO Program: Ryan Bly, Sherman Brown, Alyssa Cantrel, Jakeem Jourdain, Sabrina Kemmerer, Erica Kuhar, Sofia Lopez, D’Angelez Martiniez, Alexia Simpson