2023 Senior Awards & Scholarships

Senior Awards

Abram Lansing PTO Scholarship – Derek Primeau
Albany City Lodge #540 Knights of Pythias Achievement Award – Madisyn Bullock
Anthony DeCicco Memorial Award – Jaclyn Benedetti
Beautiful Heart Scholarship – In Memory of Lisa Gendron – .Aimee Beattie and Natalie Montoya
Billy T. Whalen, Jr. Memorial Award – Madisyn Bullock, Claire D’Angelico,
Jacob Frank, Ava Hotaling and Derek Primeau
Civil Service Employees Association Award – Camden Hartshorn and Joclynn O’Brien
Cohoes Columbiettes Council No. 192 Patricia Walsh Memorial Award – Arianna Sousis
Cohoes Common Council Military Award – Donald Cesare
Cohoes Baseball Booster Club Commitment Award – Jedadiah Trudeau
Cohoes Green Team Award – Drake Dooley

Cohoes High School Alumni Association Awards
Agnes Holleran English Scholarship – Melody Hadley
Anne Mroczkowski Scholarship Award – Christopher Perry
Barbara J. McDonald “I Love Cohoes” Community Service Award – Madisyn Bullock
Beatrice Poinsel Global Studies Scholarship – Quincy Hytko
Cohoes High Alumni Memorial Scholarship – Alfonso Peraza
Cohoes Savings Foundation College Scholarship – Quincy Hytko and Carissa Shanahan
Diane T. and John D. Grego Education and Science Award – Maya Buchanan
Dr. Donald Duclos Memorial Award – Samantha Huelle
Dorothy A. Gilchrest Scholarship – Shelby Dawe
Engineering and Technology Achievement Award – Sierra Eaton
For the Love of the Arts Award – Carissa Shanahan
Francis St. Onge Memorial Award – Lily Brennan
Vincent St. Onge Memorial Award – Nicalis Williams
Henry W. Friedel Memorial Award – Malka Syed
James T. Shea Memorial Award – Ava Hotaling
James V. Marra Memorial Scholarship – Alleda Hawron
Jean Ann(Green) Thibodeau ’72 Health Care Award – Amanda Opalka
Jean Tessier Bartnick Business Scholarship – Jonathan Martinez-Peraza
Joan Andrejko Memorial Award – Angelia Fernandez
Joe and Sally Archambeault Memorial Award – Julia Marcil
John David Desmond Award – Kevin Maney
Jonathan Johnston Hustle & Heart Memorial Scholarship – Crista Spizowski Leo Heslin Award – Malka Syed
Lillian Mary Palka ’47 (Sister Laura Palka O.S.B.M.) Musica Award – Andrew Saunders
Lillian Sturgeon Palko ’49 and John Palko Memorial Scholarship – Daniel Hanafin
Mabel Gilman Memorial Scholarship – Jaclyn Benedetti
Madelon K. H Memorial Scholarship – Quincy Hytko
Marie Tessier French Scholarship – Jaylynn Bariteau
Mildred B. Donk Class of 1948 Math Award – Quincy Hytko
Miriam Newell Biskin Alumni Memorial Scholarship – Isyss Meyers
Trade is the Thing – Ellen Spence
Women in STEM Award – Jaylynn Bariteau 

Cohoes Middle School PTO Award – Payton Heighes
Cohoes Middle School Student Council Scholarship – McKenzie DeVoe Cohoes High School Student Council Scholarship – Quincy Hytko, Carissa Shanahan, Malka Syed and Julia Szozda
Cohoes High
School PTO Award – McKenzie DeVoe
Cohoes Police Officers Union Frederick E. Julian, Jr. Memorial Scholarship – Julia Szozda Cohoes Rotary Club Frank Hines Memorial Award – Julia Marcil
Cohoes Soccer Booster Club – Carissa Shanahan and Derek Primeau Cohoes Teachers’ Association – Academic Achievement Education – Claire D’Angelico and Ava Hotaling
Colonial Council Athletic Director’s Award – Quincy Hytko
Colonial Council Principal’s Award – Carissa Shanahan
Derek Becker Scholarship Award – Jaclyn Benedetti and Bryce Hancock
Gene Culnan and Paul Wheeler Spirit Award – Nicalis Williams
Hans Holzapfel Award – Payton Heighes
Harmony Hill PTA Award – Austen Lee
Harold Gellis Memorial Award – Miaya Irish
Hudson Valley Community College Book Award – Amanda Opalka
John J. Grego Memorial Scholarship – Bryce Hancock
Julia O. Wells Memorial Education Foundation, Inc. Nursing Foundation – Ciara Pieck
Knights of Columbus Math Award – Jaylynn Bariteau
La Federation Franco-Americaine Du New York – Gerard Ouimet Memorial Award – Ciara Pieck
LePage’s Market Work Ethic Award – Andrey Nikityuk, Nicholas Magin, Dominic Wagner, Shane Scully, Austin Gagnon, Teiona Jones, Adriana Galasso, Steven Rodriguez Valladares, Ariel Almeida, Kira St. Andrew
Lozman Orthodontics – Most Improved Student Award – Aaron Behan Jr.
Mark Frament Memorial Award – Arianna Sousis
Mary Lillian Ross Math Award – Brian Wheeler
Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc. – Mohawk Science Award – Jacob Frank
New York State Education Dept. Scholarships for Academic Excellence – Quincy Hytko, Carissa Shanahan, Jaylynn Bariteau and Malka Syed
Outstanding Band Dedication Award – Carissa Shanahan
Outstanding Choral Dedication Award – Samantha Huelle|
Outstanding Drama Dedication Award – Joseph McCormick
Outstanding Musicianship Dedication Award – Brody Mero
Parking for Charity Scholarship – Evan O’Rourke
Pauline Fink Trust Scholarship – Amanda Opalka
Polish American Association – Agatha Cummings Scholarship – Brian Wheeler
Polish American Association – Michael Len Scholarship – Camden Hartshorn
Polish American Association – William Zullo Scholarship – Julia Szozda
Rosalyn “Rusty” Grestini Memorial Scholarship – Julia Marcil
SAANYS Scholarship – Carissa Shanahan
Senior Boys Basketball Achievement Award – Bryce Hancock
Senior Girls Basketball Achievement Award – Quincy Hytko and Julia Marcil
Shelley Adam Walker II Award – Joseph Spendiff
Sophia Lamelza Trust Scholarship – Aaliyah Skawinski

Uniform Firefighters’ of Cohoes Local #2562
226 Scholarship – Jacob Frank
911 Scholarship – Caylie Truesell

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