Joliet Catholic Academy President/Principal Dr. Jeffrey Budz is proud to announce that 22 members of the Class of 2025 have been named Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. The State Scholar Program recognizes students across all class levels for outstanding academic achievement.

“We are very proud of our students who earned Illinois State Scholar status,” said Dr. Budz. “These individuals put in much time and effort to achieve academic success with many of them going above and beyond in and out of the classroom.  We know that this will not be the last time they achieve such an extraordinary accomplishment, for they all have many great successes ahead of them.”

The following JCA students were named Illinois State Scholars:

Adam Bailey

Zachary Beitler

Francis Berman

Kevin Casey

Gianna Chiappini

Tyler Czerak

Jenna Denardis

Nicholas Egizio

Olivia Emerson

Madison Fleck

Zoe Girard

Lucas Grant

Jake Jakovich

Adam Kafka

Xander Keating

James Kopman

Samuel Kottman

Grace Laird

Kathryn Leeders

Brooke Simon-Chenelle

Molly Vershay

Aleksander Wenzel