Approximately 200 Emmaus High School seniors were recognized recently for their academic and athletic accomplishments. The school’s auditorium and balcony were packed by family, friends, staff members and sponsors of the monetary awards who attended the event. The program moved quickly with the principal and assistant principals taking turns reading the numerous award winners and scholarship descriptions, as many of the seniors won multiple awards throughout the evening.

Principal Beth Guarriello opened the program by recognizing the seniors on stage for their commitment to excellence, dedication and sacrifices. District Director Robert Arena presented the state Sen. Jarrett Coleman’s Good Citizenship Award to Connor Iyengar and Jackson Kreiner.

Todd and Nancy Salomon presented the Craig James Salomon Memorial Scholarship to Cecilia Ruyak, Joshua Guth, Ayden Kegley and Sophia Tranguch. Craig James Salomon would have graduated this year with his twin brother Carter, who was present on stage for the senior awards.

Janice Rohrbach was proud to be a part of this year’s program to provide a scholarship in her late husband’s name, Chip Rohrbach who graduated from Emmaus in 1986. Rohrbach was a significant part of the theater community at Emmaus and Janice wanted to honor his memory with this scholarship. The first recipient of The Chip Rohrbach Memorial Scholarship in Theater was Anna Smith who will be attending Georgia Tech in the fall.

Calvin Sun also attended the program to see Elizabeth Navitsky accept the Ted Sun ‘61 Memorial Award. Calvin was thrilled to meet in person the University of Pitt-bound Navitsky who will study physical therapy. Calvin beamed with pride that his brother’s legacy lives on in seeing these young graduates pursue their similar dreams.

Sarah Lorenzo and Jackson Kreiner earned the most academic awards taking home six each while Griffin Meesenlehner won the highest number of athletic awards with four awards. The program concluded with Ava Gaydos being recognized with the Principal’s Award for her dedicated service to the Emmaus High School community.

Club Awards

Academic Team Award: Daniel Witmer

Aevidum Scholarship: Jackson Holden

Collage Award: Ryan Maxted

Excellence in Journalism Award: Ayaan Shah, Carina McCallum, Theodore Garvin, Gabriel Meyers

Excellence in Physics: Michael Lam

Emmaus High School Spanish Club Scholarship: Charles Lambert

Interact Club: Amanda King

Key Club Award: Mia Raggi

Kid to Kid Scholarship: Brayden Dang

National Honor Society Scholastic Achievement Award: Brayden Dang

Athletic Awards

East Penn Conference Scholar Fall Athlete Nominees: Brayden Dang, Daniel Duggan, Lauren Horvath, Autum Kernechel, Kamryn McWhinney, Jared Petre, Ava Grace Saab, Isabella Scarlata, Maya Schutz

East Penn Conference Scholar Winter Athlete Nominees: Natalie Cheplick, Cassandra Doemling, Ava Gaydos, Logan Kuder, Griffin Messenlehner, Michael Rooney, Jesse Scott

East Penn Conference Scholar Spring Athlete Nominees: Payton Campbell, Colin Holden, Andrew Lee, Maximilian Lipski, Brooke Peterson, Jared Petre, Nicholas Stone, Sophia Tranguch

East Penn Conference “Conference Scholar Athletes:” Natalie Cheplick, Brayden Dang, Autum Kernechel, Griffin Messenlehner,

Dolores M. Wanish Memorial Award: Payton Campbell, Veronica Karboski, Isabella Scarlata

Elisabeth “Betsy” Wilson Memorial Award: Payton Campbell

Eugene Schantzenbach Hustle Award: Jack Csensits

Larry G. Hillegas Memorial Award: Reilly Bechtel, Jared Petre

Daniel M. Sachs Memorial Award: Griffin Messenlehner

Matt Kush Award: Griffin Messenlehner

Tri-Letterman Award Winners: Reilly Bechtel, Veronica Karboski, Jared Petre

Principal’s Awards

Service Above Self: Michelle Akinyi, Zaira Ali, Jaylen Davis, Madelyn Eisenhart, Kirra Everett, Abraham Fink, Alexandria Keane, Jackson Kreiner, Sarah Lorenzo, Ava Grace Saab, Aashka Sevak, Ayaan Shah, Anna Smith, Jacob Walter, Shantal Vargas Pena

The Principal’s Good Citizenship Award: Bryan Kain

The Richard Gaal-Good Citizenship Award: Mallory Farnand

Principal’s Award: Ava Gaydos

Military Awards

The “Semper Fidelis” Award for Musical Excellence: Reid Hoffman, Olivia Gotthard

United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award: Sofie Laird, Reilly Bechtel

