42 Marmion Academy seniors named Illinois State Scholars

Submitted by Marmion Academy

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission has named 42 Marmion Academy seniors, 34 percent of the class, Illinois State Scholars. Thirty-six of these scholars were automatically selected because they earned a composite score of 30 or higher on the ACT.

Ÿ Aurora: Eric Lifka, Sandeep Prakadan, Nicholas Ruble, and Zachary Siwiec

Ÿ Batavia: Daniel Bicknell, Michael Desch, Alexander Krasula, Zachary Mazur, Ross Moshinsky, Timothy Riordan, Thoams Schafer, Chris Voirin, Zachary Wulbert, and Ethan Young

Ÿ DeKalb: Alexander Mehrer

Ÿ Elburn: Nicholas Ferraro

Ÿ Geneva: Daniel Creighton, Eric Plotz, Jacob Thompson, and Benjamen Totman

Ÿ LaGrange: Brian Simon

Ÿ Lisle: Matthew Walz

Ÿ Naperville: Noel Goding and James Wheeler

Ÿ North Aurora: Michael Murphy

Ÿ Oswego: Daniel Buckley

Ÿ Plainfield: Joseph Talbot

Ÿ St. Charles: Alexander Kirtley, Jacob Schmidt, Michael Sheehan and Kurt Zepeda

Ÿ South Barrington: John Graft

Ÿ Sugar Grove: Shane Carmody, Jack Fergus, Kevin Hoss, Anthony Pullano, Gunnar Stanke, Steven Weltzer, and John White

Ÿ Wheaton: Zachary Bosh

Ÿ Yorkville: Garrett Fisher and Seth Sevenich

Rankings are based on a combination of ACT and/or SAT test score results and class rank in the top 10 percent of the state’s graduating seniors at the end of the junior year of high school — unless the students achieved a score at or above the 95th percentile for Illinois students on one of the standardized tests.

Marmion Academy, a Catholic-Benedictine college preparatory school for young men, is a community dedicated to spiritual formation, academic excellence and leadership development. Marmion Academy is at 1000 Butterfield Road, Aurora. For information visit www.marmion.org.