2021 Career & Technical Education Program Awards

More than 400 Career & Technical Education students were honored this June for their skill and excellence in programs preparing them for future careers in professions ranging from diesel technician to nurse, welder and chef.

Below is a list of award recipients for their respective programs.  Scholarship winners were announced during the June graduation ceremonies for each of our campuses. 

Albany Campus

Auto Body Collision Repair and Refinishing

  • Outstanding Student – Joel Pacheco, Schenectady
  • Growth in Achievement – Hopeton Palmer, Schenectady
  • Academic Achievement – Maxwell Sullivan, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

Automotive Services

  • Outstanding Student – Ross Riley, Schenectady
  • Growth in Achievement – Blaine Cunningham, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake
  • Academic Achievement –Andrew Roche, Scotia-Glenville

Automotive Trades II

  • Outstanding Student – Sam Anzalone, Mohonasen
  • Growth in Achievement – Ryan Bisner, Mohonasen
  • Academic Achievement – Nate Martindale, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

AYES

  • Outstanding Student – Tyler Maxwell, Voorheesville
  • Growth in Achievement – Michael Cafariella, Schenectady
  • Academic Achievement – Darrell Deronceray, Niskayuna

Building Trades

  • Outstanding Student – David Doolin, Berne-Knox-Westerlo
  • Growth in Achievement – Joseph Trinchillo, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

Carpentry Services

  • Outstanding Student – Elizabeth Steinhorst, Adult
  • Growth in Achievement – Thomas Jourdanais, Cohoes
  • Academic Achievement –Spiro Mikropoulos, Mohonasen
  • Outstanding Student – John Canton, Schenectady
  • Growth in Achievement – Ronald Stetkewicz, Scotia-Glenville
  • Academic Achievement – Joseph Balletti Jr., Schenectady

Certified Nursing Assistant

  • Outstanding Student – Kaylee Clute, Scotia-Glenville
  • Growth in Achievement – Emily Pelletier, Scotia-Glenville
  • Growth in Achievement – Courtney DiCarlo, Scotia-Glenville

Cosmetology II

  • Outstanding Student – Savannah Marx, Mohonasen
  • Growth in Achievement – Jenna Arbeeny, Mohonasen
  • Academic Achievement – Kaitlyn Belfi, Shenendehowa
  • Outstanding Student – Sydney Kois, South Colonie
  • Growth in Achievement – Madison Rousselle, Shenendehowa
  • Academic Achievement – Keleigh Regan, South Colonie

Criminal Justice II

  • Outstanding Student – Molly Biers, Bethlehem
  • Growth in Achievement – Cooper Blake, Shenendehowa
  • Academic Achievement – Aisha Ahmad, Shenendehowa
  • Outstanding Student – O’Braimily Benitez, Schenectady
  • Growth in Achievement – Brian Hausman, Guilderland
  • Academic Achievement – Melissa Ochoa, Niskayuna

Culinary Arts II

  • Outstanding Student – Treyvon Landells, Mohonasen
  • Growth in Achievement – Sara Kirkpatrick, Shenendehowa
  • Academic Achievement – Angelo Carino, Guilderland
  • Outstanding Student – Melody Francis, Niskayuna
  • Growth in Achievement – Thomas Schoelzel, Shenendehowa
  • Academic Achievement – Natalie Vogel, Guilderland

Diesel Tech

  • Outstanding Student – Logan Warner, Berne-Knox-Westerlo
  • Growth in Achievement – Jarett Scarcella, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk
  • Academic Achievement – Nicholas Hodgkinson, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

Digital Media Design

  • Growth in Achievement – Jakob McGann, Shenendehowa
  • Growth in Achievement – Tim Caufield, Cohoes
  • Growth in Achievement – Donald Wilson, Schenectady

Electrical Trades II

  • Outstanding Student – Tyler Salisbury, Bethlehem
  • Growth in Achievement – Matt McKone, Adult
  • Academic Achievement – Colin Chatterton, Shenendehowa

Food Services

  • Outstanding Student – Julianna Alexander, Cohoes
  • Growth in Achievement – Brendan Thrasher, Brunswick

Global Fashion Studies

  • Outstanding Student – Kiera Stack, Mohonasen
  • Growth in Achievement – Diyana Hardy, Schenectady

