PHOTO PROVIDED Briar Lee Cohick has been selected as the May Lions Club Student of the Month at Jersey Shore Area Senior High School.

JERSEY SHORE — Briar Lee Cohick, daughter of Brooke and Rex Cohick, of Pine Creek, has been selected as the May Lions Club Student of the Month at Jersey Shore Area Senior High School. Briar is recognized for her exceptional musical talent, academic achievement and leadership.

Throughout high school, Briar has been deeply involved in the school’s music program. She has participated in Concert Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Modern Band and Indoor Color Guard, as well as the school musical, being a featured soloist in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons of Jazz Band as well as her junior and senior seasons of Indoor Color Guard.

She also served as vice president of Mock Trial in 10th grade, secretary of Marching Band in 11th grade, social media manager of band in both her junior and senior year, woodwind tech of Marching Band in 11th and 12th grade, secretary and PR chair of Modern Band in 12th grade and vice president of Marching Band her senior year.

Academically, she is a member of the English Honor Society, National Honor Society and treasurer of Mu Alpha Theta.

Briar’s accomplishments in music are outstanding. She has received the Performer of the Week award, Outstanding Soloist recognition and the prestigious Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. She earned three Best Witness Awards and one Best Advocate Award in Mock Trial. She placed first chair in PMEA District 8 Band and Second Chair in PMEA Region 4 Band on tenor saxophone in 2025, participated in PMEA District 8 Jazz on tenor saxophone in 2024 and placed First Chair on piano in PMEA District 8 Jazz in both 2025 and 2026. She had also earned the Thomas H. Shellenberger Jazz Scholarship in 2026. She has also performed in county band for four years, placed first chair in the Susquehanna University Honors Band in both 2025 and 2026 and received a talent-based scholarship to the Summer Wind Ensemble Institute.

Briar’s academic record is just as impressive. She has earned both the Schoolwide and Rural and Small Town Recognition Awards for her PSAT performance. She also has made the Distinguished Honor Roll every year of high school, has been ranked first in the Class of 2026 since eighth grade for her GPA and was previously recognized as December’s Student of the Month during her freshman year.

Outside of school, Briar studies modern and ballet dance at St. John’s School of the Arts and enjoys practicing her instruments and learning new ones, especially during festival season.

After graduation, Briar plans to attend Penn State University to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism.