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Kane County State Scholars

ISAC is pleased to recognize these Illinois high school students who have been named 2012-13 State Scholars for their outstanding academic achievement. Scholars are listed alphabetically under the high school they attend.

To view a listing of State Scholars for a particular high school, select from the following list:

Aurora Central Catholic H S
Aurora Christian School
Batavia Senior High School
Central Community Unit
Dundee-Crown High School
East Aurora High School
Elgin Academy
Elgin Larkin High School
Geneva Community High School
Hampshire High School
Illinois Math & Science Academy
Kaneland Senior High School
Marmion Academy
Rosary High School
South Elgin High School
St Charles East High School
St Charles North High School
St Edward Central Catholic
Waubonsie Valley High School
West Aurora High School

Aurora Central Catholic H S
Baker, Ryan
Bond, Kevin
Canning, Erin
Clechenko, Kyle
Czerak, Matthew
Gavin, Victoria
Hoffner, Kaylee
Johnson, Nathan
Karafiat, Alexander
Knisley, Scott
McEachern, Joey
Ridge, Victoria
Schwendner, Emily
Seibert, Michael
Sestak, Anna
Thomas, Emily

Aurora Christian School
Brothers, Ryan
Calamos, Zach
Czerwinski, Roman
Davis, Jackson
Dennis, Jacob
Dykstra, Mark
Henzel, Alyssa
McNamara, Maggie
Neely, Emily
Nelson, Jessica
Oleson, Sarina
Schuette, Sam
Wert, Jacob

Batavia Senior High School
Anderson, Joshua
Bernabei, Katherine
Brown, Alyson
Bryant, Mary Kate
Callipari, Cameron
Christianson, Evan
Clark, Patrick
Cogan, Joshua
Coussens, Nicholas
Cullerton, Tara
Devoss, Katie
Dicola, Nicholas
Diverde, Alex
Driscoll, Kristen
Eberhardt, Connor
Fabian, Meghan
Gravelle, Casey
Greco, Rachael
Grendzinski, Allison
Hampton, Claire
Hansen, Brett
Heise, Joshua
Helfrecht, Benjamin
Higgins, Austin
Hoffman, Kelly
Hooymans, Amelia
Horan, Ashley
Karkos, Peter
Klemm, Katelyn
Kohlmeier, Lindsay
Kopala, Matthew
Koternoha, Alexander
Kruse, Andrew
Maddox, Hannah
McGarr, Indigo
Metz, Daniel
Milaneses, Jessica
Millette, Renee
Mills, Kaitlin
Monarrez, Nicole
Moore, Hannah
Myers, Carter
Okerblad, Deanna
Oosterwal, Audrey
Oster, Audrey
Pappas, Nickolas
Patterson, Steven
Phillips, Brandon
Reinecke, Meagan
Salvati, Zachary
Schilling, Ryan
Schoettes, Zachary
Schroeder, Kevin
Scott, Michael
Siemsen, Courtney
Skiba, Alexander
Slome, Lauren
Snodgrass, John
St Clair, Kaytlin
Steffen, Amber
Steskal, Ben
Taylor, Joshua
Thomassen, Sadie
Vance, Mary
Vanderheyden, Sarah
Vantreeck, Andrew
Vasquez, Nathaniel
Walker, Katie
Wall, Amanda
Ware, Kevin
Warren, Megan
Willis, Arrianna
Yorke, Emily
Zarn, Anna
Zeddies, Evan
Zinser, Claire

Central Community Unit
Allan, Alisson
Awad, Omar
Burnside, Alexandra
Cappas, Katherine
Cesaroni, Paxton
Chiarugi, Kristin
Clark, Haley
Dahlberg, Jake
Damisch, Benjamin
Dougherty, Cole
Evers, Matthew
Ferguson, Rachel
Gannon, Joseph
Gousios, Christopher
Gust, Chantel
Hartwell, Daniel
Hudgens, Tyler
Jarvis, Alexis
Kreczmer, Matthew
Leberecht, Cameron
Ledonne, Nicholas
Maisto, Kevin
Major, Johnny
Mull, Christopher
Musson, Chelsea
Nowak, Jessica
Perrotta, Jeremy
Pollastrini, Alyssa
Puccio, Lindsey
Richardson, Amanda
Rosenston, Michael
Sherman, Nicholas
Stockbridge, Travis
Stoneman, Madalene
Tarr, Alexandra
Thakkar, Vishal
Thompson, Laura
Toth, Daniel
Tovsen, Alexa