HHA/PCA/DSA

  • Academic Achievement – Shaney Anaya-Rivera, Shenendehowa
  • Academic Achievement – Abigail Smith, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

HVAC

  • Outstanding Student – Reilly Pannone, South Colonie
  • Growth in Achievement – Adam Fisherauer, South Colonie
  • Academic Achievement – Scott Vertefeuille, Cohoes

Pet Tech

  • Outstanding Student – Halie Fink, Schalmont
  • Growth in Achievement – Francis Mann, South Colonie
  • Outstanding Student – Dominique Martinez, Schalmont
  • Growth in Achievement – Jacob Bartow, Middleburgh

Vocational Training

  • Outstanding Student – Logan Miller, Cohoes
  • Growth in Achievement – Maryam Abbas, Cohoes

Welding

  • Outstanding Student – Philip Schrom, Schalmont
  • Growth in Achievement – Michael Ware, Guilderland
  • Academic Achievement – Daniel Reedy, Watervliet

Center for Advanced Technology @ Mohonasen (CAT)

Engineering Technology

  • Outstanding Student – Justin Perez, Schenectady
  • Growth in Achievement – Emily Dean, Schalmont
  • Academic Achievement – Andrew Bauer, Shenendehowa

Entertainment Tech

  • Outstanding Student – Taylor Reed, Schenectady
  • Academic Achievement – Noel Lyman, Mohonasen
  • Growth in Achievement – Connor Howland, Schoharie

Game Design and Implementation

  • Outstanding Student – Kaleb Roehr, Shenendehowa
  • Growth in Achievement – Jesse Hurn, Schalmont
  • Academic Achievement – Dylan Doxtater, Shenendehowa
  • Growth in Achievement – Eddiean Estrada, Schenectady
  • Academic Achievement – Avi Herschkowitz, Voorheesville
  • Outstanding Student – Bruce MacMillan, Schalmont

Manufacturing and Machining Technology

Outstanding Student – Geordan Ingersoll, Mohonasen
Academic Achievement – Hunter Cole, Cobleskill-Richmondville
Growth in Achievement – Cardell Iarusso, Berne-Knox-Westerlo

Sterile Processing

  • Outstanding Student – Carerra Meyer-Hill, Mohonasen
  • Growth in Achievement – Abigail Black, Mohonasen

Welding and Metal Fabrication

  • Outstanding Student – Oliver Brownsey, Niskayuna
  • Academic Achievement – Thomas Hildreth, Niskayuna
  • Growth in Achievement – Aidan Rose, Voorheesville

Schoharie Campus

Automotive Technology

  • Outstanding Student – Evan Carpenter, CRCS
  • Outstanding Student – Destiny Honsinger, CRCS
  • Growth in Achievement – Dennis Miller, Schoharie

Commercial Construction/Heavy Equipment

  • Outstanding Student – Jacob Olsen, Schalmont
  • Outstanding Student – Mark Amedore, Schalmont
  • Growth in Achievement – Sebastian LeRuzic, Middleburgh
  • Growth in Achievement – Camron Hotaling, Schoharie

Criminal Justice

  • Outstanding Student – Hunter Bouck, Schoharie
  • Growth in Achievement – Brianna Burke, Schalmont
  • Highest Average – Isabel Philipp, Middleburgh

Cosmetology

  • Outstanding Student – Emily Flower, Schalmont
  • Growth in Achievement – Karina Wilson, CRCS
  • Highest Average – Emily Flower, Schalmont

Culinary

  • Outstanding Student – Matthew Barnard, Duanesburg
  • Growth in Achievement – Schuyler Bradshaw, Duanesburg
  • Highest Average – Jillian Schoenherr, Schoharie

Network Cabling Tech/Smart Home Technology

  • Outstanding Student – Christopher Rarick, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk
  • Growth in Achievement – Liam Kane, CRCS
  • Highest Average – Jasmine Neill, Sharon Springs

Two-Year Sequence of Health Careers

  • Outstanding Student – Alivia Darpino, Schalmont
  • Growth in Achievement – Richelle Bashwinger, Middleburgh
  • Highest Average – Kadence Kennedy, Sharon Spring