{"id":191020,"date":"2026-05-13T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191020\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:26:19","slug":"finalists-for-the-berks-best-2026-awards-for-high-school-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191020\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalists for the Berks’ Best 2026 awards for high school seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the annual Reading Eagle Berks\u2019 Best awards time once again.<\/p>\n

The following are the 37 finalists for the Berks\u2019 Best 2026 awards for high school seniors:<\/p>\n

Business<\/p>\n

There were 35 nominees.\"Gianna<\/p>\n

Gianna CarlinoWyomissing High(Courtesy of Phil Marabella)Gianna Carlino, Wyomissing<\/p>\n

\"EthanEthan Tibbetts
\n(Courtesy of Ethan Tibbetts)<\/p>\n

Ethan Tibbetts, Exeter<\/p>\n

\"HeadSeth Toal (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n

Seth Toal, Gov. Mifflin<\/p>\n

Career and Technical Education<\/p>\n

There were 35 nominees and four finalists due to scoring ties.<\/p>\n

\"ColinColin Brown
\nOley High, BCTC East
\n(BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n

Colin Brown, Oley<\/p>\n

Lillianna Fitz, Wilson<\/p>\n

\"KolbyKolby Grim
\nBoyertown High
\n(Courtesy of Kolby Grim)<\/p>\n

Kolby Grim, Boyertown<\/p>\n

\"AubreyAubrey Ridge
\nExeter High
\n(Courtesy of Lauren Ridge)<\/p>\n

Aubrey Ridge, Exeter<\/p>\n

Communications<\/p>\n

There were 37 nominees.<\/p>\n

\"AdamAdam Cooke
\nExeter High
\n(Courtesy of Adam Cooke)<\/p>\n

Adam Cooke, Exeter<\/p>\n

\"MadisonMadison McCrae
\nWilson High
\n(Courtesy of Searfoss Photography)<\/p>\n

Madison McCrae, Wilson<\/p>\n

\"SloaneSloane Wolfe
\nTwin Valley High
\n(Courtesy of Janelle Wolfe)<\/p>\n

Sloane Wolfe, Twin Valley<\/p>\n

Taylor Seitzinger Award for Community Service and Leadership<\/p>\n

There were 37 nominees.<\/p>\n

\"MichaelMichael Haydt
\nBoyertown<\/p>\n

Michael Haydt, Boyertown<\/p>\n

\"NghiNghi \u201cAmy\u201d Tran
\nWilson High
\n(Courtesy of Amy Tran)<\/p>\n

Nghi \u201cAmy\u201d Tran, Wilson<\/p>\n

Nehal Trivedi, Wyomissing<\/p>\n

Computer Science<\/p>\n

There were 26 nominees.<\/p>\n

\"IsabelleIsabelle Campbell
\nWyomissing High
\n(Courtesy of PhilMar photography)<\/p>\n

Isabelle Campbell, Wyomissing<\/p>\n

Anh Quan Do, Reading<\/p>\n

\"HarrisonHarrison Eck
\nWilson High (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n

Harrison Eck, Wilson<\/p>\n

Mathematics<\/p>\n

There were 36 nominees.<\/p>\n

\"WillWill Ferenchick
\nWilson High<\/p>\n

William Ferenchick, Wilson<\/p>\n

Shaun Rathman, Exeter<\/p>\n

\"RowanRowan Rice
\nConrad Weiser High
\n(Courtesy of Rowan Rice, Sawyer Rice)<\/p>\n

Rowan Rice, Conrad Weiser<\/p>\n

Performing Arts<\/p>\n

There were 36 nominees and five finalists due to scoring ties.<\/p>\n

Harrison Brumbaugh, Exeter<\/p>\n

Sadie Hanish, Boyertown<\/p>\n

Anna Nygard, Kutztown<\/p>\n

\"AlanAlan \u201cRocky\u201d Rochlin from Gov. Mifflin is the 2026 Berks Best in Performing Arts. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n

Alan \u201cRocky\u201d Rochlin, Gov. Mifflin<\/p>\n

\"EmilyEmily Schearer
\nBerks Catholic High
\n(Courtesy of PhilMar Photography)<\/p>\n

Emily Schearer, Berks Catholic<\/p>\n

Science\/Environment<\/p>\n

There were 37 nominees and four finalists due to scoring ties.<\/p>\n

Addison Alexander, Gov. Mifflin<\/p>\n

\"ChaseChase Choudhry
\nExeter High
\n(Courtesy of Chase Choudhry)<\/p>\n

Chase Choudhry, Exeter<\/p>\n

\"AlannaAlanna Eisenhower
\nGovernor Mifflin
\n(Courtesy of Katie Lochman)<\/p>\n

Alanna Eisenhower, Gov. Mifflin<\/p>\n

\"FinneganFinnegan Miller
\nConrad Weiser High
\n(Courtesy of Searfoss Photography)<\/p>\n

Finnegan Miller, Conrad Weiser<\/p>\n

Social Studies<\/p>\n

There were 33 nominees.<\/p>\n

\"EliseElise “Nox” Clemmens Gov. Mifflin (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n

Elise \u201cNox\u201d Clemmens, Gov. Mifflin<\/p>\n

\"MichaelMichael Haydt
\nBoyertown<\/p>\n

Michael Haydt, BoyertownNehal Trivedi, Wyomissing<\/p>\n

Visual Arts<\/p>\n

There were 37 nominees and four finalists due to scoring ties.<\/p>\n

\"KayleeKaylee Gal
\nGov. Mifflin
\n(Courtesy of Crystal Wenger Photography)<\/p>\n

Kaylee Gall, Gov. Mifflin<\/p>\n

\"LillianLillian Hoffa
\nTwin Valley High
\n(Courtesy of CADY)<\/p>\n

Lillian Hoffa, Twin ValleyNaomi VanOstenbridge, Wilson<\/p>\n

World Languages<\/p>\n

There were 30 nominees.<\/p>\n

\"AmaliaAmalia Cannon
\nWilson High
\n(Courtesy of Searfoss Photography)<\/p>\n

Amalia Cannon, Wilson<\/p>\n

\"JadaJada Do
\nBerks Catholic
\n(Courtesy of PhilMar Photography)<\/p>\n

Jada Do, Berks CatholicTithi Patel, Exeter<\/p>\n

Each Berks County high school was invited to nominate two students in each category.<\/p>\n

Finalists were determined after applications were scored by the Berks\u2019 Best judging panel. Due to scoring ties, some categories had more than three finalists. Finalists were then interviewed by the judges to determine the winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the annual Reading Eagle Berks\u2019 Best awards time once again. The following are the 37 finalists for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,85079,85080,85081,227,85082,85083,26903,182,139,85084,28,128,130,129,3439,706,85085,85086],"class_list":["post-191020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-berks-best-2026","tag-boyertown-school-district","tag-conrad-weiser-school-district","tag-education","tag-exeter-school-district","tag-gov-mifflin-school-district","tag-kutztown-school-district","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-oley-valley-school-district","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-reading-school-district","tag-top-stories-reg","tag-twin-valley-school-district","tag-wyomissing-school-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}