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Mothers Association honors freshman excellence

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Mothers Association Book Awards have been given to freshmen at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who earned all A’s (a 4.0 grade-point average) 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 Moms Weekend banquet April 16 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

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Steven Andrews; Kelly Stevens,

BARRINGTON – Thomas Cafcas

BATAVIA – Lisa Phillips

BEASON – Abigail Sasse

BOLINGBROOK – Linda Kim

BUFFALO GROVE – Jeremy Macklin; Lukasz Wesolowski;

CHICAGO – Jerome Coenic; Christina Fischer; Elizabeth Janus

CHICAGO HEIGHTS – Katherine DeBoer

CHILLICOTHE – Jennifer Weber

CLARENDON HILLS – Nicole Alexander

DECATUR – Megan Cunningham; Drew Sullivan

DEERFIELD – Kendall Jackson; Evan Rosenfeld

DeKALB – Whitney Chappell

EAST PEORIA – Jennifer Hoffman; Matthew Mooberry

EUREKA – Steven Sauder

EVERGREEN PARK – Lisa Triezenberg

EWING – Allison Campbell

GLENVIEW – Melissa Kosobud

GODFREY – Laurie Henderson

GREEN OAKS – Amanda Pirih

HOMEWOOD – Andrew Wegrzyn

LA GRANGE – Michael Daly

LAKE BLUFF – Michael Jacobsen

LIBERTYVILLE – Kerstin Engstrom

LINCOLNSHIRE – Xiaorong Wu

LINCOLNWOOD – Bradley Sacher

LISLE – Lindsey Mochel

LOMBARD – Mohammad Esmail.; Amy Rasmussen

MAPLETON – David Wiest

METROPOLIS – Kevin Garner

MONEE – Candice Turnlund

NORMAL – Ivy Thomas

NORTHBROOK – Merrick Donenberg

OAK FOREST – Adam Krzesinski

OAK LAWN – George Symeonides

ODELL – Katherine Travers

O’FALLON – Alka Gupta

ORLAND PARK – Rebecca Cantone

OTTAWA – Lucy Novario

PALOS HEIGHTS – Brian Craig

PARK RIDGE – Kathryn Pekara

PINCKNEYVILLE – Staci Vanderjack

PLAINFIELD – Anna Dombrowski

PRINCETON – Brandon Taylor

RIVERSIDE – Jessica Jurkovic

ROCKFORD – Benjamin Chostner

ROLLING MEADOWS – Jenna Losh

ROSELLE – Kimberly Davis; Samip Joshi

ST. CHARLES – Lisa Klekowski; Brian Sindelar

SCHAUMBURG – Emily Westerhold

SKOKIE – Wasim Chowdhury

TINLEY PARK – Jonathan Bitzer

URBANA – Evan Robinson

VERNON HILLS – Alyson Steele

WESTERN SPRINGS – Richard Barritt.; Michael Munaretto

WOODSTOCK – Neil Reimer

WORTH – Cecila Groark

OUT-OF-STATE

COLORADO, Durango – Bryan Petzold

FLORIDA, Vero Beach – Susan Lohuis

MARYLAND, Potomac – James Lien

MICHIGAN, Troy – James Kleiber

MINNESOTA, Dundas – Elmer Weaver ; Rochester – John Sandifer

OHIO, Columbus – Joanna Bechtel; Loveland – Lauren Buchakjian

TEXAS, Sachse – Nathanael Kuo

OUT-OF-COUNTRY

INDIA, Kerala – Nisha Mathew

MALAYSIA – Srinivaasan Rao Errakiah; Chien Mee Lai

OMAN, Salalah – Rajiv Majjiga Reddy

SINGAPORE, Singapore – Haw Yee Au Yong

THAILAND, Bangkok – Rahil Jogani

TURKEY, Istanbul – Faith Degirmenci

U.A.E., Dubai – Shreya Bhatt

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