Nominees check in for Excellence event
On Sunday, the Daily Herald will welcome many of the most excellent prep athletes of this school year to the second edition of Prep Sports Excellence.
We've again reached out to the schools we cover and have asked them to nominate their top five male and female competitors for inclusion in the event, to be held at the Sears Centre.
In a change from last year's format, we'll be presenting awards to the best of the bunch in four categories:
• Dazzling moments: An award devoted to the top individual moment of the school year for each gender (presented by Woodfield Mall).
• Heart and Soul: For a male and female athlete who have inspired through their actions (presented by Marquardt Buick of Barrington, GMC).
• Spirit of sportsmanship: Recognizing a team or individual from each gender which demonstrated exemplary conduct (presented by Aquafina Flavorsplash).
• Overcoming obstacles: An honor reserved for an athlete of each gender who overcame an unusual challenge to succeed (presented by Alexian Brothers Health Network).
With the Daily Herald's Joe Aguilar as master of ceremonies and an inspirational speaking appearance by Matt Mayberry, it promises to be a fulfilling afternoon for all who attend.
The nominees are:
Matt Acevedo
Hayden Adams
Kathryn Adelman
Ashley Ahrens
Brian Allen
Kristina Altuve
Angelo Amato
Michael Andelbradt
Alyssa Andersen
Steven Anderson
Rachel Anderson
Sam Andrews
Ryan Aoki
Andrew Apel
Taylor Arenson
Ore Arogundade
Nestor Ascencio
Chris Asuncion
Emily Bakala
Joyce Balash
Tomei Ball
Samantha Barry
Jake Barson
Edward Bava
Anna Baxter
Erin Bayram
Emily Beachler
Geoff Beck
Walter (Tom) Becker
Meg Beese
Sidney Benz
Melanie Berg
Nick Best
Sierra Birdsell
Frankie Bisconti
Mike Bishoff
Kelly Bjorvik
Brandon Blackenship
Kemmerin Blalark
Deshawn Bloom
Ethan Bloom
Andrew Bohlmann
Hannah Bohn
Mary Boken
Julia Bond
Ally Boothe
Jon Borzick
Karly Bowden
Brandon Bowen
Sam Bransby
Austin Bray
Jamie Brew
Michael Brey
Nick Brey
Clark Brinkman
Dominique Brognia
Rachel Brots
Natasha Brown
DeSean Brown
Jalen Brunson
Sam Buckley
Samantha Buddig
Kailee Budicin
Abbey Buehler
Ian Bunting
Don Buonavolanto
Sabren Burns
Matt Burns
Amanda Burson
Katie Bush
Allison Bush
Nick Bushelle
Kimberly Butler
James Butler
Susanna Cain
Mia Calamari
Gianna Calistro
Lanie Callaghan
Kaila Cancelli
Noreen Caporusso
Christina Capuani
Ben Carlson
Hayden Carlson
Tyler Carlson
Simone Carr
Jack Carroll
Meghan Carroll
Tawney Carroll
Kyle Carson
Emily Casaletto
Mike Castoro
Nicole Celarek
Allison Cerny
Ben Chally
Jefferson Chan
Lloyd Chatfield
Lily Chetosky
Ashley Chimis
Rachel Choice
Paul Christian
Danielle Ciaglia
James Clausing
Derek Clement
Elizabeth Clements
Amy Clemment
Micah Coffey
Andrew Cole
Brittany Collins
Kevin Coppin
Chloe Corbett
Claire Costelloe
Gannon Cottone
Alex Cowan
Liz Cox
Andres Cueva-Robles
Cole Cunningham
Theresa Curtis
Jake Czajkowski
Delaney D'Amore
Sami Davis
Jimmy Davis
Clay Dehaan
Jay DeHaan
Gianna DeLaCruz
Meg DeMaar
Alyssa Derer
Lauren Deveikis
Katie Diol
Emily Dixon
Maddie Doan
Sydney Doby
Nathan Dolan
Matt Dolan
Dan Dolehide
Olivia Domin
Jennifer Donnell
Brandon Dranka
Mikey Dudek
Dan Dudman
Kathleen Duffy
Nick Duffy
Becky Dumoulin
Brenna Dunckel
Malik Dunner
