First Commonwealth Awards 40 Scholarships as Part of Annual Scholarship Program
Indiana, PA (April 24, 2025) – A total of 40 High School seniors in Pennsylvania and Ohio received some great news in form of college scholarships as part of First Commonwealth Bank’s annual scholarship program, the bank announced.
A record 1,557 applications throughout First Commonwealth’s 125-branch footprint and business banking centers in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Cleveland, Canton, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio were submitted. To align with the bank’s mission, candidates were asked to share an essay that illustrated their commitment to academics while improving and servicing their community.
Since its inception in 2010, the FCB Scholarship has awarded $ 480,000 to area students.
Based on the students’ academic achievement and community involvement, the following high school seniors from the bank’s markets were selected by a committee of First Commonwealth employees to receive the $1,000 awards:
Hannah Anderson
North Allegheny Senior High School
Lucas Barbo
Geneva High School
Lucas Benson
Massillon Jackson High School
Matthew Blystone
Indiana Area Senior High School
Tristan Cayce
Olentangy High School
Caden Currykosky
North Allegheny Senior High School
Caitlyn Darnell
Olentangy Berlin High School
Aaryn Edwards
Bishop Canevin High School
Alyssa Embree
Canton Central Catholic
Karsyn Ford
Richland High School
Benjamin Forshey
Chestnut Ridge Senior High School
Mikayla Gatskie
Marion Center High School
Audrey Gokey
Central Cambria High School
Helayna Hollobaugh
St. Mary Area High School
Makenzie Lynn Huber
Brentwood Highschool
Virginia Huntzinger
Lower Dauphin High School
Brooklynn Jackson
Wyoming High School
Sydney Kaminsky
Bishop McCort Catholic High School
Camden Kuster
Central High School
Benjamin Lee
Olentangy Liberty High School
Phoenix Lewis
Walnut Hills High School
Jayson Lu
State College Area High School
Abigail Luscher
Conemaugh Township High School
Kristina Ma
Columbus School for Girls
Trinity Maines
Bellwood-Antis Senior High School
Nandana Menon
South Fayette High School
Kennedy Nelson
Hempfield Area High School
Evelyn Paserba
Butler Area High School
Christian Reigh
Bellefonte Area High School
Eleana Rijo
Susquehanna Township High School
Brea Schoffstall
Bethel Park High School
Sydney Schwade
Olentangy Orange High School
Ella Scott
Purchase Line High School
Emily Grace Shaffer
Neshannock High School
Riley Morgan Sheposh
McKeesport High School
Carly Sohocki
Peters Township High School
Abigail Szymanski
Norwin High School
Elliot Vunora
Highlands High School
Patrick Weldon
Seton LaSalle High School
Kaylee Zuck
Bedford High School
About First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE: FCF), headquartered in Indiana, Pennsylvania, is a financial services company with 125 community banking offices in western and central Pennsylvania and throughout Ohio, as well as business banking centers in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Cleveland, Canton, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The company also operates mortgage offices in Wexford, Pennsylvania, as well as Hudson and Lewis Center, Ohio. First Commonwealth provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking, mortgage, wealth management and insurance products and services through its subsidiaries First Commonwealth Bank and First Commonwealth Insurance Agency. For more information about First Commonwealth or to open an account today, please visit www.fcbanking.com.
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