Scholarship Winners

Every year, students are selected as recipients of the Fred and Gertrude England Hospitality Education Foundation Scholarship Award, which includes the Louis N. Ventresca Award. Each recipient is thought to be an exceptional representative of the hospitality industry for the future. The following students have received scholarship awards since 1999, when the scholarship fund was first incorporated.

Below is the list of student scholarship winners with the year they won and the college they attended. All of these students are majoring in hospitality or hotel management related field.

2017
Mark Bennett -  Paul Smiths College

2016
Shelby Lisieski - Niagara University
Natalie Castillo - Niagara University

2015
Erica Beach* - Schenectady CCC / Niagara University
Katya Mailloux-Kuz - Monroe CC / SUNY Plattsburgh
Kimberly Scimeca - Morrisville State College
Daniel Estrada**  - St. Joseph's College

2014
Brandon O'Connor* - Niagara University
Cheyenne Gorton - Tompkins Cortland CC / Niagara University
Shawna Lanphere - Monroe CC
Shara Bird** - Monroe College Bronx Campus

2013
Meghan J. Carl* - Tompkins Cortland CC / Niagara University
Michelle DiVita - Michigan State University
Sophia Marshall - Niagara University

2012
Kristen Offringa*- Morrisville State College
Mitchell Bramley - Paul Smiths College
Mary Katherine E. Adie - Cornell University

2011
Martha A. Nichols* - Paul Smith's College
Nicholas Zachary Barth - Niagara University
 Megan Erickson - Schenectady CC / Niagara University

2010
Tony Zaccaglino* - Monroe CC / Rochester Institute of Technology
Elexis Frank - Mohawk Valley CC
 Stephanie Lambert - New York City School of Technology

2009
Mary Gibson* - Niagara University
Joshua Schwartz - Syracuse University
Jessica Tucker - Paul Smith's College

2008
Timothy Lawrence - SUNY Delhi
Erin Hulbert - Niagara University
Mirna Rackov - Niagara University

2007
Emily Daubney* - Paul Smith's College
Robert Daniel Hawk - Johnson & Wales Univeristy, Providence, RI
Tenzing Chemey - New York City School of Technology

2006
Michelle Keim* - Monroe CC / Niagara University
Bradlee Hancock - Cornell Univeristy

2005
Christine Paoletti* - Monroe CC / Rochester Institute of Technology
Marc Kline - Cornell Univeristy

2004
Jason D’Agostino * - New York Institute of Technology
Mark Slagle - Canisius College

2003
Stephen N. Lionel - Schenectady CC / SUNY Delhi
Kevin L. Johnson - SUNY Delhi

2002
Carolyn Barnum - Schenectady CC
Melody Joy Hirschorn - New York University

2001
Amanda Congdon - Keuka College / Buffalo State College
Deanna-Marie Nati - Erie CC / Buffalo State College

2000
Margaret Rotolo - Schenectady CC
Dana Digges - Adirondack CC

*Louis N. Ventresca Scholarship Award recipients.
**Senior Year Scholarship Award recipients.