The Kishwaukee College Foundation is pleased to announce the student scholarship recipients for the Spring 2026 semester. The Foundation awarded 335 scholarships totaling $267,526.
Scholarship funds are made possible through generous gifts from community members, local businesses and industry, and area agencies and associations. Students are selected on a competitive basis according to each scholarship’s specific requirements.
Kishwaukee College students received the following awards:
Albert & Frances Besserman Endowment — Esh Phobos of DeKalb, Juliana Robbins of Sycamore
Arden Perry & Kathryn Cornell Scholarship — Lucy Foss of Genoa, Laryssa Markham of Kingston, Christine Thornton of Belvidere
Beulah & Roberta Hackett Endowment — Ashley Cadie of Oregon, Logan Lidren of Rochelle, Joanna Ruiz of Aurora, Tania Smith of DeKalb, Tashara Stevenson of DeKalb, Rita Walsh of Rochelle
Bud & Kay Stocking Rochelle Rotary Service Above Self Endowment — Benjamin Richard Harvey of Rochelle
Charles & Mary Roberts Memorial Endowment — Jacqueline Bruske of DeKalb, Natalie Higueros of Rochelle, Ella Mathison of DeKalb, Kassandra Santos of DeKalb, Vanesa Villa of DeKalb
Charles & Mary Roberts Memorial Endowment for Nursing — Ananda Harrell of Rockford, Paul Kamulegeya of Chicago, Anita Mensah of DeKalb, Madison Rollins of Sycamore, Annalee Sutherland of DeKalb, Vanesa Villa of DeKalb
Chris & Katherine Boulos Foundation — Josue Aburto of DeKalb, Dylan Amezquita of Sycamore, Anna Aska of Sycamore, Josue Azofeifa of Malta, Colin Bafia of Sycamore, Emily Baldwin of Sycamore, Jose Barradas Lopez of DeKalb, Uliana Baylor of Sycamore, Mia Beltran of DeKalb, Anthony Beltran of DeKalb, Nick Benard of Sycamore, Mia Biesiadecki of Cortland, Abigail Boesche of DeKalb, Tayla Brannstrom of Sycamore, Aliyha Burnham of DeKalb, Ilanie Castorena of DeKalb, Eduardo Castro of DeKalb, Riley Collins of DeKalb, Vincent Cortes of DeKalb, Brenda Cuautle of Sycamore, DeAndre Calvin Jr. of DeKalb, Charlie Duran of DeKalb, Zachary Daring of Sycamore, Lee Dukes of Sycamore, Cayla Evans of Cortland, Cara Fant of Sycamore, Jessica Flores of DeKalb, Noah Forsberg of Sycamore, Nicole Forster of Sycamore, Jahmariyon Freeman of DeKalb, Adisyn Galijatovic of DeKalb, Alexandra Gamez of DeKalb, Henry Garcia Alvarez of DeKalb, Landon Gfrorer of DeKalb, Diego Gonzalez Zabala of Sycamore, Conor Grubbs of Sycamore, Madison Hallaron of DeKalb, Alyssa Hardy of Sycamore, Tyler Harms of Sycamore, Jayden Harris of DeKalb, Elijah Herra of Sycamore, Seth Hess of DeKalb, Audrey Heth of Sycamore, Hailey Hoffman of DeKalb, Brooke Jackson of Sycamore, Michael Jaros of DeKalb, Ava Jontz of DeKalb, Makyla Kimble of DeKalb, Hayley King of Sycamore, Megan Kowalski of DeKalb, Hazel Kruis-Schnurr of Sycamore, Molly Kuntzi of DeKalb, Brooke LaCerba of Sycamore, Azai Lane-Jones of DeKalb, Alexis Langston of DeKalb, Yesenia Lazaro of DeKalb, Starr Lewis of DeKalb, Paige Lewis of DeKalb, Clayton Lindgren of Cortland, Johnny Lochbaum of Sycamore, Tyler Maciejewski of DeKalb, Emmanuel Magallan of Cortland, Makenzie Mann of Sycamore, Emmanuel Marquez of Malta, Amber Martha of DeKalb, Luis Martinez of Sycamore, Ella Mathison of DeKalb, Melissa Matranga Hanna of Sycamore, Izzy McConkey of Sycamore, Stryder McIntosh of DeKalb, Ella Medina of DeKalb, Gustavo Mendez of Cortland, Hailey Michaels of DeKalb, Audrianna Moehling of Sycamore, Nashrah Mujahid of DeKalb, Evan Munch of Sycamore, Bernardo Munoz of DeKalb, Kevin Munoz of Genoa, Carla Murrieta of DeKalb, Kynnidy Neeley of Cortland, Marisol Nunez of DeKalb, Joseph O'Donnell of Creston, Bryce Olson of DeKalb, Brooke Panttila of Sycamore, Emir