Jamestown Community College recently honored 62 area high school students from throughout southwestern New York as the 2017-2018 students of the year in the College Connections program.

In selecting the students of the year, schools were asked to consider College Connections participants who had embraced the challenges of completing college level work while in high school and demonstrated resourcefulness, integrity, and dedication.

College Connections, JCC’s concurrent enrollment program with regional high schools, is accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships. Through the College Connections program, JCC offered 70 different credit courses in 38 area high schools during the 2017-2018 academic year, serving over 2,000 students across the region.

Recipients included: Allegany-Limestone Central School – Hannah Rohrabacher, junior, and Emily Rohrs, senior; BOCES Career and Technical Center at Olean – Lauren Shifley, junior, and Caelinn M. Drake, senior; Bolivar-Richburg Central High School – Alissa Morris, senior; Brocton Central School – Dylan Murphy, junior, and JonnaMarie Grigelevich, senior; Cassadaga Valley High School – Sarah Buchanan, senior, and Hope Catanese, senior; Cattaraugus-Little Valley High School – Summer Harper, junior, and Candice Mozes, senior; Chautauqua Lake Central School – Shannon McKee, junior, and Ryan Wilson, senior; Clymer Central School – Kate Honey, junior, and Erica Gustafson, senior; Cuba-Rushford High School – Grace Bichler, senior; Dunkirk High School -Olivia Surma, junior, and Samantha Moser, senior; Ellicottville Central School – Abigail Sonnenberg, junior, and Hannah DeChane, senior; Falconer Central School – Drew Troutman, junior, and Mikaela Bautista, senior; Forestville – Haley J. Wawrzyniak, junior, and Caroline Kaicher, senior; Fredonia Central School – Bryson Pacos, junior, Caroline Cameron, junior, and Travis Langworthy, senior; Frewsburg Central School – Jordan Clark, junior, and Anna Smith, senior; Gowanda Central School – Grace Pawlak, junior, and Kurt R. Stitzel II, senior; Hinsdale High School – Kyleigh Nolder, senior; Jamestown High School – Finley Holt, junior, and Alicia Rensel, senior; Maple Grove Junior/Senior High School – Cassandra Spillane, junior, and Ezekiel Olson, senior; Olean High School – Brianna Dyal, junior, and Brittany Willmart, senior; Panama Central School – Elliott Jackson, junior and Quinn Payne, senior; Pine Valley Central School – Caleb Lokietek, junior and Karson Smuda, senior; P-TECH Academy – Jordan Butterfield, junior; Randolph Central High School – Kaylyn Chadwick, junior, and Wyatt Sluga, senior; Salamanca Central School – Nora Warrior, junior, and Savannah Wujastyk, senior; Scio High School – Seth Porter, junior, and Sage Printup, senior; Sherman Central School – Rowan Fisher, junior, and Zoey Charrette, senior; Silver Creek Central School – Moraima Avila, junior and Alex Bogosian, senior; Southwestern High School – Benjamin J. TrochÈ, junior, and Evelyn Rowan, senior; Springville-Griffith Institute – Rebecca Moriarty, junior, and Genevieve Kraft, senior; Wellsville High School – Jessica Spinelli, senior; West Valley Central School – Rachel Frascella, junior, and Cody J. Keller, senior; and Westfield Academy and Central School – Austin Bourgeois, junior, and Nicholas Presto, senior.

In celebration of the award, JCC created a digital yearbook highlighting the students, their achievements, and future plans. Visit sunyjcc.edu/ccsoty to see biographies of the College Connections Students of the Year.