Willowbrook Athletic Booster Club hosts annual Senior Athletic Banquet

On May 17, the Willowbrook Athletic Booster Club hosted its annual Senior Athletic Banquet. Pictured are the award winners/scholarship recipients. They're shown (from left to right, top row to bottom row) in the order in which they're listed below.

On May 17, the Willowbrook Athletic Booster Club hosted its annual Senior Athletic Banquet at Venuti’s Italian Restaurant & Banquet Hall in Addison.

During the event, highlights and successes of each athletic team were shared, and senior student-athletes were recognized for their accomplishments on the field and in the classroom.

Award winners and scholarship recipients also were named, and those students are:

  • Athletic Booster Club Outstanding Male Athlete: Casey King
  • Athletic Booster Club Outstanding Female Athlete: Valentina Poggi
  • Helen Carpenter Most Valuable Female Athlete: Grace Chantos
  • John A. Fischer Most Valuable Male Athlete: Jonathan Kelso
  • Athletic Booster Club Scholarship: King, Chantos, Kyla Denwood, Grace Guthrie, Dominic Ranieri, Luke Halloran
  • Lauren M. Kiefer Memorial Scholarship: Zachary Walenga, King, Julia Holden, Michael Dembowski, Makena Walsh (not pictured)
  • Susan Jurkonis Scholarship: Lucas Olson, Chantos, Poggi, Calvin Linnig
  • John Hamann Scholarship: Margaret Karcz, King
  • Villa Park Warriors Youth Football & Cheer Scholarship: (pictured back row, from left) Bill Degnan with the Villa Park Warriors, Walenga, Mark Ranieri III, King, (front row, from left) Amanda Thomas, Katelyn Schultz, Jessica Taylor (Taylor Family Scholarship recipient), Paulina Kapica (not pictured)