ESHOF Foundation awards scholarships
The Elgin Sports Hall of Fame Foundation recently awarded 27 scholarships in the amount of $1,300 each to Elgin area student-athletes.
Through 2014, the ESHOF Foundation had awarded $336,500 in scholarships since the program's inception in 1981.
The scholarship winners this year are:
Elgin High School — Megan Alexander, Brooke Geils, Abigail Pierre-Louis, Jordan Smith, Logan Jostes and Matt Gedritis
Larkin High School — Sarah Hansen, Damaris Fuentes, Jordan Dick, Jon Lenz, Charles Sanders and Tanner Gardon
St. Edward — Casey Gredzieleski, Ryann Scully, Nick Duffy, Joe French and Christopher Kelly
Harvest Christian Academy — Kylee Knox, Valerie Richter, Morgan Lockwood and Jake Adams
Westminster Christian — Lindsey Vanden Bos and Sam Carani
Elgin Academy — Kaitlyn Pearson
Burlington Central High School — Clay Musial
Elgin Community College — Tanya Garcia and Michel Gomez
The scholarship winners will be recognized at the annual ESHOF banquet in November.