UPMC Sports Medicine sponsored the eighth annual Student Athlete Leadership Academy on Friday at Robert Morris University.

The event allowed more than 200 high school student-athletes to interact with community leaders who have found success in various professions.

The participating student-athletes were chosen by their athletic directors and coaches as standouts not only because they are sports leaders, but also because they are school and community leaders.

Students attending from Butler County were:

Butler: Robert Vernick, football and track; Paige Allen, track and field and cheerleading; Mackenzie O’Donnell, basketball, volleyball and softball; Canan Roskovski, football and track and field; Caitlin Baxter, basketball and softball; and Blake Caudill, wrestling.

Freeport: Rebecca Dudek, cross country, swimming and track; Rachael Kubeldis, soccer, track and cross country; Nicole Miller, cross country, basketball and track; Mitchell O’Shell, football and track; Kayla Zboran, cross country and track; Josh Brestensky, football and track; Brittany Bianco, track and volleyball; Brian Welsh, football and track; and Brendan Lynch, football, basketball and track.

Pine Richland: Zach Skirpan lacrosse; and Grace Ficco, track.

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Chloe Pizor has been awarded the Shirley L. Roth Nursing Scholarship from Edinboro University.

Pizor will be a sophomore nursing major at Edinboro University this fall.

She graduated from Slippery Rock High School in 2011 and is the daughter of Bob and Tara Pizor of Slippery Rock.