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 2019.
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Caroline Blalock
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Villanova University
Career Goals: Lawyer
Talent: Singing (Never Enough, by The Greatest Showman)
Rebekah Boyer
High School: York Catholic High School
College Preference: Northeastern University
Career Goals: Political Science or International Business
Talent: Expression of Music in ASL (Somewhere Over the Rainbow, by Composed by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg)
Abigail Darrah
High School: Northeastern High School
College Preference: University of Pennsylvania
Career Goals: Actuarial Science
Talent: Cello (Sicilienne, by Gabriel Fauré)
Alexa Fisher
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: York College of Pennsylvania
Career Goals: Entrepreneurship
Talent: Tap Dance (Puttin' On the Ritz, by Robbie Williams)
Katherine Fonda
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: West Chester University
Career Goals: Choral Director
Talent: Vocal (Vaghissima sembianza, by Stefano Donaudy)
Gracen Garman
High School: Northeastern Senior High School
College Preference: York College
Career Goals: International Bussiness, Spanish Minor
Talent: Music (Singing) (Human , by Christina Perri)
Cassidy Graham
High School: Red Lion Area Senior High School
College Preference: Point Park University
Career Goals: Journalist
Talent: Baton Twirling Performance (Join the Circus, by Broadway Musical Barnum by Cy Coleman)
McKenzie Hofer
High School: Christian School of York
College Preference: Cedarville University, Messiah College
Career Goals: Music Education/Performance
Talent: Saxophone Performance (Creston Sonata: 2nd Movement Excerpt, by Paul Creston)
Zoë Hornberger
High School: York Suburban High School
College Preference: Carnegie Mellon University
Career Goals: Orthopedic Sports Physician
Talent: Spoken Word (Mr. Darcy, by Victoria Chang)
Caroline Liu
High School: York Suburban Senior High School
College Preference: University of Pennsylvania
Career Goals: Public Health Policy
Talent: Piano (Prelude III (Allegro ben ritmato e deciso), by George Gershwin)
Brynn MacDonald
High School:
College Preference: Penn State University
Career Goals: Neuropsychologist or Neurosurgery
Talent: Singing (Send in the Clowns, by Barbra Streisand)
Rachel Means
High School: Northeastern High School
College Preference: George Washington University
Career Goals: Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
Talent: Modern Dance (I'm Gonna Make It, by Sanders Bohlke)
Riley Miller
High School: Red Lion Area High School
College Preference: James Madison
Career Goals: Become a news anchor
Talent: Dance (Can't Stop the Feeling , by Justin Timberlake )
Madeline Miller
High School: Northeastern High School
College Preference: Muhlenburg College
Career Goals: Pediatrician
Talent: Contemporary Dance (I'll Be Here , by Song by Priscilla Ahn, choreographed by Madeline Miller in collaboration with Casey Hampshire)
Olivia Myers
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Peabody Conservatory of Music
Career Goals: Professional Cellist and College Professor
Talent: cello performance (Elgar cello concerto in E. minor, by Edward Elgar)
Maura O'Mahony
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Georgetown University
Career Goals: High School Principal or College University Dean
Talent: Vocal (Not For the Life of Me, Thoroughly Modern Millie, by Jeanine Tesori)
Isha Patel
High School: Northeastern High School
College Preference: University of California- Los Angeles
Career Goals: OB/GYN Doctor
Talent: Bollywood/Traditional Dance (Mohe Rang Do Laal with Ganesh Vandana, by Shreya Goshal)
Rebecca Rehrey
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Bloomsburg University
Career Goals: Speech Language Pathologist
Talent: Violin (Allegro from Concerto No. 3 in G Major, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Rachel Ritchey
High School: West York Area High School
College Preference: Pennsylvania State University
Career Goals: Musical Theater
Talent: Vocal (Till There Was You from 'The Music Man', by Meredith Wilson)
Rose Rush
High School: Northeastern Senior High School
College Preference: Schreyer Honors College PSU
Career Goals: Theoretical Mathematician
Talent: Clarinet (Scherzo and Trio, by Ludwig van Beethoven)
Margaret Senft
High School: York Suburban High School
College Preference: University of North Carolina
Career Goals: Maternity Nurse
Talent: Drum Set (Paint It, Black, by The Rolling Stones)
Lauren Smith
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: University of Pittsburgh
Career Goals: Lawyer
Talent: Vocal Performance (La Zingara, by Gaetano Donizetti)
Emily Smith
High School: Eastern York High School
College Preference: Messiah College
Career Goals: Bilingual Chemist
Talent: Piano (¨Ballade¨, by Friedrich Burgmüller)
Julia Sowers
High School: Spring Grove Area High School
College Preference: Messiah College
Career Goals: 5th-6th grade teacher
Talent: Singing (Hold on , by Secret Garden )
Kaitlyn Staub
High School: York Catholic High School
College Preference: Gwynedd Mercy University
Career Goals: Nursing; Midwifery
Talent: Playing the Alto Saxophone (Arioso, by J. S. Bach)
Jordan Striebig
High School: Dallastown
College Preference: Pennsylvania State University
Career Goals: To get a degree in law
Talent: Singing (“On My Own”, by From the musical Les Misérables )
Rachel Strode
High School: Christian school of york
College Preference: Pennsylvania State University
Career Goals: Doctor, Work for Doctors Without Borders
Talent: Flute (Queen of the Night Aria, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Mikella Wisler
High School: Central York High School
College Preference: Temple University
Career Goals: Music Therapist
Talent: Marimba Solo (Triplets, by George Hamilton Green)
Eva Wolfe
High School: Dallastown Area High School
College Preference: Cornell University
Career Goals: Chemical Engineer
Talent: Oboe Performance (Concertino, by W. A. Mozart)
Abigail Wurzbach
High School: York Catholic High School
College Preference: York College
Career Goals: Secondary English Education and Special Education
Talent: Vocal (The Sound of Music, by Rodgers and Hammerstein)
