Program Includes All Pittsburgh Public Schools and Allegheny County

The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Penguins Foundation selected 20 high school graduates to honor with 2019 Penguins Foundation Scholarships.

In partnership with UPMC, and with the strong support of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU), the Penguins Foundation awarded 20 educational-based scholarships for the 2018-19 school year.  Over the past six years, the Foundation has awarded a total of 118 scholarships.

To be eligible, students must attend a Pittsburgh Public School or an Allegheny County high school that provides substantial aid to students for reduced-cost or free lunch programs per the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), which is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education – Division of Food and Nutrition.

Each scholarship is valued at $1,500 for the student’s first year of college, and an additional $1,000 is awarded for the student’s second year of college if a 3.0 GPA is maintained and a minimum of 24 credit hours are earned.

Penguins Foundation scholarship recipients for 2018-19 are as follows:

	Student	High School	College / University
1	Arnold, Alexandra	Pittsburgh CAPA	Temple University
2	Barbarino, Anthony	Northgate High School	Norwich University
3	Blanchflower, Morgan	Springdale Sr. High School	Grove City College
4	Brown, Jaylin	Steel Valley High School	University of Pittsburgh @ Greensburg
5	Callender, Marissa	Highlands High School	Allegheny College
6	DeWitt, Evan	Pittsburgh Allderdice	American University
7	Halapchuk, Rachel	Springdale Sr. High School	John Carroll University
8	Hurley, Breanne	Springdale Sr. High School	Gannon University
9	Kern, Hannah	Springdale Sr. High School	Penn State University
10	Kornacki, Ella	Steel Valley High School	University of Pittsburgh
11	Kozy, Katie	Carlynton High School	St. Vincent College
12	Matey, Paige	West Mifflin Area High School	Robert Morris University
13	Mermelstein, Bryn Sara	Woodland Hills High School	Michigan State University
14	Piatt, Sophia	Keystone Oaks High School	Gannon University
15	Resetar, Allison	West Mifflin Area High School	Saint Francis University
16	Segady, Kayla	McKeesport Area High School	Duquesne University
17	Schrantz, Kristen	Penn Hills High School	Clarion University
18	Stabile, Haley	Woodland Hills High School	Allegheny College
19	Woytovich, Cortney	South Allegheny High School	Duquesne University
20	Yaksich, Anna	Springdale Sr. High School	University of Pittsburgh

The scholarship was created in 1992 and has been presented annually to high school seniors for academic excellence, extracurricular school activities and community service.  Over the past 27 years, the Penguins’ organization has awarded over $292,000 in academically-based scholarships to Pittsburgh-area high school graduates.

The Pittsburgh Penguins, the Penguins Foundation and UPMC will celebrate the honorees’ achievements at a luncheon at PPG Paints Arena on August 13 with the scholars, their family members, officials from their high schools, AIU3 officials and Pittsburgh Public Schools representatives.