At the annual meeting of Athletic Directors and Principals of PIAA District VI member institutions, it was announced

by Chairman William Marshall that $18,600 was awarded in scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year by 

PIAA District VI.

The PIAA District VI committee organized the annual District VI Student Athlete Scholarship program, named after long-time

Hollidaysburg Area and Huntingdon Area Athletic Director Dean Rossi.

 

Dean was a friend who helped influence many Athletic Director's professional careers and was always working hard to

represent the best interest of his student athletes.

 

 

The criteria for awarding the scholarship includes:

• The student-athlete must participate in at least one PIAA-sanctioned sport within the last calendar year and graduate in 2022.

• The student-athlete must have a 2.5 or higher grade point average.

• The selection does not have to be the best athlete, but should be a student-athlete that has been coachable, a great teammate

and displays the ideals of sportsmanship in and out of the athletic arena.

• Any student-athlete that has been ejected from a PIAA athletic contest is ineligible for the award.

 

 The award winners for the 2021-22 academic year are as follows:

 

SCHOOL	FEMALE	MALE
Altoona	Ashtyn Hileman	Will Young
Bald Eagle Area	Kierra Serb	Calvin Dechow
Bellefonte	Hana Rados	Nolan Weaver
Belleville Mennonite	Chloe Renno	NO MALE ATHLETES
Bellwood-Antis	Sophia Nelson	Sean Mallon
Bishop Carroll	Makalyah Koscho	Tim Golden
Bishop Guilfoyle	Tessa Klock	Colin Butler
Bishop McCort	Bailey Shriver	Colin Stevens
Blacklick Valley	Morgan Slebodnick	Aaron Gdula
Cambria Heights	Karli Storm	Adam Ford
Central	Katheryn Longenecker	Parker Gregg
Central Cambria	Laura Heinzeroth	Mason Lutz
Central Mountain	Mia Kopysciansky	Clay Confer
Claysburg-Kimmel	Sierra Walters	Wyatt Buell
Conemaugh Valley	Hailey Stiffler	Noah Heltzel
Ferndale	Samantha Himes	Nathan Beckman
Forest Hills	Payton McGough	Luke Dierling
Glendale	Cindy Richards	Suds Dubler
Greater Johnstown	Courtney Rummel	Brock Mroczka
Harmony	Marissa Brothers	TJ Elli
Hollidaysburg Area	Allison Burk	Christopher Miknis
Homer Center	Sophia Eastman	Jared  Orsargos
Huntingdon	Savanna Fiscus	Mason Somers
Juniata Valley	Bryant Allison	Avery Taylor
Juniata	Mackenzie Bennett	Jacob Condo
Marion Center	Madison Walker	Skyler Olp
Mifflin County	Lily Yoder	Dillon Wert
Moshannon Valley	Sarah McClelland	Ethan Webb
Mount Union	Minerva Sheeder	Devin Delo
Northern Cambria	Rachel Lieb	Caleb Born
Penn Cambria	Bayle Kunsman	Trey Talko
Penns Manor	Reilly Hill	Grant Grimaldi
Penns Valley	Katie Romig	Kyle Niewinski
Philipsburg-Osceola	Kalista Butler	Jeremy Whitehead
Portage	Maryn Swank	Jonathan Wolford
Purchase Line	Madison Scalese	Mason Gearhart
Richland	Melanie Gerko	Austin Syfert
River Valley	Isabel Pynos	James Skirboll
St. Joseph's Catholic Academy	Madison Mazza	Thomas Delahoy
Southern Huntingdon	Saige McClure	Payton Grissinger
State College	Shannon Mullen	Jaden Mitchell
Tyrone	Jaida Parker	Cortlynd Rhoades
United	Alexa Silk	Richard "Wade" Plowman
West Branch	Meghan Cantolina	Zachary Tiracorda
West Shamokin	Alyssa Lybarger	David Moore
Westmont-Hilltop	Sabrina Zimmerman	Ian Buday
Williamsburg	Ashley Brubaker	Caymen Hughes

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