Comcast Awards $173,000 In Scholarships To Pennsylvania High School Seniors

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, is awarding 163 Pennsylvania high school seniors $1,000 scholarships through its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program.  The program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, recognizes students' leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service.

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Comcast officials were joined by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and state legislators in recognizing the students at a special event held Tuesday at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.

Comcast also awarded Shealyn Williamson from Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship – instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.  After a prize drawing, 10 students were also given personal notebook computers to use at college. 

"I commend the students honored by Comcast today for their hard work and dedication to academics," said Governor Corbett. "Not only have they excelled in the classroom, but they have shown a commitment to making their communities a better place to live. Each one of them makes Pennsylvania proud."

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides one-time, $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students.  The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement and its value to the business community.

Each year, Comcast works with high school principals, guidance counselors and school administrators to select the scholarship recipients. Since the program's inception there have been over 17,000 scholarship winners totaling more than $17.2 million.

"Comcast is proud of its Leaders & Achievers scholarship recipients. They represent some of the best and brightest high school seniors who also demonstrate civic involvement in the communities we serve across the country," said Charisse Lillie, Vice President, Community Investment, Comcast Corporation and President of the Comcast Foundation. "We are thrilled to support their educational efforts with these scholarships."

About The Comcast Foundation

The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities.  The Foundation has three community investment priorities — promoting community service, expanding digital literacy, and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated over $108 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.

About Comcast  

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2012 Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Winners from Pennsylvania

(163 Pennsylvania high school seniors - each student receives a $1,000 grant)

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS: (alphabetically by county and then by city where school is located)

Adams
Fairfield – Deanna Durbin of Fairfield Area High School
Littlestown – Trinity Dodson of Littlestown Senior High School
McSherrystown – Lynneah Smith of Delone Catholic High School
New Oxford – Hannah Fernandez of New Oxford Senior High School

Allegheny
Bridgeville – Kara Wise of South Fayette High School
Bridgeville – Glenn Selker of Lakeview Christian Academy
Coraopolis – Joseph Fleischman of Cornell Senior High School
Fox Chapel – Isabella Egloff of Fox Chapel Area High School
Imperial – Joseph Mort of West Allegheny Senior High School
Jefferson Hills – Rebecca Wytiaz of Thomas Jefferson High School
McKees Rocks – Erin Ferry of Montour High School
Pittsburgh – Vitya Felder of Hillel Academy
Pittsburgh – Kaitlin Manion of Pittsburgh CAPA
Pittsburgh – Shannon Evans of North Hills High School
Pittsburgh – Shealyn Williamson of Allderdice High School
Pittsburgh – Farrah Cornick of Northside Urban Pathways School
Pittsburgh – Katherine Roos of North Catholic High School #
Pittsburgh – Sarah Espy of Baldwin High School
Pittsburgh – Alicia Carson of Penn Hills High School
Pittsburgh – Elizabeth Martinson of Oakland Catholic High School
Pittsburgh – Erika Williamson of Westinghouse High School
Pittsburgh – Camara Copeland of Shady Side Academy
Plum – Jordan Gaston of Plum Senior High School
Russellton – Alexander Lisowski of Deer Lakes High School
South Park – Alyssa Jones of South Park High School

Armstrong
Rural Valley – Jayna Rhine of West Shamokin High School

Beaver
Aliquippa – Robert Catley of Hopewell Senior High School
Beaver Falls – Jennifer Medarac of Beaver Falls High School
Baden – Angela Curcio of Quigley Catholic School
Freedom – Keith Braun of Freedom Area High School
Midland – Jane McConnell of Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School
New Brighton – Alexis Williams of New Brighton High School

Berks
Hamberg – Leah Fleischel of Hamburg Area High School
Reading – Thomas Herb of Antietam Middle-Senior High School
West Lawn – Saba Ali of Wilson Senior High School

Bucks
Bensalem – Nicholas DiGregorio of Holy Ghost Preparatory High School
Newtown – Emily Sonlin of Council Rock High School
Warminster – Gregory Glauser of William Tennent High School
Warrington – Brendan Kelly of Central Bucks High School South

