The twenty-fifth recipient of the Angela Coniglio Memorial Scholarship, presented at the Amherst Central High School graduation on June 25, 2021, was senior Katherine Jacobia.  She is the sister of the 2018 recipient of the same award, Elizabeth Jacobia.  Katherine received an award of $1,411, provided through the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.
    ACHS teachers and staff praise Katherine as an extraordinary, balanced young woman and leader who has excelled in the classroom with a 95 average, as well as in athletics and numerous clubs. 
    She was named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the 2020 - 21 Academic All American 2nd Team; she is a WNY Scholar Athlete and a member of the Amherst High School National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.  She played Varsity Field Hockey in each of her four years and led Amherst to the 2017 and 2020 Section VI Class B Field Hockey Championships.

     Her Field Hockey honors and awards include: 2019, 2020 All-state; 2020 Western New York Field Hockey Co-Player of the Year; 2019, 2020 All-WNY; 2018, 2019, 2020 First Team ECIC; team MVP and Captain. She played on a club field hockey team, the Whalers, for five years.