The Class of 2026 Honor Graduates are recognized at Class Night on May 27, 2026.
On May 28, the Troy High School community gathered in the TMS Auditorium to honor the Class of 2026 during the annual Class Night Awards Ceremony. Seniors were recognized for achievements in academics, the arts, athletics, leadership, and community service, with more than 120 awards distributed worth a total of nearly $300,000.
Congratulations to the Class of 2026! Your achievements make Troy High School proud. A full list of winners is below, and the full photo album is available on our Flickr page here.
The Nancy J. Burns Scholarship Jiarui Xiao
The Julia O. Wells Memorial Scholarship Vanessa Quinn
John A. Reo Scholarship Madeline Patton
The Louis Henry Gross Foundation Scholarship Marianna Alarcon, Gabriel Bentley, John Czernecki, Joseph Degnan, Zaryus Ellis, Finnegan Fronhofer, Hailey Guerin, Tianna Harris, R’niyah Harrison, Ethan Hoxha, Sophia LaBarge, Marcello Merced, Julian Monk, Brynnley Munson, Jackson Murray, Janielys Osorio, Madeline Patton, Lismairi Quezada Vasquez, Vanessa Quinn, Antonio Rice Jr., Liam Roe, Syiane Rosario, Austin Sanders, Sophia Short, Demetrios Skordas, Winston Smith, Lee Snyder, Tumani Stephens, Julie Tran, John Wasula, Natalie Wootten, Susan Zakarka
New York State Comptroller Acheivement Award Jiarui Xiao
The Jay Seth Miller Memorial Scholarship Ava Crawford Aidan McBride
Linda Miller Keenan Memorial Scholarship Award Sophia LaBarge
The Patrick James Brearton Memorial Award Shamar Johnston
The Class of ’68 Donna Palitsch Memorial Award Aldo Meltz
The Class of ’68 James A. Spain Memorial Award Julie Tran
The Class of ’68 David Biggs Achievement Award Antonio Rice Jr.
The Dee Germano Memorial Scholarship Charli LaChance
Troy High School Class of 1958 Award Tianna Harris
The Enfanto Memorial Scholarship Brynn Mahoney
The Pride of Troy Community Award Scott Coonradt
The Edward C. Picken Troy High School Athletic Hall of Fame Award Jackson Murray and Sophia Short
The Choice Physical Therapy Scholarship Award Vanessa Quinn
New York State Assembly Service in Action Award Jingding Chen and Sophia LaBarge
The Michael A. Esposito Memorial Scholarship James Rua
The Jerry Weaver Memorial Scholarship Sponsored by The C.R.A.B. Club Garrison 1954 Kiyle Castle
The Booster Club Scholarship Sophia LaBarge
The New York State Board of Regents Merit Scholarship For Academic Excellence Joseph Degnan, Jackson Murray, Madeline Patton, Demetrios Skordas, Lee Snyder, Julie Tran, Jiarui Xiao
The Dr. John C. Corelli Award for Academic Excellence Jackson Murray
The Leroy and Hazel Reid Memorial Scholarship R’niyah Harrison, Antonio Rice Jr.
The Chuckrow Journalism Award Gabriel Bentley
The Pursuit of Excellence Award Deja Marie Nicholson
Triple “C” Award Abigail McVay
The New York State Attorney General’s Civic Ambassador Award Aiden Couture
The Talia Valenti Heart of Troy Award Marianna Alarcon
The W. Kenneth Doyle Award Mia Magnetto
The Friends of Troy High School Awards Madison Benitez, Jamari Flowers, Mia Greene, Erfan Hosseini, Lauren Matthews, Elsa Ramos, Isaiah Robinson
The Helen E. Gross Award Rowan Borowsky
The Patricia J. Capuano Memorial Award Adrianna Chaplin
The Albany City Lodge #540 Knights of Pythias Achievement Award Jamari Flowers
The Jay Seth Miller Award Malakai Thomas
The Donald and Anne Schron Memorial Award Justina Mercado
The Dudley P. Van Arnam Award Chad Castle
The Donna Lynn Palitsch Memorial Award Morsal Fazli
The NextStep Federal Credit Union Community Service Award John Long Jr.
