Student-athletes win scholarships winners

Franklin —Donald L. Kovach, chairman and CEO of SussexBank, has announced the winners of the bank’s Student Athlete of the Year awards. Winners are college-bound high school seniors selected from nine area high schools. Each will receive a $500 scholarship from the bank. Student Athlete of the Year winners are: Sara Jankowitz, Sparta High School; Kellie Garrigan, Sussex County Technical School; John Ramos, Wallkill High School; Elise Tooker, Kittatinny Regional High School; Elizabeth So, Pope John XXIII Regional High School; Justin Gannon, Vernon High School; Philip Spence, Newton High School; Elise McEvoy, High Point Regional High School; and Jennifer Kirk, Port Jervis High School. The Student Athlete of the Year is selected from students from each area high school’s Student Athlete of the Month. The award was established by the bank to honor high school seniors on the basis of scholarship, athletic participation and overall contribution to their respective schools. Selection is conducted by teachers and coaches at each school. Funding of the scholarships was provided through funds raised by the 24th Annual Joe Keslo Charity Golf Outing, held on May 24 of this year.