Centre
Bellefonte – Jessica Walizer of Bellefonte Area High School

Chester
Coatesville – Kiarra Hicks of Coatesville Area Senior High School
Downingtown – Caroline Weyback-Liogier of Bishop Shanahan High School
Phoenixville – Hayley Connors of Phoenixville Area High School
West Chester – Paymaneh Parhami of B. Reed Henderson High School
West Chester – Thomas Phelan of East High School

Clarion
New Bethlehem – Corbyn Minich of Redbank High School

Clearfield
DuBois – Deanna Badger of DuBois Senior High School

Cumberland
Camp Hill – Margaret Gassert of Camp Hill High School
Carlisle – Annelise Anderson of Carlisle Area High School
Shippensburg – Alana Famulare of Shippensburg Senior High School
Wormleysburg – Iqra Shaikh of Harrisburg Academy

Dauphin
Elizabethville – Abbie Enders of Upper Dauphin Area High School
Harrisburg – Catherine Wilson of Central Dauphin East High School
Harrisburg – Irva Pineda of SciTech High School
Harrisburg – Erin Tully of Bishop McDevitt High School
Harrisburg – Alexander Hunt of Susquehanna Township Senior High School
Hershey – Katharine Rozman of Hershey High School
Hummelstown – Amie Diamond of Lower Dauphin Senior High School
Millersburg – Janelle Hawthorne of Millersburg Area High School
Steelton – Howlader Nashara of Steelton-Highspire Junior-Senior High School

Delaware
Boothwyn – Arence Paasewe of Chichester High School
Havertown – Wenye Huangpu of Haverford High School
Media – Jacki Turet of Penncrest High School
Rosemont – Lina Huang of Agnes Irwin School
Sharon Hill – Abriana Height of Academy Park High School
Villanova – Alexandra Ambrogi of Notre Dame Academy

Franklin
Chambersburg – Rebecca Berry of Chambersburg Area High School
Chambersburg – Kirsten Hawbaker of Shalom Christian Academy
Waynesboro – Chance Reecher of Waynesboro Senior High School
Willow Hill – Christine Sitman of Fannett-Metal Senior High School

Huntingdon
Huntingdon – Olivia Decker of Huntingdon Area High School

Indiana
Blairsville – Katlyn Mazzaferro-Romanish of Blairsville Senior High School
Clymer – John Berkavich of Penns Manor Area Junior-Senior High School
Indiana – Beth Kopczyk of Indiana Area Senior High School
Saltsburg – Megan Miller of Saltsburg Junior-Senior High School

Jefferson
Punxsutawney – Derick Kelly of Punxsutawney High School

Lackawanna
Archbald – Amanda Walter of Valley View High School
Old Forge – Corinne Breymeier of Old Forge High School
Taylor – Kyra Leasure of Riverside Junior-Senior High School

Lancaster
Columbia – Marilyn Ngo of Columbia Junior-Senior High School
Elizabethtown – Austin Albright of Elizabethtown Area Senior High School
Kinzers – Jared Feister of Pequea Valley High School
Lancaster – Stephen Ball of Manheim Township High School
Lancaster – William Broaddus of McCaskey East High School
Landisville – Ashley Cox of Hempfield High School
Manheim – Katelyn Bustin of Manheim Central Senior High School
Millersville – Kayla Bixler of Penn Manor High School
Mount Joy – Kyra Knier of Donegal High School
New Holland – Stephanie High of Garden Spot High School
Quarryville – Brianna Kiesel of Solanco High School

Lawrence
New Castle – Nicholas Totin of New Castle Junior-Senior High School
New Castle – Michael Vitullo of Union Area High School

Lebanon
Lebanon – Abigail Stefanides of Cedar Crest High School  
Myerstown – Jocelyn Stoudt of ELCO High School

Luzerne
Dallas – Andrew Santora of Dallas High School           

Lycoming
Hughesville – Tyler Smith of Hughesville High School
Jersey Shore – Emily Packer of Jersey Shore Area High School
Montoursville – Ashley Burger of Montoursville High School
Muncy – Sophia Reeder of Muncy Junior-Senior High School
South Williamsport – Jillian Jackson of South Williamsport Junior-Senior High School
Williamsport – Meghan Cunningham of Loyalsock High School

