Ellicottville Central Announces Valedictorian and Salutatorian
ECS Announces Valedictorian and Salutatorian
ALEXANDER HUNT - VALEDICTORIAN
Alexander Hunt is the son of Thomas and Shawne Hunt. He has earned the position of Valedictorian with a weighted average of 119.24 and will graduate with an Advanced Regents Diploma with Honors. Alex has been Class Treasurer for 4 years, Treasurer of the Varsity Club, Treasurer for Student Council, Captain of the Quiz Bowl Team, National Honor Society member, and ECS Concert and Jazz Band member. He has been on the Boys Varsity Soccer Team as well as the Boys Varsity Bowling Team for 4 years and was named an ADPRO Sports All-WNY Scholar Athlete honorable mention his senior year.
Alex is the recipient of the following academic awards: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Recognition Award, the Rochester Institute of Technology Computing Medal Award, the University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology and is a 2021 United States Presidential Scholar nominee. Alex is also an All-County musician for trombone, and was selected 1st Chair for the 2020 All County Band.
Outside of school, Alex has volunteered his time by donating hundreds of hours to the ECS Drama Club running the sound and light boards for ECS productions, he has also participated in Ellicottville Town Clean-up, ECS Senior Citizen Dinners and Town of Ellicottville Memorial Day performances.
Alex will be attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY in the Fall where he plans to major in Computer Engineering/Science.
SAMMI LIN - SALUTATORIAN
Sammi Lin is the daughter of Guang Lin and Qiao Wang. She is the Salutatorian of the Class of 2021 with a final weighted GPA of 117.07 and will be graduating with an Advanced Regents Diploma with honors. She has been on the high honor roll throughout the four years in high school and is the recipient of “The Climb” Character Award, Rochester Institute of Technology Innovation and Creativity Award, and the Fredrick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award from University of Rochester.
Sammi is the secretary of the Class of 2021, treasurer of the Yearbook Club, secretary of the student council, and member of the National Honor Society. She is also a certified tutor of the CRLA program and has tutored for more than thirty hours. During her high school career, she has participated in soccer, track and field, and bowling.
Sammi will be attending the University of Florida this fall to pursue a degree in business and communication.