Serving the 71st District with Mike Boland

Every year the Illinois State Board of Education honors a select group of graduating high school seniors by naming them "Illinois State Scholars". Less than 13,000 students from the entire State of Illinois were honored in 2007, and our students in Western Illinois certainly earned more than their share of recognition, more than 100 students from the 71st District were were honored.

We all know how much hard work it takes to be an outstanding student, so each of these outstanding young men and women deserves some recognition for their academic accomplishments. Representative Boland and I want to encourage these students to continue striving for academic excellence, so each of them will receive a letter of congratulation from Mike. I also wanted to acknowledge their accomplishments by listing their names here on the blog I've dedicated to the work we do from Mike Boland's office.

I would like to extend my personal congratulations to these outstanding local students, and also encourage others to give your personal accolades to these fine young men and women from the 71st District.

Corey Akers - Geneseo
Brianna Allen - Carbon Cliff
Heather Andersen - Morrison
Emily Arnold - Geneseo
Joshua Bartels - Morrison
Sobir Bazarbayev - East Moline
Teresa Beiermann - Cordova
Kaitlyn Breaux - Port Byron
Erik Bredberg - East Moline
Trisha Brenner - Thomson
Brandon Brown - Hillsdale
Samuel Browning - Colona
Matthew Burch - Mount Carroll
Emma Burgess - East Moline
Tyler Bybee - East Moline
Andrew Cain - Moline
Chelsea Caldwell - East Moline
Richard Casper - Fulton
Jixin Chen - Silvis
Ashley Clark - Hampton
Kara Crawford - East Moline
Kendal Cross - Lynn Center
Kara Dasso - East Moline
Hilary Dauphin - Savanna
Joshua Day - Port Byron
Daniel DeJaegher - Moline
Jason Doh - Moline
Shelly Drehmer - Morrison
Eliot Driver - Morrison
Katelyn Duyvejonck - Moline
Adam Eaker - Moline
Stefan Escontrias - Hampton
Anna Evert - Cambridge
Christopher Flikkema - Lanark
Jonathan Flikkema - Lanark
Ashley Foglesong - Colona
Lisa Gombert - Orion
Willard Gombert - Orion
Jessica Halverson - Moline
Jerome Harms - East Moline
Jaclyn Harrington - Lynn Center
Michelle Hartman - Savanna
Travis Helgren - Colona
Brett Hockman - Port Byron
Alisha Hoffman - Thomson
Amanda Holland - East Moline
Jacob Hollars - Coal Valley
Laura Hull - Coal Valley
Ashley Huston - East Moline
Tali Jamir - Fulton
Charles Janicek - Morrison
Amber Johnson - Colona
Nicole Johnson - Moline
Kate Juhn - Moline
Sarah Juist - Fulton
Brittney Kajdacsi - Colona
Holly Kimball - Orion
Laina Logomarcino - Moline
Cory Law - Mount Carroll
Melanie Lindell - Geneseo
Rustin Lindsey - Morrison
Kelli Lofgren - Erie
Anna Lopez - East Moline
Karina Martin - East Moline
Jonathan McDonnell - Lynn Center
Shawn McNalley - Moline
Mollie McNitt - Morrison
Ben Meersman - Moline
Benjamin Moncivaiz - Silvis
Joshua Moshier - Port Byron
Brian Oostenryk - Morrison
Kayla Papish - East Moline
Nolan Paxton - Geneseo
Shaterika Perkins - East Moline
Adam Pierce - Orion
Trevor Popkin - Morrison
John Quandt - East Moline
Blake Rauba - Moline
Kelly Reese - Geneseo
Jose Rico - East Moline
Timothy Rogis - Fulton
Nicole Ross - East Moline
Natalie Rotz - Silvis
Thomas Rotz - Silvis
Marcus Saad - Erie
Kristen Schaeffer - Moline
John Scott - Moline
William Sedig - Morrison
Gautam Shine - Moline
Lindsey Smith - Morrison
Julianne Teerlinck - Orion
Victoria Teichman - Colona
Katie Tenboer - Morrison
Megan Thacher - Mt Carroll
Bryce Thomsen - Orion
Courtney Tichler - Fulton
Michael Tuttle - Orion
Tara VanZuiden - Albany
Arlene Vandermyde - Morrison
Austin Verbeck - Geneseo
Abigail Vock - Morrison
Emily Warren - Hillsdale
Staci Wherry - Fulton
Lauren White - East Moline
Mason Wiegel - East Moline
Wendy Wigant - Erie
Katelyn Witherspoon - Port Byron
Hannah Zurn - Morrison

The preceding list was provided by the ISBE for Rep Boland. I apologize in advance for any inadvertent errors or omissions which might have been made in compiling this listing of outstanding students from our area. And again, congratulations on your academic achievement!