Dundee-Crown High School
Ahern, Mary
Alba, Lizet
Auch, Nathan
Bernhard, Kyle
Bieri, Carolina
Brewer, Erik
Brooks, Ashley
Butala, Praksha
Clark, Lauren
Clarton, Carolyn
Dabah, Samantha
Druck, Alexandra
Emerson, Caitlin
Fasone, Lisa
Fioravanti, Kara
Fitzgerald, Morgan
Gasiciel, Kimberly
Griffith, Allison
Griffith, Brian
Groch, Amanda
Hamelberg, Cody
Johnson, Cole
Kalland, Natasha
Kidera, Steven
Kidera, Thomas
Kidera, William
Kolar, Allison
Koscielniak, Jan
Kryca, Andrew
Love, Melany
Majka, Denise
Martin, Eric
Miller, Jacob
Nellessen, David
Nemec, Marissa
Noreen, Alexander
Okimura-Groves, Juliet
Peterson, Lindsey
Poore, Zachary
Randby, Megan
Reese, Brandon
Renteria, Alfredo
Riley, Colleen
Ruopp, Michal
Saunders, Ryan
Schappert, Andrew
Schoenherr, Molly
Shepard, Taylor
Stupar, William
Tracey, Kelly
Wirkus, Emily
Wrightsman, Annmarie
Zissman, Cara

East Aurora High School
Borjas, Javier
Calderon, Jose
Chaidez, Johann
Esquivel, David
Gerhard, John
Gerhard, Luke
Gurbal, Joshua
Hidalgo, Carissa
Jimenez, Diana
Jonsson, Tanya
Mendoza, Luis
Munoz, Rosaura
Nunez, Brian
Reyna, Selina
Rios, Antonio
Rios-Sanchez, Ariel
Saldanaa, Elizabeth
Tapia, Erick
Vargas, Giovanni
Viayra-Gutierrez, Vanessa

Elgin Academy
Flexman, Connor
Heisley, Joseph
Lindenberg, Dana
McCord, Alexander
Oglesby, Bethany
Skawinski, Nicholas

Elgin Larkin High School
Anderson, Amie
Awalt, Ashley
Barry, Brett
Bilek, Brittany
Bryans, Eli
Casebeer, Jillian
Davies, Bridget
Driskill, Allison
Johnson, Piper
Kleeman, Rebecca
Lane, Amanda
Maijala, Jordan
Matison, Shelby
McDonald, Taylor
Mendoza, Gerardo
Newquist, Kyle
Plantz, Katelin
Rahn, Allisa
Ripoli, Brianna
Rosenberg, Michael
Runzel, Daniel
Rychtanek, Amanda
Smithberg, Alexis
Spiekerman, Michael
Stade, Michael
Tang, Jessica
Timmons, Lindsay
Vargas, Alberto
Wahl, Matthew

