ERIE - The Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) announced the winners of the 2024 Patrick R. Locco Scholarship Awards, during the 11th annual Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) celebration on Wednesday, October 9, at the Bayfront Convention Center, 1 Sassafras Pier.
“MFG Day is the perfect time to celebrate the achievements of our area’s best and brightest students in vocational and technical education,” said Lori Joint, president and chief executive officer of the MBA. “We are extremely proud to recognize and support them on their educational journey.”
2024 Locco Award winners are: Mason Savitz of the Corry Area Career & Technical Center; Casey Fuller of the Crawford County Career & Technical Center; David Muweza of Erie High School; and, Joshua Hirtzel of the Erie County Technical School.
Among the additional nominees were:
CORRY AREA CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER
Jordon Britton
Tyler Parker
Nolan White
Nolan Carey
CRAWFORD COUNTY CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTER
Jacob Costello
Josiah Kauffman
ERIE COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Max McClintock
Austen Curtze
Austin Mello
Holden Siegler
ERIE COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Max McClintock
Austen Curtze
Austin Mello
Holden Siegler
The Locco Awards, which are named in honor of the late Association Vice President Patrick R. Locco, a strong advocate of vocational education, were created in 1972 (then known as the Golden Watch Awards) with the sole purpose to recognize outstanding high school students who distinguish themselves in the pursuit of technical and academic excellence. To be considered for this prestigious honor, students must apply and be nominated by a teacher. Each school then narrows the nominees to their top candidates. Students are then interviewed by local businesspeople who ultimately choose the winners.
This year, the student winners each received a $1,000 scholarship.
MFG Day is presented by the MBA, along with partners — the Northwest Pennsylvania National Tooling and Machining Association, Career Street, Harbor Creek School District, and Crawford County K-12 Career Education Alliance — and major sponsor AirBorn, along with dozens of other sponsor companies.
