Honors and Awards

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

  • Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Academic Dean’s List
    • 7 semesters
  • Helen Reber Hilton Memorial Scholarship Fund Recipient
    • 3 year recipient
  • Philip R. and Eleanor C. Prutzman Blue Band Scholarship Recipient
  • Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipient
  • Alice M. Kear Music Scholarship Recipient
  • Dora and William Kalnoski Memorial Scholarship Fund Recipient (Columbia Bank and Trust Co.)
    • 4 year recipient
  • Awarded Trustee’s Scholarship to attend graduate school at University of the Arts.

MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • Member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America – Alpha Zeta Chapter
  • Jazz Studies Diploma for Theory and Trumpet- Braun School of Music- Pottsville, PA- Lawrence O. Koch- Director – 2015
  • Louis Armstrong Jazz Award Winner- Pottsville Area High School
  • Pottsville Kiwanis Club Outstanding Instrumental Music Student Award
  • Pottsville Kiwanis Club Outstanding Vocal Music Student Award
  • Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence – Pottsville Area High School Band

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Award Winner – Best Communities for Music Education Award, The NAMM Foundation – North Schuylkill School District
  • 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Peter R. Marsh Foundation Middle School Music Grant Recipient
  • Ensembles invited to perform at major events – Football Marching Band at Hershey Bears, Great Gratz Fair, Bloomsburg Fair. Wind Ensemble invited to perform at PA State Capitol. Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble invited to perform at Northeast Regional Concert Band Festival, Ithaca College. Competition Marching Band has won four consecutive (2022-2025) Tournament of Bands Region 2 Group 1-A Chapter Champions, with special awards in High Music, High Visual, High Auxiliary, and High Percussion.
  • President, Schuylkill County Band Directors Association (2021-2022). Host of 2022 Schuylkill County Band Festival.