MICHAEL FRANCIS MYCHAK TORNADO HERITAGE AWARD Allison Parker’s involvement at Mount Carmel Area High School, especially with basketball and cheerleading, has earned her this year’s Michael Mychak Tornado Heritage Award. Allison has been a mainstay on the court for Coach Lisa Varano’s tremendously successful girls’ basketball program for the last four years. As the “girl in the middle” for the Tornadoes, Allison has helped her team to three District IV Championships, including the 2016 Championship and one District Bronze Medal. The championships in 2013 and 14 were the tail end of the 4-peat from 2011-14. As a senior captain in 2016, Ali helped the girls to a 21-1 regular season record (25-2 overall) and Heartland Division II Championship for the 6th consecutive year. Allison was named the Ed Romance Chapter Athlete of the Month for December. Parker is also involved with cheerleading at MCA and has been a varsity squad member for 3 years and currently serves as a captain. She has taught at “Just Gotta Cheer Camp” which teaches girls in the surrounding communities cheers, chants, and dances. It helps to better their skills in cheerleading and teaches them teamwork and perseverance. At another MCA camp, she was nominated for “All American” cheerleader in three out of four years at the camp. She was nominated for her leadership skills and made the actual “All American” cheerleading squad as a senior. At MCA, Allison is a ThinkBIG Student Leader where the ThinkBIG Pediatric Cancer Fund raises money and awareness for the children getting treatment at the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at the Geisinger Medical Center. Allison has also spent a lot of time at her church, assisting in picnics during the summer cleaning, prepping, serving, and working game stands. She has served as Student Council Treasurer as a Junior and Vice President as a Senior. She is involved with the Spanish Club, Reading Club, and AP Calculus Club. Parker has been named Elks Student of the Month and the Rotary Student of the Month. She has been a member of the Junior High National Honor Society and the National Honor Society, earning distinguished honors for every single marking period, and currently ranks in the Top 5 of her class. Allison plans to attend West Chester University to major in Pharmaceutical Product Development, going on to a career involving pharmaceutical research. She is the daughter of Kevin and Patty Parker of Kulpmont.

SAINT PAULINE VISINTAINER SCHOLARSHIP Four years of hard work and rigorous training has paid off for David Fletcher, Mount Carmel Area’s outstanding cross country and track performer, with his commitment to Lehigh University to compete in both sports. Fletcher is also this year’s Bob Greco Family St Pauline Scholar. David has excelled for three years as a cross country runner for Coach Ben McConnell. After not running as a freshman, Fletcher decided to use it as training for track. Pushed by McConnell, Fletcher soon became one of the leaders of MCA’s team that won back to back District IV titles in 2013 and 2014. They were undefeated in the regular season in each of those years. The team placed at the state championship for two consecutive years. He has a best of 16.44 for the 5k and a 17.07 at the District IV Cross Championships. Fletcher is a middle distance standout who has earned two PIAA Class AA State medals in the 800 meter run. Along the way, he established a new MCA record for the 800 meter with a time of 1:55.07. He had a PIAA 4th place finish in 2014 and a 2nd place spot in 2015. He also helped the 4 x 800 meter relay team of Tom Moser, Ciaran Fisher, and Treyvon White to a new school record 8:02.29 with their third place finish at the PIAA State Meet in 2015. He has been a first team selection in the Heartland Athletic Conference in both cross and track and field, and currently serves as a captain for both sports. With a year left in his track career, David owns 3 PIAA State Medals and 8 PIAA District IV Medals. Dave recently placed 6th in the PIAA Indoor State Championships with a time of 1:55.8, good enough to qualify for Nationals. He chose Lehigh over similar offers from Bucknell, Duquesne, Susquehanna, and Shippensburg. He has established a goal of getting under 1:50 in the 800, and may also compete in the 400 and 1500 events while at Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks are a Division 1 Patriot League school that specializes in mid-distance. His track Coach Chris Catton describes him as being very coachable and the type of kid you would want on your team. Fletcher currently participates in the Advanced College Experience program at Bloomsburg University and has taken part in the Young Scholars Program at Luzerne County Community College. At MCA, he has participated in the Interact, Future Teachers of America, and the Calculus Club. He is a National Honor Society and National Athletic Honor Society member and a consistent Distinguished Honor Student. Outside of school, David has served as an altar server and picnic volunteer for Holy Angels Church, Kulpmont for the past nine years. He was the recipient of the St Ceril and Methodius Leadership Award, given for “demonstrating the attitudes and good works of a student leader.” In the fall of 2016, David will attend Lehigh University to major in business or engineering. He s the youngest of six siblings to parents Susan and Michael Fletcher of Kulpmont.

