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Mothers Association honors freshmen with books for high school libraries

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 11 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

ALEDO – Michelle Kincaid

ASSUMPTION – Weston Adcock

ATLANTA – Kent Leesman

BARRY – Kathryn Baker

BARTLETT – Darya Rodzine

BELLFLOWER – Scott Gercken

BENTON – Jennifer Miksanek

BLOOMINGTON – Rebecca Reeser

BLUFFS – Mallory Rahe

BUCKLEY – Matthew Young

BURR RIDGE – Sanjay Ahluwalia

CHAMPAIGN – Patrick Hatch, Valerie Mazzocoo, Karen Shafer

CHICAGO – (08) Xiaoyu Ma, Qin-Lin Peng

(31) Mary Zurkowski

(34) Thomas Cromley

(52) Stephen Jefferies

(60) Michaela Muresan

CHILLICOTHE – Molly McMorrow

CRYSTAL LAKE – Subia Fatima

DANVERS – Stephanie Wittmer

DECATUR – Kyle Kapper

DEERFIELD – Young Jo, Matthew Modes, Adam Weiss,

DES PLAINES – Kevin Cukierski

DUNLAP – Paul Holze, Robert Wille

EVANSTON – Patricia LeVon

FAIRFIELD – Blake Taylor

FULTON – Christopher Appuhn

GLEN ELLYN – Brian Bamberger

GLENVIEW – Vishal Doshi

GRAYSLAKE – Kelly Gregory

GURNEE – Julia Birgina

HAWTHORN WOODS – Jessica Eggert

HETTICK – Ruth Houseright

HIGHLAND – Bradley Boudouris, Jennifer Halvorson

HIGHLAND PARK – Jeremy Smiley

HOMETOWN – Laura Mottl

JACKSONVILLE – Stephanie Doyle, Todd Nagy

JOLIET – Kathryn Spurr

KILDEER – Amber Karecki

LAKE BLUFF – Kimberly Burkhart

LAKE FOREST – Blake Mikus

LIBERTYVILLE – Lara Jensen

LOCKPORT – Megan Bulfin

MAHOMET – Lindsay Hinkle

MATTOON – Jennifer Gover

MORTON GROVE – Tony Park

MOUNT PROSPECT – Alyssa Kriegermeier

MUNDELEIN – Whitney Mihel

NAPERVILLE – Laura Chen, Lauren Ishikawa, Carolyn Lambka,

NORTHBROOK – Judy Chan

OAK BROOK – Patrick Raddatz, Grace Wang

OAK LAWN – Dominic Siriani

ORLAND HILLS – Jayme Brabec

PALATINE – Drew Alm, William Nelson

PALOS HILLS – Craig Harrison

PEKIN – Katie Schad

PERU – Rie Ozeki

PLAINFIELD – Loma Nanavaty

PONTIAC – Jacob Abry

ROCKFORD – Laura Pfau, Benjamin Schneider

ROSCOE – Charles Kurlinkus

ROSELLE – Darwin Schafer, Diana Tung,

SALEM – Darren Stevenson

SCHAUMBURG – Sanjay Kadiwala, Jasmin Patel

SOUTH BARRINGTON – William Bornhoff

SPRINGFIELD – Andrew Bean

ST. CHARLES – Katrina Carrizales, Cole Lohman

STERLING – Kimberly Gebhardt

STREAMWOOD – Christine Magbanua

TINLEY PARK – Kate Sutor

VERNON HILLS – Justin Montgomery

WATAGA – Kimberly Varnold

WATERLOO – Shannon Melliere

WAUCONDA – Susanna Bitters

WEST CHICAGO – Benjamin Keller

WILMETTE – Jason Curtin

WOODRIDGE – Lindsay Laitar

OUT-OF-STATE

CALIFORNIA, Berkeley – Vlasta Komorous-Towey

Foster City – Frank Liang

Santa Barbara – Susan VanBlaricum

COLORADO, Monument – Amy Pirog

IOWA, Iowa City – Christen Karniski, Natasha Karniski

NORTH CAROLINA, Waxhaw – Derek Meyer

OHIO, Cincinnati – Andrew Schwieter

PENNSYLVANIA, Brookville – Richard Merz

Mechanicsburg – Eugene Peh Kok Wei

TENNESSEE, Collierville – Christopher Meewes

TEXAS, Dallas – Nicholas Sweers

WISCONSIN, Ladysmith – Kyle VonHaden

OUT-OF-COUNTRY

CHINA, Tianjin – Bo Cui

SINGAPORE, Singapore – Yew Tung Wan

SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg – Yueyang Yang

TAIWAN, Taipei – Dara Chen



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