West Greene Area Lions Club honors outstanding students
The West Greene Area Lions Club recently honored these outstanding students with a dinner, certificate and Amazon gift card.
Allexis Berdine is the daughter of Hoyt and Stacy Berdine of New Freeport. She is a member of the science club, peer mentoring program, calculus club, student government, FFA and National Honor Society. She is currently the vice president of the West Greene FFA and also the treasurer of the class of 2024. Berdine is a two-year letterman of the volleyball team, where she was the setter and was selected by the team as the team leader. She is a four-year letterman of the rifle team, in which she has been the captain for the past two years. Berdine has participated in the local 4-H programs for ten years. She is currently the president of the 4-H Market Steer Club. Throughout high school, she has volunteered over 70 hours doing community service, which included working at car washes to benefit the Humane Society, delivering poinsettia and Christmas cards to local nursing homes, and working at bake sales benefitting the Greene County Guard. Berdine plans on attending a four-year university majoring in civil engineering.
Seth Burns is the son of Nyle and Scarlett Burns of Graysville. Some of Burns’s clubs, activities and awards include peer mentoring, FFA, National Honor Society, science club, varsity football, varsity wrestling, captain of the wrestling team, four-year letterman in football and wrestling, best tackler award, scholar-athlete award, Greenesports Athlete of the Week, All Greene County Award for both football and wrestling, Most Valuable Wrestler Award, Academic Achievement Award, American Citizen Award, Unsung Hero Award, Tri-County South All-Conference Award, Tri-County Scholar-Athlete Award, Keystone State FFA Degree, placed fifth at TRICADA Wrestling Tournament, placed fifth at sections, placed eighth at WPIAL and qualified for regionals. He completed community service hours for the Richhill Agricultural Society, Jacktown Fairgrounds, WG Little League Football, For the Love of Dance, WG Wrestling Boosters, IndividualService Learning Project, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Used to be Yours Thrift Shop, WG Volleyball Boosters, Respi Center Personal Care Home and Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern PA. Burns’s future plans include attending a technical school for further education in the industrial trade of heavy equipment technician.
Brian Andrew Jackson is the son of Brian and Crystal Jackson of Waynesburg. Jackson’s extracurricular activities include varsity football and captain his senior year, National Honor Society and vice president during his senior year, wrestling, track and field, science club and vice president his senior year, FFA, calculus club, International Club, pep-rally planning committee, SADD program and Student Government, in which he was the Class President grades 9-12. Jackson’s community-based activities and community service include attending Willow Grove Baptist Church, Little League volunteer part-time coach sophomore year, Little League football announcer, book drive volunteer and car wash volunteer to benefit the Humane Society. His future plans are to attend Messiah University, major in history, and become a teacher like his dad.
Dylan Wilson is the son of William and Vicki Wilson of Graysville. Wilson attends CTC for culinary arts and belongs to Family, Carer and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), Skills USA, Interact, National Honor Society and the culinary arts club. He is the president of his FCCLA chapter, the Interact chapter and the culinary arts club. Wilson is the voting delegate of Skills USA. He has been awarded a sizable amount of scholarship money along with many academic awards. They include the American Citizenship Award, academic letter, Fifth Place Accolades and will be a speaker at the CTC Graduation. Wilson volunteers at Erin’s Cafe Soup Kitchen in Waynesburg and has also volunteered at numerous CTC events, such as Mardi Gras at St. Marcellus Church, the Christmas buffet and the Rotary gala, to name a few. Wilson’s future plans are to attend Westmoreland Community College and complete a culinary arts apprenticeship.
William (Billy) Witlatch is the son of William Whitlatch of Wind Ridge. Witlatch has been on the honor roll for four years. Other honors include being the science club president, the football team captain, a four-year letterman in football and chosen as McCracken Pharmacy Player of the Week. Witlatch plans to go to Belmont College to study HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning).