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Scholarship Award

In honor of Rob, his family and friends have created the Rob Koranda Scholarship Award at Naperville North High School. This Award will be granted each year to one Naperville North High School senior male and one NNHS senior female. Recipients of this award will receive $5000 per year for up to five years after high school graduation not to exceed a total of $20,000. The Award Recipients will, like Rob, have an exuberant spirit towards success in their academics, athletics, friendships, and community. Students who have participated for four years in a IHSA school sponsored athletic team and have a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 or above may be nominated for the Award.

As a accepted candidate for this scholarship, you may download all of the necessary forms here.  Please remember that all forms must be completed and returned by the required deadline as stated in your candidate notification. Please e-mail Sue Koranda at Susan@Koranda.com regarding the scholarship deadline.

You may download these documents by right clicking on the links below and selecting "Save target as". 

Scholarship Checklist
Nomination Form
Nominee letter
Sibling, Friend Letter of Recommendation
Teacher, Coach, Mentor Letter of Recommendation
Resume Form

Please check each item to confirm that each of the following is complete and included in your application packet.

  • Resume
  • Letter of Recommendation from a Sibling, Friend, or Teammate.
  • Letter of Recommendation from a Teacher, Coach, Mentor, or Employer.

A copy of your high school transcript will be submitted to the selection committee by high school administration.

Should you have any questions, please e-mailSusan@Koranda.com.

Winners of the 2007 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award

 Congratulations to Michael Salkeld and Brittany Sproat (below) on winning the 2007 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award.  Michael is attending Illinois Weslyan University graduating in 2011.  Brittany is studying at the University of Wisconsin, Madison graduating in 2011.

2007 Nominees

Congratulations to the following outstanding individuals for being nominated for the 2007 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award:

Megan Ashley
Logan Black
Daniel Childers
Jarrett Burns
Michael Doherty
Katie Fuqua
Steve Gall
Gretchen Glynn
Jenna Hall
Steve Hlavac
Jenny Huff
J.J. Joseph
Elise Landiak
Alex Lapides
 
Kris Lee
Karl Miller
Colin Mitchell
Kristin Muckerheide
Sun Young Pak
Viera Rajcan
John Randa
John Sadlik
Daphne Tice
Michael Trattner
Michael Tylinski
John Van Cleave
Katie Wehrli

Winners of the 2006 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award

We would also like to congratulate Aaron Fanthorpe and Susie Phadke on winning the 2006 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award.  Aaron is attending North Central College and will graduate in 2010.  Susie is attending the University of Southern California, L.A., and will graduate in 2010 as well.

 

2006 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award Nominees

We would also like to congratulate all of the 2006 Scholarship nominees for their great efforts and enthusiasm.  The nominees were Eric Anerino, Michael Beese, Demetra Bizios, Rachel Bossingham, Jacqueline Brosius, Kyle Cassin, Julie DeBruin, Aaron Fanthorpe, Kevin Goodwin, Kurt Hanking, Brent Hasse, Jonathan Hill, Hunter Huffman, Christopher Kemna, Michael Kubo, Liz Kuhrt, Brittany McKenna, Dan Miller, Kelly Morrow, Brittany Nelson, Susie Phadke, Meghan Reid, Erin Ryan, Kathleen Stephenson, Nadia Viswanath, Eugene Wang, Julie Webb, Jess Willer
 

Winners of the 2005 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award

Zac Canty (Cornell University 2009) and Megan Hurley (University of Dayton Ohio 2009) shown below, left, are the winners of the 2005 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award.  We wish to congratulate them on their outstanding achievements and their hard work and dedication.  They have shown their exuberant spirit towards success in academics, athletics, friendships, and serving their community.

      

2005 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award Nominees

We would also like to congratulate all of the 2005 Scholarship nominees for their great efforts and enthusiasm.  The nominees were Lizzie Bazzetta, Livitan Bryn, Steve Buege, Zac Canty, Robert Casey, Katie Chang, Tyler Dunham, David Gerstle, Megan Hurley, Kati Karottki, Megan Kuske, Nicholas Landiak, Jennifer Logan, Lauren Metz, Erika Nyberg, Luke Pisarcik, Ricky Rechenmacher, Dan Shih, Ben Sutton, Andrea Travelstead, David Yang and Shirley Yu.

2004 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award Recipients

We would like to congratulate John Boumgarden (Calvin College 2008) and Katherine "Kat" Pakou (University of Illinois, Urbana 2008) for winning the 2004 Rob Koranda Scholarship Award.  The nominees were Adam Gui, Ashley Getz, Ashley Mondul, Brant Davis, Brittany Fieldson,Bryan Kett, Camille Jones, David Ellis, Elizabeth Bostrom, Jaimie Savino, James Rickleff, Jay Nelson, Jennifer Gall, Justin Licht, Kathryn Sowa, Kayley Bateman, Lauren Kahle, Lisa Marie Bonistalli, Lisa Walsh, Lyndsey Mica, Matthew Croxall, Meghan Falconio,  Michael Manade, Michael Morley, Nicholas Romano,  Peter Basso, Ryan Jones, Sarah Horn, Scott Kretzmann, Steve Tangen, and Tyler Hill