Geneva Community High School
Augustine, Alexandrea
Ausman, Carly
Avellana, Emily
Babel, Hannah
Barber, Charles
Bartusek, James
Brady, Bridget
Brennan, Jacob
Briza, Kailie
Carberry, Andrew
Caruso, Nicholas
Clement, Emily
Colbert, Connor
Condon, Rachael
Costello, Kaitlyn
Crowe, Angelina
Davis, Cassidy
Deem, Trevor
Demarais, Kemp
Donnelly, John
Duke, Amy
Dunlop, Kelley
Einck, Connor
Favis, Brian
Ferguson, Kyle
Frazier, Aubrey
Gallagher, Jonah
Graham, Alexis
Gregerson, Caroline
Griffin, Caitrin
Hansen, Nicholas
Hanson, Calvin
Hazel, Madeline
Hensley, Keane
Herrera, Benjamin
Hickey, Tyler
Hinchman, Rachel
Hintz, Thomas
Jaffer, Kelsey
Johnson, Madison
Kein, Courtney
Kilmer, Joshua
Kramer, Amanda
Lamb, Matthew
Leskun, Samuel
Malecha, Emily
Milano, Adam
Mills, Jeffrey
Missele, Nicole
Morello, Melissa
Nowokunski, Nicholas
Patel, Rohan
Pauli, Meaghan
Peri, Teresa
Petit, Cameron
Powers, Jacob
Quillen, Brett
Reedy, Bradley
Rhoads, Alyssa
Rogers, Benjamin
Rogers, Matthew
Schrilla, Mia
Schroyer, Marissa
Schutz, Lauren
Schweppe, Carly
Sharpe, Stephanie
Simone, Michaela
Smith, Grace
Spitzig, Rachel
Stribling, Clare
Talken, Allison
Taylor, Erin
Thomas, Ryan
Volk, Aaron
Walker, Leah
Warner, Marcus
Warren, Christopher
Wyllie, Ryan
Zacher, Megan

Hampshire High School
Antonacci, Nicholas
Apostle, Shannon
Bakhsh, Shannon
Beaver, Morgan
Bennett, Heather
Butler, Jared
Cheslow Kraatz, Benjamin
Dohn, Ryan
Drackley, Brendan
Dumoulin, Michelle
Ellett, Connie
Espino, Tyler
Flatland, Amber
Gill, Samuel
Green, Amelia
Gudvangen, Lindsay
Jakubowski, Grace
Jones, Laura
Kehrer, Jacob
Lackowski, Sarah
Mayer, Victoria
Miller, Molly
Molina, Alejandro
Patel, Ronak
Romo, Kimberly
Skerston, Sabrina
Stadie, Carly
Swanson, Brittne
Vanderhaegen, Cody
Walther, Dakota
Watson, Cassidy
Williams, Kaitlin
Yocum, Sean
Yoder, Jeremy

