Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $130,000 In Scholarships To 120 Pennsylvania High School Seniors
PITTSBURGH, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded approximately $130,000 in scholarships for the 2017-18 school year to 120 Pennsylvania students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills. Since 2001, more than $28 million has been awarded to nearly 27,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the Leaders and Achievers Program.
"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners are exceptional students who are committed to academic excellence and community service," said Christine Whitaker, Senior Vice President of Comcast's Keystone Region. "We are honored to recognize their achievements and excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys."
Comcast recognized the students at special events held at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on June 5 and at FNB Field in Harrisburg today. One student, Jahnea Pressley, a resident of Hummelstown and student at Central Dauphin East Senior High School, was selected to receive an additional $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.
In total, Comcast will award $205,000 in Leaders & Achievers scholarships to 187 high school seniors across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the 2018-19 school year.
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
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About Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About the Comcast Foundation The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation's primary mission is to empower communities to thrive by providing access to technology, relevant digital skills and training, and inspiring volunteerism, service and leadership. The Foundation invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on the communities we serve. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated $220 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about how Comcast supports the communities it serves available at www.comcast.com/community.
2018 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients
Adams County Catherine Apgar, Delone Catholic High School Paul Asper, Biglerville High School Amanda Murren, New Oxford Senior High School
Allegheny County Denelle Balach, Quaker Valley Senior High School Tianna Clay, Cheswick Christian Academy Hannah Collins, Oakland Catholic High School Hannah Cook, West Allegheny Senior High School Carly Cygrymus, South Park High School Megan Darnell, Plum Senior High School Avery DeGruttola, Thomas Jefferson High School Ethan Fontana, St. Joseph High School Emmy Francek, Sewickley Academy Brooke Giger, McKeesport High School Karns Hazlett, Deer Lakes High School Katelyn Hrubetz, Propel Braddock Hills High School Madette Kusic, Serra District High School Mark Mitchell, Seton-Lasalle High School Alexis Pham, Penn Hills High School William Phifer, Chartiers Valley High School Maddie Reuss, Fox Chapel Area High School Emily Richard, Fort Cherry High School Luke Robertson, Northgate High School Skyler Roemele, Mt. Lebanon High School Amanda Uziel, South Allegheny Junior-Senior High School Rachel Wible, Baldwin High School Tyler Zinn, Lakeview Christian Academy
Armstrong County Alyssa Lobb, Armstrong High School Lakien Porter, West Shamokin High School
Beaver County Madelyn Rose Cronin, Beaver County Christian School Jonathan Jansma, Quigley Catholic School Austin Jones, Western Beaver Junior / Senior High School Lauren McCoy, Hopewell Senior High School Adelaide McDonald, South Side High School Curtis Pagley, Beaver Falls High School Allison White, New Brighton High School
Bedford County Allison Cottle, Northern Bedford Community High School Sydney Reffner, Everett High School
Berks County Jessica Halligan, Governor Mifflin Senior High School Justin Reeves, Antietam Middle / Senior High School
Cambria County Erin Choby, Cambria Heights High School Caitlin Machuta, Central Cambria High School
Centre County Adazia Mellott, Bald Eagle Area Middle / Senior High School Gabrielle Pighetti, Bellefonte Area High School
Clarion County Nicholas Cherico, Clarion Area High School
Clearfield County Emerson Fronk, Moshannon Valley Junior Senior High School
Cumberland County Madison Barto, Harrisburg Academy Madison Gutshall, Big Spring High School Jessica Kirk, Kirk Home School Kyleigh Marshall, Cumberland Valley High School Micah Pepper, Bible Baptist School Smaran Teru, Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School
Dauphin County Maria Goldman, Hershey High School Kayla Handy, Halifax Area High School Anne Johnson, Camp Hill High School Emma Krall, Bishop McDevitt High School Gracie Miller, Upper Dauphin Area High School Kailyn Petery, Millersburg Area High School Jahnea Pressley, Central Dauphin East Senior High School Garrett Wylie, Lower Dauphin Senior High School
Fayette County Bradley Kennedy, Belle Vernon Area High School
Franklin County Colby Benedict, Chambersburg Area Career Magnet School Micaela Champion, Chambersburg Area High School Brianna Hege, James Buchanan Senior High School Megan Painter, Waynesboro Senior High School Rebecca Rotz, Fannett-Metal Senior High School
Fulton County Logan Conner, McConnellsburg Junior Senior High School
Greene County Myles Cramer, Greene County Career & Technology Center Olivia King, Waynesburg Central High School
Indiana County Kyle Gearhart, Purchase Line Junior-Senior High School Annika Milko, Greater Latrobe Senior High School Katelyn Polenik, Penns Manor Area Junior-Senior High School Emily Schmidt, Homer Center Junior-Senior High School
Lackawanna County Ashley Bound, Old Forge High School MaryKatherine Cadden, Dunmore Area High School Meghan Fawcett, Lakeland Junior / Senior High School Priya Patel, Mid Valley Secondary Center
Lancaster County Benjamin Burkhart, Manheim Central Senior High School Veronica Cazillo, Penn Manor High School Tyson Cole, JP McCaskey East High School Audrey Crandall, Solanco High School Emily Hilton, Dayspring Christian High School Nathan Kovalick, Pequea Valley High School Julie Marie Reichert, Lancaster Catholic High School Danyel Schmidt, Salisbury – Elk Lick High School Emily Tsang, Hempfield High School
Lawrence County Zachary Tyler Jordan, New Castle Junior / Senior High School Cassie Tillia, Shenango High School Jacob Winters, Wilmington Area High School
Lebanon County Shelby Bauer, Annville-Cleona Secondary School Hannah Callihan, Lebanon Catholic High School Avinash Saraiya, Cedar Crest High School
Lycoming County Danae Roles, Montoursville High School Samantha Thompson, Hughesville High School Dominic Williams, Jersey Shore Area High School
Perry County Kinsey Robinson, West Perry High School
Schuylkill County Mackenzie Cullen, Minersville Area Junior-Senior High School Paige Jones, Blue Mountain High School Rebecca Peiffer, Pine Grove Area High School Gillian Revenis, Pottsville Area High School Patrick Stone, Nativity B.V.M. High School
Somerset County Rory Bretz, Somerset Junior-Senior High School Elizabeth Pryal, Berlin High School Ryan Wright, Windber Area High School
Washington County Victoria Anders, Charleroi Area High School Allison Paxton, Canon-McMillan High School Nolan Sion, Ringgold High School
Westmoreland County Jenna Barbour, Greensburg-Salem High School Maya Bhatnagar, Hempfield Area High School Jake Mortimore, Jeannette Senior High School Dana Vatakis, Monessen Middle & Senior High School Evan Veychek, Yough Senior High School
York County Georgia Boyd-Matic, Dover Area High School Zachary Falk, Eastern York High School Alyssa Keeny, Kennard-Dale High School Morgan McAdams, South Western Senior High School Binh-An Nguyen, Red Land Senior High School Gabriella Ream, Dallastown Area Senior High School Morgan Starliper, Northern York High School Rebekah Tschopp, Christian School of York Steven Wallen, Bermudian Springs High School
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