Student Scholar Athletes 2010
The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame annually honors senior scholar-athletes representing the nine school districts within the Mid Monongahela Valley. Tonight’s students are being sponsored by the generous support of Charleroi’s Lee Supply Company. This evening the spotlight shines upon these young men and women who have made a difference in the classroom, in athletics, and in their communities.
Belle Vernon Area High School
Justin Sellew
- Varsity football letterman
- Richard O. Dolfi football scholar award
- Varsity volleyball letterman
- Historian National Honor Society
- First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association Scholarship
- Interact Club, MIC/SADD
- Tribune Review Outstanding Young Citizen
- Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week graduate
- Relay for Life
- Volunteer: Tackle Hunger Drive, Salvation Army, Pennies for Patients, local preschool
- Penn State University: business
Jocelyn Connolly
- Varsity soccer letterwoman
- All Section
- Varsity basketball letterwoman
- All Conference, BVA 1,000 point club
- Monessen All Tournament, Brentwood Tournament
- Varsity girls track
- Qualifier for PIAA distance runner
- Treasurer National Honor Society
- Interact, Spanish clubs, MIC/SADD
- Volunteer: Relay for Life, Toys for Tots, Pennies for Patients, Sutersville foodbank, Westmoreland County blood drive
- Penn State University
Bentworth High School
Clay Roman
- Varsity 4-year golf letterman
- Section All-Star, Section MVP, Scholar-Athlete award
- Varsity 4-year basketball letterman/captain
- Section 2 MVP, Washington-Greene County All Star
- Varsity 4-year baseball letterman/captain
- Who’s Who Among American High School Students
- President’s Gold Award for Educational Excellence
- National Honor Society
- WPIAL Scholar Athlete Award
- Environment Club, Stream Team, FBLA
- Stay in Bounds Ambassador program
- Marietta College: petroleum engineering
Katlyn D’Orazio
- Varsity 3-year volleyball letterwoman/captain
- WPIAL All Section Team, MSA Terrific 21 All-Star
- WPIAL All-Star Second Team
- 3-year Pittsburgh Elite & Pittsburgh Magic Jr. Olympics
- PA Sports Hall of Fame scholar-athlete (Washington-Greene County chapter)
- Salutatorian
- Treasurer National Honor Society
- Westinghouse Science Honors Institute
- Presidential Gold Award for Educational Excellence
- Treasurer Senior Class
- Leo Club Ambassador, Student Forum, Yearbook Club, FBLA, Student Council
- Volunteer: Monongahela Valley Hospital, Youth volleyball camp
- Leo Club Gold award for community service
- West Virginia University: pharmacy
Brownsville Area High School
Donald E. Thomas
- Varsity 3-year football letterman
- Varsity 4-year soccer letterman
- Varsity track and Field 3-year letterman
- Cross Country senior letterman
- Debate team
- Math competition team
- Sound and musical stage committee
- Volunteer: tour guide at Nemacolin Castle
- Waynesburg University: Nursing
Amber Simcoke
- Varsity 3-year Cross Country
- WPIAL qualifier
- Varsity 4-year Track and Field
- Treasurer Spanish National Honor Society
- Senior cabinet, prom committee
- Volunteer: Archives Drop-in-Center
- California University of Pennsylvania: radio and television communications
California Area High School
Nicholas Andrew Wohar
- Varsity football letterman (placekicker)
- Varsity 3-year soccer letterman/captain
- Varsity 4-year tennis letterman/captain
- Black Belt-Tang Soo Do
- National Honor Society
- Model UN, Leo Club Sergeant- in-Arms: Youth and Government
- Volunteer: Alter Boy- St. Mary’s, Center in the Woods
- St. Thomas Youth Group
- U.S. Naval Academy: math/engineering
Allison Greenlief
- Varsity volleyball letterwoman
- Varsity basketball letterwoman
- Varsity softball letterwoman
- 2009 junior scholar athlete award
- Treasurer of National Honor Society
- Vice President Student Council
- President of Blood Drive
- Parliamentarian of Leo Club
- German club, SADD, Model UN, TFIM, Student Forum
- Volunteer: teen facilitator, Sister to Sister Summit
- United States Air Force: air traffic control
Charleroi Area High School
Zachary Meharey
- Varsity 3-year football letterman/captain
- Red Zone Player of the Year
- Crash Reconnu Student Athlete award
- Varsity track letterman
- Daughters of America Revolution award
- President National Honor Society
- Lions Club Cub of the Month
- Tribune Review Outstanding Young Citizen