Illinois Math & Science Academy
Agrawal, Upashruti
Aktan, Yusuf
Anjur, Vidya
Atten, Michael
Babu, Ramya
Bailey, Jennifer
Bieniek, Mitchell
Bindeman, Wendy
Booth, Justin
Butcher, Seth
Cao, Yiyun
Chatrath, Ajay
Chen, James
Chen, Megan
Cheng, Christina
Chien, Jason
Choi, Grace
Chong, Ashley
Chong, Sanggyu
Cocjin, Francis
Colin, Katia
Collett, Caitlyn
Corrie, Adam
Cory, Eleanor
Crawford, Jennifer
Crawford, Julianne
Czajka, Megan
Dailey, David
Damiani, Logan
Daniel-Wayman, Shelby
Dave, Sonya
Deng, Henry
Ding, Xin
Ding, Yi
Donermeyer, Samantha
Duan, Xiangyun
Edgers, Michaela
Engbretson, Christine
Feng, Yanyang
Feng, Yan-Yang
Fernandez, Kristopher
Filipac, Lucija
Fitzsimmons, Christian
Fung, Nicholas
Gande, Mukesh
Garcia, Joscelyn
Geldner, Nathan
Gentile, Dominic
Gietl, Matthew
Glasper, Kyle
Gonzalez, Rafael
Guan, Webster
Gundry, Kathleen
Gundry, Kathleen
Guo, Annie
Guo, Eaton
Gupta, Brinda
Gupta, Saarthak
Gurevich, Inga
Harper, Paisley
Henricks, Jonathan
Henry, Jacob
Herrman, Grant
Herzog, Miranda
Houdek, Carly
Howes, Peter
Huang, Dorcas
Iglarsh, Daniel
Jain, Shantanu
Jiang, Irene
Jujjavarapu, Harsha
Kalinich, Adam
Kalinich, Adam
Karan, Aditya
Katta, Lakshmi
Kavthekar, Nilesh
Kersten, Matthias
Khabiboulline, Emil
Kim, Alex
Koo, Hannah
Kothamasu, Alekya
Kramer, Austin
Kudaravalli, Krishna
Kumar, Previn
Kumar, Vignessh
Kuo, Benjamin
Lahr, Jacob
Lee, John
Lee, Justin
Lee, Kiwook
Legan, Olivia
Levin, Samantha
Li, Mingyang
Li, Ted
Li, Xiaoyu
Lightfoot-Vidal, Thomas
Lisk, Sarah
Lu, Peter
Luo, Erik
Ma, Tuopu
Maheshwari, Rahul
Malinauskaite, Egle
Mathias, Brendan
Miller, Hannah
Mohandas, Madhav
Momchev, Christina
Mourafetis, Christine
Mui, Byron
Napierkowski, Laura
Nelson, Perry
Obasi, Chibuzo
Ocola, Paloma
Ordonez, Eric
Patel, Neel
Pergrossi, Gregary
Pergrossi, Zachary
Qin, Gina
Quero, Jorge
Rasmussen, Matthew
Rea, James
Reddy, Abhinav
Reddy, Mahendra
Richardson, Benjamin
Rogers, Madison
Roman, Alexandra
Safavi, Amir
Salameh, Sarah
Santos, Summer
Sartain, Christopher
Schulz, Jeannine
Sheth, Urmi
Shramuk, Alan
Sloan, Rose
Smith, Samuel
Suh, Michelle
Suh, Steven
Suh, Sung Hwan
Sul, Amanda
Ta, Andrew
Tadie, Mary Kate
Tadie, Mary Kate
Tai, Shannon
Tolappa, Aaditya
Tsao, Matt
Valero, Sydney
Walchessen, Patricia
Wang, Connie
Wang, Harley
Wang, Harley
Wang, Joseph
Wang, Kevin
Weitekamp, Samuel
Wentzel, Andrew
White, Michael
Wrobel, Konrad
Xu, Diana
Yang, Matthew
Yarlagadda, Karthik
Yom, Kelly
Yost, Taylor
Yuan, Stanley
Zelman, Seth
Zhang, Vivian
Zhu, Douglas
Zintl, Elaina

Kaneland Senior High School
Allen, Lauren
Brehm, Brianna
Buri, Taylor
Companiott, Lauren
Edwards, Brian
Eichelberger, Eric
Goodine, Noelle
Gould, Kelsey
Grams, Adam
Groen, Malory
Howie, Elizabeth
Ketza, Nicole
Kovalick, Benjamin
Mazuc, Jacob
McPhee, Kayley
Novotny, Anna
Osborne Iii, William
Reger, Alexa
Ribbens, Karyn
Rodriguez, Josias
Rosenwinkel, Stephanie
Salinas, Alejandra
Schmidt, Melissa
Slamans, Ashlyn
Speckman, Molly
Sperando, Anthony
Stahl, Brandon
Storck, Trevor
Tockstein, Valerie
Villafuerte, Marissa
Webb, Savannah
Wielgos, Nicholas
Williams, Richard
Winquist-Bailey, Anders
Witt, Elliot
Woodill, Erin

Marmion Academy
Abraham, Nevin
Birth, Edward
Catich, Edward
Cole, Benjamin
Dibartolo, Daniel
Dickson, Nolan
Duhig, Patrick
Eberth, Michael
Elder, Luke
Friedman, Austen
Glemkowski, Joseph
Gonzales, Peter
Graft, William
Heaton, Mitchell
Hunt, Brady
Kozak, Kyle
Kritzler, Timothy
Maley, Michael
Marovich, Joseph
McNally, Zachary
Medernach, Connor
Pacer, Thomas
Pattermann, Christopher
Purcell, Alexander
Quinn, Stuart
Rios, Jonathan
Roberts, Jacob
Ruble, Alexander
Shares, Michael
Simon, Christopher
Smith, Casey
Thielen, David
Thorpe, Macade
Valaik, Connor
Voirin, Robert
Weigelmann, Reid
White, Bradley
Woytych, Zachary
Wulff, Brian
Zepeda, Patrick

