Previous Recipients

The intent of this scholarship is to reduce barriers in college attendance for a student of color whose parent(s) have not completed a bachelor's degree. For purposes of this scholarship, a "student of color" is an individual whose racial/ethnic identity is historically underrepresented in higher education. This would include a student who identifies as Black, African American, Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, Latinx, Chicanx, Native American and multi-racial.

2021 - Flower Foreman
2022 - Selina Zhang
2023 - Daniel Olguin
2024 - Miracle Kent

The BBCHS Academic Foundation Scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving senior. 

2000 - Amber Vadeboncoeur 
2001 - Jessica Gaumond 
2002 - Monica Stacey 
2003 - Jessica Wulff 
2004 - Amy Minas 
2005 - Ryan Notton 
2006 - Hannah Tumblin 
2007 - Danielle Borschnack 
2008 - Keisha Hollis 
2009 - Katherine Meyer 
2010 - Katherine Delmore 
2011 - Garrett DuCharme 
2012 - Kayla Hyde
2013 - Debra Jensen & Zachary Themer
2014 - Michael Goodman & Philip O'Connell
2015 - Christopher Bayston & Spencer Norwick
2016 - Jenna Howard & Adam Schroeder
2017 - Anthony Nepomuceno & Frankie Ann Schripsema
2018 - Maggie Barclay & Catherine Gray
2019 - Shea Atkins & Joi Strickland
2020 - Dylan Regnier-Jamnik & Lucas Regnier-Jamnik
2021 - Thomas Musgrave & Shreeta Vachhani
2022 - Laura Tejero & Mckay Orwig
2023 - Olivia Alejandro & Jay Patel
2024 - Tara Dopoister & Ethan Kohl

In 2004, the Veterans' Appreciation Scholarship was established. Students who have a parent, guardian, grandparent or sibling that has served in the past or is presently serving in any branch of the U.S. military are eligible to apply for this scholarship. 

2004 - Kimberly Hardy 
2005 - Christopher Paolinetti 
2006 - Jillian Gindy 
2007 - Nicole Wilcox 
2008 - Dominik Dubravec 
2009 - Tanya Maier 
2010 - Elizabeth Rowland 
2011 - Benedict Dubravec 
2012 - Elizabeth Langyher
2013 - Dominique Walker
2014 - Ashley Johnson
2015 - Julia Bollwitt
2016 - Ryan Guerin
2017 - Nicholas Blanchette
2018 - Rebecca Walz 
2019 - Jackson Dupuis
2020 - Abigail Chinski
2021 - Brayden Cousins
2022 - Cameron Abbott
2023 - Sydney Brooks
2024 - Brandon Abbott

In 2004, the Donald K. and Dixie M. Turner Memorial Scholarship was established for students who plan to study education. Don Turner served BBCHS for 35 years, retiring in 1998 as Superintendent. Dr. Dixie Turner was an instructor at Olivet Nazarene University.

2004 - Emily Forbes 
2005 - Elen Sultan 
2006 - Emily Saathoff 
2007 - Anna Benoit 
2008 - Kristin Burch 
2009 - Jarrod Huggins 
2010 - Bailey Mann 
2011 - Robin Higgins 
2012 - Jessica LeSage
2013 - Emma Wieliczko
2014 - Nathan Giacchino
2015 - McKenna Carrell
2016 - Ashlyn Carnes
2017 - Corbin LaGesse
2018 - August Munoz
2019 - Logan Harrington
2020 - Jordan Garbaciak
2021 - Lani DeVelder
2022 - Sarah Denton
2023 - Lillian Adkins
2024 - Tyler Wilson

Joe Wertz was a 1950 graduate of BBCHS. As a student, he participated in the school newspaper, annual staff, thespians, chorus, student council, basketball, football, baseball and track. Joe attended Purdue University for two semesters (on a scholarship), then served four years in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict. Joe's love of athletics led him to become a referee and umpire for basketball, baseball, softball and football. The Joseph H. Wertz, Class of 1950 Scholarship was established by Joe's family and many friends.