JOSEPH D. WASILEWSKI FEMALE SCHOLAR ATHLETE The 2016 Joseph D. Wasilewski female scholar athlete at Mount Carmel Area is Chantelle Skavery. Chantelle has been a fixture on the road and on the track for Mount Carmel Athletics for the last four years. Chantelle has excelled for MCA Cross Country as one of the lead runners for the last four years. She has consistently improved each and every year. She has 41st, 15th, 8th and 5th place finishes at the PIAA District IV meet, qualifying for the PIAA State Championships as a junior and senior. Her 105th place finish in 2014 was bested by her 80th place finish in 2015. Her best time was her 21:12 at the the District IV meet. Her efforts saw her being named to the PA Heartland Athletic Conference All Star team in 2013, 2014, and 2015. More importantly, she served as both a mentor and role model to up and coming MCA runner Ava McGee during District and State Championship meets. She has also been a constant for MCA track, participating in the 1600 and 3200, as well as, the 4 x 800 meter relay. She has a best time of 6:08 in the 1600 at the Lasagna Invitational in 2014, and a 12:48 in the 3200 in a meet with Montourville. She was a part of the Bronze Medal 4 x 8 team at Districts with a terrific 9:58. She has also been very busy as a three-year member of the Cheerleading squad at MCA. She was a leader for “Cheer Camp” where girls in grades kindergarten through eighth grade are taught basic cheerleading skills and group dances. She was named an NCA All American partial cheerleader. In addition to athletics, Chantelle has been named an Elks teenager of the month and an Elks student of the month. She is her homeroom representative for Student Council, vice-president of Future Teachers of America, Sergeant at Arms of the Reading Club, and Sergeant at Arms of the Interact Club. The Reading Club collected over 2000 books for the Spring 2015 book drive, while the Interact Club raised money for the American Heart Association. She is also a member of Future Business Leaders of America and the Future Nurses of America. Chantelle is a four-year Distinguished Honor roll Student and a member of the National Honor Society. Ms. Skavery has also taken on the role of Lead Editor for the 2016 Carmelite Yearbook. She is the youngest in a family of six siblings and the daughter of Gerald and Theresa Skavery of Mount Camel. She will be attending Pennsylvania State University at the College of Agricultural Sciences to major in food science.

JOSEPH “JAZZ” DIMINICK MALE SCHOLAR ATHLETE Just as some of the hall of fame greats like Bob Sacavage, Greg Sacavage, Marc Sassani, and Walt Wywadis: Allen Yancoskie has parlayed the combination of football and wrestling into a very successful career. That, along with his academic prowess, has allowed Allen to be named this year’s Joseph Jazz Diminick Male Scholar Athlete. Allen has been a tw0-year leader of the defense for MCA football, leading the team in tackles as a junior and senior. He registered 105 in 2015 and 111 in 2014, becoming one of only a handful of players to go over 100 two times in a career. He has accumulated 114 solo and 115 assisted for a total of 229 tackles in his career with 25 of those for loss. He has added 7 and ½ QB sacks for 49 yards lost and 6 quarterback hurries. He is a two-time Heartland Athletic Conference linebacker, two-times Press Enterprise and two-time News Item performer. He also earned an honorable mention spot with Eastern PA Football in 2015. He is a two-time Keystone Club member for tackles with Pennsylvania Football News. As one of the captains in 2015, Allen added 186 yards rushing and 13 receptions as a fullback. His leadership will be sorely missed as the Tornadoes move forward. Allen has also been a very successful wrestler at MCA, qualifying for Districts in each of his four seasons at MCA. He was also a Northeast Regional 5th place finisher in 205. Allen’s season records stand at 20-11, 19-16, 31-11, and 30-7 for a career total of 100-46. He was a third place finisher in District IV, qualifying him for the Northeast Regional Championships where he earned his 100th victory in the ¼ finals over Namir Murphy of Myers on a 13-4 decision. He has won many title matches at MCA, including championships at the Tunkhannock Kiwanis Tournament and the Darren Klingerman Invitational. Academically, Allen is a member of the National Honor Society and the National Athletic Honor Society and a top 10 student. He serves as the Student Council president and the AP Calc Club president. He is a member of the Reading Club, Interact Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Future Teachers of America, Spanish Club, Tech Ed Club, and Chemistry Club. He was also a participant in the Lock Haven Math Competition and was chosen a Rotary Student of the Month and Ed Romance Chapter Athlete of the month for February. Allen plans to attend either the Naval Academy or Penn State and its NROTC program to major in civil engineering. He is the son of Allen and Jessica Yancoskie of Mount Carmel.