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 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. 

Recipients from area high schools included:  

• Allegany-Limestone: senior Nicole Feneran, junior Serena Frederick 

• Bolivar-Richburg: senior Raegan Giardini, junior Emma Sisson 

• CA BOCES Belmont Center: senior Janek Bialek 

• CA BOCES Ellicottville Center: senior Savana Hubbard 

• CA BOCES Olean Center: senior Zaiden Thach, junior Myleigh Jobe 

• Cattaraugus-Little Valley: senior Amelia Wolf, junior Alexander Pietras 

• Cuba-Rushford: senior Finnian Ricketts, junior Aaliyah Kowalewski 

• Ellicottville: senior Maddox Johnson, junior Olivia Tighe 

• Franklinville: senior Lilah Cudney, junior Kaylee Wilkins 

• Gowanda: senior Jillian Gernatt, junior Haley Campos 

• Hinsdale: senior Kaylie Foskit, junior Kaleigh Buckles 

• Olean: senior Evan Snyder, junior Grady Smucinski-O’Brien 

• Randolph: senior Madelia Griffith, junior Riley Henry 

• Salamanca: senior Jacob Herrick, junior Jesse Hill 

• Scio: senior Hailey Illerbrun, junior Nathan Griffiths