Carl Sandburg High school is pleased to announce that 145 students from the graduating class of 2016 have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), the state agency committed to helping to make college accessible and affordable for Illinois families, bestows this prestigious recognition to top Illinois high school students annually. This year, over 18,800 elite honorees join the other top state students honored for their academic achievements since the designation was first introduced in 1958. Illinois State Scholars represent approximately the top ten percent of high school seniors, hailing from 671 different high schools across the state. Selection is based on SAT or ACT scores and/or class rank at the end of the junior year. It is with great pride that we announce this year’s group of Illinois State Scholars. Congratulations to our State Scholars for their commitment and hard work. We also want to commend their parents, teachers, coaches and mentors for helping these students achieve their goals. We wish all of the scholars the best as they pursue their future education and careers.
Julia Adduce
Alyssa Alcordo
Michael Alfini
Ruba Alomari
Allison Arena
Mikaela Arredondo
Nathan Arrigoni
William Asztalos
Alyssa Aurelio
Marco Babic Arjun
Bagai Ameer Barbour
Christopher Bednarz
Natalia Bies
Kamil Bigos
Sonia Brania
Thomas Brennan
Amanda Buechele
Grant Burden
Maya Burnett
Karalyn Cardinal
Ally Carey
Kathryn Carmody
Ghania Chaudhry
Sophie Chishty
Michael Cho
Madison Christie
Hamre Mateo Cortez
Emily Cosler
Erin Cygan
Michael Dahlgren
Laurel Daly
Abhilasha Desai
Amanda Devos
Stephanie Domagala
Mary Katherine Donegan
Abigal Dorey
Elizabeth Drynan
Kaitlin Duffner
Erin Duffy
Mahynour El-Shikh
Deena Elboghdady
Amwar Elmosa
Nicole Engelhardt
Emma Faulds
Brittany Faurie
Grace Foley
Connor Forkin
Jennifer Forkin
Curtis Fortin
Patrick Foster
Shamus Foster
Ryan Fox
Richard Garcia
John Gardner
Casey Gartlan
Alexandra Gary
Javier Garza
David Gleisner
Marcelina Gorka
Christina Gromala
Jamal Hannoun
Caroline Hegg
Melina Herman
Megan Horras
Abdullah Hussien
Yusef Issa
Sierra Johnson
Eric Jones
Roseanna Jumah
Mark Kaczmarczyk
Kyle Kallberg
Brett Katalinic
Olivia Kelliher
Drew Kirby
Benjamin Kohlhaas
William Kolpak
Joseph Kovacevic
Brian Krasowski
Casey Krzeczkowski
Jennifer Kubicki
Alexander Kusper
Clare Lawlor
Andrew Lee
Michael Leyden
Anthony Lifonti
Ella Liskiewicz
Andreas Livieratos
Tabitha Luculescu
Brandon Lukas
Nicholas Macijunas
Katie Manning
Alexa Marines
Brad Martisauski
Sean McShane
Rebecca Meier
Anthony Mendez
Madeline Murphy
Sabrina Nageeb
Mark Natanawan
Kara Nelligan
Heaven Newsom
Brooke O’Connor
Mara O’Connor
Joshua Otto
Thomas Panozzo
Jonluke Passett
Lauren Pelesky
Jesse Perez
Mike Piorkowski
Margaret Prendergast
Dominica Rak
Sabrina Ramahi
Joshua Reeder
Keara Rigg
Quinn Rigg
Amanda Ryan
Jeffrey Rybak
Danielle Satler
Alyssa Schott
Alexander Schwartz
Samantha Sczurek
Helena Shaheen
Oways Shaqildi
Kaelyn Sheehan
Paul Sieczkowski
Nicolette Sotiros
Zachary Stapleton
Abigail Staunton
David Stevens
Gillian Thanasouras
Lana Tinawi
Christopher Torpy
Cameron Trahey
Michael Tuhaimer
Emily Tunney
Tanner Vanderkrabben
John Wagner
Liam Walsh
Leah Warchol
Mark Weimar
Storm Wojcik
Matthea Wong
Charles Woolery
Sarah Zieba
