Elgin-area students put on high school A-list
More than 350 students, eight high schools and not a single B.
The Rotary Club of Elgin Monday honored straight A students Monday at Judson University in Elgin.
The 80th annual awards day for straight A high school students in the Elgin area also included Dipak Jain, dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, as the keynote speaker.
Below are the local students recognized Monday afternoon:
Burlington Central
Sarah Awad, Tyler Banas, Magen Berg, Ayesha Bhara, Katie Block, Lauren Boddy, Julie Buck, Liliana Castillo, Marissa Castner, Jordan Clare, Taylor Colby, Kim DeRaedt, Thomas Fitzgerald, Margaret Gannon, Allison Gibble, Samantha Gruner, Jazlyn Halberstadt, Erica Heissler, Stephanie Holthus, Drake Hudson, Kimberly Ingraham, Veronica Jenssen, Paul Jerger, Stephen Kaynish, Robert Kelsey, Erin Kelsey, Jessica Kendall, Heli Korkala, Samantha Kryger, Vivien Lasken, Ashley McFall, Melissa Naglich, Claire Nkhikhssi, Ian Nodurft, Kirsten Onsgard, Andy Plecki, Andrew Pollastrini, Brittany Priest, Nada Rashid, Shelly Santo, Marissa Schaefer, Jennifer Schmidt, Alexandria Settanni, Katharine Spencer, Meghan Thommes, Emmanuella Turkson, John Walker, Cassie Warner, Jennifer Weatherhead, Hannah Williams, Frank Wleklinski, Mariah Wu, Nicholas Wu, Molly Yoder and Anna Zarski.
Elgin
Fakhra Ahmad, Naheed Ahmad, Megan Anderson, Stephanie Anderson, Mina Belic, Alexandra Blanchette, Liliana Bonilla, Ramiro Carbajal, Eduardo Carrillo, Justinne Certeza, Meghan Chamberlain, Andrew Chan, Riti Chokshi, Sarah Clark, Tonia Conte, Jamie Cortese, Kashev Dalmia, Rita Dressel, Michelle Drymiller, Daniel Esch, Christine Espindola, Bessie Etherton, Alexander Fayette, Jennifer Fulton, Joseph Furlett, Elizabeth Gorski, Ashley Horne, Heather Hoskins, Russell Jostes, Alexandra Kaczmarek, Bik Ko, Kimberly Koloms, Mateusz Koscielniak, Carleen Krieb, Karen Krieb, Rachel Lesniak, Daniela Limon, Stephen Lokos, Jeffery Lundblad, Jonathan Mack, Kaitlyn McCain, Jennifer Medrano, Tiffany Mellinger, Gordana Milosevic, Jacob Morris, Lindsey Morrow, Jill Murphy, Jose Olmos, Emily Orlowski, Kelly Patchett, Dylan Piatt, Chase Riddle, Lisa Rizzo, Jonah Schennum, Dean Schmeltz, Spencer Schmidt, Paige Snopko, Clarie St George, Kevin Stearns, Thomas Stopka, Cecelia Story, Elizabeth Tewolde, Elizabeth Tippy, Megan Verhasselt, Christina Zima and Carly Zirkel.
Elgin Academy
Raynette Bierman, Nick Hebebrand, Meaghan Hughes, Fotini Karas, Erin Kenney, Neha Khemani, Rachel Krueger, Sarah Parker, Catherine Simmons, Lauren Steimle, Emma Stone, Gizem Tunca, Irfan Uraizee, Dan Vecchiolla and Caitlin Ward.
Fox Valley Lutheran
Sarah Mounger, Tegan Pfortmiller and Katherine Unruh.
