By Liz Beavers
lbeavers@newstribune.info
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER – Samantha Slaughter and Daniel Zinn were named the Outstanding Senior Girl and Boy Thursday evening during the annual Class Night program at Keyser High School.
A large number of scholarships and academic awards were also handed out in the traditional prelude to graduation ceremonies, which are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 31.
Scholarship winners included:
Davis & Elkins College Scholarship: Megan Moreno.
Shirley Ann Hess Scholarship: Cory Proietti.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute National Merit Scholarship: Melinda Race.
National Merit Scholarship: Melinda Race.
Allegany College of Maryland Presidential Scholarship: Chelsea Lewis.
William Ryland White Scholarship, Fairmont State University Pierpont Community and Technical College: Matthew Wilmer.
West Virginia Promise Scholarships: John T. Arnold, Jessica A. Aronhalt, Jonathan V. Becker, Terry Cannon, Caitlin N. Dorsey, Brittany
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F. Freeburn, Dustin P. Hamilton, Emily R. Jackson, Kevin G. Knotts, Travis Liller, Amanda Mielnick, Jeremiah D. Moats, Megan R. Moreno, Maverick W. Nelson, Miranda D. Paugh, Leigh A. Perriraz, Cory M. Proietti, Melinda G. Race, Tawny Rice, Kaison E. Rohrbaugh, Thomas J. Shaffer, Samantha Slaughter, Wesley D. Stullenbarger, Brianna D. Teets, Savanna A. Watts, Rachel M. Whitehair, Sara F. Willingham, Chelsea D. Willis, and Daniel W. Zinn.
Potomac State College Thomas and Thelma O'Connor Scholarship: Morgan Kuh.
Scott Bolyard Scholarship: Leigh Perriraz.
Skip Cook Memorial Scholarship: Nicole Ellifritz.
Spring M. Fertig Scholarship: Caitlin Dorsey.
Keyser High School Athletic Boosters Nadine Yutzy Memorial Scholarship: Matraca Shirley and Randall Ryan Shreve.
Keyser High School Athletic Boosters Book Scholarship: Daniel Imperio and Brianna Teets.
Juliann Thomas Memorial Scholarship: Kanisha Brooks and Michael Smith.
Washington-Smith Post 152 Scholarship: Randall Barnes and Gabrielle Bartlett.
Sharon Simpson Memorial Scholarship: Cory Alt and Sarah Simpson.
Howard-Lincoln Scholarship: Kanisha Brooks, Tiesha Dawson, Janell Price, and Brandon Barnett.
E.E. Church Scholarship/Keyser Rotary Club: Kelsey Bacon.
Keyser Rotary Service Above Self Award: Kevin Knotts.
Clyde Gardner Scholarship/Keyser Housing Authority: Tiesha Dawson.
Edgell Rotruck Book Scholarship/Keyser Housing Authority: Janell Price.
Janet C. Kalbaugh Scholarship: Leigh Perriraz.
Keyser Moose Lodge 662 Scholarship: Elizabeth Paige Smith.
John R. and Shirley Shelton Scholarship: Kaison Rohrbaugh and Brianna Teets.
Z. David Callis Golf Scholarship: Ethan Rohrbaugh.
Apple Alley Players/Laurin Swisher Scholarship: Courtney Nelson.
Queens Point Memorial Post 6775 Scholarship: Katrina Allen.
Katherine S. Boxwell/Edwin P. Churchill Scholarship: Caitlin Dorsey.
Charles Gordon and Mary Margaret McBee Scholarship: Elizabeth Paige Smith.
Beverly Tettenburn Sturm Scholarship: Jordan Mellott and Sha'Kia Coates.
D&L Coal Company Inc. Scholarship: Evan Streets and Donna Didawick.
Fountain Ruritan Club James E. Taylor Scholarship: Brittany Heavener.
Fountain Ruritan Club John I. Rogers Scholarship: Stephanie Wildman.
Long/Mollett Scholarship: Katrina Allen.
Mineral County Board of Education Members Scholarship: John Purdy.
RAZE Scholarship: Gabrielle Bartlett.
American Red Cross Scholarship: Jessica Shears.
Tack Clark Hall of Fame: Matraca Shirley and Maverick Nelson.
Matthew Webb Scholarship: William Hoalcraft.
Sisters of Beta Omicron Scholarship: Chelsie Hamilton.
