Students from the Class of 2026 collected their awards, scholarships, memorials and other distinctions during Achievement Night, held June 10 at Pioneer High School .
Congratulations to the following winners:
TIM SCHWAB MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Takota Smith
JANET R. PAYNE SCHOLARSHIP: Morgan Payne, Takota Smith
LYNN LESTER MEMORIAL AWARD: Bailei Hopkins
LIONS CLUB OF ARCADE: Brynn Kolasinski, Mackenzy Neamon
ARCADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNITY WELLNESS: Cambria Kanner
N. WILLIAM O'CONNELL MEMORIAL: Bailei Hopkins
MELISSA PROROK SCHOLARSHIP: Jamison Keem, Savannah Beaudette
A.J. O'DELL FOUNDATION: Ella Spielvogel
SCOTT FERALDI MEMORIAL: Abigail Mason, Blakelea Ellis, Jayden Leederman
BARRY ASHWORTH MEMORIAL AWARD: Keeley Holland
ABOVE: Karlina West receives an award from Assistant Principal Kalli Harrington.
LILLENSTEIN FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP: Emily Reed
DELTA KAPPA GAMMA BETA NU: Tayga Griffin
MATH DEPARTMENT AWARDS: Abigail Mason, Gabriel Winfield
HENDERSHOTT-MANNESS AUX. 374 MATH AWARDS: Cora Hirsch, Llogan Horner
PIONEER FACULTY ASSOCIATION: Abigail Mason, Llogan Horner, Cora Hirsch, Christopher Woloszyn, Gabriel Winfield, and Bailei Hopkins
DIANE & BILL HAUN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Bailei Hopkins
PIONEER AUXILIARY ASSOCIATION AWARD- COMMUNITY PRESENCE: Bailei Hopkins, Cora Hirsch, Ella Spielvogel
WEST FALLS CONSERVATION SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP: Meredith Titus, Mya Lindsley
SHELDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM SCHOLARSHIP: Emery Blum
KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS LITERARY SOCIETY: Tayga Griffin
DELTA KAPPA GAMMA BETA GAMMA AWARD: Bailei Hopkins
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY RED CROSS SCHOLARSHIPS: Christopher Woloszyn, Bailei Hopkins, Taren George, and Gabriel Winfield
ABOVE: Ella Spielvogel picks up an honor from the A.J. O'Dell Foundation.
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE AWARD: Cora Hirsch
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY NHS JAMES DOYLE SCHOLARSHIP: Tayga Griffin
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY NHS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Tayga Griffin
PIONEER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS: Darius VanCuran
MARY LLOYD- JONES MEMORIAL AWARD: Tayga Griffin
JOHNSON, MACKOWIAK, & ASSOCIATES, LLP SCHOLARSHIP: Mya Lindsley
ELMER DORNAN JUNIOR FIREMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Ava Tuttle
TYLER THOMAS MCELHENY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Isabelle Lester
JAVA-STRYKERSVILLE KIWANIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Taren George, Annie Pingrey
ABOVE: Keeley Holland receives a local award from the family of Barry Ashworth.
MARCHING BAND SCHOLARSHIP: Bruin Woolley, Lillian Moore
MUSIC DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIPS: $1000 scholarships : Lillian Moore, Karlina West, and Bruin Woolley; $500 scholarship : Ruby Sims; $250 scholarships: Avery Hastings, Amelia Lemke, Meredith Titus, and Emaline Wilton
MATTHEW REINHART ROLL MEMORIAL THEATRE AWARD: Karlina West
ALBERT J. BIGELOW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Lillian Moore
MILLIE AND GEORGE WALLACE LANGMADE SCHOLARSHIP : Savannah Beaudette
CRAIG REITMEIER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS: Darius VanCuran, Gabriel Winfield, Takota Smith
DOROTHY G. HOWELL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS : Abigail Mason, Cora Hirsch, Llogan Horner
GEORGE & FAITH CRAWFORD MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Cora Hirsch
KATHARINE PINGREY-HOPKINS MEMORIAL: Emaline Wilton
NEW YORK STATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Tayga Griffin ($1500). Abigail Mason ($1000); $500 per year recipients are: Cora Hirsch, Gabriel Winfield, Llogan Horner
HAL & MARGARET HOMAN SCHOLARSHIP: Lillian Moore
MARK CARBALLADA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Cora Hirsch
FRIENDS OF PIONEER ATHLETES SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Abigail Mason, Bailei Hopkins, Jayden Leederman, Morgan Payne, Samantha Youngs, Takota Smith
RANDY DAVIS MEMORIAL AWARD: Takota Smith
PHYLIS M. JOHNSTON MEMORIAL: Morgan Payne
THOMAS RULE MEMORIAL: Isabella Staub (bowling), Llogan Horner (bowling), Logan Weigand (baseball)
GARY SCHERFF MEMORIAL: Annalyse Pingrey
WILLIAM GETHICKER MEMORIAL: Justin Maul
ANDY VOLK MEMORIAL: Logan Weigand
ROBERT CHADDOCK MEMORIAL: Madelynn Colkitt (softball), Kailyn Kanner (volleyball), Bailei Hopkins (basketball)
DWIGHT DEDRICK MEMORIAL: Logan Weigand
BABE RUTH FOUNDATION: Jacek Sawicki, Isabella Staub
ABOVE: Morgan Payne is honored by Lissa Landahl.