Montgomery
Ambler – Shelleah Jackson of Wissahickon High School
Collegeville – Emily Brooks of Perkiomen Valley Senior High School
Fort Washington – Joshua Wan of Upper Dublin High School
Huntingdon Valley – Katey Steinberg of Lower Moreland Township High School
Jenkintown – Mollie Berkowitz of Jenkintown High School
King of Prussia – Daniel Legaspi of Upper Merion High School
Plymouth Meeting – Bonnie Gross of Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School
Pottstown – Katrina Garthe of Owen J. Roberts High School

Perry
Millerstown – Jessie Kiner of Greenwood High School
Newport – Jonathan Geyer of Newport Junior-Senior High School

Philadelphia
Philadelphia – Shayla Torres of Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School
Philadelphia – Leander Berry of Parkway West High School
Philadelphia – Elizabeth Silvestro of Math Science and Technology Community Charter School
Philadelphia – Vernon Jordan of Murrell Dobbins Career and Technical Education High School
Philadelphia – Wing Hung Cheung of Hallahan High School
Philadelphia – Lisa Cheung of Academy at Palumbo
Philadelphia – Cindy Zhang of Parkway Center City School
Philadelphia – Gech Kong of International Christian High School
Philadelphia – Rebecca Bannan of Little Flower High School
Philadelphia – Robert Ramos of Carver High School of Engineering and Science
Philadelphia – Angelina Smith of Franklin High School
Philadelphia – Damara McDowell of Freire Charter School
Philadelphia – Kitty Thai of Swenson Arts and Technology High School
Philadelphia – Qadriyyah Major of Kensington Business and Finance High School
Philadelphia – Ahteyona Hines of Multicultural Academy Charter School
Philadelphia – Allison Schreffler of Springside School
Philadelphia – Brianna Alexander of Motivation High School
Philadelphia – Marissa Hirsch of Franklin Towne Charter High School
Philadelphia – Lisa Liu of Saul High School
Philadelphia – Olivia Ngo of Central High School
Philadelphia – Iskar Smith of City Center Academy
Philadelphia – Priscilla Lugo of Mercy Vocational High School
Philadelphia – Marlon Lewis of High School for the Future
Philadelphia – Deblyn Lawrence of Masterman High School
Philadelphia – Levi Rivers of Germantown High School
Philadelphia – Shermeir Porter of Girard College
Philadelphia – Michelle Swiger of Commonwealth Connections Academy *

Schulykill
Hegins – Makenzie Stutzman of Tri-Valley High School
Minersville – Olivia Massari of Minersville Area Junior-Senior High School
Pottsville – Corey Conville of Pottsville Area High School

Somerset
Confluence – Shelby Burkett of Turkeyfoot High School
Somerset – Britta Musser of Somerset Junior-Senior High School

Sullivan
Laporte – Justine McCarty of Sullivan County High School

Venango
Oil City – Charles Moon of Oil City High School

Washington
Canonsburg – Anthony Sciulli of Canon-McMillan High School
Houston – Patsy Tatano of Chartiers-Houston Junior-Senior High School
Monongahela – Connor Kane of Ringgold High School
Washington – Brian D'Orazio of Trinity High School

Westmoreland
Belle Vernon – Natalie Martin of Belle Vernon Area High School
Greensburg – Abigail Yasika of Greensburg Salem High School
Greensburg – Brandi Wian of Hempfield Area High School
Herminie – Gina Huss of Yough High School
Lower Burrell – Rachel Wilson of Burrell Senior High School
Monessen – Desiree Rice of Monessen Middle-Senior High School
New Kensington – Kelsey Phillips of Valley High School
North Huntingdon – Nicole Shuckhart of Norwin Senior High School

York
Dallastown – Jennifer Boyle of Dallastown Area Senior High School
Dover – Madalyn Gordon of Dover Area High School
Fawn Grove – Anita Saesing of Kennard-Dale High School
Glen Rock – Casey Skevington of Susquehannock High School
Lewisberry – Logan Hodges of Red Land Senior High School
Manchester – Nicholas Small of Northeastern Senior High School

*           Cyber school headquartered in Harrisburg
#          Resides in Butler County

SOURCE Comcast Cable