Rock Falls High School (Shaw Local File Photo)
ROCK FALLS – Scholarships and student achievement awards have been given to students in the Rock Falls High School Class of 2025. Those awarded include:
Bi-County Education Scholarship: Addison Watts
Bill McKinnis Scholarship: Marissa Bliefnick
Brother and Sister Scholarship in Memory of Ralph & Robert (Tom) Zigler: Addison Watts
Charles Farnham Business Scholarship: Carolyn Masini
City of Rock Falls Water/Electric Reclamation Department Scholarship: Addison Watts
Dustin Watts Educational Scholarship: Carolyn Masini, Jenny Wei, Kacie Witherow
East Coloma-Nelson Education Association Scholarship: Hunter Gale, Elizabeth Lombardo, Carolyn Masini
For the Love of Music Scholarship: Jenny Wei
Hope for Women Scholarship: Carolyn Masini
Illinois Army National Guard GI Bill: Logan Williamson
Jessica Coleman Strader Scholarship: Madilyn Blackburn
Judy McKinnis Scholarship: Hunter Gale
Judy M. Thome Memorial Scholarship: Michael Ely, Kaylee Johnson
Kenneth F. Siebel Jr. Scholarship: Hunter Gale, Maddison Morgan, Mason Landes, Carolyn Masini, Jenny Wei, Samara Dorner, Madilyn Blackburn
Life Savings Grant Scholarships: Carolyn Masini, Maddison Morgan
Main Squeeze Scholarship: Elizabeth Lombardo
Marion Connelly Sterling Kiwanis Scholarship: Carolyn Masini
Montmorency Education Association Scholarship: Mason Landes
PFLAG Scholarship: Kaylee Johnson
Ray Deibert Memorial Scholarship: Madilyn Blackburn
Rock Falls American Legion Post 292: Ryan Ebenezer
Rock Falls Chamber Scholarship: Addison Watts
Rock Falls High School Alumni Association Scholarship: Danika Dickey
Rock Falls High School Association Student of the Year: Carolyn Masini
Rock Falls High School Education Association Scholarship: Madilyn Blackburn, Michael Ely, McKenzie Woodard
Rock Falls High School Student Athlete Leader Scholarship: Mason Landes, Elizabeth Lombardo
Rock Falls Optimist Club Scholarship: Madilyn Blackburn, Marissa Bliefnick, Abigail Dobrez, Samara Dorner, Sydnie Flaningam, Hunter Gale, Kaylee Johnson, Mason Landes, Elizabeth Lombardo, Carolyn Masini, Maddison Morgan, Conner Porter, Addison Watts, Jenny Wei, Kacie Witherow, Garret Wolf, McKenzie Woodard
Rock Falls Police Department FOP Lodge 215 Scholarship: Samara Dorner
Rock Falls Rotary Glenn Coleman and William J. Sowles Scholarships: Ryan Ebenezer, Conner Porter, Danika Dickey, Addison Watts, Marissa Bliefnick, Maddison Morgan, Madilyn Blackburn, Jenny Wei, Kaylee Johnson, Elizabeth Lombardo, Kacie Witherow
Rock River Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers: Kaylee Johnson
Royal McCormick Memorial Scholarship: Alonna Muntean
Sinnissippi Centers Human Service Scholarship: Samara Dorner
Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship: Kaylee Johnson
Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust General Fund Scholarship: Madilyn Blackburn, Abigail Dobrez, Samara Dorner, Hunter Gale, Kaylee Johnson, Carolyn Masini, Maddison Morgan, Braxton Nelson, Garret Wolf, Sydnie Flaningam, Jeslyn Krueger, Hunter Steinhagen, Kacie Witherow
Sterling/RF Community Trust Charles G. Bosco Memorial Scholarship: Kaylee Johnson
Sterling/RF Community Trust Clement Hey Memorial Scholarship: Addison Watts, Conner Porter
Sterling/RF Community Trust Helene R. Dillon Memorial Scholarship: Madilyn Blackburn, Braxton Nelson
Sterling/RF Community Trust W. Martin Dillon Memorial Scholarship: Abigail Dobrez
Sterling/RF Community Trust Keeney fund (Tom, Harry & Loraine) Scholarship: Carolyn Masini
Sterling/RF Community Trust Home Cadet Thorpe Law Enforcement Scholarship: Kirsten Bliefnick
Sterling Rock Falls Elks Lodge 1218 in Memory of Donald Stachowiak Scholarship: Abigail Dobrez, Samara Dorner
Steve Dew Memorial Scholarship: Kirsten Bliefnick, Conner Porter
Vicki Dunphy Perseverance Scholarship: Samara Dorner, Alonna Muntean
WACC CEO CLASS OF 2024 Scholarship: Carolyn Masini
WACC Edith Jakobs Scholarship (CEO): Lucas Hacker
WACC SPK Plumbing Scholarship: Cole Morgan
WACC Student of the Year Scholarship: Kacie Witherow
WACC Student Recognition Scholarship: Kacie Witherow
WACC Twin Cities Sunrise Rotary Scholarship: Grace Boostrom
Whiteside Illinois Retired Teachers Association: Madilyn Blackburn, Sydnie Flaningam
All Around Seniors of the Year Award: Michael Ely, Carolyn Masini
American Legion Award: Michael Ely, Carolyn Masini
American Legion Honorable Mention: Addison Watts, Michael Ely
Daughter of the American Revolution: Addison Watts
Illinois State Scholars: Jacob Buck, Sydnie Flaningam, Kaylee Johnson, Mason Landes, Carolyn Masini, Zoey Near, Braxton Nelson, Cyril Rooney, Hunter Steinhagen, Isaac Valdivia, Zachery Walker, Jenny Wei, McKenzie Woodard, Kenedi Woodyatt
RFHS Booster Club senior plaques: Madilyn Blackburn, Jacob Buck, Easton Canales, Austin Castaneda, Brady Cid, Gunnar Damhoff, Jacob Drawyer, Isaac Duchay, Hunter Gale, Ariel Hernandez, Cristian Hernandez, Ajay Kobbeman, Mason Landes, Elizabeth Lombardo, Korbin Oligney, Serenity Palmer, Alliah Hanes-Penny, Conner Porter, Anthony Valdivia, Dylan Wescott, Kacie Witherow, Garret Wolf, Logan Williamson
Rock Falls High School three-sport athlete for four years: Jacob Buck, Austin Castaneda, Brady Cid, Elizabeth Lombardo, Alliah Haines-Penny, Dylan Wescott, Kacie Witherow, Garret Wolf
Rock Falls High School Education Association Student of the Month: Carolyn Masini (September), Addison Watts (October), McKenzie Woodard (November), Lucas Hacker (December), Sydnie Flaningam (January), Kaylee Johnson (February), Michael Ely (March), Zoey Near (April), Marissa Bliefnick (May)
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