United States Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award: Ayden Kegley, Kya Vandersluis

Community Sponsored Scholarships and Memorial Awards

Career in Education: Evan Bartolomei, Mikayla Sames, Veronica Karboski, Veronica McGraw

Class of ‘62: Giving Your Best Award: Damar Gilzeane

Class of 1964 Scholarship: Sylvia Jennings

Colleen Krause-Straw Memorial Award: Emma Durnin

Craig Bartholomew and Norman Hoffman Scholarships: Carina McCallum, Vanessa Van Pelt

Craig James Salomon Memorial Scholarship: Cecilia Ruyak, Joshua Guth, Ayden Kegley, Sophia Tranguch

DAR Good Citizen Award: Cecilia Ruyak

David A. Stortz Scholarship: Jackson Holden, Maya Schutz

David M. Kleppinger Family Scholarship Fund: Sarah Lorenzo

Donald W. and Stella V. Trump Memorial Scholarship: Lillian Rishel

Dr. Warren M. Hamscher Memorial Scholarship: Madison Shutkufski

Emmaus Garden Club: Tyler Grabinski, Katelyn James

Emmaus Kiwanis Club Service Award: Sarah Lorenzo

Emmaus Kiwanis Foundation Scholarship: Matthew Beisel

Emmaus Lioness/Lions Club Scholarship: Veronica Karboski

Emmaus Lions Club Nurse Scholarship: Sarah Lorenzo

EPIMC Band Scholarship: Olivia Gotthard, Reid Hoffman, Cecilia Ruyak, Mikayla Sames

Francee Fuller Memorial East Penn Chamber Scholarship: Elizabeth Navitsky

Hunktown Memorial Scholarship: Cheyenne Jones

Jennifer Houp Strouse Nursing Scholarship: Addison Johnson

Joan Benner Fuller Scholarship: Riley Harper

Katie Kasinecz Memorial Scholarship: Madisyn Servais

Kauffman Zayaitz Family Scholarship: Emma Klinedinst

LCTI Award: Jacob Walter

Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation Scholarship: Rachel Keller

Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute Athlete Community Service Scholarship: Carter Salomon, Cassandra Doemling

LMYA Scholar Scholarships: Jackson Holden, Madison Shutkufski

Lower Macungie Garden Club Scholarship: Katelyn James

MollySTRONG Foundation Scholarship: Hailie Heller, Carter Salomon

Sgt. Ashly Moyer Memorial Scholarship: Kayla Sullivan

Slaski Mortgage Company Scholarship: Riley Harper

Stanley T. Holmes Scholarship: Thomas Eck

State Sen. Jarret Coleman’s Good Citizenship Award: Connor Iyengar, Jackson Kreiner

S.G.A. Scholarship: Lindsey Kahler, Sarah Lorenzo, Mariam Mahmoud, Kayla Sullivan

Ted Sun ‘61 Memorial Prize: Elizabeth Navitsky

The Wilmer R. Schultz “Service Above Self” Scholarship: Amanda King

The Woman’s Club of Emmaus 77th Annual Scholarship: Addison Johnson

Tommy Joe Dodd Scholarship: Benjamin Curtis

Walter C. Stoudt Memorial Scholarship: Eman Serhiri

Academic Awards

AP Scholar

Michelle Akinyi, Margaret Allport, Natalie Cheplick, Miles Cook, Jacqueline Dobersztyn, Samuel Dougherty, Mallory Farnand, Anand George, Zuzanna Golab, Luke Hahn, Callum Harvey, Jonathan Hoch, Colin Holden, Sylvia Jennings, Gloria Klees, Michael Lam, Anna Marchetto, Andrew McIlwain, Griffin Messenlehner, Rowan Moxley, Megan O’Brien, Jared Petre, Mia Raggi, Isabella Scarlata, Malena Stetz, Clark Toussaint, Kayla Walker, Brighton Yu, Nathan Zulli

AP Scholar with Honors

William Buck, Michael Carter, Anna Chavolla-Ramirez, Jeanni Dam, Scott Gatter, Riley Harper, Ayden Kegley, Andrew Lee, Melanie Lin, Mariam Mahmoud, Stavros Marangos, Nicholas Marino, Nicholas Maroun, Benjamin McElroy, Vanessa Owusu-Anim

