MEDIACOM PARK- Mediacom Communications today announced the latest group of winners of the company’s annual Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Award. The awards are presented to graduating seniors from 15 different high schools in Orange County. Students were selected for the award based on a combination of work ethic, academic performance, and personal accomplishments. In addition, these young men and women also contributed to their schools and communities through extra-curricular activities and community service.
Mediacom has presented Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Awards to nearly 150 Orange County high school graduates since the program was launched in 2014.
The recipients of the 2023 awards are:
- James Compito (John S. Burke Catholic High School)
- Autumn Tyler (Chester Academy)
- Andrew Wingfield (Cornwall High School)
- Arthur Kennedy (Goshen High School)
- Jasmin Merritt (Middletown High School)
- Austin Gurda (Minisink Valley High School)
- Liam Gaffney (Monroe Woodbury High School)
- Marissa Rounds (Newburgh Free Academy)
- Jack Guzhnay (James I. O’Neil High School)
- Dakota VanWieren (Pine Bush High School)
- Delaina Mom (Port Jervis High School)
- Joseph Santiago (S.S. Seward Institute)
- Gabriella Terralavoro (Valley Central High School)
- Theodore Fernandez (Warwick Valley High School)
- Ashley Diaz (Washingtonville High School)
“The scholarships I received graduating from high school were an integral part of my pursuit of a college education,” said Rocco Commisso, Mediacom Founder and CEO. “In creating the Mediacom Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Award, it was my goal not only to recognize Orange County’s next generation of entrepreneurs but also to assist them, in a small way, by helping cover some of their college tuition.”
Commisso has committed significant personal and corporate resources into funding educational opportunities for young people. Through the World Class Scholars Program, September 11th Memorial Scholarship Fund, the Rocco B. Commisso American Dream Fund, and the Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Award, Mediacom and Commisso have provided educational scholarships to over 3,100 students nationwide since 2001.
