ASHLAND — The Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center inducted 22 new members into the National Technical Honor Society during its awards program on May 15.
Ten juniors and 12 seniors made up the largest number honored in recent years.
The goal of the NTHS is to see that deserving career technical students be recognized and people of the community become aware of the talents and the abilities of the young people and adults who choose vocational education as their path to success. The organization also promotes seven attributes including leadership, service, honesty, knowledge, skills, scholarship, responsibility and citizenship.
Nearly all of the students inducted into the Honor Society were recognized for being involved in some type of leadership role at the Career Center, including Interact, the Drug Free Club and Skills USA. School counselor Jamie Garverick pointed out special achievements of several students including Kailyn Ritenour from Mapleton High School who received a $9,000 tuition freedom scholarship; Casey Freeman from Triway High School who received a $1,500 Strive scholarship; and Isaac Miller of West Holmes High School who scored 97 percent on his Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery tests.
This year’s National Technical Honor Society inductees were:
Juniors
Madelyn Abbruzzese, Sports Medicine, Mapleton High School
Emily Dalton, Health Technology, Hillsdale High School
Blake Gilmore, Criminal Justice, Ashland High School
Malorie Kinney, Health Technology, Clear Fork High School
Martin Maynard, Engineering, West Holmes High School
Isaac Miller, Engineering, West Holmes High School
Leah Miller, Animal and Veterinary Science, Home Schooled
Kaycee Newlan, Animal and Veterinary Science, Ashland High School
Brienna Woodward, Cosmetology, Ashland High School
Chloe Wright, Graphic Communications, Mapleton High School
Seniors
Sydney Anderson, Health Technology, Loudonville High School
Autumn Breslin, Criminal Justice, Ashland High School
Felicity Etzwiler, Graphic Communications, West Holmes High School
Casey Freeman, Auto Body, Triway High School
Gordon Herndon, Criminal Justice, Loudonville High School
Makayla Keene, Culinary Careers, Ashland High School
Samantha Raubenolt, Auto Technology, Hillsdale High School
Kailyn Ritenour, Graphic Communications, Mapleton High School
Wylynn Skelly, Cosmetology, Loudonville High School
Helen Swaisgood, Graphic Communications, Ashland High School
Hanna Yerian, Graphic Communications, Hillsdale High School
The Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center also presented student activity awards for Interact Club officers, outstanding technical achievement in each of the school’s programs, perfect attendance, perfect honor roll achievement and students of the month.