Rosary High School
Arnold, Kelsey
Bailey, Maggie
Bavery, Devon
Bestler, Angelica
Bila, Courtney
Bode, Alexandra
Duarte, Samantha
Fitzpatrick, Megan
Lifka, Melissa
Lindgren, Kaitlyn
Matsie, Gina
Popovich, Emmy
Renfus, Kallie
Sanchez, Ellicia
Sanchez, Galilea
Shaw, Melissa
Skaar, Laura
Stephans, Allison
Wegman, Amelia
Wulbert, Hannah

South Elgin High School
Barazowski, Elise
Bott, Allison
Brahmbhatt, Teerth
Buck, Samuel
Buck, Sarah
Buz, Claudia
Callahan, Audrey
Curi, Martha
Czuprynski, Sarah
Dehlin, Kristina
Dela Merced, Eric
Diede, Matthew
Dineen, Paul
Ducote, Emily
Dyer, Megan
Fagan, Sean
Favia, Michael
Flood, April
Fowler, Thomas
Go, Louis
Gonzalez, Francisco
Granzow, Daniel
Gross, Zachary
Hildebrandt, Bret
Irgang, Matthew
Irving, Sara
Jensen, Jenna
Kee, Krista
Kennebeck, Tommy
Kennebeck, Tyler
Khan, Ali
Lenartowicz, Matthew
Maiz, Alejandra
Marsh, Jayme
McGee, Ashley
McKay, Lauren
Monell, Stephanie
Muscato, Meghan
Nunez, Krystyna
Oswald, Bryan
Palma, Aida
Pang, Stephani
Pych, Cody
Qureshi, Zamara
Rahman, Asad
Riehle, Daniel
Robinson, Lania
Romo, Karina
Roth, Frances
Rueger, Hannah
Sattler, Trevor
Schieler, Jarod
Schmidt, Matthew
Schulz, Brian
Senne, Emily
Sommer, Grant
Tokarewich, Lauren
Valentino, Larissa
Valkner, Alexandria
Vedrine, Lauren
Weedman, Andrew
Wells, Tyler
Wentling, Matthew
Young, Emily

St Charles East High School
Abate, Erin
Abel, Mallory
Abels, Allison
Ackerman, Katherine
Adams, Alexander
Almeida, Stewart
Beer, Rachael
Bellino, Peter
Bhatia, Meenakshi
Bowen, Dean
Byington, Nora
Cecchi, Marino
Chaloupka, Jacob
Corbett, Morgan
Dang, Paul
Dannen, Aaron
Davis, Connor
Davis, Eric
Dieckman, Carissa
Djordjevic, Valentina
Doege, Sarah
Drennan, Brianna
Dugan, Sarah
Ebersole, Jack
Ebersole, John
Friel, Mary
Gagner, Erin
Garvey, Laura
Gatziolis, Alex
Gier, Graham
Glim, Justin
Gordon, Andrew
Graves, Griffin
Hall, Allison
Hinds, Thomas
Hunt, Mya
Jacobs, Ellen
Jurczewski, Patrick
Kelley, John
Kuhn, Elizabeth
Leben, Laura
Loehrke, Hannah
Mallian, Kimberly
Manibog, Ben
Martens, Jeremy
Martines, Anna
Mason, Stephen
Mazanke, Jacob
McCullough, Molly
McGee, Kevin
McKeighan, Kaitlin
McNamara, Elizabeth
Mitchell, Bridget
Niski, Meghan
O'Connor, Kathryn
Patel, Yogesh
Paterno, Maria
Pierce, Jeffrey
Pisani, Anne
Procek, Peter
Prose, Nicholas
Ramos, Salina
Rastogi, Ritika
Rawal, Samona
Reiter, Katie
Rueth, Christina
Russell, William
Sanderson, Katherine
Schaffer, Hollie
Shanel, Ashley
Sheehan, Kristin
Slowik, Andrew
Smith, Emma
Smith, Meghan
Stackhouse, Robert
Stammen, Madeline
Sterner, Eleanor
Sullivan, Tyler
Tolbert, Victoria
Trivedi, Ravi
Vazquez, Lauren
Weberski, Justin
Wortmann, Daniel
Yusko, Larissa
Zimmerman, Katherine

