This year’s All-Star Achievers actually are chronic overachievers -- students who pile hundreds of volunteer hours and a part-time job on top of performing in school musicals and maintaining outstanding grades in their school district’s most advanced classes.

Each school is asked to nominate as many as three students who excel in the classroom, extracurricular activities and community service. The PG East staff selects 10 students as All-Star Achievers.

In all, 70 seniors from the seven areas of the region were named winners, and all of them will be recognized at a reception May 4.

Other East students nominated for the award were:

Lindsay Begey and Joseph R. Blasko, East Allegheny; Meredith S. Shiels and Adam Tarosky, Franklin Regional; Frederick Li and Molly Pope, Gateway; Elizabeth E. Achin and Sharae M. Bryant, Greater Works Academy, Monroeville; Patrick Fitzgerald and Maura Murphy, Greensburg Salem; Adam Johnston and John Krempecki, Hempfield Area; April Doratio, Jeannette; Meghan Ford, Norwin; Katie R. Kikta and Matthew J. Miller, Plum; Brenna D. Kelly, Riverview; Rachel Bergman, Lauren Hoover and Kristen M. Parker, Woodland Hills.

Penn-Trafford and Wilkinsburg did not participate.

Ranked second in his class, Baum is president of the National Honor Society, attended the Governor’s School for International Studies and finished first in the state in a Latin competition. He was on the cross-country team, held the lead role in several high school musicals and sings in two a cappella groups. He also volunteered at AUH Forbes Regional and Sunrise Assisted Living Center

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Fuchs placed first in the Mathletes competition, the Norwin Poetry Contest and the Ligonier Valley Art competition, received the highest award in the National Latin Exam and received a National Science Merit Award. She earned varsity letters in basketball, track and volleyball. She volunteered at a hospital, with the March of Dimes and at the Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival.

Hereth is second in her class, won first place from the Pa. Junior Academy of Science for a project on acid mine drainage and received the Brotherhood of Elks Competitive Academic Award. She is a violist who has played with the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and numerous regional orchestras. She volunteered to help the AIDS Task Force, senior citizens and Just Harvest.

Howard is class valedictorian and received the Williams College Book and the NAACP Incentive awards. He attended a six-month Pa. Society of Engineers apprentice program, played basketball and football and was president of the Spanish and Key clubs. He served as a library aide, helped orient students of the high school and volunteered at a homeless shelter and food bank.

McCune is tied for class valedictorian and attended the Governor’s School for Agricultural Sciences and Westinghouse Science Honors Institute. She won the Bausch & Lomb Science Award, the Xerox Award for Humanities and Sciences and the Seton Hill College Women in Science Chemistry Award. She is an flutist and tennis player and volunteered at a food bank, hospital and Special Olympics.

Moss ranks third in his class despite a heavy schedule that includes starring on the basketball and soccer teams. He is a talented saxophonist who has played in regional bands and participated in the Association of Christian Schools International music festival. He volunteers raising money for Meals on Wheels, is a docent at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and is a youth camp counselor.

Roe has received a Bausch & Lomb Science Award, attended a summer engineering research program at Cornell University, won a National Science Merit Award and took first place in the state in the Junior Academy of Science competition. She served as newspaper editor and president of the Science Club, volunteered at a hospital and community festival and taught cheerleading

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Oliverio ranks first in her class and was nominated to attend the National Youth leadership Forum on Medicine. She also plays in the band and participated in the propaganda, equations, calcusolve and creative convention tournaments. She volunteered with Project Bundle-Up and vision screening for the Blind Association, and represented the local Knights of Columbus as queen.

Polka is a top student who attended the Governor’s School for Agricultural Sciences and was the first junior named the Alex G. McKenna Scholar of Economics at St. Vincent College. She tutors high school students and elementary pupils and is an assistant Brownie Troop leader. She trains horses through the 4-H program and developed a school program about the importance of agriculture.

Wagner is tied for class valedictorian and received the Seton Hill College Women in Math Award. At school, she is a cheerleader, a member of the marching and concert bands and president of Students Against Drunk Driving. She has volunteered with Special Olympics and Big Brothers/Big Sisters, tutored a child with attention deficit disorder, and worked with Habitat for Humanity.