2024 Alumni-Student Awards

Nearly 50 students from the Class of 2024 received alumni-sponsored awards at the Milton Hershey School Alumni-Student Awards Brunch on Sunday, May 19. Awards were sponsored by the MHS Alumni Association and several of its chapters, Dearden Foundation, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, and several alumni. The generosity of the sponsors provided more than $82,000 to assist the recipients with their postsecondary plans. 

Award Recipients:

Derrick Adzinku ’24 Antonio Forcellini Legacy Scholarship Award

Shalom-Amegnon Afodognadji ’24 Antonio Forcellini Legacy Scholarship Award

Jose Aviles ’24 William R. Fisher Scholarship Award 

Sarah Bradley ’24 Melissa Peeples-Fullmore ’91 Aspiring Educator Award 

Lany Brode ’24 McAndrews Award 

Jason Burney ’24 MHSAA Homestead Chapter Spartan Pride Award 

Aixa Delgado ’24 Nurse Jane Award 

Cali Donahue ’24 MHSAA Stamp Scholarship Award 

Alyson Foltz ’24 MHSAA Stamp Scholarship Award 

Aaron Hayes ’24 MHSAA Culinary Award 

Patricia Hockenberry ’24 Joseph Deubel Memorial Award 

Jayce Householder’24 Carl Tritle ’66 Trades Award 

Brianna Irizarry ’24 MHSAA Culinary Award 

Susan Kargbo ’24 Robert Rodriguez ’89 MHS Scholarship  

Jedrek Kumi ’24 Robert Rodriguez ’89 MHS Scholarship 

Jennifer Leandre ’24 Melissa Peeples-Fullmore ’91 Aspiring Educator Award 

Erin Miles ’24 MHSAA Homestead Chapter Spartan Pride Award 

Shayanne Morris ’24 McAndrews Award 

McKaya Nash ’24 MHSAA Culinary Award 

Solange Otchere ’24 Brown & Oliver Enterprising Student Scholarship Award 

Steven Penley ’24 MHSAA Culinary Award 

Marilyn Purcell ’24 MHSAA DMV Chapter Community Service Award 

Wolfgang Quesenberry ’24 Dick Purcell Career Technical Education Award 

Payton Reid ’24 MHSAA Harrisburg Chapter Career Technical Education Award 

Daden Rockwell’24 Carl Tritle ’66 Trades Award 

Alhaji Saccoh ’24 John “Jack” Cleaver ’54 Award

Rose Singleton ’24 Dick Purcell Career Technical Education Award 

Ashley Spence ’24 Robin ’00 and Zuleika Ferrer Health Care Leadership Award

Ashley Spence ’24 Milton and Catherine Hershey Citizenship Award 

Mia Tejada ’24 William E. Dearden ’40 Emerging Leadership Award 

Katianna Utley ’24 The Dissinger Foundation MHS Scholarship 

Angel Velez ’24 MHSAA Culinary Award 

Kiana Washington-Cruz ’24 MHSAA Culinary Award 

Faith Wratto ’24 Henry “Hank” Torres ’03 Spirit Award and Memorial Scholarship 

Peryn Yanu ’24 William R. Fisher ’50 Scholarship Award 

 

MHS Lifers 2024 

Josiah Acosta 

Tawiah Amanor  

Jose Aviles  

Mohammed-Lamin Bamba  

Jalynn Braxton  

Brandon Burke  

Gavin Gatone  

Dikizeko Gomes  

Jaiylah Gonzalez  

Susan Kargbo   

Elizabeth Konneh  

Kyla Martin  

Christopher Metzger  

Adrian Rodriguez  

Alexa Teglas  

Brigette Thompson  

Brittney Thompson  

Johanna Yeagley