High School & College Graduates

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LOCAL GRADUATES
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High School & College Graduates
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Pawling, Dover, Webutuck, Millbrook, Brewster
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Nikki Piazza, Pawling 2008
Nikki Piazza will enter SUNY Geneseo in the fall as a member of the Class of 2012. Honored as one of the Top Ten Students in the Pawling High School Class of 2008, Piazza has been a member of Peer Leadership, the National Honor Society, and the National Spanish Honor Society, and served as a Student Council Representative. Having played varsity soccer and basketball at Pawling High School, she plans to play club soccer at SUNY Geneseo. Piazza will begin with a Chemistry Major, as she will emphasize math and science as she evolves toward her eventual and final major. With specific career plans as yet undefined, Nikki believes an education in math and science will prepare her for a challenging and successful career. Nikki is the daughter of Jim and Shelly Piazza of Pawling.

Dan Piazza
U. S. Coast Guard Academy

Shown here in his SUNY Maritime uniform on the day of his entrance there last year, Dan has been accepted to the U. S. Coast Guard Academy for the fall semester of 2008. Piazza graduated from Pawling High School with the Class of 2007.
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Samantha Turner
Pawling High School Class of 2003
Samantha Turner of Pawling has graduated from Plymouth State University of New Hampshire with the Class of 2007, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Education and a Health Minor. A graduate in the Pawling High School Class of 2003, Turner achieved a 3.30 overall Grade Point Average at Plymouth State. A member of the Spring 2007 President’s List with a GPA of 3.93, Turner was also a member of the 2007 Member of the National Scholars Honor Society, and the 2007 Panther Athletic Leadership Award Recipient. Turner was among the leaders who elevated women’s ice hockey to a varsity sport at the university, and was chosen by her teammates in the team’s first varsity season as 2006-2007 Plymouth States University Varsity Women's Ice Hockey Captain. Turner was 2005-2007 Treasurer of Phi Epsilon Kappa Fraternity Honor Society
(Physical Education Honor Society), 2004-2007 Treasurer of the HPER Majors Club (Physical Education Majors Club), and a 2004-2007 Plymouth State University Women's Ice Hockey Player. She worked in the summers as Camp Administrator at New England Tennis Camp in Pawling. An All-Section Field Hockey Player while at Pawling High School, Turner will return this fall to assist coach June Lagan with the Tiger Varsity Field Hockey Team. Samantha is the daughter of Nancy and Len Turner and the granddaughter of Rose Clarkson of Pawling.

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Eric Graham
Dover High School Class of 2003
Eric Graham graduated from Saint John Fisher College in Rochester on May 5, 2007 with a BA in History and Adolescent Education. Graham graduated from Dover High School with the Class of 2003. A star with Dover High School football and baseball and Pawling Youth Hockey, he played football and ice hockey in college. Graham plans to stay in the Rochester area to teach school and coach football.

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Christopher Nash Fennell
Trinity-Pawling School Class of 2003
Fennell graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio on May 19, 2007, with a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude. In his History Major, he graduated with High Honors and Senior Thesis With Distinction. Fennell was a Distinguished Scholar 2003-2007, Dean’s List 2003-2007, recipient of the Raymond DuBois Cahall Prize for Exellence in the Field of History 2007, and recipient of the Landon Warner Research Grant for International Study 2006. The son of Marie King and Philip Fennell of Pawling, Christopher is a 2003 Graduate of Trinity-Pawling School.