KEN KITTLESON MEMORIAL: Takota Smith, Abby Mason
KAYLEE ZUFALL MEMORIAL: Sadie Rogers
SEMPER FIDELIS BANDSMAN AWARD: Lillian Moore
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT OUTSTANDING STUDENT: Gabriel Winfield
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT: Johnathan Haggerty (Outstanding Construction & Building Trades); Jamison Keem, Llogan Horner (Outstanding Pre-Engineering)
SOCIAL STUDIES: Gabriel Winfield (outstanding); Raymond Mitchell (most improved)
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT: Samantha Youngs (outstanding); Alex Vargas (Most improved)
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT: Remingston Hansen (best speaker); Ava Mae Coonts (best writer)
ART DEPARTMENT: Ava Mae Coonts, Bailei Hopkins, Cambria Kanner, Isabelle Lester, Willow Lynch, Sophia Maul, Kayla Pataye, and Morgan Payne
BIG 30 SCHOLARSHIP ACADEMIC AWARD: Tayga Griffin
ERIE-NIAGARA SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARD: Tayga Griffin, Abigail Mason, Cora Hirsch
ARCADE WINTERFEST AWARDS : Emery Blum, Lillian Moore, Brynn Kolasinski, Bruin Woolley, Christopher Woloszyn, Emily Reed, Keeley Holland
PIONEER WORK EXPERIENCE AWARD: Ward Sypniewski
NYS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S TRIPLE “C” AWARD: Kelsey Dunn and Raymond Mitchell.
NATIONAL SCHOOL CHORAL AWARD: Avery Hastings
FRED WARING AWARD FOR CHORUS: Isabelle Lester
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AWARD: Bruin Woolley
JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA MUSIC AWARD: Bruin Woolley
GOLD AWARD: Desarray Peeet, Lillee Perkins, Noah Domes
NATIONAL SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AWARD: Karlina West
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FIRST CHAIR: Ruby Sims
ARION MUSIC AWARD: London Kinmartin, MaryGrace Kolasny, Merrick Golombeck
PRESIDENTIAL AWARD: Abby King, Abigail Brotka, Abigail Mason, Amelia Lemke, Ava Mae Coonts, Bailei Hopkins, Breanna Morris, Bruin Woolley, Brynn Kolasinski, Christopher Woloszyn, Claire Hartman, Colton Fetzner, Cooper Rosenthal, Cora Hirsch, Darius VanCuran, Dylan Doty, Ella Pyc, Ella Spielvogel, Emaline Wilton, Emery Blum, Ethan Witter, Ezekiel Fronckowiak, Gabriel Winfield, Gavin Hammell, Isabella Staub, Isabelle Lester, Jacek Sawicki, Jaylyn Hastings, Johnathan Haggerty, Justin Maul, Karlina West, Keeley Holland, Lillian Moore, Llogan Horner, Madelynn Colkitt, Madison Smith, Meredith Titus, Mya Lindsley, Paige Ersing, Robert Hurd, Ruby Sims, Samantha Youngs, Savannah Beaudette, Sofia Maul, Taren George, Tayga Griffin, Taylor Fontaine, Timothy Bush, Willow Linch
The following juniors were also recognized:
ALFRED STATE PIONEER LEADERS AWARD: Drew George, Jocelynn Jankowski
ALFRED UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS AWARD: Brooke Hintz, Nickoli Cook
ALFRED UNIVERSITY CANY AWARD: Zach Simmons
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER BAUSCH AND LOMB SCIENCE AWARD : Evan Lord
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER GEORGE EASTMAN YOUNG LEADERS AWARD : Jakob Owens
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP AWARD: Lillanna Goodemote
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AWARD: Ellie Edwards
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Raelyn Tingue
KEUKA COLLEGE GEORGE H. BALL AWARD: Cooper Marrs, Kendra Tidd, MyKenna Rosier, Remy Kahl, Trey Monin, Tristan McKerrow
ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIE AWARD: Camden Felber, Kaylee Stevens, Lukas Boyd, Mackenzie Leigh Johnson, and Madelyn Souder.
ST. BONAVENTURE REILLY AWARD: Alex Green, Shaniyah Lawrence
LEMOYNE COLLEGE HEIGHTS AWARD: MaryGrace Kolasny, Brooklyn Sobczak
ELMIRA COLLEGE KEY AWARD: Michael Neamon
RUSSELL SAGE STUDENT SAGE AWARD: Raelyn Tingue