Again in 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Awards Assembly for Amherst Central High School could not take place as usual.  The award of the Angela Coniglio Memorial Scholarship still occurred, however, and at graduation on June 25^th, ACHS’s School Counselor Laurie LeGoff presented a plaque and a check for $1,410 to Katherine Jacobia.  

Katherine 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.  

Her other JV and Varsity sports were Softball and Basketball, including the 2021 Section VI Varsity Basketball Championship.  

Katherine is the sister of the 2018 winner of the same scholarship, Elizabeth Jacobia. She will attend Hobart and William Smith College, where she will major in Business and play Field Hockey.