Kenmore West Honors Scholarship & Award Winners

On May 28th & June 3rd, Kenmore West honored several senior and junior students at the school's annual Scholarship night in the school's auditorium. Below is a list of students who were honored with various scholarships and awards.

Senior Scholarship Recipients

Air and Space Force Association: Chief Master Sergeant John J. Fiore Scholarship—Quinn Phillips

American Legion Award—Aliyah Grant

Barbara Parker Shephard Scholarship—Quinn Phillips

Beth Delano Kenitorial Award—Zoe Ortiz

Brian Dugan Memorial Scholarship—Evelyn Baxter

Counseling Center Humanitarian Award—Cadence Pisa

DuPont Yerkes Scholarships
    ~ Women’s Network STEM—Eleena Toukatly
    ~ DE&I STEM—Jenna Marshall
    ~ Trades—Chappelle Alston, Jesse Burr, Sawyer Dickinson, Preston Payne

FY26 NROTC Scholarship—Isabella Candelaria

IB Learner Profile Award—Everdina Clinch and Dominic DiGiulio

Kenmore West Alumni Foundation Scholarships
    ~ Class Rank Award-Kenmore West Blue Devil Awards:
        - Valedictorian—Tuyana Dehima
        - Salutatorian—Mia Winkler
        - Third Ranking—Quinn Phillips
    ~ 4 Year Scholarships—Everdina Clinch, Dominic DiGiulio, Jenna Marshall, Quinn Phillips
    ~ 2 Year Scholarships—Projal Lohar
    ~ A. Daniel Trumble Scholarship—Sydney Crone, Mia Winkler, Aja Wittemann
    ~ Class of 1960 David Hight Memorial Scholarship—Cadence Pisa
    ~ Geoff Brunger KW 1966 Scholarship—Willa Lake and Jackson VanDewater
    ~ Mellie and Maxine Mooshie Award—Jackson VanDewater
    ~ Nelson Karro Scholarship—James Gallivan
    ~ Pythagoras Scholarship—Connor Rudniski

Kenmore West HSA Blue Devil Award—Everdina Clinch, Quinn Phillips, Aja Wittemann

Ken-Ton Friends of Youth Educational Grant
    ~ Charlie Wolff Memorial Award—Aislyn O’Malley

KTA Great Student Award—Willa Lake and Ella Roberts

Maureen Brinkworth Memorial Scholarship—Addison Rott

Niagara University Lois Lyon Brennan Scholarship—Sophia Penrose

Rick McGaffin Memorial Scholarship—Jesse Burr and Preston Payne

Robert J. and Teresa LaMendola Scholarship—Addison Rott

Sam Drago Outstanding Progress in English Scholarship—Dominic DiGiulio

Sam Drago Shakespeare Appreciation Scholarship—Ava McCrea

Society for the Mayflower Descendants of NYS—Todd DeMarco and Quinn Phillips

WNY Scholars Foundation—Jenna Marshall

Senior Award Recipients

Community Awards

Air Force Math and Science Award—Jack Lipowski and Evelyn Baxter
Air Force Scholar Athlete Award—Saban Coric and Aislyn O’Malley
Erie Niagara Sunshine Exchange Cub Youth of the Year Award—Everdina Clinch
Erie Niagara Sunshine Exchange Club A.C.E Award—Jackson Mangone
Kenmore Rotary Service Above Self Award—Jenna Marshall
NYS Commemoration Commission’s Semiquincentennial Citizenship Award—Todd DeMarco
USMC Distinguished Athlete Award—Sawyer Dickinson and Gianna Sperrazza
USMC Scholastic Excellence Award—Cameron George and Alannah Kane
USMC Semper Fidelis Award for Music Excellence—Alistair Gianni and Eleena Toukatly

Department Awards

Art:
    ~ Outstanding Achievement in Visual Arts—Eddie George and Samantha Quinonez-
    ~ Outstanding Achievement in Media Arts—John Potter
    ~ Outstanding Achievement Photography—Nathaniel Camardella
    ~ Outstanding Character in the Arts—Jackson Anzalone

Business:  
    ~ Business Department Outstanding Business Student—Gabriel Tarantelli

Counseling Center:
    ~ NYS Office of Comptroller Award—Quinn Phillips
    ~ NYS Attorney General's Triple C Award—Kalkedan Melkamu and Rubina Siwakoti
    ~ OAG Civic Ambassador Award—Pray Meh

English: 
    ~ Grace Kratzenberg Prize in Advanced English—Sydney Crone

FACS:
    ~ FACS Health & Fitness—Kieryn Black
    ~ FACS Achievement in Foods—Lily Brown
    ~ The Dominic Maksymik Memorial Award—Anthony Aiello

Music:
    ~ The John Philip Sousa Award—Zoe Lesika
    ~ Patrick Gilmore Band Award—Joanna Croom-Coronel
    ~ Louis Armstrong Jazz Award—Alistair Gianni
    ~ Woody Herman Jazz Award—Stella Dettbarn and Heather Malkiewicz
    ~ National School Choral Award—Ella Roberts
    ~ Outstanding Choir Member—Zoe Lesika and Heather Malkiewicz
    ~ Outstanding Orchestra Member—Stella Dettbarn and Dominic Fabrizi

