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At the ACHS Awards Assembly on June 10, 2016,
Amanda Roberts was the twentieth recipient of the Angela
Coniglio Memorial Scholarship. Amanda
is a three sport athlete participating all four years in soccer, basketball and lacrosse.
That's Amanda with me, below...
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Soccer in 2014, Amanda was Second Team All WNY/ECIC, and
Defense MVP; a captain for the 2015 soccer season and
Fifth Team All State, First Team All WNY, and First Team
ECIC Division 3. She was the recipient of the Tiger
Award for her character and leadership for Junior
Varsity Basketball and Lacrosse in both 2013 and 2014,
and was an ECIC selection in Lacrosse for the 2014
season. She teaches youth soccer and has been a US
Soccer Federation referee for four years.
Besides
athletics, Amanda is a member of the
National Honor Society, and a recipient of the Distinguished Student
Leader Award She challenged herself throughout high school with
Honors courses and is graduating with over a 93 average. She is a
four-year member of the Symphony Orchestra, and will be pursuing
Health and Fitness Management/Physical Therapy at
Alfred University,
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At the awards ceremony, the presenter after me was
Jen Koeppel, Amherst's
star runner who was the recipient of the Angela Coniglio
Memorial Scholarship for 2001. Jennifer now
teaches at Amherst and coaches women's track . . . what
greater testimony to Angela's influence, long after
she's been gone?
After receiving the award in 2001, Jen had written us:
"It amazed me to hear that Angela's
ashes were scattered at the Amherst High School Track. I will now be able to run with
Angela as I too continue to participate in sports at a Collegiate level, and plan to one
day coach. Thank you again, for keeping Angela's memory alive and allowing me to pursue
some of the same dreams that Angela once followed."
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Every once in a
while, Angela
tells us
"hello". .In July 2016,
Jack Potts, our neighbor at
Crystal beach,
brought us a
note from his
granddaughter, Christa Switzer,
someone we had
never met. It's
in the
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In 2017, Angela’s
Cousins Scholarship went to her first cousin once removed, Matt and
Dana’s daughter
Kylie Miller. Kylie will attend the University of
Arkansas, where she’ll have a double major, in Journalism and
Spanish. Her inspiring letter is in the
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The twenty-first recipient of the Angela Coniglio Memorial
Scholarship, presented at the Amherst Central High School Awards Assembly on June
9, 2017, was
Hannah
Smith. Hannah received a $1,000 award.
IHannah
was a Varsity Soccer and Varsity Lacrosse player in each of her four
years at Amherst, and on the Varsity Basketball team for three
years. She was the Most Improved Player for Basketball and Offensive
MVP for both Lacrosse and Soccer. She was team captain in all three
sports in the 2016 - 2017 seasons. Aside from
athletics, Hannah has played viola since 2007 for her elementary and
high school orchestras; at Amherst, she has been on the Honor Roll
and High Honor Roll; in the National Honor Society and an Honorable
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Hannah has contributed her efforts to numerous worthwhile
causes: she has volunteered for City Mission and
Cornerstone Manor; she has made mission trips to
Tennessee, Kentucky and Uganda; she worked for PATH
(People Against Trafficking Humans); she volunteered in the
TOPSoccer program and participated in Amherst's
Pathfinder student leadership group.
She is treasurer of her Youth Group, which gives
aid to and develops relationships with persons locally, out
of state and overseas. In these activities, Hannah has
provided her labor for painting, roofing, cooking and
serving, as well as helping in a medical clinic.
Hannah will attend SUNY Cortland, where she will
study Elementary/Special Education, and hopes to continue
her soccer and lacrosse careers there.
Beginning
this year, in addition to the cash award, scholarship
recipients will also receive a personal plaque commemorating
their accomplishment. Her letter is in the
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