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Mothers Association book awards given to honor freshmen scholars

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mothers Association Book Awards have been given to University of Illinois freshmen who earned a 4.0 grade-point average (on a 4-point scale) during the fall semester, while taking at least 14 hours of credit.

Among those receiving book awards are (EDITORS: see list.).

The association honored the winners at a UI Moms Weekend banquet April 7 on campus and is donating $15 to each high school library for the purchase of a book in the student’s name.

MOTHERS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD WINNERS

ALEXIS – Amy Ramsey

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Mary Peternel

BARRINGTON – Karen Mayer

BARTLETT – Ethan Wozniak

BENTON – Betsy Jenkel

BLOOMINGDALE – Stephen Bernsee

BLUE ISLAND – Jillian St. Leger

BUFFALO GROVE – Matthew Major; Adam Varavadekar

CANTON – Erica Marie Ludlum

CARTERVILLE – Emily Pilger

CHATHAM – Adarsh Varma

CHICAGO – (13) David Samo

(20) Justin Sconza

(25) Zlatan Aksamija

(55) Colleen Morrin

CHILLICOTHE – Amber Pliler

DECATUR – Lisa Trump

DEERFIELD – Christopher Nayler

DES PLAINES – Gina Mezzano

DOWNERS GROVE – Meghan Goldenstein

EOLA – Anastasia Xinos

FRANKFORT – Enh N. Ly

GLASFORD – Nathan Bergland

GLEN ELLYN – Jennifer Oshen

GLENVIEW – Nicki Flocca; Amanda Novak

GRAYSLAKE – Nicholas Garzonetti

HIGHLAND – Blake Mills; Melissa Timmermann

HOFFMAN ESTATES – Ryan Dau; Bethany Snyder

LAKE FOREST – Eric Doveala

LAKE ZURICH – Joseph Kelley

LASALLE – Anna Peters

LEMONT – Albert Graczyk

LIBERTYVILLE – Eric Santos

LITTLE YORK – Carrie Bertelsen

MACOMB – Katherine Gumbel; Angela Perone

MAHOMET – Molly DeReus

MANTENO – Charles Weinberg

MASCOUTAH – Mary Bennett

MILAN – Michael Mattila

MOKENA – Karen Eichenlaub

MONTICELLO – Kendra Gray

MORTON – Emily Horvath; Brian Schupp

MOUNT CARMEL – James Lee Trapp

NAPERVILLE – Nicholas Curran; Katie Hagen; Shannon Kelly; James Koerber; Paras Mehta; Allison Panosh

NEOGA – Meghann Walk

NEW BERLIN – Kathryn Keim

NORMAL – Melissa Martinez

NORTHBROOK – Stacy Markovitz

NORTHFIELD – Andrew Tzakis

OAK BROOK – Shayan Merchant

OAK LAWN – Julia Braun

OAK PARK – Lorien Menhennett

OLYMPIA FIELDS – Bridget Horn

PALATINE – Kristine Knickerbocker; Rachel Pierce; Stephanie Valerio

PERU – Sachin Goel; Aya Ozeki

ROANOKE – Kathryn Sauder

ROBINSON – Craig Williamson

ROCKFORD – Nicholas Guedet; Marcia Miller

ROUND LAKE BEACH – Alejandro Arango

SCHAUMBURG – Erin Celvi

SHELBYVILLE – Lori Oller

SIMPSON – James Webb

SKOKIE – Yau-Ru Chen

SOUTH BARRINGTON – Hermioni Zouridis

SPRINGFIELD – Robin Bartolini; Amanda Zuhlke

TINLEY PARK – Josephine Pinsky

TOWANDA – Andrea Mueller

TRENTON – Todd Fischer

URBANA – Kristi Kohlenberg

WAUKEGAN – Lynsee Melchi

WAVERLY – Tricia Anderson

WHEELING – Ryan Gillespie

WILMETTE – Samuel Glassenberg

WINCHESTER – Marjorie Hubbs

WINFIELD – Jane Erickson

WINTHROP HARBOR – Amanda Evans

WOOD DALE – Elliot Mata

OUT-OF-STATE

COLORADO, Lakewood – Erica Knievel

INDIANA, Greenwood – Beau Rightsell

IOWA, Ottumwa – James Williams

KANSAS, Shawnee – Matthew Frye

KENTUCKY, Lexington – Mark Griffith

MARYLAND, North Potomac – Kaushik Roy

MISSOURI, Columbia – Roberta Graham

Lake St. Louis – Nicholas Orf

St. Louis – Jillian Strom

NEW YORK, Jamesville – Amanta Mazumda

OREGON, Lake Oswego – Mariko Walters

OUT-OF-COUNTRY

CHINA – Jiajun Wang

INDONESIA – Binsar Marseto

PUERTO RICO, San Juan – Laura Planas

SEOUL – John Yim

SINGAPORE – Wei Ching Adeline Lim; Cheng Chong Wong



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