United States Marines Award for Scholastic Excellence: Savanna Watts.
United States Marines Award for Distinguished Athlete: Kaison Rohrbaugh.
United States Marines Semper Fidelis Award: Robbie Poland.
Woodmen of the World Lodge 6 American History Award: Melinda Race.
President's Volunteer Service Award/Council on Service and Civic Participation: Chelsea Willis.
Wendy's High School Heisman Award: Taige Redman and Chelsea Willis.
Top of the Mountain Academic Excellence in the Mountain State: Jonathan V. Becker, Kevin G. Knotts, Jeremiah D. Moats, Megan R. Moreno, Miranda D. Paugh, Melinda G. Race, Thomas J. Shaffer, Samantha J. Slaughter, Wesley D. Stullenbarger, Raachel M. Whitehair, Sara F. Willingham, Chelsea D. Willis, and Daniel W. Zinn.
West Virginia School of Medicine Certificate Dent Step Program: Brianna Teets.
Prudential Spirit of the Community Award: Chelsea Willis and Kevin Knotts.
Potomac State College Scholarships:
Aronhalt, Jessica, Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Arthur,Anthony C.: Edwin Jordan / Reeves Scholarship; Bacon, Kelsey: Chessie Federal Credit Union Scholarship; Barnes, Randolph: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Beatty, Kristi: Raymond E. Dawson Scholarship; Becker, Jonathan: Potomac State College of WVU Dependent Employee Scholarship; Becker, Jonathan: Potomac State College of WVU Presidential Scholarship; Coffman, Amanda: Ralph Ray Hartman Memorial Scholarship; Didawick, Donna: Pauline Coleman Gates Scholarship; Dorsey, Caitlin: Orval J. Anderson Memorial Scholarship; Ellifritz, Cynthia: Harley O. Staggers Sr. Scholarship; Freeburn, Brittany: Moore-Church Scholarship; Freeburn, Brittany: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Hamilton, Chelsie: C. Edwin Jordan / Reeves Scholarship ; Hamilton, Dustin: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Hartman, Tanis: NewPage Scholarship; Hoalcraft, William: Mike Landis Scholarship; Imperio, Daniel: Ralph & JoAnn Newbanks Scholarship; Jackson, Emily: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship;
Knotts, Kevin: Lulu May Heskitt Scholarship; Kuh, Morgan: Thomas and Thelma O'Connor Scholarship; Liller, Travis: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Mielnik, Amanda: Dominion Resources Scholarship; Mielnik, Amanda: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Moats, Jeremiah: NewPage Scholarship ; Moats, Jeremiah: Potomac State College of WVU Mountaineer Scholarship; Mongold, Dalton: Gay Mellon Scholarship; Nelson, Maverick: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Paugh, Miranda: Carole F. Athey Scholarship; Paugh, Miranda: Potomac State College of WVU Mountaineer Scholarship; Proietti, Cory: NewPage Scholarship; Proietti, Cory Shirley: Ann Hess Scholarship; Rice, Tawny Evelyn: Bane Bright Scholarship; Rohrbaugh, Ethan: Noah "Woody" Anderson Scholarship; Rohrbaugh, Kaison: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Shaffer, Thomas: Potomac State College of WVU Mountaineer Scholarship; Shreve, Randall: Carole and Gary Athey Scholarship; Spotts, Cody: Dominion Resources Scholarship; Steedman, Daniel: Leonard G. Withers Scholarship; Streets, Evan: NewPage Scholarship; Stullenbarger, Wesley: Potomac State College of WVU Mountaineer Scholarship; Suter, Joshua: NewPage Scholarship; Teets, Brianna: Dr. Bruce O. Snider Endowed Scholarship; Teets, Brianna: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Thorne, Sabrina: Alice Dwyer Alexander Memorial Scholarship; Watts, Savanna: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship;
Whitehair, Rachel: NewPage Scholarship; Whitehair, Rachel: Potomac State College of WVU Mountaineer Scholarship; Wildman, Stephanie: Parrish/Harris/Mauzy Scholarship; Wittman, Logan: NewPage Scholarship; Yates, Casey: NewPage Scholarship; Yates, Casey: Potomac State College of WVU Achievement Scholarship; Yoder, Ryan Leonard G. Withers Scholarship; Zinn, Daniel: Potomac State College of WVU Mountaineer Scholarship.
