Scholarship

In 2010, my family and I started a scholarship in Zach’s honor. The scholarship is given to a graduating senior from Hornell High School in the amount of $1,000.00 per year for 4 years, totaling $4,000.00 per recipient. The recipient of the award must meet certain criterion: (1) Possess certain traits that exemplifies Zach as a person, and (2) Write an essay about what the Marine slogan “Semper Fi” means to them. The scholarship is awarded at graduation and is funded by the annual Zachary Smith Memorial Golf Tournament.

Below are the recipients of the Zachary D. Smith Memorial Scholarship

Picture of Austin Dwyer, 2010 recipient

2010
Austin Dwyer
Alfred University
Liberal Arts
Football

Picture of Ashtin Argentieri, 2011 recipient

2011
Ashtin Argentieri
Nazareth College
Speech Pathology
Soccer

Picture of Courtney Sexton, 2012 recipient

2012
Courtney Sexton
SUNY Geneseo
Biology/Premed
Pediatrician

Picture of Colleen Smith

2013
Colleen Smith
Ithaca College
Physical Therapy
Track and Field

Picture of Elliott Flint, 2014 Recipient

2014
Elliott Flint
University at Buffalo
Industrial Engineering

Picture of Anthony Buisch

2015
Anthony Buisch
Erie Community College
Business Administration

Picture of Zach Day

2016
Zach Day
United States Navy

Picture of Sam Argentieri

2017
Sam Argentieri
United States Marine Corps.
Semper Fi

Picture of Grace Smith

2017
Grace Smith
St. John Fisher
Nursing

Spencer Weyand

2018
Spencer Weyand
St. John Fisher College
Biology/Pre-Chiropractic
Baseball

Kayla Flaitz

2019
Kayla Flaitz
University at Buffalo
Biological Sciences – Dentistry

Leah Harkenrider

2020
Leah Harkenrider
Alfred University
Engineering
Women’s Basketball

Andrew Deebs

2021
Andrew Deebs
Alfred State College
HVAC – Navy Reserves

Forms for the Zachary D. Smith Memorial Scholarship are available
in the Guidance Office at Hornell High School.