St Charles North High School
Barr, James
Bell, Jaclyn
Bizub, Jessica
Booe, Megan
Brown, Amanda
Buhlman, Ben
Bultema, Claire
Burks, Vanessa
Bux, Mahreen
Byckowski, Kimberly
Cherry, John
Connor, Christopher
Davis, Connor
Delrio, Katia
Depace Jr, Gregory
Doody, Kathryn
Duggan, Declan
Dunbar, Eric
Dunteman, Robert
Ehret, Maximilian
Engel, Danielle
Fronczak, John
Fulcher, Cara
Galauner, Barret
Gawlik, Anna
Gibson, Emily
Girdwain, Alyssa
Gust, Garrett
Hageman, Grant
Hagemann, Hayden
Harrod, Ethan
Hemmingsen, Adam
Heuer, Zachary
Hillsman, Madeline
Hodges, Russ
Iacobucci, Alexandra
Jolly, Amanda
Kilroy, Kevin
Kostur, Lindsay
Kugach, Kelly
Mackay Zacker, Benjamin
Madziarczyk, Lauren
Maurer, Grace
McCoy, Zachary
Mehan, Katharine
Mehan, Kelly
Mendez, Xiomaris
Merwin, Casey
Messacar, Trevor
Moravek, Jessie
Mowers, Steven
Nelson, Mitchell
Nestor, Abigail
Oberle, Sarah
Park, Jennifer
Petersen, Emily
Ponnuswamy, Joshwin
Rabelhofer, Emma
Ratcliff, Cory
Renguso, Bradley
Ricketts, Brian
Sarang, Vikrant
Snook, Colin
Solon, Kathryn
Stacey, Tyler
Staley, John
Staroske, Cameron
Steele, Elizabeth
Tassone, Alexis-Danielle
Taylor, Alexander
Treffy, Randall
Vandiver, Nicholas
Vandyck, Sarah
Vuthunuri, Apoorva
Westfall, Emma
White, Marisa
Windel, Katje
Ye, Eric
Zange, Eric
Zima, Lauren
Zimmer, Margaret

St Edward Central Catholic
Behymer, Laura
De Pasion, Timothy
Duffy, Luke
French, Robert
Grant, Lynnette
Horn, Blase
Johnson, Ryan
Nodurft, Trevor
Norman, Sarah
Phelan, Kevin
Sink, Mark
Wazowicz, Madeline

Waubonsie Valley High School
Ahmed, Omar

West Aurora High School
Aleman, David
Bailey, Joseph
Beneke, Kristen
Bentley, Jennifer
Berg, Nathaniel
Bijonowski, Bethany
Brandt, Emily
Brink, James
Brown, Kevin
Buckley, Benjamin
Buhrke, Rachelle
Choksi, Paarth
Cromien, Colin
Currie, Luke
Currie, Michael
Dewar, Tyler
Enstrom, Hannah
Esquivel, Celeste
Gapinske, Michael
Golembeck, Royce
Greising, Selena
Hashimoto, Jenna
Held, Elizabeth
Hundley, Andrew
Husen, Dimitry
Kennedy, Erin
Kolb, Daniel
Koth, Matthew
Kunze, Morgan
Landers, Bridgette
Lawrence, Sarah
Lindley, Megan
Malina, Collin
McArdle, Nicole
McKinley, Megan
Oppenborn, Eric
Pearson, Thomas
Pickett, Shadae
Quade, Rebecca
Reist, Jake
Renner, Richard
Rios, Minia
Rivera, Ricardo
Roggeman, Eric
Romero, Jonathan
Saffell, Jessica
Sak, Edwin
Serio, Brian
Stone, Katherine
Thomas, Tiffany
Warren, Brandon
Waters, Jennifer
Whitson, John
Wilkin, Madalayne
Wilson, Lauren
Wuthrich, Nathaniel
Zinzer, Nathan

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