Awards Night 2024
HCC celebrates students with honors and awards
Holyoke Community College is proud to celebrate the students who earned honors and awards for their outstanding achievements during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Awardees were honored Wednesday, May 15, during a ceremony in the Leslie Phillips Theater. Below is a list of HCC honorees and award recipients for the 2023-2024 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/awards2024
HCC Honors & Awards for 2023-2024:
Agawam:
Jacquelyn Bazelow, Kendyl Donner.
Amherst:
Kai Caban, Daniele Freitas, Xinyan Jiang, Benjamin Keil, Willow Taylor, Zachary Welch.
Belchertown:
Caterina Guerin (two awards), Nathaniel Knight.
Bernardston:
Molly Ladner.
Chicopee:
Dina Artin, Alicia Beaton, Yalexia Bonilla, Briana Bowers, Zoe Fydenkevez, Johnny Garcia, Jelli Jones, Kyle Kokosa, McKallum Malanowski, Lance Rice, DeAndra Roy, Isabel Teixeira.
East Longmeadow:
Vinnie Bednarzyk, Ben Giroux.
Easthampton:
Carissa Batura, Gabrielle Carey, Nelson Murphy, Mary Alice Jester (two awards).
Feeding Hills:
Rowenn Stevens, Anneliese Townsend.
Florence:
Ariana Aquilino, Geneva Mollins, Karissa Robinson.
Granby:
Tyler Laramee, Jan Masse.
Hartford, Conn.:
Naiyah McGlamery.
Hawley:
Gina Barnhart.
Holyoke:
Maya Baksh, Shae Blaisdell, Max Bruel (two awards), Chris De la Torre Santoyo, William Diaz, Jose Perez, Erykka Rocha, Carineh Santana, Musa Simon, Collin Stasinos, Patrick Sweeney (three awards), Marangelly Vargas-Gonzalez, Aidan Whitley.
Huntington:
Caleb Labonte (three awards).
Indian Orchard:
Kimberlee Barrows.
Leverett:
Cole Perkins.
Ludlow:
Erin Mayou, Olivia Parker, Katelynn Richard, Gabby Zebrowski.
Monson:
Madison Farquhar (three awards), Kristy Piwcio.
North Granby, Conn.:
Isabella Brothers.
Northampton:
Alex Casavant, Dylan Cowart, Effie Fields, Barney Garcia (two awards), Kerri Hammersley.
Palmer:
Chelsea Bigos, Joanne Lavallee.
Savoy:
Mystie Ford.
South Deerfield:
Scott Hoiberg, Makayla Santos.
South Hadley:
Sarah Carragher, Martin Gonzalez-Meyer, Dylan Graveline, Reese Mackenzie, Dominick Valentine.
Southampton:
Gabrielle St. John (two awards).
Southwick:
Julie Barsalou.
Springfield:
Nyasia Aguirre, Chloe Belhumeur, Dana Brenman, Alannah Brunt, Krystina Davis, Jerry Elicier, Caila Fernandes, Jesenia Fernandez, Michael Langone (two awards), Monique Lumpkin, Anibella Reeves, Annelisse Santana, Dakotah Smith, Noah Staub, Sarom Toum-Rivera, Sarah Wedderburn.
Suffield, Conn.:
Joy Watroba.
Sunderland:
Sonia Szala-Krotkov.
Turners Falls:
Grace Grover.
Ware:
Xavier Williams.
West Hartford, Conn.:
Larissa Barriento.
West Springfield:
Kiersten Annette, Adrianna Boardway, McKayla Boman, Eleanor Bonaparte, Svetlana Malancha, Brianna Morisset, Atayun Mustafa, Sergiu Stavila.
Westfield:
Olha Borova, Lindsey Dion, Leah Gara, Quinn Hamilton, Envii Luciano, Rhys Maryn, Michael Navarro, Ethan Romero.
Wilbraham:
Malyna Dansereau, Deborah Farnham, Madison Gallant, Alison Smythe.
PHOTOS: (Thumbnail) Environmental science major Johnny Garcia, of Chicopee, recipient of the TRIO Student Support Services Student Achievement Award, shakes hands with President George Timmons. (Above) Culinary arts major Maryangelly Vargas-Gonzalez, of Holyoke, recipient of the McCoy Culinary Award, shakes hands with President George Timmons.
