Past Recipient Photos

2025 Recipient of the Staff Sergeant Alvin P. Carey, Private John C. Ewing, and Blacksmith Henry W.B. Mechlin Medal of Honor Scholarship
Avery Glessner of Greater Latrobe High School is attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Craig (grandson of Private Ewing’s nephew), Avery Glessner (Medal of Honor Scholarship recipient), and Craig Minnick, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired (Founder of the Medal of Honor Scholarship).
Wade Lamont of Ligonier Valley High School is attending Penn State Behrend.
Allyson Steffey of Ligonier Valley High School is attending the University of Pittsburgh.
Craig Minnick, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired (Founder of the Medal of Honor Scholarship), scholarship recipient Allyson Steffey, Donna Jones (second cousin of Staff Sergeant Carey), Jeffrey Craig (grandson of Private Ewing’s nephew), and scholarship recipient Wade Lamont.
Seth Painter of Mount Pleasant Area High School is attending Pennsylvania State University.
Jeffrey Craig (grandson of Private Ewing’s nephew), Seth Painter (Medal of Honor Scholarship recipient), and Craig Minnick, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired (Founder of the Medal of Honor Scholarship).
2024 Recipient of the Staff Sergeant Alvin P. Carey, Private John C. Ewing, and Blacksmith Henry W.B. Mechlin Medal of Honor Scholarship
Reese Shinsky of Mount Pleasant Area High School is attending Ohio Northern University.
Jeffrey Craig (grandson of Private Ewing’s nephew), Reese Shinsky (2024 Medal of Honor Scholarship recipient), Donna Jones (second cousin of Staff Sergeant Carey), and Craig Minnick, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired (Founder of the Medal of Honor Scholarship)
Scholarship Certificate.

 

2023 Recipients of the Staff Sergeant Alvin P. Carey Memorial Scholarship
Madeline Manges of Ligonier Valley High School .
Emma Burns of Ligonier Valley High School.
Donna Jones (second cousin of Staff Sergeant Carey) and Lieutenant Colonel Craig Minnick (scholarship founder) presents scholarship certificates to 2023 recipients Madeline Manges and Emma Burns.

Lieutenant Colonel Craig Minnick, Madeline Manges, Emma Burns, and Donna Jones.