Ninety-eight Tallmadge High School students were recognized for their outstanding academic achievement April 8 at the 37th Annual Distinguished Scholars Breakfast, which took place in the Student Center Ballroom on the Kent State University campus. The program is co-sponsored by the Tallmadge Lions Club, the Tallmadge Rotary Club and the THS PTSA.
Senior Dana Crawford served as emcee. Classmates Ben Cochran who offered the invocation and Jonathan Lampley who delivered the challenge to the underclassmen joined her on the podium.
To be recognized as a Distinguished Scholar, freshmen and sophomore students must have earned a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 4.00. Juniors must have a minimum 3.95 grade-point average and seniors a 3.90 grade-point average.
This year's Distinguished Scholars are:
Freshmen
Samantha Anzaldi
Spencer Blackiston
Leann Brown Olivia DeMeio Emily Gough
Amanda Griffin
Lucas Hayes Mitchell Heath Christine Humphries Hannah Kenny
Megan Lillie Kisner
Jaclyn Koza
Amanda Lin
Maria Lorkowski
Kevin McMullen
Emily Millar
Kendra Polefrone
Kelly Ryan
Megan Schott
Alexandre Sixt
Lea Smith
Adam Steurer
Nathan Strobl
Andrea Swejk
Vanessa Techentin
Alexander Turley
Sophomores
Taylor Allen Amanda Blackett Ian Colledge Jennifer DeMarco Phillip Emling Daniel Enos Colleen Ferguson Hannah Grace Kyle Hovest
Emily Kozy
John Kramer
Nicole Massaro
Jody McGraw
Rosalie Murphy
Michelle Richard
Danielle Schaefer
Lauren Thompson
Juniors
Amibeth Allman Tyler Blackiston Amanda Clark Tyler Fortner Brandon Haney Alexandria Hannay Derek Harden Stephen Hash John Karvounides
Matthew Keen
Lindsay Montanari
Kevin Murphy
Philip Powell
Paul Pakan
Stephen Paulus
Mario Perkins
Brian Phillips
James Plunkett
Stephen Roth
Leah Sibbio
Craig Siesel
Catherine Swejk
Matthew Thomas
Kristen Thompson
Erynn Truex
Claire Weiss
Seniors
Matthw Bauch Kevin Bowman Jessica Burton Benjamin Cochran Dana Crawford Sara Elefritz Megan Griffin Collin Haben Mario Halasa Stephen Haury
Jesse Hobbel
Scott Hovest
Kelsey Kulesza
Elizabeth Labosky
Jonathan Lampley Ian Manka
Cara McGuiness
Lindsay Mulhollen
Kelly Myers
Patrick Pakan
Adam Prulhiere
Rachel Sarvis
Nicole Schaefer
Kevin Shaffer
Andrea Stadelman
Aaron Techentin
Rachel Tomello
Danielle Uzl
Ashley Zarle