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Awards Night 2023!

DATE: Thursday, May 18, 2023

HCC celebrates students with honors and awards

President Royal shakes hands with Darlene Mitchell

Holyoke Community College is proud to celebrate the students who earned honors and awards for their outstanding achievements during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Awardees were honored Wednesday, May 17, during a ceremony at the HCC Bartley Center for Athletics & Recreation. It was HCC's first in-person honors and awards celebration since 2019. 

Below is a list of HCC honorees and award recipients for the 2022-2023 academic year. Some students received multiple awards. 

A full list of students along with their specific honors and awards can be found at hcc.edu/awards2023 

HCC Honors & Awards for 2022-2023: 

Agawam:
Taylor Provost 

Amherst:
Isabella Baird, Madison Larner, Bassihi Siri, Joshua Taylor, Virginia Wardlaw 

Belchertown:
Hailey Garrow 

Chicopee:
Anastasia Antipieva, Alicia Beaton, Michelle Cosme Serrano, Caleb Dion, Nathaniel Dumas, Zoe Fydenkevez, Jaal Gardin, Joni George, Nelitza Martinez, Janessa Medina-Gonzalez, Nathan Roberts, Olga Rodriguez-Lebron, John Serrano 

East Longmeadow:
Olivia Labonte 

Easthampton:
Carissa Batura, Joel Bergstrom, Janine DiCarlo, Ariel Tourmaline, Mary-Alice Wieland 

Fall River:
Rachel Reynolds 

Feeding Hills:
Angela Majka, Colin Malecki 

Florence:
Enette Claxton-Toliver, Emily Langer, Nicole Perez 

Granby:
Breann Hackett, Mirranda Longo, Karlie Moriarty, Rosalynn Vollbrecht 

Hampden: 
Haley Granger 

Holyoke:
Samantha Antil, Cedric Ayvazian, Shae Blaisdell, Jacob Carbin-O'Brien, Ileana Casillas,Shalimar De Jesus, Rozer Harfoush, Linnette Hernandez, Conner McDermott, Maxwell Perez,Edil Ramsahai, Erykka Jhyles Rocha, Carineh Santana, Henry Zucco 

Huntington:
Justin Shatwell, Christofer Thrasher 

Longmeadow: 
Eva Sweeney 

Ludlow:
Carly Chambers, Katelynn Richard 

Miami Beach, Florida:
Simone Kingcade

Monson:
Bianca Roncarati 

North Adams:
Rachel Olander 

North Amherst:
Kelandra Hurd 

Northampton:
Alexandria Casavant, Diana Chavez DeMiranda, Barney Garcia, Jozelyn Ne, Jeffrey Wang 

Palmer:
Matthew Johnson, Christopher Muldrew 

Russell:
Kayleigh Wright 

Rutland:
Davis Allyn 

Somers, Conn.:
Jacob Kalinowski 

South Hadley:
Scarlett Granger, Jiovanny Montanez Moret, Sandra Sellers, Emma Boryczka, Catherine Longpre 

Southampton:
Meredith Mielke, Shawn Mitchell, Gabrielle St. John 

Southwick:
Emma Cronin, Jacquelyn Crosler, Rebecka Hills-McGarry 

Springfield:
Nyasia Aguirre, Jean Aladin, Nathan Alvarez, Kaylee Edwards, Briana Graves, Monique LaFleur,Darlene Mitchell, Meagan Rodriguez, Yarianis Rosado Figueroa, Adia Samba-Quee, Aiyana Soto,Jailyne Torres 

Suffield, Conn.:
Mabel Peguero 

Three Rivers:
Angela Tindell-Gula 

Ware:
Shelly Bowder, Kearstyn Davis, Serenity Hull, Xavier Williams 

West Springfield:
Zachary DiFronzo, Minahil Gul, Maurice Ramogi, Isabella Vega 

Westfield:
Matthew Bruno, Jordan Cooper, Anna Hryhorenko, Caroline McKenzie, Brian Merriam,Hailey Phillips, Dino Pietroniro, Ethan Romero, Minoshkielee Serrano, Troy Stucenski 

Wilbraham: 
Haseeb Hafeez, Alison Smythe 

Williamsburg:
Alivia Brisson, Tristan Pitzi 

Worthington:
Ann McGinley

PHOTOS: (Thumbnail) President Christina Royal congratulates HCC student Barney Garcia of Northampton, recipient of the Carol Hardy Business Scholarship and the HCC Service Award. (Above) President Royal congratulates student Darlene Mitchell of Springfield, recipient of the Jane Gilman Award for Excellence in Human Services.



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