Paz of DeKalb, Phynix Peleska of DeKalb, Maggy Penate of Sycamore, Chance Perry of DeKalb, Kelli Petit of Sycamore, Albert Phan of Sycamore, Ayla Price of Sycamore, Alex Prince of Malta, Justine Pringle of Cortland, Jayson Quintero of Cortland, Eliana Rhodes of Cortland, Maya Rivera of Sycamore, Natalia Rivera-Muñoz of Sycamore, Lily Roach of DeKalb, Juliana Robbins of Sycamore, Kyle Roland of Sycamore, Hannah Safford of Cortland, Victor Sandoval of DeKalb, Allison Schmidt of Sycamore, Lane Schumacher of DeKalb, Keisha Simms of Sycamore, AddieRae Sipes of Sycamore, Nick Smith of Sycamore, Abbygail Soltow of Cortland, Alyssa Terry of DeKalb, JaKiya Thompson of Sycamore, Kelsey Van Vlerah of DeKalb, Cristal Villazana of DeKalb, Aleena Vogel of DeKalb, Anna Walzer of DeKalb, Iyana Williams of DeKalb
Compeer Financial Scholarship — Kayleigh Krown of Cherry Valley
DeKalb Area Garden Club Endowment — Felicia Kubica of Genoa
Desa Henn Memorial Scholarship — Benjamin Richard Harvey of Rochelle
Diane McNeilly Education Endowment — Alexandria Groves of Rochelle, Aaliyah Losoya of Rochelle
Donald C. Mack Scholarship — Richard Paddon-Jones of St. Charles
Doris V. & Suzanne K. Lewis Memorial Endowment — Logan Popp of Lindenwood, Jashira Robinson of DeKalb, Ellen Winters of Hinckley
Earl & Jeanne Pritchard Horticulture Scholarship — Alora Ager of DeKalb
Edward W. Deeke Endowment — Makenzie Mann of Sycamore
Eleanor Anglin Price Scholarship — Madison Gill of Orland Park
Emma Anderson Scholarship — Uliana Baylor of Sycamore, Abigail Boesche of DeKalb, Tayla Brannstrom of Sycamore, DeAndre Calvin Jr. of DeKalb, Brenda Cuautle of Sycamore, Lee Dukes of Sycamore, Adisyn Galijatovic of DeKalb, Tristan Gholson of DeKalb, Tanya Gomez-Velasco of DeKalb, Royce Grados of Sycamore, Conor Grubbs of Sycamore, Elijah Herra of Sycamore, Seth Hess of DeKalb, Brooke Jackson of Sycamore, Ava Jontz of DeKalb, Daniel Juarez of DeKalb, Makyla Kimble of DeKalb, Andrew Kirchmann of Sycamore, Hazel Kruis-Schnurr of Sycamore, Brooke LaCerba of Sycamore, Kevin Lee of Sycamore, Johnny Lochbaum of Sycamore, Makenzie Mann of Sycamore, Nashrah Mujahid of DeKalb, Bryce Olson of DeKalb, Albert Phan of Sycamore, Maya Rivera of Sycamore, Lily Roach of DeKalb, Kyle Roland of Sycamore, Madison Rollins of Sycamore, AddieRae Sipes of Sycamore, Nick Smith of Sycamore, Landon Taylor of Sycamore, JaKiya Thompson of Sycamore, Iyana Williams of DeKalb, Victor Yandel Sandoval of DeKalb, Allyson Yoakum of Sycamore
Enbridge Energy Company Pipeline Industry Awareness Scholarship — Kevin Munoz of Genoa, Amaya Price of DeKalb, Jonathan Stark of Hoffman Estates, Denis Walsh of Maple Park
Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois Scholarship — Hans Jacobson of Sycamore
Howard & Martha Mullins Memorial Endowment for Nursing — Molly Kuntzi of DeKalb
Jack Schrout Memorial Sycamore Lions Club Scholarship — Anna Lochbaum of Sycamore, Maya Rivera of Sycamore
James Salomone Fuerst Endowment — Abigail Gerhke of Marengo, Ashley LeGassique of DeKalb
Jeanne M. Henderson Memorial Endowment — Ella Medina of DeKalb, Kezaria Mitchell of DeKalb, Emylie Nguyen of Sycamore
Jeremy Davis Memorial Endowment — Evan Munch of Sycamore
Kenneth & Susan Doubler Scholarship Fund — Jack Anderson of Chana
Kishwaukee College Board of Trustees Scholarship — Diego Gonzalez Zabala of Sycamore
Kishwaukee College Employee Give Scholarship — Zachary Daring of Sycamore, Christina MacDonald of DeKalb, Hailey Michaels of DeKalb
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Endowment — Anna Lochbaum of Sycamore, Joseph O'Donnell of Creston
