Tamaqua Area High School’s top senior students were honored during the 57th Annual Tamaqua Area Student Achievement Ceremony held Monday, May 11, 2015 at the Tamaqua Area School District Auditorium.

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Click HERE to view a PDF of the ceremony slideshow. (Courtesy teacher Amanda Gallagher)
Click HERE to view the group photo on Facebook.

Below is a list of students and the awards they received:

Fenstermacher Prize: Jillian Franko.
Rotary Award: Noah Troxell.
Tamaqua Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship: Olivia Morrison.
T.A.S.G.A. Scholarship: Kyle Weaver.
William and Florence Fegley and Family Scholarship: Kyle Weaver.
Tamaqua Education Association (T.E.A.) Awards: Brianna Wittig, Kyle Weaver.
Future Educators Scholarship in honor of John H. Mettler: Sarah Richmond.
Eric Fenstermacher Memorial Award: Carly Sassaman.
Karen Mateyak Mathematics Award: Rachel Keich.
Karen Mateyak Mathematics Tutoring Award: Christopher Chinnicci.
Sabrina Hill Memorial Scholarship: Sarah Richmond.
Fraternal Order of Police Award: Samantha White.
John E. Morgan Foundation Scholarship: Jacob Humes, Jacob Gursky, Nate McDonald, Rachael Paisley, Kyle Weaver.
Dr. Richard E. Miller Award: David Kunkel.
Drs. Larry and Pamela Assalita Scholarship: Danielle Decindio.
Russell P. Kropp, PhD Memorial Scholarship: Jacob Humes.
St. Luke’s Miners Memorial “Board of Directors Award”: Nate McDonald.
St. Luke’s Miners Memorial “Medical Staff Award”: Kayla Wickersham.
Marlin A. Hechler Memorial Award: Grayson Valentine.
Nicholas M. Demyanovich Memorial Award: Grayson Valentine.
Theodore and Wilda Leiser Foundation Award: Carly Sassaman.
Air Products and Chemicals Award: Brianna Wittig, Noah Troxell, Amanda Fritz, Austin Zwolenik, Jamie Mateyak.
Fisher Memorial Awards: Rachel Keich, Olivia Morrison, Danielle DeCindio.
Theodore A. Giltner Scholarship: Joseph Mellot.
William K. Klingaman, Sr. Award: Olivia Morrison.
Benjamin E. Herring Award: Harold Moll.
Walter Ligenza Memorial Award: Nate MacDonald.
Schuylkill County Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholarship: Nate MacDonald, Vanessa Soult.
James D. Collins Memorial Award: Trevor Skripko, Tyler Skripko..
Alice Konecny Memorial Award: Jacob Humes.
Diane Miller Memorial Award: Jacob Gursky.
Wendell Welsh Memorial Award: Trevor Skripko.
Ernest Scheller, III Memorial Scholarship: Madelyn Dolinsky.
Arnold Delin Award: Paige Demetriades.
Class of 1946 Award: Colton Skinner.
Tamaqua Area School District Alumni Award: Boaz Rottet.
Kermitt Gregory Award: Christopher Chinnicci.
Fred M. Valent, Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Brooke DeHart.
Humbert Lendin Music Scholarship: Rachael Paisley.
John P. Klimowitch Memorial Award: Rachael Paisley.
Tamaqua B.P.O. Elks #592 Scholarship: Bailey Hartung, Derek Keich.
John and Nell Forrest Vocal Scholarship: Aimee Hull.
National English Honor Society Award: Olivia Morrison.
B.P.W. “Girl of the Year” Award: Rachel Keich, Jillian Franko.
Towle Family Scholarship: Brett Kosciolek.
John Veronsky Memorial Scholarship: Dylan Rynkiewicz.
Abe Hassan Memorial Scholarship: Rachel Keich.

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