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Mothers Association honors perfect grade-point averages with books

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Mothers Association Book Awards have been given to University of Illinois students 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 16 on campus and is donating $15 to each high school library for the purchase of a book in the students name.

MOTHERS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD WINNERS

ADDISON David Lytle

ALTAMONT Kris Becker

ALTONA Bryan Swanson

ALVIN Troy Becicka

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Mario Fricano

ATWOOD Lee Lyons

AURORA Amanda Huensch

BEACH PARK Margret Berg

BELLEVILLE Mary Hess

BELVIDERE Nathanael Cox

BENTON Joshua Miksanek

BUFFALO GROVE Joseph Dillon

CALEDONIA Krista Fritz

CARBONDALE Jonathan Mings

CARMI Whitney Duvall

CARY Joseph Niemiec

CHAMPAIGN Mara Bandy; Erin Hatch.; Jonathan Taylor; Samantha Xu

CHICAGO (16) Jinqiu Liao

(28) Gorgonio Manrique

(38) Angela Pierzchalski

(39) Aldo Corral

(41) Ruma Tharayil

(42) Michael Januszyk

(46) Christopher Babel

CHILLICOTHE Heather Astwood; Nicholas Hayward

CLARENDON HILLS Jeffrey Kustusch,

CRESTWOOD Patrick Walsh

DANVILLE Chaz Hinkle

DARIEN Lauren Markovic

DECATUR Theresa Bowman; Caitlin Kelleye; Emily Speer

DEERFIELD Melanie Caron

DOWNERS GROVE Matthew Kenney

EFFINGHAM Julie Jansen

EL PASO Melissa Benedict; Jonathan Stoller

ELMHURST Laura Fitzgerald

ESSEX Carolyn Wurglitz

EVANSTON Caroline Fabbrini; Joshua Paul

EVERGREEN PARK John King

FLOSSMOOR Samantha Bell; Lauren Colma

GEORGETOWN Aaron Felgenhauer

GILLESPIE Devon Largio

GLEN ELLYN Matthew OConnor; Matthew Osmundsen

GLENCOE Susan Bortz

GLENVIEW Kara Huffman

GRAYSLAKE Amy Garberding; Karen Hauck

GURNEE Kelly Groen

HIGHLAND Bryan Boudouris

HIGHLAND PARK Candice Wong

HINSDALE Curtis Yiu

HOFFMAN ESTATES Daniel Wodka

INGLESIDE Matthew Renaker

LAKE ZURICH Brian Neradt; Paul St. George; Dana Zultowski

LEMONT Kristen Carvell

LERNA Tyler Kearney

LINCOLNWOOD Tracy Walsh

LOCKPORT Robin Richardson; George Schoenbeck

MAHOMET Andreana Lau

MASCOUTAH Sara Joellenbeck

MATTOON Benjamin Kingan

METROPOLIS Virgil Bremer

MOLINE Katie Cunningham; Dennis Dedeckert; Andrew Sivertsen; Ian Strathdee; Lukas Urban

MORTON Matthew Kopp

MORTON GROVE Nickolaus Bushman; Ibrahim Fattah

MUNDELEIN Eric Bunnelle; Kimberly Schmidt

NAPERVILLE Kristin Amos; Marcy Bice; Eric Chiang; Bright Chu; Elizabeth Fisher; Michael Mirochna; Michael Munie; Jeremy Silverman; Sarah Stredney; Denny Tu

NEW LENOX Sebastian Neumayer

NEWTON Matthew Meinhart

NORMAL Janie Chan

OFALLON Hyong Yun

OAK BROOK James Chan

ORLAND HILLS Katherine Hughes

ORLAND PARK Derek Schryer

PALATINE Fang-Yi Cheng

PARIS Serena Hoff

PARK RIDGE Anna Cios

PEKIN Dale Koch; Sean Campbell

PEORIA Heidi Janzen; Lindsay Nelson; Vy Vu; Stanley Ye

PERU Ann Stachowiak

PRINCETON Matthew Anson

RANTOUL Matthew Nickols

ROCK FALLS Andrew Keaschall; Kathryn Lukasik

ROCKFORD Kyle Zanocco; Ashley Zimmerman

ROSELLE Margaret Hao

SCHAUMBURG Adam Muhs

SHELBYVILLE Douglas Powers

SKOKIE Julie Babich; Natalie Monga

SPRINGFIELD John Hawes; Ouran Stephanopoulos,

ST. CHARLES Michael Copher

STREAMWOOD Jennifer Cutts

TINLEY PARK Sean Higgins

TUSCOLA Ian Pearse

URBANA Tias Paul; Emily Stiehl; Brian Ziebart

VILLA PARK Jennifer Cacioppo

WASHINGTON Michael Ary; Lucas Jenkins

WESTERN SPRINGS Kristen Hill; Erica Johnson

WESTMONT Tina Gorecki

WHEATON Kevin Bacigalupo; Katherine Haley; John Kos; Carole Pekny; Michelle Stieber

WOOD RIVER Roberto Lambert-Garrido

WOODSTOCK Varun Verma

YORKVILLE Cassie Benson

OUT-OF-STATE

CONNECTICUT, Newington Rachel Kai

FLORIDA, Lakeland Douglas Jorgesen

HAWAII, Honolulu Christopher Gouveia

INDIANA, Terre Haute Joshua Spear

KANSAS, Overland Park Alex Montgomery

MARYLAND, Bethesda Bryan Maguire

MASSACHUSETTS, Bedford David Lacharite

Wellesley Frederick Hartman

MICHIGAN, Clarkston Kiersten Kerby

MISSOURI, Chesterfield Rachel Langer

Columbia Joshua Bruckerhoff

Festus Matthew Dobsch

Florissant Eric Hiles

Manchester Justin Driemeyer

St. Louis Brian Shirley

NEW JERSEY, Cape May Clare Atzert

Ramsey Daniel Riley Fay

OHIO, Dublin Casey Boyd; Ethan Byrd

West Chester Neal Gokli

Wyoming Daniel Warshawsky

WASHINGTON, Issaquah Shouri Lahiri

OUT-OF-COUNTRY

GERMANY, Berlin Jakob Metzler

HONG KONG, Kowloon Fei Hui

INDIA, Calcutta Kanishu Kejriwal

JAPAN, Kobe Lauren Oldham

KOREA, Seoul Alice Lung

OMAN, Ruwi Ameya Deoras

SINGAPORE Lee Boh.; Jiahao Chen; Yahui Liang; Ying Ning Low.; Zhi-Wen Ng; Wenqiang Shen; Peiqin Xiong; Stanley Yong

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