LaVerne "Dutch" Johnson Endowment — Avery Boehne of Shabbona, Taylor Fry of Genoa, Noemi Fuentes of Leland, Lillie Gebel of Davis Junction, Andrew Gibbs of Monroe Center, David Horsoo of DeKalb, Libby Johnson of Shabbona, Sage Kleckner of Cortland, Emmanuel Márquez of Malta, Kayleigh Piller of Waterman, Matthew Stalcup of Waterman, Silvina Vargas of DeKalb
Law Enforcement Lifelong Learning Scholarship — Lilli Delhotal of DeKalb
Les & Deanie Springmire Endowment — Frankie Pelan of Rochelle
Mark Brisbin Memorial Scholarship — Andrew Gibbs of Monroe Center
Mark Joseph Bussone Memorial Endowment — Nayelly Alanis of Rockford, Maylen Celena Vazquez of Kingston, Nicole Forster of Sycamore, Yuelma Ortiz of Rochelle
Mathew J. Rood DPT Scholarship — Martín Rodríguez of Sycamore
Nancy D. Castle Scholarship — Mileyka Aguirre of DeKalb, Daniela De Loza of Rochelle, Tanya Gomez-Velasco of DeKalb, Daniel Juarez of DeKalb, Pedro Kalata of Rockford, Bernardo Munoz of DeKalb, Areeba Usman of DeKalb
Philip H. Nye Scholarship — Anahi Cervantes of Rochelle, Yuridiana Martinez Aguilar of Sycamore
Robert & Doris Boey Endowment — Emylie Nguyen of Sycamore
Robert & Norma Wildenradt Endowment — Avery Coyle of Loves Park, Irving Escalante of Rochelle, Libby Johnson of Shabbona, Maya Rivera of Sycamore, Landon Taylor of Sycamore
Robert & Norma Wildenradt Endowment for Nursing — Rylie Cedillo of Sycamore, Anna Lochbaum of Sycamore
Ronald S. Sweet Endowment — Carolyn Pottebaum of Sycamore
Rowland & Lucile Matteson Endowment — Felicia Kubica of Genoa, Crystal Larrabee of DeKalb, Grace Luxton of Kings, Michelle McCandless of Kings, Faith Totzke of Ashton, Miguel Villegas of Amboy
Ruth Ashelford Pollock Horticulture Fund — Alora Ager of DeKalb, Pearl Carpenter of Newark, Jennifer Gamez of DeKalb, Kayleigh Krown of Cherry Valley, Crystal Larrabee of DeKalb, Grace Luxton of Kings, Michelle McCandless of Kings, Gabe Nagle of Sycamore, Richard Paddon-Jones of St. Charles, Faith Totzke of Ashton, Miguel Villegas of Amboy, Laterika Walls of Dixon, Allyson Yoakum of Sycamore
Stephen P. Irving Family Scholarship — Jacqueline Bruske of DeKalb, Vincent Cortes of DeKalb, Jayme Egland of Rochelle, Rob Floersch of Sycamore, Dawn George of DeKalb, Catlin Kersten of DeKalb, Maira Marquez of Genoa, Woodfin Millay Billingsly of Cortland, Joseph O'Donnell of Creston, Jessica Schroeder Waterman of Cortland
Steve Kessler Scholarship — Kevin Finnelly of Sycamore, Rik Kozumplik of Sycamore, Danica Ward of Creston
Stoltz-Caruthers Family Scholarship — David Horsoo of DeKalb, Anita Mensah of DeKalb
Sycamore Hospital Physicians Nursing Endowment — Rylie Cedillo of Sycamore, Anna Lochbaum of Sycamore
The Founder’s Endowment — Avery Boehne of Shabbona
Tom & Nancy Roberts Endowment — Elijah Herra of Sycamore, Natalie Higueros of Rochelle, Mikaela Kluxen of DeKalb, Emylie Nguyen of Sycamore, Kelli Petit of Sycamore
Vernon & Dorothy Smith Memorial Scholarship — Bianca Garcia of Rochelle, Rylee Jackson of Chana, Abbey Jarvis of Rochelle, Logan Lidren of Rochelle, Flor Magana of Rochelle, Kara Martinez of Rochelle, Danica Ward of Creston
Veronica M. Ream Endowment — Deanna Danisha Clarise Edwards of DeKalb
Wayne McIlrath Family Scholarship — Jacqueline Bruske of DeKalb
William & Emiline Rood Family Scholarship — Libby Johnson of Shabbona, Matthew Stalcup of Waterman
Students who wish to remain anonymous are omitted from this list.
The Kishwaukee College Foundation scholarship application period for the Fall 2026 semester is open Monday, Feb. 2, through Friday, March 13. For more information on Foundation scholarships, contact the Kishwaukee College Foundation at 815-825-9803 or visit kish.edu/kcfscholarships.