PIQUA — Upper Valley Career Center will honor the Class of 2024 during convocation ceremonies Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 7 p.m. at Hobart Arena, Troy.

There are 470 students who will graduate from Upper Valley Career Center from its satellite schools.

During the ceremony, Upper Valley Career Center will recognize two local businesses for their continued support of UVCC and its students. The Award of Appreciation will be presented to the Council on Rural Services and MidMark Corp.

Speakers will be Bill Ankney, Upper Valley Career Center Board of Education president.

Eva Goubeaux will represent the Class of 2024 with delivery of the Senior Address. Goubeaux is a welding student who has maintained a 4.0 gpa throughout her time at Russia High School and the UVCC. During her senior year, Goubeaux served in an apprenticeship with MidMark Corporation and was part of the UVCC Germany/American Exchange program. She is one of eight UVCC Top Scholar nominees and remained active in sports at Russia High School.

The Upper Valley Career Center Top Scholars are Addison Swearingen, Pre Engineering, Fairlawn High School; Katarinia Burger, Welding, Houston High School; Brayden Kohler, Pre Engineering, Piqua High School; Eva Goubeaux, Welding, Russia High School; Caleb Everett, Explore, Sidney High School; Samantha Marlow, Sports Medicine, Sidney High School; Elena Mendoza, Vet Science, Sidney High School; Owen Walters, Computer Information Technologies, Troy High School.

Scholarship recipients as announced April 30, 2024:

J. Scott Garbry Memorial Scholarship: Cooper Gambrell, Troy High School; Tommy Grise, Piqua High School; Michael Hohenstein, Miami East High School; Carter Owens, Covington High School; Chase Quinter, Piqua High School; Boston Sherman, Piqua High School.

Ernest Johns American Legion Award: Tommy Grise, Landscape & Natural Resources, Piqua High School.

The Ray Kroc Youth Achievement Award: Jada Flint, Medical Careers Academy, Fort Loramie High School. The Collins Aerospace Vocational Scholarship: Trey Schmelzer, Manufacturing & Machining Technologies, Bradford High School.

The Amber Detrick Memorial Early Childhood Scholarship: Paige Langenkamp Early Childhood Education and Care, Fairlawn High School.

The Sharon Weyant Memorial Scholarship. Kila Stephan, Early Childhood Education and Care, Covington High School. The Gene Haas Foundation Scholarship: Trey Schmelzer Manufacturing and Machining Technologies, Bradford High School.

The Matt D. Zimpfer Memorial Award: Eva Goubeaux, Welding Technologies, Russia High School.

The Level MB Award: Cooper Hartle, Construction Technologies, Jackson Center High School; Jason Helmandollar, Construction Technologies, Troy High School; Isaac Kinder, Construction Technologies, Home School.

The Cecil E. Phillis Memorial Award: Jason Siegel, Automotive Technologies, Fort Loramie High School.

The Peyton Drees Award: Eli Boerger Manufacturing and Machining Technologies, Fort Loramie High School.

The McColloch-Baker Insurance Agency Scholarship: Eva Goubeaux, Welding Technologies, Russia High School.

The UVCC Education Association: Addison Swearingen, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Fairlawn High School.

The David M. and Glenna M. Whitmore Scholarship: Brady Downing, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Newton High School; Thomas Malone, Auto Collision Repair Technologies, Troy High School; Trey Schmelzer, Manufacturing and Machining Technologies, Bradford; Bethany Dooley, Early Childhood Education and Care, Covington High School; Clara Brown, Interactive Media, Troy High School.

A complete list of scholarship awards will be posted on the UVCC website.

Other recognitions include The President’s Award for Education Excellence: Lucas Jacobs, Automotive Technologies, Houston High School; Simon Baker, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Piqua High School; Brady Downing, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Newton High School; Julia Huelskamp, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Fairlawn High School; Carson Lundy, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Jackson Center High School; Grant Poeppelman, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Fort Loramie; Addison Swearingen, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Fairlawn High School; Peyton Wendel, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Botkins High School; Ava Woodruff, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies, Botkins; Devon Abshire, Robotics and Automation, Miami East High School; Miranda Evans, Robotics and Automation, Anna High School; Alexander Frohna, Robotics and Automation, Sidney High School; Andy Peele, Computer Information Technologies, Newton High School; Owen Walters, Computer Information Technologies, Troy High School; Owen Beachler, Interactive Media, Bradford High School.

The 2023-2024 recipient of the Upper Valley Career Center Executive Director’s Award is Kila Stepha, Early Childhood Education and Care, Covington High School.

Members of the Upper Valley Career Center’s Class of 2024 are:

Anna High School: Ethan Blindauer, Ethan Bolin, Kaitlyn Chaffin, Treighton Edwards, Rylan Egbert, Miranda Evans, Landynn Fogt, Lincoln Frilling, Onikah Graves, Zachary Griffith, Lane Howell, Lillie Howell, Russell Hoying, Caleb Kenton, Owen Klinker, Tytus Kress, Fletcher McKinney, Hailey Messer, Devan Myers, Karter Pogue, Triston Skinner, Owen Steinke, Paige Steinke, Keegan Stutz, Jacob Taylor, Jonathan Valentine and Troy Zimpfer.

