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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