Record Number of Plainfield Students Named State Scholars

Submitted by Plainfield School District 202

PLAINFIELD, IL — A record-high 266 District 202 high school seniors have been named 2016 Illinois State Scholars because of their superior academic potential.

This is the most-ever number of State Scholars for District 202. This year’s total is 24 more than last year’s 242 Scholars – which was also an all-time high for District 202.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) awards the honor each year to students based on SAT, ACT and/or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores, and/or class rank at the end of the junior year. High school guidance counselors work in conjunction with ISAC to determine the winners.

Each year’s State Scholar group comprises the top 10 percent of high school seniors from 652 high schools statewide

The Illinois State Scholar program recognized about 19,000 high school students statewide as 2016 State Scholars.

This year’s State Scholars include:

• 53 students from Plainfield High School – Central Campus (up from 37 last year)
• 69 students from Plainfield South High School (up from 56 last year)
• 89 students from Plainfield North High School (down from 93 last year)
• 55 students from Plainfield East High School (down from 56 last year).

The 2016 District 202 Illinois State Scholars are:

Plainfield High School – Central Campus

Allison Abellera
Jaycie Ackerman
Kathleen Antos
Amanda Arnold
Timothy Badar
Brianna Blaskey
Matthew Bralich
Lily Calderon
Erick James Calma
Joshua Colvin
Taylor Covert
Catherine Coyle
Samuel Cramer
Henry Cunningham
Brianna Degen
Kacper Dudzinski
Megan Fenili
Emma Fleck
Dakota Fuss
Spencer Givan
Joshua Hauert
Claire Hotchkin
Jessica Johnson
Onreanna Jonas
Bridget Ketter
Jessica Kirchner
Kirsten Kissel
Jakob Leiva
Jesrael Leiva
Alec Machacek
Nicholas Margarella
Graham Nahikian
Karan Nair
Devon Palmer
Rebecca Parmenter
Nicholas Parpart
Robert Pavlik
Bailey Rambo
Mauricio Sandoval
Sara Schwarz
Madeline Shay
Tia Slove
Eric Smith
Tia Smith
Phoebe Snydersmith
Jeremias Soto
Delaney Starkman
Mark Syrek
Jason Taylor
Sophia Tuliglowski
Tyler Vogen
Bryn Waligorski
Ian Wright

Plainfield South High School

Andrew Acup
Hannah Joy Alayan
Nicholas Albright
Rhome Apton
Mariance Baylen
Anirudh Bhatia
Jordyn Blomquist
Kylee Borden
Austin Brown
Eric Brozovich
Matthew Corse
Jennifer Coss
Brandon Dattomo
Jeremy Deanda
Amanda Domagala
Liam Dwyer
Bryan Endres
Jessica Escutia Calderon
Eric Fleming
Taylor Gerson
Caeley Grady
Jeffrey Haas
Chelsea Hernandez
Connor Herne
Elijah Holmes
Emily Horvath
Kyra James
Zachary Jaskula
Kaila Jones
Daniel Kilgore
Kyle Klonicki
Kayla Kobal
Griffin Kordik
Alexander Krein
James Lipinski
Courtney Lloyd
Brittany Lower
Jessi Machnik
Jennifer Machotka
Jared Marino
Joseph Marshall
Shannon McWeeny
Kyle Miller
Colin Minogue
Madeleine Monnot
Thomas Mulcahy
Marium Murtaza
Christian O’Donoghue
Somadina Ogbozor
Marisa Olan
Janie Osif

Franz Pangilinan
Colin Pickering
Claudia Piwowarczyk
Suhaib Qazi
Jonathon Quinones
Moises Rodriguez
William Sarkas
Grant Sheaffer
Alan Sherrill
Margaret Simmering
Kathryn Simpson
William Stowe
Nathaniel Stratton
Amanda Swanson
Joshua Thompson
Marissa Walker
Emily Williams
Aanya Zahid

Plainfield North High School

Brendan Ahearn
Zahra Ali
Zakary Amen
Emma Anderson
Elena Argoudelis
Miranda Bakker
Vivek Bandapalle
Brian Batinick
Jay Blake
Mikayla Buford
Abigail Bullock
Anna Byczynski
Ryan Carlson
Adam Cole
Siobhan Conners
Emily Cresta
William Crews
Melanie Daubaras
Meghan Day
Matthew Denney
Lauren Dietz
Marshall Dillon
Emily Domabyl
Jacob Dunham
Samantha Elster
Olivia Fegter
Kevin Ferguson
Marissa Fox
Mariano Franchi
Alyssa Garrison
Marilyn Gonzalez
Haley Grindle
Matthew Guzik
Sarah Hass
Sarah Holmes
Hunter Houslet
Makensie Jones
Kendall Junger
Elizabeth Kacpura
Riley Keenan
Ashley Kennick
Marianna Kielczewski
Frank Klatt
Kari Knopp
Robert Kondev
Carly Kramer
Michael Krelwitz
Jacob Krol
Emily Kubaitis
James Lang
Michelle Lao
Rachael Lau
Kelsey Leff
Angela Licata
Sierra Lopezalles
Sree Makkena
Andi Mankolli
Matthew Denney
Catherine Mazeika
Armond Mendoza
Michael Moskaluk
Yujin Na
Ryan Newell
Christopher Oberg
Dana Oboye
Alexander O’Brien
Alexander Pasek
Maya Patel
Megan Pertile
Emily Restuccia
Henry Ridder
Mary Robey
Madeline Rodriguez
Jack Sebok
Aya Sellami
Zachary Shelton
Jacob Smolen
Hannah Stillman
Megan Svara
Drake Taxon
Emily Terian
Zachary Trapp
Nora Ureche
Tyler Villa
Nusrat Waris
Allyson Wiacek
Paul Wilkens
Kailee Willhalm
Elyssa Zicha

Plainfield East High School

Mustafa Abu-Mallouh
Chichezum Adibe
Maha Arshad
Erika Barrios
Keith Bitner
Nicholas Bitner
Victoria Black
Philip Bobrowski
Jared Bryson
Kylie Burkett
Jalen Cannon
Jazmin Chavez
Alexander Clark
Kahley Czupek
Nicholas Drew
Abigail Floresca
Kelsey Garbe
Jacob Geiger
Alyssa Gonzalez
Kelly Grba
Isaiah Hall
John Hayward
Syedah Jafary
Allison Koeppen
Christopher Kovac
Zachary Krause
Wendell Lancaster
Madeline Landa
Marissa Laporte
Andrea Lares
Matthew Marchione
Jonathan Marrs
Taylor Marshall
Chelsea Maulsby
Troy Mayon
Nicole McCarthy
Monica Metry
Jacob Meyer
Mikayla Napiwocki
Dina Nashed
Ivana Owona
Venessa Catryn Paez
Lillian Park
Taylor Peebles
Nathan Sager
Megan Sands
James Sarna
Taarak Shah
Sarah Smith
Jacob Stevens
Morgan Tomasiewicz
Grant Ugarte
Rachel Walter
Emily Wisneski
Michaela Woday