8 · WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018 TRIB TOTAL MEDIA
Faith Kisker
School, grade:
Seton-La Salle
High School, 11
Parents: Clay and
Gwen Kisker
Academic
achievements:
Harvard University
Model G20 Youth
Summit; Syracuse IT Girls Retreat/
Hackathon; National Honor Society;
Bishop David Zubik Scholarship win-ner;
National English Honor Society.
Extracurricular activities: Seton-
La Salle’s Girls Who Code chapter;
STREAM/Tech Team; fall drama;
spring musical; swimming; Coding
Gals MTLHS; student newspaper.
Community involvement: CUMC
Johnstown mission trip; CUMC
Niagara Falls mission trip; CUMC San
Diego mission trip; American Pools,
sole lifeguard; swim lesson instructor.
Plans/goals: I plan to fulfill my
passions in science, human rights,
technology, and Spanish by pursuing
medicine and global health issues by
working for an organization such as
Doctors Without Borders. I also plan
to continue my fight against gender
inequality in the STEM and computer
science fields that I began by creating
a chapter of Girls Who Code at my
school.
Jacob Lombardi
School, grade:
Baldwin
High School, 12
Parents: Jim and
Janellen Lombardi
Academic
achievements:
National Merit
Scholar Semifinal-ist;
AP Scholar with Distinction; Na-tional
Honor Society; Highest Honors;
PMEA State Orchestra; Scholastic
Writing Silver and Bronze Keys.
Extracurricular activities: March-ing
band; Science Bowl; tennis; youth
group; wind ensemble; jazz band;
mock trial; Math League; Model Eu-ropean
Union; Model African Union;
Junior Achievement; PMEA honors,
district, region, and state bands and
orchestra; Calcu-Solve; Audience of
the Future; AIU apprenticeships.
Community involvement: Youth
group worship coordinator; University
of Pittsburgh pharmaceutical research
intern; Grandview Mentoring Project;
Brashear Association tutoring and
mentoring; Church Technology and
Media controls; church custodian.
Plans/goals: I will be attending a
University to study pharmacy in the
fall. I hope to one day be a research
professor in the fields of pharmaceu-tical
sciences or epidemiology.
Christina Koman
School, grade:
Aquinas
Academy, 12
Parents:
Dr. Christopher and
Monica Koman
Academic
achievements:
Highest Honor
Roll; Global Competence Initiative
Scholar; World Affairs of Pittsburgh
Global Leadership Certification
Process; four first-place PJAS awards
and perfect score; FBLA state ninth
place in Creed and Code of Ethics;
Distinguished Young Woman of Al-legheny
County; published poet.
Extracurricular activities: St. Lucy’s
Auxiliary Medallion Ball; rehabilitation
therapy for back surgery; cross coun-try;
fencing; ambassador for student
committee; founder of school Global
Awareness Club; Model UN.
Community involvement: Chair-woman
of students of service bake
sale for Children’s Miracle Network;
Leadership Initiative Fellow.
Plans/goals: Living years with
chronic back pain and enduring a
101⁄2-hour back surgery inspires me to
bring light to people with disabilities.
I plan to enter a prelaw track and earn
a bachelor’s degree in political science
and law.
Mikayla Lovelace
School, grade:
Leechburg Area
High School, 12
Parents: Danielle
and David Lovelace
Academic
achievements:
National Honor So-ciety;
High Honors.
Extracurricular activities: Bas-ketball;
Spanish Club; Interact Club,
vice president, treasurer; SADD Club,
treasurer; student council; prom com-mittee;
National Honor Society; class
officer; choir; yearbook; math team;
Drama Club; B.R.A.V.E Mentoring
Program; Sports, Arts, Entertainment,
Marketing and Managing Club.
Community involvement: Basket-ball
camp instructor; football 50/50
seller; mathematics tutor; B.R.A.V.E.
Mentoring Program mentor; pancake
breakfast volunteer; pool cleanup
volunteer; veteran grave cleanup/flag
placing volunteer; clothing drive.
Plans/goals: I will attend Indiana
University of Pennsylvania majoring
in chemistry and pursuing a master’s
degree in four years — college in high
school credits transfer — and play
basketball for the Crimson Hawks. I
would like to become a pharmacist
and go to pharmacy school for my
graduate degree.
Santana Lewis
School, grade:
Kiski Area
High School, 11
Parents: Tara
Hutcherson and
Alex Lewis
Academic
achievements:
High Honors; Top
20 percent in my class; President
Education Award; Cavalier ROOTS
Award; Future Medical Leaders Of
America nominee; Key Club; National
Honor Society; Commendable Cavalier
Award; Academic Excellence Award.
Extracurricular activities: Yearbook
Club; Cavalier Choir; spring musical;
Environmental Club; student council;
Bible Club; Active For Animals; Inte-rior
Design Club; Key Club; dance.
Community involvement: Employee
at Kmart; Spanish and English tutor;
Top Level All Stars AAU basketball
secretary; St. Gertrude’s Church vol-unteer;
Italian Festival volunteer.
