Unioto senior named 2023 Student of the Year
CHILLICOTHE – Roxanne Storts-Berio, a senior in Visual Communication & Design at Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center, was named Student of the Year and delivered the student address to the Class of 2023 at the career center’s completion ceremony Thursday night.
Storts-Berio, whose home school is Unioto, was cited in nominations by four teachers for taking initiative in a variety of pursuits; demonstrating leadership abilities in academic and extracurricular activities; and overcoming challenges to meet her goals.
In addition to directing, producing and anchoring the school’s On-Air weekly news program, she worked as an intern in Pickaway-Ross’ Marketing department. She also was in the National Technical Honor Society and assisted with fundraisers, excelled in BPA — becoming state champion her junior year and then serving as president for her program’s career and technical student organization; and played soccer for Unioto and club soccer the past four years.
Storts-Berio will attend Full Sail University this fall with plans to earn a bachelor’s degree in graphic design in an accelerated 27-month program. She was awarded the university’s Creative Minds Scholarship for $25,000, in addition to a Pickaway-Ross Teachers Association Scholarship and the Mary Siberell Rader scholarship.
Also nominated for the award were Lance Berard, Electrical (Logan Elm); Avery Hartshorn, Engineering (Southeastern); Sydney McGlone, Welding (Chillicothe); and Ellie Ratliff, Health Science (Southeastern).
This article originally appeared on Chillicothe Gazette: Unioto senior named 2023 Student of the Year
