Nazareth Academy Students Named Illinois State Scholars

Thirty-eight Nazareth Academy students from the Class of 2015 have been recognized among this year’s Illinois State Scholars, according to a news release.

“We are extremely proud of these young men and women who represent our school not only in this area of academic achievement, but also as such outstanding individuals as well,” said Nazareth Academy Principal Deborah Tracy in a news release. “We congratulate them and their parents on this distinguished honor.”

The students were selected for their SAT, ACT or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores or for their class rank at the end of junior year, according to the news release.

More than 18,000 Illinois students this year received this honor. They represent about the top 10 percent of seniors from the state’s 671 high schools.

Nazareth Academy congratulates the following students on this outstanding academic achievement:

Autumn Biliskov

John Bonaguro

Austin Brown

John Brunory

Colin Buenvenida

Mary Grace Chizewski

Jack Cross

Adeline Doyle

Yicheng Feng

James Haggerty

Rebecca Hammond

Margaret Harrington

Katherine Hill

Jinyi Huang

Kevin Jackson

Donald Kelly

David Klinger

Alex Kwok

Yuetian Li

Kyle Metzger

Brian Murphy

Margaret O’Connell

Lily Olguin

Olivia Pach

Nicolette Pedersen

Carl Robst

Brian Salcedo

Julia Saunders

Robert Schneider

Chloe Seegers

Elena Sofia

Sydney Stancik

Meghan Sullivan

Rory Svoboda

Charles Swarts

Gerardo Valdivieso

Monica Wojcik

Benjamin Wojtynek