PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins Alumni Association awarded its 12TH annual scholarship to Pine-Richland High School graduate Nathan Carnovale. The scholarship, valued at $2,000, is co-sponsored by the NHL Alumni Association.
The Alumni scholarship program was created in 2005 and is presented annually to a western Pennsylvania high school senior for academic excellence and for providing leadership, sportsmanship and a positive attitude as a member of their school’s hockey program. Students must have a minimum grade point average of 3.2 to qualify for the scholarship.
Carnovale, a center for Pine-Richland’s varsity ice hockey team, served as team captain his senior year and has been recognized as a PIHL All-Star. He finished his senior year with 8 goals and 20 points. Over three years of varsity competition, he recorded 24 goals and 58 points. He also served as captain for the North Pittsburgh Wildcats U16AA Ice Hockey Team in 2014-15.
He also excelled academically and was a member of the National Honor Society and Math Club. He attained a variety of honors throughout his high school career including the Mathematics Department Award, Computer Science Department Award, Science Department Award and the Xerox Innovation and Technology Award. In addition, he was a member of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.
An active member of his community, Carnovale created and organized the Big Brother Ice Hockey Program within the Pine-Richland hockey organization which included several team activities with high school players matched up with middle school players as brothers to create a stronger family bond among students within the organization.
He also coordinated multiple neighborhood food drives for local North Way Christian food pantries, organized and delivered items for snack drives benefitting Urban Impact inner city youth and participated in St. Alphonsus annual fish fry. In addition, he served as a youth hockey mentor for hockey players in the North Pittsburgh Youth Hockey and Pine-Richland Hockey organizations.
He is the son of Dan and Lisa Carnovale of Gibsonia, PA. He will attend the University of Pittsburgh this fall to pursue a degree in electrical engineering