High School Honors Scholarship, Award Recipients

Mars Area High School is celebrating those students who have received scholarships, community awards and school-related awards.

Seniors, who received athletics and military awards, are:

Ayden Yocum, Eythe Williams Award;
Cecilia Christy, Maude Neithercoat Award;
Zachary Dentel and Addison Orehowsky, +2 Award;
Hannah Lipchin, U.S. Figure Skating Gold Level Graduating Seniors Award;
Mark Hagen, U.S. Air Force JROTC Departmental Award;
Maeve O’Leary, U.S. Army Scholar Athlete Award;
Colton Rearick, U.S. Navy Scholar Athlete Award;
Gabe Hein and Rylee Wooldridge, U.S. Marine Corps — Distinguished Athlete Award;
Callahan Johnson, U.S. Marine Corps — Scholastic Excellence;
Elizabeth Kelly, U.S. Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Music Excellence; and,
Gavin Croop, Jacob Noe and Luca Fantini, Mars Area Scouting Association Eagle Scout Award.

Recipients of community awards are:

Grace Wilson, Alexis Summers Legacy of Faith Scholarship;
Keira Matheis, Butler County Community College Pioneer Scholarship;
Aidan Krepin and Caroline Martin, Dane Skroupa Music Education Scholarship;
James Thomas, Don McCleary Trade Scholarship;
Audrey Stephenson, Edward & Bethel Kean Scholarship for the Arts;
Thomas Dressen, Edward & Bethel Kean STEM Scholarship;
Landon Hein, Edward Choura Vocational-Technical Automotive Tech/Baseball Scholarship;
Sarah Arnold, Floyd Johnston Scholarship;
Andersen Palmer, Frank W. Preston Memorial Scholarship;
Grace McCarty, Giving Back What We Got Scholarship;
Gianna Goodman, Helen Werner Anderson Scholarship;
Landon Hein and Grace McCarty, Ira E. Baumgartel MD Scholar-Athlete Scholarship;
Ethan Kresinski and Alexa Schlegel, Jake Cooper Memorial Scholarship;
Aidan Krepin, Andersen Palmer, Kaden Ostapchenko, Lexi Schlegel, and Kiara Van Wyk, Joan Crawford and Robert Crawford Farm & Land Trust Scholarship;
Mark Hagen, JROTC Scholarship;
Lauren Chadwick, Katie Marie Nelson Memorial Scholarship;
Alexa Schlegel and Braden Schmitt, Kristine Schindler Memorial Scholarship;
Andersen Palmer and Nico Salvini, LEFCON Technology Scholarship;
Landon Hein, Kiera Matheis, and Makenna Steiner, Louise Strahler Spithaler Scholarship;
Preston Heynes, Mars Aquatics Club Scholarship;
Mya Moore, MAHS Girls Basketball Boosters Scholarship;
Addison Vargo and Riley Carrel, MAHS Cheer Boosters Education Scholarship;
Matthew Lestitian and Grant Weaver, MAHS Hockey Scholarship;
Gianna Goodman, Mars Planet Foundation Education Scholarship;
Riley Carrel, Mars Planet Foundation School Spirit Scholarship;
Grace McCarty, Mars Rod & Gun Scholarship;
William Suppa, MERC Scholarship;
Gianna Goodman, Grace Wilson, Kiara Van Wyk, Kaden Ostapchenko, Rich-Mar Rotary Educational Scholarship;
Riley Carrel and Kathryn Mueller, Rich-Mar Rotary Bob Utz and Mary Lord Scholarship;
Kiara Van Wyk, Royal Grange Scholarship;
Mara Balazentis, S&T Bank Scholarship;
Colton Ewing and Gianna Goodman, Viola Zimmerman Memorial Revitalization Scholarship;
Gianna Goodman, William R. “Beel” Neel Scholarship;
Zuri Edwards and Gianna Goodman, Women’s Club of Mars Scholarship;
Marina Missos, Women’s Club of Southern Butler County Scholarship;
Kaden Ostapchenko, Woodmen of the World Scholarship; and,
Grace Wilson, Ray Schleiden Family Scholarship.

School-related awards were presented to:

Mark Hagen, Arora Montgomery, Lily Rupp and Makenna Steiner, AFS Senior Scholarship;
Landon Hein and Alexander Molnar, MAEA Scholarship; and,
Riley Carrel, Student Council Scholarship

For more information, call (724) 625-1581.