The Emanuel Elfenbein Memorial Scholarship Award Julian Monk
The Fraternal Order of the Eastern Star Madison Schmidt
The Troy High School National Honor Society Award Jingding Chen Syiane Rosario
The Troy High Key Club Award Jarui Xiao
The Student Council Contribution Award Zariah Rivenburg
The Student Council Leadership Award Hailey Guerin
The Student Council Community Service Award Marianna Alarcon
Class Advisors’ Award Andrew Denio Madeline Patton
The Arthur P. Foster Troy “Si Fractus Fortis” Award Gabrielle Hall
The George Galuski Memorial Award Louis McColley
The Troy Administrators Association Award Tianna Harris Julian Monk
The Troy Teachers Association Scholarships Andrew Denio, Francisco Ramirez, Sophia Short, Lee Snyder
The HVCC Guarantee Program Laptop Award Janielys Osorio
The HVCC Guarantee Program Book Award Alessandra Denio
The Hudson Valley Community College Book Award Michael Coonrad
The Flynn Art Award Reilley Killion
The Art Club Award Julie Tran
The Cultural Art and Music Award
Art: Rowan Borowsky
Music: Lee Snyder
The Colonie Art League Scholarship Sophia LaBarge
The Louis Armstrong Award for Jazz John Wasula
The Joan T. Quinones Theatre Award Liam Roe
The John Philip Sousa Award Jamari Flowers
The Director’s Choice Award Scott Coonradt
The Elaine Tear and Lucy Millhouse Howard Memorial Award for Music Liam Roe
The William P. Septic Memorial Prize Joseph Degnan
The Edith Gajeway Memorial Award Vanessa Quinn
The Elizabeth M. and Shirlie A. Pokeda Business Award Tyler Dickinson, Madison Schmidt
The George Foley Memorial Scholarship Alexander Sawyer
The J.A. Titan Award Joseph Degnan
The Whalen Memorial Prize in Vocational Education Thomas Therrien
The Multivocational Award Angel Andrews, Eric Bull, Kamauri Lindsay, Zi’yuana McFadden
The United Allies Award Marianna Alarcon, Scott Coonradt, Joseph Degnan, Hailey Guerin
The O’Haire English Literature and General History Award Demetrios Skordas
The Nathan Simon Humanities Prize Andrew Denio
The Elizabeth Buckley Memorial Award Madeline Patton
The Joyce Chuckrow Nadel Creative Writing Award Andrew Denio
The O’Haire Prize for English Composition Demetrios Skordas
The Louis H. Gross Award Tianna Harris
The Troy High School French Club Awards
For Academic Achievement: Austin Sanders
For Participation:Dexter Casale
The Graziella Russomanno Memorial Award Morsal Fazli
The Troy High School Spanish Club Awards Participation Award: Alaia Harper
The New York State Seal of Biliteracy
Ashley Cortinez Gonzalez: English and Spanish
Morsal Fazli: English and Dari
Barbara Gomez-Perez: English and Spanish
Genesis Gonzalez: Spanish and English
Cinthya Gonzalez Roblero: English and Spanish
Mia Greene: Spanish and English
Erfan Hosseini: English and Turkish
Danyil Koval: English and Ukrainian
Stanley Lebrun: English and Haitian Creole
Sthecy Lebrun: English and Haitian Creole
Jackson Murray: Spanish and English
Keisy Pena Dicent: English and Spanish
Lismairi Quezada Vasquez: English and Spanish
Steephanie Roblero: English and Spanish
Demetrios Skordas: Greek and English
Jiarui Xiao: Mandarin Chinese and English
The Troy High School Italian Club Awards
For Academic Excellence Over 4 Years of Study
Charli LaChance
Lauren Matthews
For Academic Excellence and Outstanding Service to Italian Club
Andrew Denio
The Donna Ehmann Love of Italian Award Andrew Denio
The Christopher Columbus Scholarship James Rua John Rua
The THS Math Honor Society Achievement Award Jackson Murray, Demetrios Skordas, Lee Snyder
The THS Math Department Award Kiyle Castle
The O’Haire Award for Physical Science Ava Crawford
The Environmental Club Service Award Madeline Patton
The Troy High School Physical Education Award Joseph De Jesus, Sophia Short
The THS Sports Award Tianna Harris, Julian Monk