Theatre:
    ~ Kenmore West Musical Theatre Award—Nicholas Gerace and Aja Wittemann
    ~ Outstanding Theatre Technician Award—Ella Roberts
    ~ Outstanding Contribution to Theatre Arts Award—Elizabeth Heerdt
    ~ NYSTEA Award—Madelyn Meckes and Maria Reinoso-Zegarra

Physical Education:
    ~ Physical Fitness Awards—Zoey Dettbarn and Joseph Ward

Science:
    ~ Carl W. Baisch Award—Tuyana Dehima
    ~ Paul Steimle Outstanding Technology Award—Connor Rudniski
    ~ Philip S. Eggleton Award—Jack Lipowski
    ~ Science Olympiad—Everdina Clinch

Social Studies:
    ~ Social Studies Scholar Award—Nathaniel Camardella, Saban Coric, Elizabeth Heerdt

School Awards:

Paul Seeley Character & Leadership Award—David Kupa, Jack Lipowski, Jenna Marshall

Charles Kristich Integrity, Perseverance and Loyalty to School—Dshawn Lipford, Heather Malkiewicz, Gianna Sperrazza

Vivian Green Outstanding Qualities of Character—Elizabeth Violino

Moore Award for Service—Everdina Clinch, Mia Winkler, Aja Wittemann

Raymond S. Frazier Outstanding Leadership and Citizenship—Dominic DiGiulio

Alan MacGamwell Visual Arts—Mateo Burt

Alan MacGamwell Performing Arts—Josephine Sturmer

Assistant Principal’s Award—Priscilla Conway-Hall

Principal's Award—Madison Greene

Roy G. Freeman Outstanding Academic Achievement—Mia Winkler

Frank Densberger High Academic Achievement Award—Tuyana Dehima

President’s Awards for Academic Excellence–*Denotes Honor Club

Emma Ackley
Emily Aronica*
Evelyn Baxter*
Rayne Bergeron
Aidan Boicourt*
Lilian Brown
Morgan Burns*
Mateo Burt*
Alexandria Burt
Nathaniel Camardella
Isabella Candelaria
Vincenzo Castiglione
Everdina Clinch*
Apollo Coash
Zachary Collins*
Saban Coric
Lucas Cotterman*
Sydney Crone*
Tuyana Dehima*
Todd DeMarco
Stella Dettbarn*
Zoey Dettbarn
Dominic DiGiulio*
Arthur DiPasquale Lockhart
Joseph Edwards
Dominic Fabrizi
Elliott Farnum
Maxwell Gaynor-Coene
Cameron George*
Eddie George
Alistair Gianni*
Annalise Haynes
Elizabeth Heerdt*
Lucas Johnson*
Alannah Kane*
Samuel Keppeler
Willa Lake*
Zoe Lesika*
Jack Lipowski*
Projal Lohar
Heather Malkiewicz*
Kyle Mancuso
Ava McCrea
Madelyn Meckes*
Pray Meh*
Quinn Michienzi*
William Michienzi
Aislyn O’Malley
Milana Palmeri
Sophia Penrose*
Juliana Phelps
Quinn Phillips*
Cadence Pisa
John Potter*
Samantha Quinonez Cancel
Maria Reinoso-Zegarra*
Ella Roberts*
Leocadia Rothschild*
Connor Rudniski*
Rubina Siwakoti
Payton Soto
Abigail Spencer*
Aubrey Spencer
Gianna Sperrazza*
Audrey Strassel
Josephine Sturmer
Gabriel Tarantelli
Eleena Toukatly*
Kaleb Trillizio-Smith
Caiden Tyree
Madison Velarde*
Elizabeth Violino*
Lucia Vitello*
Tyler Vogl
Joseph Ward*
Mia Winkler*
Aja Wittemann
Brooke Wylie
11th Grade Graduate
Jenna Marshall
 
Junior Scholarships and Book Awards

Alfred State College
    ~ Pioneer Leaders Awards—Olivia Dolce and Alan Tochia
 
Alfred University
    ~ Scholars Award—Dylan Hein and Christina Tu

Harvard University
    ~ Harvard Prize Book Award—Copeland Baker

Niagara University
    ~ Purple Eagle Leadership Award—Justin Dickey
 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    ~ Rensselaer Medal Award—Grady Jones

Rochester Institute of Technology
    ~ Art and Design Award—Metta Sagurney
    ~ Business and Leadership Award—Nina Parker
    ~ Computing Award-–Giovanni Chiavaroli
    ~ Engineering and Technology Award-–Quinn Lew
    ~ Humanities and Social Sciences—Madelyn Viana
    ~ Science and Math—Jade Mendyk
 
St. Bonaventure College
    ~ Bonnie Scholarship Award—Joseph Cavanagh, Andrew Digesare, Maisy Fleming, Michael Hark, Evan Kavanagh, Olivia Mock, Ruby Wes

St. Michael’s College
    ~ Book Award for Community Engagement—Suu Aung, Alexander Enderton
 
University of Rochester
    ~ Bausch and Lomb Science Award—Madelyn Lipowski
    ~ Fredrick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Award—Isabella Haynes
    ~ George Eastman Young Leaders Award—Metta Sagurney
    ~ Xerox Award—Kiareliz Morales