Ian Moore, a 19-year-old from Butler who earned an associate degree from Butler County Community College in December and transferred to Slippery Rock University, will receive a full-tuition scholarship toward completing a bachelor’s degree as a member of Phi Theta Kappa’s 2022 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team. Moore helped teach skating to women who wanted to play on an SRU women’s hockey club coached by his father, Larry. SUBMITTED PHOTO

A Butler County Community College student, who while living in Nicaragua helped to create an association that assists the deaf and their families, and a recent graduate who overcame communication difficulties to teach university hockey club players to skate will each receive a full-tuition scholarship toward completing a bachelor’s degree at a Pennsylvania public four-year institution of their choice.

Keily Tinoco, 19, of Cranberry Township, is a general studies student who expects to graduate from BC3 in May and then transfer to Indiana University of Pennsylvania to pursue a bachelor’s degree in interior design.

Ian Moore, 19, of Butler graduated from BC3 in December with an associate degree in business administration. He transferred in January to Slippery Rock University, where he is a junior pursuing bachelor’s degrees in finance and in health care administration and management with a concentration in financial management.

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