2020-2021 Scholarship Recipients

The following is a listing of SHRS scholarships and awards granted to students during the 2020-2021 academic year.

School-wide

Joyce and Andrew J. Kuzneski Jr. Student Resource Award 
Eric Salomons
Audrey Warner
Marissa Wiesenbach

Anne Pascasio Scholarship
Pauline Bayotas
Sophie Tayade
Julia Zezinka

Dr. Timothy C. and Mrs. Cynthia B. Sell Student Award 
Mary Kerr
Kelsey Newman
Aleena Somy
Grant Traeger

SHRS Alumni Endowed Scholarship 
Jessica Bender
Brenna Bigenwald
Abby Choboy
Alyssa Dugan
Grant Traeger

UPMC Endowed Scholarship 
Shadeni Cargill
Erin Garvey
Samantha Huynh
Kelsey Newman
Nadine Sadaka
Sophia Thompson

Mildred L. Wood SHRS Endowed Student Resource Award 
Hannah Burgoon
Patricia Hahner
Madison Henry
Erin Higgins
Cecilia Lacey
Ashley Medefindt
Meghan Osborne
Madison Weimer

Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling

Nancy L. Oyler Student Award
Amy Adelman
Zihua Hua
Emily Kirschner

Communication Science and Disorders

Emeritus Award 
Cecilia Lacey
Meghan Osborne

Audrey Holland Endowed Student Resource Award 
Cara Donohue

Carol E. Lang and Howard N. Lang, MD, Scholarship
Kaitlin Hearn

Lisa Levy Memorial Award 
Stephanie Hood
Joshua Peckman

Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine Program Award
Lauren Carey
Christina Hogg
Emma Pike
Taylor Shearer

Walt. A. Stoy Award for Scholarly Activity 
Andrew Bober

Health Information Management

Denise A. Dunyak Student Award 
Olumide Ayeni

Laurine M. Johnson Endowed Student Resource Award 
Aaron Viggiano

Gerrilynne “Gerri” Siren Walk Memorial Student Award 
Brianna Staley
Grant Wilson

Meagan Sampogna Williams Student Resource Award 
Natalie Clauna

Cindy Zak Student Resource Award 
Mitchell Downs

Occupational Therapy

Caroline Robinson Brayley Student Enrichment Award 
Tiffany Duong

Department of Occupational Therapy Award of Professional Excellence 
Melissa Toth

Joan Rogers Student Resource Award 
Katherine Grunewald

Physical Therapy

Dorothy Bradley Brown Scholarship 
Kahlee Bowen
Adriana Ciccone
Garrett Heid
Alec Hoover
Malena Lennon
Dante Lucci
Lauren Marrone
Lauren Page
Brooke Pantano
Allison Reed
Zachary Rollar
Madison Thieret
Madeline Wells

Mary Behling Browne Scholarship 
Mackenzie Gruber
Matthew Schaefer

Robert and Mercedes Chase Scholarship in Physical Therapy
Claudia Neal

Pat Croce Scholarship 
Kristen Konieczny
Grant Traeger

Mary K Daly-Crum Student Award 
Brian Newcomb
Marianne Seah
Stephanie Taylor

David Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center/Joseph M. David Endowed Scholarship 
Aaron McCullough

Anthony Delitto Scholarship 
Samuel Allison
Sydney Pece

Frank B. Fuhrer Jr. Scholarship
Madeline Mahonski

Victoria Green Memorial Student Award 
Katherine Bruce
Julia Koch
Marie Pelner

Jim and Kristin Henson Student Award
Adrienne Dorley

Patricia Leahy Memorial Scholarship 
Sabrina Harrison

Pearl Cricco Mann Scholarship 
Nicole Ray
Allyssa Tome
Alexa Vareldzis

Alice Chagnot Oulette Endowment Award 
Courtney Cyrus
Claudia Neal

PT Class of 2009 Student Award 
No recipient named

PT Leadership Development Award 
No recipient named

Paul and Judy Rockar Scholarship 
Philip Forsythe
Molly Rajewski

D. T. Watson Alumni Scholarship 
Kaitlyn Rayl

Rehabilitation Science and Technology

Rory A. Cooper and Dion Johnson Student Award 
John Fried
Sivashankar Sivakanthan

Todd Hargroder Endowed Internship Award 
Brandon Daveler

Virginia Kaufman Scholarship 
Chonnikan Ariyakul
Rachelle Cook
Max Cuppett
John Fried
Erin Higgins
Amanda Manko
Matt McClintock
Lily Nong
Ali Reiche
Marissa Weisenbach

Thomas J. O’Connor Award 
Holly Wilson-Jene

Shimada Student Award 
Amanda Manko

Sports Medicine and Nutrition

Athletic Training Program Award
Meagan Scott

Jill Conley Memorial Award 
Lauren Matulevich

Dr. Freddie H. Fu Sports Medicine Graduate Research Award 
Kellen Krajewski
Emily Mulkey
Aaron Sinnott

Dr. Freddie H. Fu Undergraduate Athletic Training Scholarship 
Lauren Betts
Carli Eger
Emily McGuigan
Ashley Shutack

Tim Kerin Memorial Scholarship in Athletic Training 
Lauren Betts
Ashley Interrante

David H. Perrin Student Award 
Jordan Kissner

Sports Medicine Student Resource Award 
Robert Colombi