Drew Dvorchak
Anna Eckholm
TJ Edwards
Quinn Einck
Amanze Ekegeze
Davontae Elam
Jennifer Emmert
Phil Espinoza
Erin Fabbri
Lauren Farbota
Shannon Feld
Dorothy Feng
Nick Ferraro
Sarah Finn
Brittany Fisher
Sean Fitzgerald
Mary Kate Flemming
Elizabeth Flint
James Ford
Holly Foret
Lenna Fotos
Noah Fox
Bobby Frasco
Noah Frazier
Chris Freeman
Joe French
Michael Fuerst
Tamara Funke
Jessica Galason
Richard Galat
Paige Galimore
Tiffany Gantz
Chris Garcia
Dana Gattone
Brooke Geils
Michael Georgen
Michael Gertz
Cassie Giamurusti
Mike Gibas
Courtney Giebel
Nathanael Ginnodo
Alexis Glasgow
Riley Glassmann
Jeremy Glavanovits
Courtney Gnan
Andrea Goyao
Caitlyn Graff
John Graft
Theresa Gray
Cameron Green
Grant Greeno
Garrett Groot
Skylar Groth
Luke Gruszka
Valentina Guarino
Mahitha Gudivada
Tom Guinan
Sinclair Guntharp
Tony Guzman
Elsabet Haile
Solome Haile
Haley Halberg
Reba Hall
Chase Hamilton
Eric Hamlin
Abby Hammer
Trent Hanselmann
Sam Hanson
Zach Harbaugh
Johnathan Harrell
Max Hartzman
Colin Harvey
Jordan Hassan
Rachel Hawken
Keegan Hayes
McKaila Hays
Arianna Haywood
Michael Hendricks
Jake Herb
Abby Herling
Eric Hernandez
Christian Hernandez
Nelson Herrera
Kim Herzog
Rebecca Hickey
Katelyn Hill
Katherine Hinman
Samantha Hogan
Collin Holte
Anna Holubecki
Logan Hopp
Grant Hosticka
Matthew Hughes
Pat Humen
Reed Hunnicutt
Madeline Hunt
Heather Hurlbut
Megan Imundo
Caitlin Inamoto
Ellie Ivancich
Zachary Jakalski
Mitchell Janca
Anne Janulis
Jeff Jendryk
Christine Jensen
Alex Jeske
Johnny Jimenez
Josh John
Anne Johnson
Erin Johnson
Brian Johnson
Shane Jorgensen
Kate Joyce
Gabrielle Juarez
Elena "Frankie" Kamely
Nila Kannankeril
Susan Karhoff
Aryton Kasemets
Mary Kate Katarzynski
Samantha Kay
Zach Keller
Jackie Kemph
Joseph Kenar
Sarah Kendeigh
Jenna Kentgen
Emerson Kersten
Nick Kielbasa
Devin Kirkland
Kendall Kirsch
Alexxis Kiven
Kevin Klinkenberg
Tucker Knox
Kylee Knox
Connor Kobida
Katherine Koczwara
Macy Koepke
Olivia Kofie
Kelsey Kohler
Jake Kolby
Mike Kolzow
Andrew Komarov
John Konchar
Annie Korff
Melaina Koulos
Karrie Kozokar
Clifford Krause
Molly Krawczykowski
Anton Krocko
Mitch Kroening
Allison Kruk
Sarah Krumm
Samantha Kuchta
Molly Kuenstler
Tyler Labarbera
Leah Lach
Allysa Lach
Connor Lamb
Luke Landiak
Courtney Lang
Abigail Langlotz
Taylor Langtry
Chris Lannan
Nathan Laude
Paddy Lawler
Niki Lazar
Kyle Leber
Nicholas Ledvora
Mariah Lee
Lindsay Leiber
Colin Lelito
Jordan Lelito
David Lenzini
Corey LePoudre
Randy Leslie
Sophia Lex
Julia Li
Cassie Lira
Dana Liva
Morgan Lockwood
Lauren Lococo
Michaela Loebel
Matt Loeffl
Dan Lonski
Emily Loughman
Joseph Lovelle
Jenni Lubic
Lisa Luczak
Kevin Maas
Hannah Mackie
Austin Madrzyk
Nathaniel Magiera
Becca Maher
Mark Mamola
Rory Manion
Kiko Mari
Mike Mariella
Adam Maris
John Marks
Jeremy Marshall
Anthony Marsigilio
Kimmy Martino
Sarah Mazurek
D'Angelo McBride
Colin McCarthy
Shannon McCarthy
Melanie McClure
Zach McCullough
Kendale McCullum
Maria McDaniel
Devin McDonough
Jeff McGlade
Hannah McGlone
Connor McKeehan
Meghan McShea
Jordan Meland
Valerie Melo
Moises Merlos
Liz Meschewski
Heather Meyer
Courtney Meyer
Josh Meyers
Emily Michalski
Sara Mickow
Simone Mikaelian
Nicole Mikologic
Rachel Minarick
Dan Mochel
Daniel Modelski
Ashley Montanez
Bret Mooney
Michelle Morefield