AP Scholar with Distinction

Caleb Brashear, Aiden Cannon, Michael Creelman, Brayden Dang, Nathaniel Enck, Gavin Germain, Mathilde Guillon, Connor Iyengar, Joel Jacob, Jackson Kreiner, Sarah Lorenzo, Priya Mancheril. Carina McCallum, Eman Serhiri, Aashka Sevak, Ayaan Shah, Anna Smith, Daniel Witmer, Colby Zheng, William Zheng, Vivian Zhong, Maxwell Zientara

Art Department

EHS Permanent Collection- Anna Elston, Ryan Maxted, Rylie Newpher, Madisyn Servais

Excellence in the Art Department

Chancellor Henry, Jonathan Hoch, Ryleigh Kohler, Lillian Price

National Art Honor Society Excellence Award

Katherine Harries

Business Department

Business Law: Joshua Guth, Maya Schutz

Excellence in Computers and Business

Jack Csensits

Field Study (teacher intern program): Emma Meyers

Field Study: (external placement)- Melanie Lin

Outstanding Business Student: Morgan Heim

Computer Science Department

Mehdi Jaffer Award: Daniel Tobey

Outstanding Senior in Computer Science: Anand George

The Blackstone Award: Daniel Tobey

English Department

Excellence in English: Connor Iyengar, Jackson Kreiner

ESL Department

Outstanding Senior in ELD Award: Anissa Leghlimi, Shantal Vargas Pena

Family and Consumer Science Department

Excellence in Family Consumer Science: Jayla Diehl

Excellence in FCS: Amanda King

Math Department

Outstanding LCTI Math Student: Joslyn Zetterberg

Outstanding Senior in Math: Daniel Witmer

Music Department

EHS Choral Department Scholarship in Leadership: Jacob Ackerman

EHS Choral Department Scholarship in Performance: Ryan Jack

EHS Choral Department Scholarship in Service: Alexandria Keane

Emmaus High School Chamber Strings Award: Colby Zheng, Nicholas Maroun

Emmaus High School Orchestra Award: Anna Chavolla-Ramirez, Samuel Dougherty

Outstanding Instrumentalist: Brighton Yu, Vivian Zhong

The Baig Family Music Award: Kyra Kelly

The Benjamin Michael Albro Orchestra Award: James Harada

Tri-M Music Honors Society Award: Evan Bartolomei, Reid Hoffman

Science Department

Excellence in Biology Award: Priya Mancheril

Excellence in Chemistry Award:- Ryan Travisano

Excellence in Earth Space Science Award: Cecilia Ruyak

Excellence in Physics Award: Aiden Cannon

Chester Zazo Memorial Environmental Award: Cecilia Ruyak, Ava Palamara, Andrew Kister, Kya Vandersluis

Social Studies Department

Excellence in AP US History: Jackson Kreiner, Kyra Kelly

Excellence in Psychology: Elizabeth Navitsky

Excellence in Social Studies (Harpster): Aashka Sevak

Excellence in Study of Economics: Daniel Witmer

Excellence In US Government and Politics: Isabella Scarlata

Excellence in World Studies: Ayaan Shah, Connor Iyengar

Senior Humanities Award: Cecilia Ruyak

Thomas J. Husser Memorial Award for Excellence in Government and Economics: Jack Sullivan

Special Education Department

Commitment to Excellence: Ryan Travisano, Fulton Jones

Tech Ed Department

Excellence in Engineering: Emma Naccarato, Nicholas Maroun

Excellence in Graphic Arts: Owen Haas

Excellence in Technology Education: Daniel Tobey, James Harada

Theater Department

Chip Rohrbach Memorial Scholarship: Anna Smith

Excellence in Broadcasting and Film Award: Abigail Gruber, Anna Smith

Excellence In Musical Theater: Hannah Kern, Lila Schneider

Excellence in Theater Arts Sharon Glassman Scholarship: Ava Grace Saab, Matthew McCambridge

Kyle Schmoyer Memorial Scholarship: Emily Brown

Neil Kline Memorial Scholarship: Kyra Kelly

The Albert J. Neumeyer Performing Arts Award: Anna Chavolla-Ramirez

The Charles and Susan Kalan Performing Arts Scholarship: Anna Chavolla-Ramirez

The Excellence in Dramatic Arts Frank A. Macellaro Memorial Award:

Madisyn Servais

Wellness/Fitness Department

Commander Michael G. Clarke Memorial Scholarship: Brady King

Deborah and Vincent Magnotta Fitness and Wellness: Kayla Camire

World Languages Department

Outstanding in French: Nicholas De Santis

Outstanding in German: Michael Lam

Outstanding in Latin: Aiden Cannon

Outstanding in Spanish: Sarah Lorenzo