Plans/goals: I have always aspired to
be a doctor. With much research and
thought, I have decided to attend a
four-year university as well as medical
school to become an anesthesiologist
with a minor in Spanish. I hope to
help people in need all over the globe
and give back to the community as
much as possible.
Jeremy Mauser
School, grade:
Greensburg Salem
High School, 12
Parents: Tim and
Laura Mauser
Academic
achievements:
4.0 unweighted
GPA; American
Legion Award, male winner; National
Honor Society.
Extracurricular activities: Senior
Class President; Student Council As-sociation,
President/Vice President;
mock trial, attorney/witness, member
of 2017 State Championship-winning
team; Musical Theatre at Greensburg-
Salem & Stage Right!; student liaison;
formal prom committee head; GSHS
Talent Show emcee/committee head;
Acoustic Night emcee; Powderpuff
cheerleader; GSHS Mini-THON.
Community involvement: Boy
Scouts of America; Old Route 66
Grille, busboy/dishwasher; Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, musical
director and writer/Sunday School
assistant teacher/vacation Bible
school helper; Delmont Recycling
volunteer; Learning for Life.
Plans/goals: I plan to study chemis-try
and political science at a four-year
university before attending law school
to become a patent attorney.
Jeanne Lauer
School, grade:
Shady Side
Academy, 12
Parents: Karen
and Harrison Lauer
Academic
achievements:
Carson Scholar;
Yale Award; Parkin
Fellowship; Spanish Award; Physics
Award.
Extracurricular activities: Cross
country; track and field; swimming;
piano; training at City Music Center
(Duquesne University) with classical
music emphasis. Recognized as Hon-or
Student (top performer); English
department associate; newspaper.
Community involvement: Shady
Side Academy Service Learning Pro-gram;
annual Halloween candy collec-tion
for local food bank; volunteer at
local library functions; tutor third- and
fourth-graders at Urban Pathways
Charter School; Parkin Fellowship.
Plans/goals: I plan to further pursue
my interests in Spanish and biology
in college and to apply my knowledge
as a physician serving underprivileged
Spanish-speaking patients. In particu-lar,
I hope to research developmental
defects prevalent in the Hispanic-
American population and to find and
share solutions.
Lauren Makovics
School, grade:
Serra Catholic
High School, 11
Parents: Vincent
and Robin
Makovics
Academic
achievements:
Dr. Ben Carson
Scholar; Gold Honor Roll Status;
Dean’s List; Cardinal Donald Wuerl
Scholarship Recipient; Academic
Merit Awards; National Language Arts
Award winner; National Honor Soci-ety;
Science National Honor Society.
Extracurricular activities: Color-guard
in marching band; colorguard
captain; Future Business Leaders
of America; Junior Achievement;
TEAMS; Western Pennsylvania
Science Bowl; Hands of Christ.
Community involvement: Juinor
Ladies of Charity; Divine Redeemer
Motherhouse volunteer receptionist;
Mary of Nazareth Catholic School;
vacation Bible school.
Plans/goals: My goal is to pursue
a career as a veterinarian so I can
make a difference in the lives of both
animals and people. I plan to attend
college in 2019 as a pre-veterinary
major and continue on to vet school
to one day have my own veterinary
practice.
Madette Kusic
School, grade:
Serra Catholic
High School, 12
Parents: Daniel
and Lisa Kusic
Academic
achievements:
National Honor
Society; Sci-ence
National Honor Society; Tri-M
National Honor Society; International
Thespian Honor Society; Quill and
Scroll National Honor Society; Honor
Roll; Dean’s List; Talent Show winner;
Comcast Scholarship winner.
Extracurricular activities: Soccer;
chorus; musical; newspaper editor;
Future Business Leaders of America;
yearbook editor; Junior Achievement;
prom committee; Interact Club; morn-ing
announcements.
Community involvement: Church
cantor; youth choir; adult choir;
vacation Bible school music teacher;
Charlie Batch Foundation; food bank;
intern for Austin Davis, State Rep for
35th district; receptionist at Hair’s the
Difference; Dairy Queen cashier.
Plans/goals: I have not decided
where I am attending college, but I
have applied to 13 schools and am
waiting to hear back. I plan on study-ing
communications, with a minior in
political science.
Molly Maglio
School, grade:
Allderdice
High School, 11
Parents: Michael
and Wendy
Maglio
Academic
achievements:
Summa Cum
Laude; perfect score – National Latin
Exam; Scholar Athlete Award; Pre
College at Brown University — Infec-tious
Disease and Epidemics; Rising
Star Science Award; AP Biology
(John’s Hopkins); AP US History;
Perfect score — PJAS competition;
AP Chemistry; AP European History.
Extracurricular activities: Golf,
Sportsmanship Award; lacrosse, All-
Section; field hockey, All-Section; true
national team.
Community involvement: UPMC
Passavant volunteer; Spirit Club;
Academic Committee; Student
Ambassador; assistant director
middle school drama; Medallion Ball;
math team; Science Bowl; tutor,
math, Latin, chemistry; Aquinas
Academy Leadership Team; Aquinas
Choir; UPMC Passavant volunteer.
Plans/goals: With my passionate
love of science and people, I hope to
pursue a career in the science field in
the Pittsburgh area.