Moraine Valley athletics Hall of Fame inductions
Four athletes and a successful volleyball team were the latest group inducted into the Moraine Valley Community College Athletics Hall of Fame. The fifth class of inductees included golfer Ryan Frederick, softball player Christian Neitzke-Troike, tennis coach and player Nicole Selvaggio and runner Jordi Rangel.
Also inducted was the 1980 volleyball team, the college’s first nationally ranked team which took 16th place at the national championship. They finished with a 38-4-3 record and won second place in the state tournament. One player on that squad, Ellen Schultz, earned NJCAA All-American honorable mention. Other members of the team included Lisa Barcella, Sheila Burke, Jackie Davis, Maureen Frangella, Jackie Gruca, Joanna Poulos, Laura Sartausky, Patti Wolf, manager Carol Filipiak and head coach Sue Gasperec.
Flossmoor’s Crawford among NASA contest finalists
Flossmoor’s Braydon Crawford is among a group of South Dakota State University engineering students whose project has been selected as one of the six finalists in a NASA competition.
Frankfort’s Bednar awarded scholarship from University of Arkansas
Lydia Bednar of Frankfort was awarded the Epley Razorback Marching Band Scholarship this school year from the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.
Orland Park’s Carrillo shines in business competition
Orland Park’s Virgel Ross Carrillo is one of five Augustana College seniors to score in the top 10% of all teams worldwide who have ever competed in the Marketplace Simulations virtual business competition.
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Area students help raise over $1.1 million in Iowa dance marathon
Fifteen area students were among the more than 500 University of Iowa students that participated in the 29th annual student-led Dance Marathon. More than $1.1 million was raised for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
Chicago’s Katie Canavan and Frankfort’s Cat Miles were members of the Dance Marathon’s executive council. Canavan served as hospitality director and Miles as family liaison director. Other participants included Chicago’s Nicholas Verzoni, Frankfort’s Taylor Arthur, Lockport’s Abigail Jadron, New Lenox’s Tallen Lawrence and Megan Mindy, Oak Lawn’s Cara Lundy, Orland Park’s Sydney Gunkel, Grace Hamilton, Ella McDonald and Caroline Schmidt, Palos Heights’ Allie Duffy and Tinley Park’s Owen Dunlap and Kayla Michau.
Carthage College January international study tours list
Burbank: Jaime Brodinski (Costa Rica), Alex Papiez (India); Chicago: Gabrielle Pavesich (Honduras); Evergreen Park: Mia Roche (France); Homer Glen: Abigail Trainor (Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands), Abigail Groszek (Tanzania); Hometown: Shelldyn Earnest (Singapore); Lockport: Savita Chandarana (Honduras); Patrick Kunst (Vietnam), Gabriella Tanguay (Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands); Oak Forest: Stewart Lilly (Germany), Amelia Price (Costa Rica); Palos Heights: Jillian King (Costa Rica); Park Forest: Kortni Robinson (France); Tinley Park: Mia Ceniti (India), Nicole Pukala (Nicaragua), Kaycee Siears (Nicaragua)
DePauw University fall dean’s list
New Lenox: Kelsey Bernhard; Matteson: Steeve Nsangou
Elmhurst University fall dean’s list
Alsip: Josie Babicz, Cassadie Comiskey; Bridgeview: Julia Frances; Chicago: Natalie Wagner; Crete: Micaiah Brown; Evergreen Park: Kayley Burke, Samantha Pack; Frankfort: Colin Curatolo, Madelyn Soldan; Hickory Hills: Jessica Armas, Hannah Earley, Anna Stronski; Hometown: Cristian Zavala; Justice: Lukasz Wesolowski; Mokena: Nathaniel Lovell; New Lenox: Alexi Littmann, Julia Noga, Lindsey O’Donnell; Oak Forest: Anna Kovats, Alexa Simonsis; Oak Lawn: Emma Garrett, Alexis Cortes Guzman, Sadie Hartmann, Andrew Stritch; Orland Hills: Kaitlin Mungia; Orland Park: Giana Aiello, Zackary Browne, Alex Grezlovski, Ahlam Mohammed, Samantha Michniak; Richton Park: Moiya Griffin, Joseph Knight, Ryan Windle; Worth: Jessica Marszalek, Randa Qatanani
Grove City College fall dean’s list
Calvin Boss, New Lenox
University of Hartford fall dean’s list
Azya Walker, Oak Forest
Illinois Wesleyan University fall dean’s list
Beecher: Carla Snyder; Chicago: Quinn Clifford, Mike Eastman, Donald Tichy; Evergreen Park: Grace Beyer, Hannah Rahm; Frankfort: David Alexander, Anna Hubatch, Jake Kougan, Owen Phaby; Homer Glen: Claire Ancevicius, Connor Fries; Lockport: Dominic Bennett, Anelise Digiovanni; Manhattan: Elizabeth Shaver; Matteson: Lauren Taylor; Mokena: Juney Bai, Elias Becker, Jimmy Gurgone, Nate Seputis; Oak Forest: Luke Vladic; New Lenox: Kailee Galloway, Carter Kameron, Anna Kirk, Joel Madrigal, John Orrico, Nick Tingley, Amanda Yaeger; Oak Forest: Julia McMahon; Oak Lawn: Aaron Bania, Aileen Magafas, Emma McGrath, Kevin Pankam, Olivia Shell; Orland Park: Nicholas Edelen, Mark Fassler, Maia Hawksworth, Matt Kubas, Evy Makris, Julian Perez; Palos Heights: CJ Ladewig; Tinley Park: Maddie McManigal, Samuel Okewole, Allison Janotta
John Carroll University fall dean’s list
Oak Forest: Mick Doyle; Oak Lawn: Georgia Lattas
Lakeview College of Nursing white coat ceremony recognition list
Matteson: Opeoluwa Babatunde; Tinley Park: Margaret Casey
Miami (Ohio) University fall graduates list
Frankfort: Jake Johnson; Homer Glen: Jeanette Shutay: Manhattan: Suzzie Bambule; Orland Park: Emerson Stefan, Grace Trippiedi; Tinley Park: Mary Doornbos-Johnson
Millikin University fall dean’s list
Country Club Hills: Donovon Anderson; Frankfort: Maddy Regan, Victor Teodoro; Lockport: Alex Farkasch, Hannah Henson, Isabella Voss, Taylor Young; Lusby: Katelynn Domonkos; Mokena: Jeremy Banzon, Eva Comerford; New Lenox: Aidan Hart; Oak Forest: Brianna Mitchell, Kacey Mitchell; Palos Heights: Antonio Cruz; Palos Park: Faith Marinier; Steger: Nicholas Houston
Missouri State University fall graduates list
Sean Doody, Tinley Park
Rochester Institute of Technology fall dean’s list
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Oak Lawn: Nathan Brodsky; Palos Heights: Michael Lapa
St. Francis University (Pennisylvania) fall dean’s list
Frankfort: Kelsey Crittendon, Trevor Lewis
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