Huntington Seniors Awarded $16K in Rotary Scholarships

The Huntington Rotary Club presented $16,000 worth of scholarships to five remarkable members of Huntington High School’s Class of 2026.

This year’s scholarship recipients include Emma Boyle, Amani Huq, Heileen Torres, Belinda Velasquez Maldonado and Warren Daniel.

Rotary Club officials announced the awards and spoke about each of the honorees during this year’s senior scholarship night ceremony in the high school auditorium.

The Huntington Rotary Club was founded in 1925. It is a chapter of Rotary International, a 1.2 million member worldwide service organization.

The Huntington Rotary Club has awarded scholarships to exceptional Huntington High School seniors since the 1930s. This year’s recipients are held in high regard by the members of the school’s administration and faculty as well as by their classmates.

The Huntington Rotary Club has awarded Huntington High School seniors with $176,000 in scholarships over the past decade. This year’s five Rotary Club scholarship recipients have each devoted an impressive number of hours to performing community service and they have all taken leadership positions in various student organizations.

Mr. Boyle (Boston University) and Ms. Huq (Cornell University) each garnered $5,000 Rotary Service Above Self scholarships. Ms. Torres (Colgate University), Ms. Velasquez Maldonado (Mount Saint Mary College) and Mr. Daniel LIU Post) claimed $2,000 awards each.