Larkin
Joel Aguilera, Nanci Alanis, Jennifer Barnas, Malcolm Burke, Hannah Carlson, Adela Castaneda, Melanie Chwee, Miranda Crane, Michael Dickerson, Amy Dominguez, Daniel Dominguez, Janet Dominguez, Kelly Dunleavy, Stacy Dwyer, Daniel Espindola, Brian Fahey, Cristina Fausto, Gwendolyn Foehringer, Kyle Fulin, Marissa Gard, Michele Gardner, Alexandra Gaston, Marlee Gauthier, Jeremiah Hargis, Juana Hernandez, Ellen Hirst, Lindsay Iverson, Megan Johnson, Zachary Kane, Jody Kissane, Alma Lara, Angela Larson, Anthony Malmgren, Susan Marquez, Claudia Martinez, Lucy Miller, Colleen Mitchell, Miguel Munoz, Erin Musser, Cheedah Phoutharath, Marina Pope, Heinrich Preister, Eric Rappa, Matt Rice, Benjamin Riebock, Jonathan Rodriguez, Emily Roesslein, Jasmin Rojo, John Rot, Emma Ruegge, Taylor Ryberg, Michael Sainz, Jonathan Schultz, Alexander Schutzkus, Katrina Schutzkus, Drew Simonini, Arnusone Sivilay, Michael Skalnik, Raven Smith, Ryan Smith, Aaron Soltero, Edvard Sot, Marco Soto, Taryn Spink, Kurtis Streich, Chase Sund, Christine Tang, Bradley Thompson, Lauren Timmons, Dulce Torres, Thai Tran, Ashley Trewartha, Lena Truong, William Vandermolen, Kevin Vongnaphone, Stephanie Wahl, Samantha Young and Samantha Zamudio.
St. Edward
Anneliese Basch, Katelynn Bradley, Alyssa Digilio, August Domel, Tommasina Domel, Mathew Johnson, Colleen Kerger, Colleen Knott, Alex Koller, Mary Kathleen Lamp, Haley Leboulanger, Jacqueline Nowosielski, Christina Stojanovic, Lauren Thomas, Megan Venlos, Zachary Von Ahnen and Eric Winters.
South Elgin
Nikoo Afifi, Elizabeth Akanbi, Jennifer Ang, Lauren Ayala, Laura Ballance, Yvonne Bermas, Rachel Bialek, Megan Blume, Christopher Boice, David Bono, Andrew Boston, Nickolas Broches, Samantha Carter, Angela Castello, Andrew Castro, Saad Chaudhry, Christopher Ciccone, Nicholas Circelli, Christina Cortese, Alex Cyhaniuk, Kamila Dabrowska, Kyle Daker, Michael Dalbke, Robert Davis, Lauren Dearman, Asma Dhorajiwala, Meaghan Diaz, Kyle Dimberg, Taylor Duke, Sean Duncan, Bridget Finney, Alexis Fowler, Kevin French, Amanda Friese, David Handley, Lindsey Hegarty, Daniel Heine, Dana Hildebrandt, Marissa Hopkins, Jeffrey Hruska, Caitlin Hruska, Amanda Jachec, Natalie Jaramillo, Ryan Kellner, Asad Khan, Jeanne Khousakoun, Mark Kim, Nikki Kofsky, Alyssa Krause, Michelle Lagrimas, Jamie Larson, Alex Lee, Jessica Lenartowicz, Diana Lewis, Nicolai Limbrunner, Joshua Lopez, Jeril Lukose, Alicia Lullo, Dane Lundeen, Nicole MacKenzie, Jimmy Mansfield, Sloan Merdinger, Daniela Miteva, Rachel Musnicki, Shannon Ochoa, Victoria Partykevich, Jennifer Pate, Nicole Patterson, Romas Putyrski, Patrick Rae, Hera Rahman, Adnan Rashid, Natalie Reisner, Nicolette Rocos, Lauren Rohr, Kelly Rupprecht, Aileen Ryan, Joshua Saucedo, Patricia Schwerdt, Prerak Shah, Stephanie Slania, Vincenzo Sposito, Arika Staron, Melissa Stout, Alyssa Strickland, William Syvongsa, Maude Ann Tagle, Kushal Thakkar, Alexandra Thelan, Catherine Tuanqui, Erin Votava, Jessica Votava, Alan Walters, Kyle Wenz and Erica Williams.
Westminster Christian
Eric Berntson, Luke Carani, Rachel Doby, Daniel Graves, Sarah Lance, Kathryn Lindberg, Elyse McIntire, Sarah Rodgers and Crystal Sherbondy.