Rockville HS Students Among United Bank Award Winners

The United Bank Foundation Connecticut has announced its 2018 academic scholarships and vocational awards.

The awards total $63,750 and went to 33 area high school and vocational school students who are graduating in 2018.

United Bank’s 2018 Scholarship Award Winners:

• Grace O’Neil, Enfield
• Katherine Jacobs, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford
• Camryn Swan, Somers
• Rebecca Buske, Coventry
• Emily Bernabe, Suffield
• Deonna Hightower, William H. Hall-West Hartford
• Kella Psillas, Manchester
• Renae Giard, UBNK Family Scholar-Ellington
• Bennet Cole, Glastonbury
• Jeffrey Rodrigue, East Windsor
• Luke St. Amand, South Windsor
• Daniele Russo, East Catholic-Manchester
• Owen Day, Bacon Academy-Colchester
• Jake Nichols, Conard-West Hartford
• Jake Mansfield-Rockville
• Nicholas Willett, Ellington
• Sierra DeCarli, Tolland

United Bank’s 2018 Vocational Award Winners:

• Kamila Zadroga, Glastonbury
• Miriam Dugas, Suffield
• Annabelle Dickstein, South Windsor
• Tashfila Jilu, Howell Cheney Tech-Manchester
• Amy Escobar-Perez, Eli Whitney Tech-Hamden
• Kelsey Carignan, Hamden
• Richard Pierce, Enfield
• Collin Berube, Ellington
• Marlon Jean Louis, Rockville
• Thomas Anderson, Somers
• Kevin Marley, Rockville-Ag
• Austin Soucy, Manchester
• Shakari Smith, East Windsor
• Kacper Proczek, Coventry
• Edward Baxter, Bacon Academy-Colchester

Presenting the awards at a recent reception were Adam J. Jeamel, eastern connecticut regional president of United Bank, David A. Engelson, a past director of United Bank and Albert J. Kerkin Jr., a past chairman of Rockville Bank.

The United Bank Foundation Connecticut, formerly named the Rockville Bank Foundation, started its academic scholarships and vocational awards program in 1999. Since then, the Foundation has awarded $543,250 in academic scholarships and $254,500 in vocational awards. Overall, the Bank has awarded $797,750 over the past 19 years to area graduating students.

Photo Credit: United Bank

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