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 25th, ACHS’s School Counselor Laurie LeGoff presented a plaque and a check for $1,410 to Katherine Jacobia. |
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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. |
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In 2022
Margaret Kathleen Scherrer, like her sister Catherine (both great grandchildren of
Ray and Marion Cappellano Coniglio)
had done the previous year, graduated from Angela’s Alma
Mater,
Amherst
Central High School,
and received the Angela Coniglio Cousins’ Scholarship.
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Margaret is enrolled in the honors college of Michigan State University and is considering their Science program. |
Following a two year pandemic break, Amherst
Central High School's annual Awards Assembly was
reinstated on the evening of June 8th, 2022. |
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She has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout her four years at Amherst as a National Honor Society member and a six-time AP student. She has starred in both Soccer and Lacrosse. She was the Women’s Soccer Team Captain, earning Section VI awards including All-Western New York First Team honors. In Laecrosse, again she was the Women’s Team Captain, Most Valuable Player, among the top 25 points scorers in the State, and received Section IV honors. Ryan’s extracurricular activities included Amherst’s First Chair flute and piccolo player, Pit Orchestra Member and Soloist, and Latin Club membership. Ryan will attend the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, where she will major in Environmental Science/Biochemistry and be a member of the school’s Mighty Oaks Women’s Soccer Team. |
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