PLAINFIELD – A record-high 242 District 202 high school seniors have been named 2015-2016 Illinois State Scholars because of their superior academic potential.
The number is 28 more than last year's 214 Scholars - which was itself an all-time high for District 202.
The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) awards the honor each year to students based on SAT, ACT and/or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores, and/or class rank at the end of the junior year. High school guidance counselors work in conjunction with ISAC to determine the winners.
Each year's State Scholar group comprises the top 10 percent of graduates from approved high schools.
The Illinois State Scholar program recognized about 19,000 high school students statewide as 2015-16 State Scholars.
This year's State Scholars include:
• 37 students from Plainfield High School - Central Campus (down from 50 last year)
• 56 students from Plainfield South High School (same as last year)
• 93 students from Plainfield North High School (up from 61 last year)
• 56 students from Plainfield East High School (up from 47 last year).
The 2015-2016 District 202 Illinois State Scholars are:
• Plainfield High School Central - Ihssan Aitboucherbil, Kirsten Anderson, Jacinda Ayala, Derek Blidy, Regan Debellis, Nicholas Duesing, Margarethe Egly, Hannah Franceschini, Maura Freeman, Erick Gloria, Larranz Guider, Brittany Hauert, Mary Heagney, Anna Henry, Megan Hlade, Claus Kerr, John Lyons, Melanie Marek, Corrina Mauss, Paul Miller, Ronald Miller, Megan Muldoon, Rudainah Najeeb, Samuel Newill, Emily Orden, Noah Randall, Dana Schrock, Keegan Smith, Alec Sobkoviak, Declan Sparks, Rylee Stirn, Frank Syrek, Elizabeth Toon, Logan Traina, Benjamin Uthe, Melissa Witkowski, Gage Wuestenfeld
• Plainfield South High School - Alexa Anderson, Ericka Battle, Tyler Benavides, Derek Biliskov, William Bockman, Adam Burt, Marissa Campobasso, Brandon Cox, Megan Cranley, Isabelle Dellamorte, Christina Derusha, Nicholas Diamantopoulos, Daniel Diurczak, Krystyna Dlugopolska, Kaylin Doran, Angelica Fernandez, Dakotastar Fesi
Joseph Garcia, Brittany Gibas, Noelle Goldsmith, Michele Govern, Megan Griffin, Victoria Hicks, Samantha Hlavac, Patrick Hurtado, Syed Hussaini, Tynan Jackson, Aiman Khan
Benjamin Kolaczkowski, Cory Kopanski, Kelsey Kumrow, Alyssa Lantz, Katherine Ley, Claudia Lundgren, Crystal Lyons, Lucas Malloy, Olivia Malone, Rose Mannina, Colin Marmoll, Alexandra Mickow, Pablo Moreno, Virginia Niewoehner, Dominic Nirchi, Danielle O'Donoghue, Demoriya Phillips, Jacob Pruiett, Jeremy Ross, Farah Salim, Anthony Smith, Connor Smith, Payton Smith, Felicia Soto, Austin Volling, Rebecca Vondriska, Ellen Werderitsch, Stephanie Wyler
• Plainfield North High School - Amal Alvi, Karina Arroyo, Matthew Babuskow, Alaa-Dean Bahhur, Jordan Barry, Lisa Binder, Abigail Boris, Adam Bruyere, Amanda Bullock, Madison Burns, Tyler Bussell, Victoria Cancelliere, Erin Chynoweth, Jessica Clanton, John Conley, Brianna Creter, Morgan Dastrup, Adam Degala, Cassandra Diehl, Madeline Dilday, Henry Dykhuizen, Dean Edson, Benjamin Elliott, Briana Fernandez, Alyssa Fijalkowski, Melanie Flock, Jenna Garbars, Mikaela Gardner, Kristin Gentile, Margo Gislain, Landon Glunt, Autumn Grindle, Daniel Gulino, Gianna Hay, Jacob Helmold, Danielle Hensley, Reed Herner, Natalie Herrmann, Daniel Hiemenz, Taylor Hollingshaus, Hannah Jackovich, Sparsh Jain, Sydney Jones, Michael Jung, Ryan Kantor, Garrick Ketelhut, Irfaan Khalid, Morgan Krieger, David Latimore, Isaiah Lewis, Edward Lister, Katie McGrail, Jacob McLaughlin, Leigha Meredith, Gabrielle Mitchell, Alexander Netzel, Kahlan Noel, Abdelhalim Othman, Jason Pacanowski, Kelsey Paetschow, Allison Petro, Amanda Petro, John Piemonte, Joshua Plesnicar, Kaitlyn Rabulinski, Branford Richardson, Jamie Rohlfing, Alyssa Rousonelos, Alexander Ruscitti, Isaac Salvador, Preston Schlagel, Cassie Schmuhl, Jacob Sepka, Zain Shaikh
Gabriel Sharp, Joshua Short, Valerie Sitarz, Brandon Smeets, Sydney Smith, Stephanie Sroczynski, Jordan Starks, Carly Staser, Dominique Stewart, Alexander Swatek, Benjamin Tegtmeyer, Robert Thurman, Nathan Travers, Veronica Turturillo, John Tuskey
Brandon Villanueva, Haley West, Molly Widing, Noah Wood
• Plainfield East High School - Iraklis Analitis, Samantha Barbarek, Anthony Bryan, Kayla Cain, Daniel Colon, Benjamin Correll, Kyle Dickey, Anndrea Catheri Distor, Zachary Dixon, Courtni Eldridge, Daniel Espinoza, Nelson Fang, Michael Flattum, Samantha Ford
Ryan Gaddis, Lucas George, Majdi Hassan, Antonio Jameson, Harris Jordan, Moses Kayiwa, Joseph Leon, Patrick Lopez, Mikaela Manson, Houston Meminger, Kevin Meyers
Lubna Mohiuddin, Randall Norman, Chizua Onua, Kenneth Padilla, Parth Patel, Monika Pendurkova, Timothy Perez, Noorani Pirani, Hannah Protich, Hani Qamruddin, Zanetta Quagrainie, Karla Ruiter, Kiran Sarvana, Joshua Simmons, Scott Smith, Justin Stein, Joseph Suarez, Jessica Tang, Rajiv Tatineni, Alec Tatum, Jordan Thill, Isabella Tonarelli, Luis Trapagaballesteros, Angelo Michael Tria, Chloe Velazquez, Abigail Warke, Megan Weston, Johnathan Whaley, Kerrin Williams, Haley Wilson, Marissa Zajac