Kankakee and Iroquois County high school seniors were designated as 2026-27 Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Students Assistance Commission (ISAC).
Illinois State Scholars rank in the top 10 percent of high school seniors from hundreds of high schools across the state. Selection is based on academic performance, standardized test scores and GPA. In mid-November, congratulatory letters from ISAC were mailed to Scholars and a Certificate of Achievement for each Scholar was provided to individual high schools.
The I-KAN Regional Office of Education #32 recognizes the academic accomplishments of these high achieving students.
Bishop McNamara Catholic School
Frankie Agresti, Cooper Austiff, Isabelle Garcia-de Leon, Oliver Heinrich, Reagan Kaner, Kaylie Levesque, Laura Moore, Cassidy Novak, Callaghan Morgan O’Connor, Justice Provost, Payton Provost, Remington Stewart.
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
Malik Armstrong, Kendall Bialecki, Jace Boudreau, Sarah Bouferrache, Sophia Brandenburg, Olivia Contreras, Cooper Daugherty, Navaeh Davis, Mary Claire Dwyer, Bennett Dykstra, Trent Evans, Samuel Frey, Lucas Garrett, Kyle Gould, Kate Greenlee, Mason Greer, Lydia Hammond, Noah Hobson, Simon Hoekman, Luci Jensen, Ellis Jonhson, Libby Johnson, Mikel Ketchum, Pine Kimery, Calvin Kohl, Andrew Kubal, Nia Lawrence, Kylee Leonard, Nathan Lindsay, Abigail Long, Emily Lyle, Alexis McCullough, Stella McMullen, Abigail Medina, Hunter Metzger, Abram Mikhaiel, Saloni Patel, Eric Rainbolt, Keira Ramirez, Jiya Rana, Aiyana Ringo, Gracelyn Sadler, Booke Seimer, Isaiah Sharda, Gwyneth Stroo, Brayden Watters, Ryne Weakley, Beatrice White, Alexander Wierzgac Woosley, Shan Rong Wu, Zachary Youngblood.
Central High School
Riley Behrends, Blake Chandler, Ian Kent, Dante Mumper, Brady Perzee, Johnathan Randles, Lexi Willms.
Cissna Park High School
Sophia Duis, Lauryn Hamrick, Jonas Heaton, Addison Lucht, Trent Schmid.
Grant Park High School
Karolina Piperas, Samuel VanKalker, Emily Voigt, Preston Wallace.
Herscher High School
Nicholas Borschnack, Aamira Dato, Pippa Dunnill, Sarah Kersten, Aidan Knobloch, Laney Mohler, Kelly O'Connor, Jeremy Szepelak, Ava Taylor, Riley Wulff.
Watseka Community High School
Lydia Heeren, Cara Petersen, Thayren Rigsby, Austin Morris, CJ Murray.
Iroquois West High School
Joel Arechiga, Leah Honeycutt, Traeh Kissack, Chloe Wagner.
Kankakee High School
Abraham Dailey, Gabriella Fuentes, Bryant Edwards, Claire Howard, Henry Joiner, Alison Marin.
Manteno High School
Emily Anderson, Chase Blume, Dilynn Cicale-Stafford, Michael Helgeson, Emily Horath, Cooper Johnson, Madeline Kvasnicka, Jack Lamore, Miranda Lingo, Sean Martin, Lucas Morin, Amanda Parker, Lila Prindeville.
Milford High School
Lillie Harris, Sophie Newman
Momence High School
Jesuli Bevelle, Samuel Fitzgerald, Jason Kraus, Lucy Myers, Tommy Rounds, Bethany Willard.
St. Anne Community High School
Alejandro Vazquez, Noemi Ramirez, Brigham Hays, Ayden Jarolimek.