- SADD, Student Forum, Spanish Club, Engineering Club, Chemistry Club
- Valedictorian
- Academic League captain
- Volunteer: JDRF Youth Ambassador, Walk-A-Thon Team captain Relay for Life, Make-A-Wish, Youth Football clinic, peer tutor
- Pennsylvania State University: nuclear engineering/mechanical engineering
Alyssa R. Helster
- Varsity 4-year soccer letterwoman/captain
- Varsity 2-year basketball letterwoman/captain
- Varsity 4-year track letterwoman/captain
- Pole Vault 1st place
- Women in Science award: Seton Hill University Excellence in Chemistry Award
- Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Ambassador
- Rotary Youth Leadership award
- Hoby World Leadership Congress Ambassador
- Yearbook editor, SADD, Make-A-Wish
- Student Council
- Tribune Review Outstanding Young Citizen
- Volunteer: Relay for Life team captain, Mon Valley Hospital, Habitat for Humanity, Washington City Women’s Shelter, Mon Valley Food Pantry, American Red Cross, Special Olympics and Senior Olympics, Regional and WLC Facilitator
- Seton Hill University: pharmacy
Elizabeth Forward High School
Joshua Gibbons
- Varsity 3-year Cross Country letterman/captain
- WPIAL qualifier
- Varsity 2-year Swimming letterman/captain
- Varsity 4-year Track letterman/captain
- Gannon University academic excellence & leadership award
- National Honor Society
- Volunteer: Eagle Scout and related community services
- Gannon University: sport and exercise science/physical therapy
Kassia Krol
- Varsity 3-year soccer letterwoman/captain
- St. Vincent Leadership scholarship
- National Honor Society
- Interact, Respect Life Committee
- Volunteer: soccer coach, Bible school, church festival
- St. Vincent College: pre-dental
Monessen High School
ShelDon Miller
- Varsity 3-year football letterman
- All Conference, All State, Kennywood All Star
- Varsity basketball
- Varsity track
- WPIAL Class AA 200 meter dash runner-up
- Qualifier for PIAA Class AA 100 and 200 meter dash and 400 relay team
- Leo Club, SADD, Rotary and Lion’s Club Student of the Month
- Akron University
Hayley Halinka
- Varsity boy’s and girl’s soccer letterwoman
- Honorable Mention for All Section
- Girl’s soccer team captain
- Varsity softball/co-captain
- Student athletic trainer
- President and Treasurer Future Business Leaders of America, Leo Club, Vice President and Treasurer Student Government Students Against Destructive Decisions
- Volunteer: Thanksgiving feed and food bank, YMCA Arc program
- California University of PA: athletic training
Ringgold High School
Brian Johnson
- Varsity soccer letterman/Indoor soccer
- Varsity Cross Country
- Varsity Track and Field letterman/captain
- Record holder for 3200 meter race (10.17) and the 4 x 800 meter race
- National Honor Society
- Valedictorian
- Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science award
- Pennsylvania Math League
- Westinghouse Saturday Lectures, All Academic Team
- State First Place on the 2010 TEAMS physics competition/ Tenth Nationally
- Who’s Who Among American High School Students
- Ram Pound Club, Science Olympiad
- Relay for Life
- Volunteer: Eagle Scout – Olympic Triathlon (Montour Trail prevent erosion)
- Penn State University: engineering
Katherine Cramer
- Varsity 3-year soccer letterwoman
- Varsity 3-year track letterwoman
- National Honor Society
- Donora Rotary Club Student of the Month
- Challenge program award, People to People, Who’s Who Among American High School Students
- Athletic Director’s All Academic Team
- Interact Club, Spanish Club Students Against Destructive Decisions
- Volunteer: Relay for Life, Toys for Tots
- Slippery Rock University: accounting
Yough High School
Matt Sever
- Varsity 2-year football letterman and captain
- Second Team All Conference, KDKA Extra Effort award winner
- 2009 motordome speedway track champion
- Rotary Club student of the month
- Tomm Lazar scholarship
- WVU Blue & Gold scholarship
- Student Council
- Volunteer: mentoring program, local food banks, blood drives
- West Virginia University: mechanical engineering
Kasey Lynn
- Varsity 3-year volleyball letterwoman/ captain
- First Team All Section and All Conference
- Tribune Review Athlete of the Week
- Varsity 4-year Lady Cougar softball
- Student Council, Senior Committee
- Volunteer: middle school volleyball, softball Cougar camp
- University of Pittsburgh (Greensburg): criminal justice
Past Students
Read about our past Student Scholar Athletes here!