Brooke Morgan
John Moroney
Matt Morrissey
Albert Mota
Daniel Mudd
Alex Mueller
Cameron Mueller
Kavan Mulloy
Kelly Murphy
Ben Murray
Clay Musial
Francisco Nava
Beck Nebergall
Lauren Nee
Jordan Newham
Alex Niecikowski
Elizabeth Niedert
Maya Nienaber
Carly Nolan
Christain Norris
Dillon Novak
Kyle Obernesser
Jordan O'Brien
Jamie O'Brien
Matt O'Connor
Oluwabanke Oginni
Eden Olson
Adam O'Malley
Sean O'Mara
Porter Ontko
Allie O'Reilly
Grace Orndorf
Devan Orr
Ryan Orr
Alex Otto
Liz Pagan
Marissa Panko
Kyle Paquin
Victoria Parenti
Anthony Parillo
JaMariel Parker
Ian Parks
Derek Parola
Chris Parrilli
Vasu Patel
Sadarris Patterson
Taylor Patton
Danielle Pautz
Kaitlyn Pearson
Jake Pecorin
Madeline Perez
Ryan Perkins
Ellie Petersen
Patrick Peterson
Zach Peterson
Andrew Philipose
Victoria Phipps
Laila Pickens
Erika Pimmental
Caroline Pins
Josh Piotrowski
Carly Pisano
Zachery Pisarek
Elena Pivek
Steve Polakowski
Maggie Powers
Rhiannon Prentiss
Zach Prill
Sarah Prosia
John Pruitt
Samantha Pryor
James Pupillo
Trevor Pye
Abby Radoha
Amelia Rafferty
Josh Rahn
Monica Ramirez
Brett Rau
Lindsey Rayner
Kevin Realzola
Matt Reed
Jordan Reich
Alex Reinbrecht
Nicole Reitz
Connor Rejman
Margaret Remus
Elizabeth Rengers
Robert Renner
Caroline Reynolds
Connor Reynolds
Molly Ricci
Valerie Richter
Danny Riley
Michael Rindler
Antunas Riskus
Noah Roberts
Niko Rocha
Alfredo Rocha
Austin Rogers
Kassidy Roportella
Rachel Ropski
Kayla Ross
Sara Ross
Mike Rothmund
Julia Rowley
Edgar Ruano
Nicole Russo
Matt Salerno
Adam Salowitz
Aaron Sanchez
Vanessa Sanchez
Joe Sanders
Sydney Santos
Allie Scaccia
Gianna Scala
Franki Scarpelli
Danielle Scarpiniti
Spencer Schael
Olivia Schmitt
Jacob Schott
Briley Schultz
Morgan Schulz
Alexander Schwickrath
Thomas Seagrist
Karen Sebby
Paul Selman
Michael Sheehan
Tim Shover
Jake Siebert
Jacob Siewert
Erica Simios
Divya Singh
Ryan Sitter
Angie Skittone
Mark Skonieczny
Caitlyn Slussar
Stacey Smith
Sydney Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Alex Snarksi
Alex Snyder
Melissa Solorio
Tiffany Soto
Carson Sparkman
Claire Speweik
Max Spiglanin
Emily Stanczak
Delanie Steinweg
Cindy Stella
Jeremy Stephani
Brianna Stewart
Summer Stitt
Kateri Stone
Matt Stopka
Sydney Strang
Derrick Streety
Bobby Suchecki
Megan Sullivan
Sean Sutton
Matt Swanson
Katie Swanson
Trevor Symbal
Sam Symeonides
Eric Theis
Billy Thomas
Dylan Thompson
Jack Timberlake
Elise Titiner
Stephanie Tobison
Daniel Tomasello
Anna Tracy
Max Tucker
Dan Turpin
Jules Udoni
Lauren Van Vlierbergen
Xochi Vega
Chris Villafuerte
Grace Vitek
Jenny Vliet
Joey Vogheney
Peyton Wade
Greg Wagner
Brandon Walgren
Kelly Wallner
Kiley Walsh
Anna Ward
Hannah Wassmann
Emily Wasz
Mark Watson
Julia Wawer
Lauren Webb
DeMario Webb
Alyssa Weisberg
Tracy Welninski
Amanda Wendt
Drew Wentzel
Amelia Westberg
Aarron Whigham
Shelby White
Jacob White
Rebecca Whitehead
Kyle Whitney
Riley Wicks
Sarah Wille
Marcus Williams
Connor Willis
Beth Winegardner
Allison Winek
Nick Winter
McKenzie Wisdom
James Wislek
Nicole Witt
Elliott Wittmeyer
Caroline Wolf
Zoe Wong
Kimmy Woods
Jackson Wrede
Cheryl Xiang
Jason Yang
Nick Yangas
Jordan Yavari
Sam Yocum
Sam Yoshino
Amy Zahn
Megan Zeddies
Lauren Zick
Colleen Zickert
Kelli Zickert
Molly Ziegler
Rachel Zobott
Bethany Zornow