The academic awards, scholarships and bursaries were presented to the top achieving students at the Weyburn Comprehensive School at the 54th annual awards night on Wednesday at the Cugnet Centre.
One of the top academic awards, the R.C. Smith General Proficiency Award was awarded jointly to Tyler Ochitwa and Delaney Gordon, based on a combination of their average and Block W points.
The T.C. Douglas Medals were presented to those with the top averages for boys and girls.
The top winner for girls was Jordyn Pelechaty with an average of 97.14 per cent, and the runner-up was Zoe Douglas with 96.5 per cent.
Pelechaty also received a Weyburn Credit Union scholarship of $1,000, and the Weyburn Rotary Club scholarship of $1,500.
The top winner for boys was Tyler Ochitwa with an average of 97.43 per cent, and the runner-up was Mitch Bellefleur with an average of 97.29 per cent.
Ochitwa also was presented with the Capt. Juli-Ann MacKenzie Memorial Bursary of $1,000, a scholarship from Prairie Sky Co-operative Association of $1,000, one of the Tony and Madeleine Moser Memorial Scholarships of $1,000, the Weyburn Comp Leadership Award of $1,000, and a Weyburn Credit Union R.S. Williamson-Eliford Mott Memorial Scholarship of $1,000.
Bellefleur won a Weyburn Comp student scholarship of $1,000.
The Tom Zandee Humanitarian Award was presented to Garett Hoffart. The award recognizes a student who gives of himself or herself in a selfless way and has a positive and giving attitude. The winner is voted on by the staff of the Comp.
Hoffart found out the night before the awards night that he will receive a $10,000 McDonalds scholarship for western Canada. He was also presented with the Weyburn Comp’s Citizenship Award of $500.
The Access Scholarship for $200 was awarded to Ashton Sinclair. The Beta Sigma Phi XiXi bursary for $300 went to Delaney Gordon.
The Catholic Women’s League Bursary of $500 went to Justine Pascua.
The Crescent Point Energy bursary in memory of Ken Cugnet, in the amount of $2,000, was presented by Joanne Bannatyne-Cugnet to Zoe Douglas, who also received one of the Matthew Mondor Memorial scholarships of $1,500.
The second Mondor Memorial scholarship went to Ashley Cleveland.
The Darold Kot Scholarship of $500 was presented to Scott Jones, and the Estevan Motor Speedway scholarship of $500 went to Payge Crozier.
The Grad ‘84 Rocks! Bursary of $840 was presented to Tanaya Daku, who also received the Jim Rose Memorial Bursary of $1,000.
The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division bursary of $500 was presented to Kearstin Pfeifer.
Two $1,000 scholarships from Jerry and Orlanda Mainil were presented, to Laura Hanson and Hunter Dugan.
Hanson also was presented with the Parrish & Heimbecker bursary of $400, and the South Country Equipment Ag scholarship of $500.
Dugan also received Weyburn Legion bursary of $1,000, and a Sask Youth Apprenticeship award of $1,000, with the second one going to Josh Juravle.
The other two Legion bursaries went to Braydon Johnston and Hanna Moser.
The Kate Myers Scholarship of $1,000 each was presented to Taylor Kyle and Jaime Wagner.
Two $250 bursaries from the Masonic Lodge Latonia were presented to Kelsey Clark and Laurel Oberkirsch.
Oberkirsch also received a Prairie Sky Co-operative scholarship of $1,000, an RM of Weyburn Memorial Award for $500, a Saskatchewan Union of Nurses Local 63 bursary of $1,000, a Weyburn Credit Union scholarship of $1,000, and a Weyburn Fire Brigade bursary of $500.
The Stella Swertz Nursing Award, which is new and matches the SUN bursary of $1,000, went to Kelly Bonneau, who also received the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce bursary of $500, and the Weyburn Kinsman and Kinette scholarship of $500.
The Stewart Steel bursary of $500 went to Declan Hoffland.
Two other $1,000 scholarships in memory of Tony and Madeleine Moser were also presented, to Jada Kot and Bryden Rumpel.
The Violet Delrose Moore Memorial Scholarship of $500 went to Drew Paquette.
The Violet Delrose Moore English scholarship of $500 went to Jordan Zackrisson.
The Weyburn Comp School Kinolta award of $500 went to Bailee Bourassa.
The second scholarship from the Weyburn Rotary Club went to Sydnie Butz, and the Weyburn Wildlife Federation bursary of $1,000 went to Carlee Clarke.
The Weyburn Young Fellows Don Murray Memorial bursary of $1,000 was presented to Carly Anderson.
A new award, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall scholarship of $500 will be presented to a Grade 11 student in the fall, to Sydnee Phillips.
