Pagosa Springs High School (PSHS) students, staff, family and friends gathered at Golden Peaks Stadium on Saturday, June 1, to celebrate 79 graduating seniors.
The class of 2024 had 10 students earn the distinction of gaining a 4.0 GPA: Amelia Berndt, Rachel Berndt, Karis Blackman, Jack Hittle, Elissa Mars, Natalie Mashue, Ray Meade, Jeidy Moreno Echavarria, Annie O’Donnell, Keaton Robel and Maggie Su.
The class had six students earn the distinction of a 3.9 GPA: John Cloward, Brooke Huddleston, Kynslie Limebrook, Hadley Phillips, Marie Smith and Lucy Taylor.
The three graduates earning the distinction of a 3.8 GPA are Harley Armijo, Frederick Barnas and Bailee Shallenberger.
Those in the National Honors Society with a GPA of 3.4 or higher are Armijo, Seth Aucoin, Amelia Berndt, Rachel Berndt, Blackman, Elijah Castro, Cloward, Dieter Denen, Donovan Galabota, Trey Garcia, Logan Gebhard, Chase Harper, Jatzirir Hernandez-Arenivar, Hittle, Huddleston, Dylan Blake Laner, Riley Laugel, Limebrook, Jordan Lindstrom, Mars, Mashue, Patrick Matney, Meade, Echavarria, O’Donnell, Annabelle Parker, Phillips, Robel, Shallenberger, Smith, Su, Joaquin Talamante, Taylor, Jaden Tuggle-Reed, Colton Wilkins and Monique Young-Martinez.
The following is a list of the scholarships awarded to graduates provided by PSHS Guidance Counselor Mark Thompson.
Aucoin: American Legion Scholarship, $1,000; ASU Vice President Scholarship, $1,000, renewable; Benny Lohman/Vets for Vets Scholarship, $1,000; Colorado Mesa Presidential, $5,000, renewable; Northumbria University Football Scholarship, $3,000; UCCS Chancellor’s Award, $10,000; UNC Provost Scholarship, $10,000; University of Central Florida Pegasus Gold, $14,000; Western Colorado University Scholarship, $3,500, renewable.
Amelia Berndt: Brown and Gold Commitment, $7,500; Deacon Pat Memorial Scholarship, $2,000; TRIO Scholarship, $1,000.
Rachel Berndt: Community Offset Marijuana Impact Fund, $850; Copper Dome Scholarship, $3,000; CUP-John Graves Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Deacon Pat Memorial Scholarship, $2,000; Education access Program Scholarship, $2,000; Pagosa Springs Instrumental Society Award, $1,000, renewable, SMSU Leadership Award, $1,000; TRIO Scholarship, $1,000.
Grace Betts: WHIPS Scholarship, $1,200.
Blackman: Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $750; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund, $550; Rotary Scholarship, $7,000; Tom Dorgan Memorial Scholarship, $500.
Castro: CMU First Generation Scholarship, $1,000, renewable; Colorado Mesa University Scholarship, $5,000, renewable; University of Colorado-Denver Scholarship, 1,500, renewable; Western Colorado University Bonus, $1,500; Western Colorado University Scholarship, $2,500, renewable.
Cloward: Colorado Scholars Fund, $8,417; CSM Presidential Scholarship, $4,000; Meredith George Endowed Scholarship, $8,000; Pagosa Springs Instrumental Society Award, $1,000, renewable.
Galabota: Chase Regester Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.
Garcia: Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $500; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund, $550; San Juan Rangers, $500; Seniors for Seniors BIPOC Youth Scholarship, $1,155.
Gebhard: Benny Lohman/Vets for Vets Scholarship, $1,000.
Heidi Hernandez-Arenivar: Seniors for Seniors BIPOC Youth School, $1,155.
Jatziri Hernandez-Arenivar: Schick Family Memorial Scholarship, $500; Seniors for Seniors BIPOC Youth School, $1,155.
Hittle: Chase Regester Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Colorado School of Mines Merit Scholarship, $6,000; CSM Science Award, $1,000; Rotary Scholarship, $7,000; San Juan Rangers, $500; Tri State Scholarship, $500.
Huddleston: CUP-Jon Graves Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Footprints Scholarship, $500; Fort Lewis Academic Scholarship, $700; Fort Lewis Equity Scholarship, $2,000, renewable; Fort Lewis Presidential Scholarship, $5,000, renewable; Fort Lewis Theater Scholarship, $500; Moniker Scholarship, $1,000, renewable; Seniors for Seniors BIPOC Youth Scholarship, $1,155.
Limebrook: Chase Regester Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; University of Utah WUE, $14,000, renewable; Whit Newton Good Citizen Award, $500.
Mashue: Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $500; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund, $550; CSU Green and Gold Scholarship, $4,000, renewable; Levy/Shear Family Trust, $4,000, renewable; PLU Alumni Referral Scholarship, $1,000, renewable; PLU President’s Scholarship, $34,000, renewable; PLU Visit Scholarship, $1,000, renewable; San Juan Rangers, $500; University of Arizona Merit Scholarship, $32,000, renewable; University of Denver Provost Scholarship, $31,000, renewable.
Matney: Seniors for Seniors BIPOC Youth Scholarship, $1,155.
Meade: UNM Lobo Housing, $4,000, renewable; UNM Reciprocal Waiver, $22,919, renewable.
Moreno Echavarria: Footprints Scholarship, $500; ReSport Legacy Scholarship, $800; Seniors for Seniors BIPOC Youth Scholarship, $1,155.
Brodie Norton: Ruby M. Sisson Automotive School, $2,000.
O’Donnell: Benny Lohman/Vets for Vets Scholarship, $1,000; CHSCA Scholarship, $1,000; Schick Family Memorial Scholarship, $500; University of Arizona Scholarship, $30,000, renewable; Victor and Ethel Poma Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, renewable.
Phillips: Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $750.
Hunter Pouyer: American Legion Scholarship, $1,000; Chama Peak Land Alliance Scholarship, $500; Victor and Ethel Poma Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, renewable.
Michelle Ray-Lujan: Chase Regester Memorial Scholarship, $1,000; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund, $850; Rotary Vo-tech Scholarship, $3,000; San Juan Rangers, $500; WHIPS Scholarship, $1,200.
Robel: CSM Provost Scholarship, $1,000, renewable.
Smith: American Legion Scholarship, $1,000; Benny Lohman/Vets for Vets Scholarship, $1,000; Cobell Scholarship, $2,500; CU Denver Chancellor Scholarship, $2,000, renewable; Pagosa Springs Arts Council, $5,000; Seniors for Seniors BIPOC Youth Scholarship, $1,155.
Su: Amherst Academic Scholarship, $88,000, renewable; Colorado College Bridge Scholarship, $82,000, renewable; CSU Green and Gold Scholarship, $4,000, renewable; CU Regent Scholarship, $1,000; Emory College Academic Scholarship, $82,000, renewable; Georgetown University Academic Scholarship, $82,000, renewable; NYU CAS Scholarship, $7,000, renewable; NYU Warschaw Family Scholarship, $73,000, renewable.
Taylor: Andrea McGinn Memorial Scholarship, $2,000; Benny Lohman/Vets for Vets Scholarship, $1,000; Community Marijuana Offset Impact Fund, $550.
Samantha Sanchez: Aim Higher Scholarship, $5,000.
Shayda Valdez: Aim Higher Scholarship, $5,000; Build Pagosa Scholarship, $5,000; Chase Regester Memorial Scholarship, $1,000.
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