Participants
Distinguished Young Women participants come from all walks of life, but they have one thing in common: the desire to succeed. Below are the Distinguished Young Women of York County participants for the Class of 2023.
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Emilyn Bedell
High School: York Suburban High School
College Preference: Swarthmore College
Career Goals: Music Education
Talent: Violin Performance (Test Drive, by John Powell)
Natalie Cottrell
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: York College of Pennsylvania
Career Goals: Healthcare Administrator
Talent: Poetry Recitement (But Still I Rise, by Natalie Cottrell)
Ellie Dunaja
High School: Susquehannock High School
College Preference: Baldwin Wallace University
Career Goals: Musical Theatre
Talent: Tap Dance
Ivy Elder
High School: Red Lion Area Senior High School
College Preference: Mansfield University
Career Goals: Band or Choir director
Talent: Vocal
Gabrielle Etter
High School: Spring Grove Area High School
College Preference: Princeton
Career Goals: Engineering
Talent: Singing (Hallelujah, by Leonard Cohen)
Angelina Fontana
High School: Spring Grove Area Highschool
College Preference: Washington Jefferson College
Career Goals: Lawyer
Talent: Spoken Word Poetry (Leaves Compared with Flower, by Robert Frost)
Kaylee Gorsegner
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: American University
Career Goals: Political Analyst
Talent: Gymnastics Floor Routine
Kailee Heininger
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Clemson University
Career Goals: Finance
Talent: Reciting Poetry
Alivia John
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Northeastern University
Career Goals: Pediatrician
Talent: Piano (Village Dance Op. 777, No. 8, by Carl Czerny)
Rachel Kaintz
High School: South Western High School
College Preference: Virginia Tech University
Career Goals: Biological Systems Engineer
Talent: Clarinet (Clarinet Concerto No. 1, by Carl Maria von Weber)
Morgan Kaylor
High School: Red Lion Area Senior High School
College Preference: University of Pittsburgh
Career Goals: Pharmacist
Talent: Lyrical Dance (Before You Go by The Piano Guys, by Self Choreographed)
Haley Kennedy
High School: Red Land High School
College Preference: Towson University
Career Goals: Forensic Chemistry
Talent: Vocal (Maybe This Time, by Cabaret)
Hannah Kuhn
High School: York Suburban High School
College Preference: York College
Career Goals: Elementary Education
Talent: Vocal ("All That Matters" from Finding Neverland, by Eliot Kennedy and Gary Barlow)
Paige Langmead
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Northeastern University
Career Goals: Architecture and Graphic Design
Talent: Singing (Love Will Come and Find Me Again, by Original Broadway cast of Bandstand - Laura Osnes)
Payton Lutz
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Rider University Musical Theatre BFA
Career Goals: Musical Theatre Performer
Talent: Vocal (Gimme, Gimme, by Thoroughly Modern Millie the Musical)
Ava Markel
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Career Goals: Psychology
Talent: Spoken Word (Unified Amidst Unrest, by Ava Markel)
Mya Minnich
High School: Northeastern High School
College Preference: Eckerd College
Career Goals: Attorney-prosecutor
Talent: Jazz Dance
Magdalene Motter
High School: York Catholic High School
College Preference: Penn State
Career Goals: Medicine
Talent: Vocal (This has recently been changed., by )
Lexi Rinehart
High School: Spring Grove Area High School
College Preference: University of Pittsburgh
Career Goals: Attorney
Talent: Contemporary Dance
Sydney Rudisill
High School: York Country Day School
College Preference: University of Georgia
Career Goals: Clinical Molecular Genetics
Talent: Singing and playing piano (A Million Dreams, by The Greatest Showman)
Gracie Shaub
High School: Spring Grove Area High School
College Preference: University of Pennsylvania
Career Goals: Entrepreneur
Talent: Voice/Guitar (Brick by Brick, by Gracie Shaub)
Anna Smith
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Peabody Conservatory
Career Goals: Orchestral Conductor
Talent: Harp (Swan Lake Cadenza, by Tchaikovsky )
Kylie Snelbaker
High School: Dover Area High School
College Preference: San Diego State University
Career Goals: Interior Designer
Talent: Vocal Performance
Quinn Starrett
High School: Red Land High School
College Preference: Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Career Goals: Broadway Performer
Talent: Singing (Times Are Hard for Dreamers from Amélie, by Daniel Massé and Craig Lucas )
Faith Stewart
High School: York Suburban High School
College Preference: Lincoln University
Career Goals: Digital Market Designer
Talent: Gymnastics
Kya Toms
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Virginia Tech University
Career Goals: Environmental Law
Talent: Dance (Tiny Dancer, by Elton John)
Alexa Viands
High School: Susquehannock High School
College Preference: Schreyer Honors College of Penn State University
Career Goals: Anesthesiologist
Talent: Vocal ("I Thought About You", by Jimmy Van Heusen)
Emma White
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: York College of Pennsylvania
Career Goals: Teacher
Talent: Vocal Performance (Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes, by Reynaldo Hahn)
Katrina Wolfe
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Career Goals: Music (Cello) Performance
Talent: Cello Performance (Excerpt from Saint Saens Cello Concerto no. 1, by Camille Saint Saens)
Stella Wolfe
High School: York Country Day
College Preference: Stanford University
Career Goals: Dermatologist
Talent: Cello (Danse Rustique, by William Henry Squire)
