USCHS Awards Night Celebrates Excellence
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Upper St. Clair High School celebrated student achievement and excellence during its annual Awards Night on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
Held at the high school, the event recognized numerous students for their accomplishments in academics, leadership, service, athletics and the arts through a variety of honors, awards and scholarships.
The following students were recognized:
Band Parents Association: Andrew Scherer
DeBlassio Future Educator Scholarship: Vivian Engelbert
Ellie Levine Memorial Award: Sydney Ellis, Luiza Gomez and Lillian Simons
Global Fluency Certificate: Kurt Baran, Stella Birmingham, Sal Crawford, Vaishnavi Dabas, Lucy Dowds, Jillian Paoly, Kaia Petrick and Genevieve Spina
James Bennett Scholarship: Andrew Scherer
Jon Urban Memorial Academic Scholarship: Maddox Orendi
Jon Urban Memorial Athletic Scholarship: Nazar Zoukovski
Joseph F. Argiro Science Award: Kaia Petrick
Joseph L. Moscov Memorial Award: Nicholas Gilbert
Linda Serene Memorial Scholarship for Leadership: Andrew Scherer
Outstanding Senior Athletes: Nolan Sarkett and Ryan Prunzik
Paul Harris Award - USC-Bethel Park Evening Rotary Club: Caitlin Howard
Paul Wildenhain Memorial Scholarship: Emiliano Sobarzo
Pride of the Panthers Award: Cooper Stutzman
Ron Arnoni Leadership in Action Scholarship: Dulce (Ash) Smith
Service Above Self USC – Bethel Park, Breakfast Rotary: Andrew Scherer
Sharon Popp Memorial Award: Chihiro Brentzel and Ava Wynne
Sivaram & Revathi Krishnan USC Scholarship: Stella Birmingham
Society of Women Engineers Awards: Sophomore – Antara Mondal; Junior – Charlotte Swanson; Senior – Kaia Petrick
Spirit of the Community Scholarship: Roha Pandya
STEAM Innovation Scholarship, established by the Stroyne family: Sidney Weissert
Student of the Year Awards: Senior – Caleb Harvey; Junior – Owen Fick; Sophomore – Will Stohl; Freshman – Hope Rideout
Superintendent Academic Achievement Award: Stella Birmingham, Chihiro Brentzel, Jessica ‘Gigi’ Burket, Valentin Cannic, Dante Coury, Nico D’Orazio, Natalia DiSora, Jacobo Echeverria Lozano, Nolan Sarkett and William Wallace
Teresa Fox Memorial Scholarship: Noah Baird
T.J. White Scholarship: Nolan Sarkett
Thomas Harshman Memorial Scholarship: Roha Pandya
USC Education Association Scholarship: Vivian Engelbert
USCHS Class of 1964 Friendship Award: Claire Reyes
Upper St. Clair League for the Arts Scholarship: Ava Wynne and McKenzey Mack
University Book Awards
- Brandeis University: Ian Putorti
- Chatham University, Rachel Carson Healthy Planet: Hayley Zeringue
- Harvard University: Anelise Castrodale
- Princeton University: Ishaan Gupta
- Rensselaer Medal: Pari Varshney
- RIT, Business & Leadership: Justin Schuster
- RIT, Computing: Josh Beitler
- RIT, Art & Design: Nikita Botre
- RIT, Engineering & Technology: Zsigmond Pupp
- RIT, Humanities & Social Sciences: Finn Stafford
- RIT, Science & Math: Yuwen Xiang
- Tulane University: Anthony Rozzo
- University of Pennsylvania: Myles Owens
- University of Virginia, Jefferson: Clarissa McNally
- William & Mary, Leadership: Caroline Barnard
- Yale University: Molly Biedrzycki
Download the event programs
- USCHS