Botkins High School: Logan Aufderhaar, Seth Bajwa, Alex Beam, Taylor Fullenkamp, Aaden Grewe, Kole Homan, Isaac Koenig, Braiden Kuch, Travis Landreth, Aiden Leugers, Zoie Longbrake, Kylie Mack, Jordan McCafferty, Camdyn Paul, Jackson Steinke, Keegan Thorpe, Peyton Wendel and Ava Woodruff.

Fairlawn High School: Gavin Duke, Marcus Berger, Cheyanne Bowman, Kylie Clark, Nolan Cramer, Christopher Driskell, Aiden Haynes, Dwayne Hubbard, Julia Huelskamp, Gavin Landrey, Paige Langenkamp, Molly Lavins, Harley Puckett, Isack Smith, Addison Swearingen and Brayden Wise.

Fort Loramie High School: Gracie Albers, Calder Bergman, Alex Boerger, Eli Boerger, Johnathan Bruggeman, Ashton Calcut, Francis (Owen) DeLoye, Jada Flint, Leighann Francis, Bradyn Frilling, Nicholas Holthaus, Camron Homan, Roger Hoying, JadeAnn Laux, Noah Mannier, Zavier Morrison, Richard Ordean, Grant Poeppelman, Gabriel Quinter, Alex Ruhenkamp, Ethan Sherman and Jason Siegel.

Houston High School: Conner Branscum, Jessie Brown, Katarinia Burger, Lily Coffman, Madison Copeland, Janessa Coverstone, Alicia Crawford, Jaxon Douglas, Lilonda Falls, Isaac Fishel, Gabriel Foote, Cameron Graber, Lucas Jacobs, Alayna Johnson, Ethan Krieger, Reece Lawhorn, Stas Maksimov, Joseph Mangen, Faith McKee, Rebeckah Partin, Kellen Purkeypile, Jayden Reisinger, Wyatt Royse, Maddox Schutte, Haleigh Smith, Jadyn Stambaugh, Keiren Thorpe, Natalie Valentine and Wesley Vondenhuevel.

Jackson Center High School: Anthony Allenbaugh, Vanessa Fitzgerald, Carson Fogt, Korey Grigsby, Lucas Hartle, Trever Huber, Xavier Lowe, Carson Lundy, Olivia Massengale, Gavin McClintock, Bernard O’Reilly, Ayden Sorrell, Jonathan Venrick and Cerenity Wise.

Lehman Catholic High School: Marissa Corner, Skyler DeNise, Ashlyn Geise, Taylor Geise, Abby Lamm and Bronson Libecap.

Minster High School: Braeden Bohman and Kayla Lamm.

Russia High School: Levi Delaet, Eva Goubeaux, Lillie Heitkamp, Brooklyn Klosterman, Cameron Leach, Hayden Quinter, Aizik Robeyzachariah, Madison Rose, Mallory Rosenbeck, Carly Supinger, Gabriel Walling and Mary York.

Sidney High School: Kristen Alexander, Bryce Allen, Destyni Amerine, Duane Amerine, Keyon Bargar, Jack Barker, Ryan Bennett, Donnivyn Bonnoront, Eathen Boyd, Dillon Christian, Stephen Colon Sandoval, Britney Couch, Harley Cox, Dameon Daniels, Jeremy Davis, Matthew Deats, Truman Depinet, Joseph DeVinncenzi, Connor Doty, Bradley Douglas, Hunter Emans, Jerome Fisher, Keaton Fisher, Evan Fogt, Alexander Frew, Alexander Frohna, Joshua Ganger, Aiden Harris, Emma Heffelfinger, Cass Hensley, Nevaeh Jones, Cecilia Klinger, Mason LeMaster, Ray Lewis, Kyler Long, Samantha Marlow, Dakota Martin, Emily Martin, Abigail McNeal, Elena Mendoza, Jace Minniear, Liann Morris, Fernando Muniz, Olivia Murphy, Sy Payne, Darius Pultz-Wolaver, Kasi Rinderle, Zane Roesser, Douglas Rork, Sophia Rowles, Grant Schultz, Brayden Selhorst, Seth Smedley, Layla Spangler, Layne Spradlin, Landon Stallings, Carter Strunk, Zachary Swiger, Aliyah Taborn, Emma Tittle, Tyler Toves, Selena Travis, Maddison VanDeGrift, Zane Webber and Avery Wurstner.

ACE Academy: Alayna Stachler.

Ohio Connections Academy Inc.: Raelynne Dershem.

Ohio Virtual Academy: Kyle Folsom.

Homeschool: Becca Flory, Aiden Miller, Faith Sollenberger and Johanna Welborn.