LCCC Students Named 2024-25 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team Members

Schnecksville, Pa., March 25, 2025 – Lehigh Carbon Community College students Olivia DeMeuse of Schnecksville and Healley Saltz of Allentown have been named members of the 2024-25 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team, sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa (the international honor society for two-year colleges), the Coca Cola Corporation, the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and the Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges (PACCC). The students will be recognized with other award recipients state-wide in Harrisburg on April 8.

Olivia is an Honors Scholars student and graduate of Parkland High School and is majoring in chemistry. Healley is an Early College student also from Parkland High School and majoring in psychology and sociology.

Olivia has also been selected as Gold Scholar on the 2025 Coca-Cola Academic Team and will receive a $1,500 scholarship. Selection as a Coca-Cola Gold Scholar was based on scores the student earned in the All-USA Academic Team competition, for which nearly 2,100 applications were received this year. Only 50 students nationwide received the gold designation. Olivia is currently president of the Student Government Association and an active member of Phi Theta Kappa, representing LCCC at the Middle States Regional Convention and participating in the Honors in Action Research project. She is a student worker in the science lab, an active member of the Horticulture Club, and participated in the Bucknell University Summer Community College Scholars program. She earned her associate degree in May 2024 and is taking additional classes in preparation for transferring to a university this year.

Healley is active in the Student Government Association, currently serving as finance chair. She is a member of PTK and is the first student from LCCC to receive the PTK Leaders of Promise Scholarship. While at Parkland High School, she competed on the debate team and was the student representative to the Parkland Community Library Board of Directors. She will graduate from LCCC in May 2025.

Selection for the academic team is competitive, and students must have completed at least 36 credits at a community college and earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. An independent panel of judges considers outstanding academic rigor, grade point average, academic and leadership awards, and engagement in college and community service in the selection process.

Each member of the All-Pennsylvania Academic Team receives a full two-year scholarship to any of the universities in the PASSHE system and competes at the national level for scholarships from the All-USA Academic Team and the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team.

Olivia DeMeuse

Healley Saltz