2006 - Rebecca Rusk 
2007 - Christine Malmer 
2008 - Joel Osbourne 
2009 - Casey Jordan 
2010 - Kaleigh Martin 
2011 - Olivia Donley 
2012 - Meghan Cotsones 
2013 - Morgan Chaney
2014 - Jamie Sarkozi
2015 - Samantha Zahrobsky
2016 - Danielle Drazen
​2017 - Sydney Jennings
2018 - Kassidy Morrow & Lauren Smarjesse 
2019 - Nina Bennett
2020 - Jisela Santos
2021 - Nicholas Byer
2022 - Madison Kelly
2023 - Kimberly Montoya
2024 - Dana Mauricio-Benjamin

Marvin Gereaux was a 1950 graduate of BBCHS. He was an IHSA umpire for football, basketball, baseball, girl's softball and church leagues for over 40-years in the Kankakee County Area. Marvin was a member of the 1949-50 Elite 8, Sweet-Sixteen Basketball Champions. In February of 1993, Marvin was inducted into the BBCHS Hall of Fame. The Marvin Gereaux Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to the following students: 

2008 - Emily Throop
2009 - Nolan Grace
2010 - Ben Clark
2011 - Elizabeth Wilson
2012 - Lauren King
2013 - Darian Ward
2014 - Mason LeMay
2015 - Kenton Andrews
2016 - Sydney Ferris
2017 - Danielle Kennedy
2018 - Nicholas Nemeth 
2019 - Dylan Stenzinger
2020 - Gaetana Davis
2021 - Alaina Bahr
2022 - Jordyn Taylor
2023 - Christopher Shapiro
2024 - Madison Meyers

In 2018 the Gene Goselin Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Gene Goselin.  Gene was a 1964 graduate of Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School and distinguished himself in three varsity sports, earning 8 varsity letters.  Gene displayed his superior athletic ability most in the sports of basketball and baseball.  Gene held himself to a high academic standard and valued the benefits gained from participating in athletics.  After completing high school, he graduated from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois in 1968 on an academic and athletic scholarship.  Gene had an extremely successful career, retiring as Financial Advisor/Senior Vice President of Investments at Wells Fargo Advisors in Bourbonnais.

2018 - Grace Pallissard & Jordan O'Neal
2019 - Logan Harrington & Joi Strickland
2020 - McKenna Fred & Garrett Metzger
2021 - Kennedi Pepin & Jack Pillar
2022 - Alyssa Norfleet & Payton Graham
2023 - Maxwell Mallindine & Larrigan Saindon
2024 - Margaret Soucie & Thomas Offill

The Charles R. Hawker Memorial Scholarship was established in loving memory and honor of husband and father, Charles Hawker. Charles was born and raised in Kankakee. He and his wife Jacalyn raised four children, three of whom graduated from Bradley-Bourbonnais Community and the 4th will be a junior in the fall of 2011. Mr. Hawker graduated with high honors from both Culver Military Academy and Dartmouth College. He was owner and President of Illinois Fabricators, Inc. located in Bradley. 

2008 - Brooke McClure
2009 - Soniya Vasanwala
2010 - Zach Wadley
2011 - Suraj Batish
2012 - Susan Oo
2013 - Sagar Batish
2014 - Rachel Thorson
2015 - Cole Breitenbucher
2016 - Brooke Frazier
2018 - Landen LeDuke 
2019 - Elizabeth Schriner
2020 - Elizabeth Noble
2021 - Brendan Dalcanton
2022 - Jacob Lehman
2023 - Rylie Swinford
2024 - Jeremiah Lanum

Presented by Darla Moldenhauer. The Darla Moldenhauer Female Athlete Scholarship has been awarded to the following students:

2024 - Emmerson Longtin & Ellie Haggard
Legacy Scholarships - Brooklyn Daugherty & Sydney Curtis

Jimmy & Mileen Joines along with their sons Adam '06 and Alex '10 who graduated from BBCHS with high honors, established the Joines Family Scholarship for Business Majors in 2011. By offering their scholarship, they hope to encourage and assist students who pursue a degree in a business related field.

2011 - Jacob Beach
2012 - Cody Williams
2013 - Zachary Gifford
2014 - Alaina Boudreau
2015 - Michael Mateja
2016 - Bhavin Patel
2017 - Kali Latty
2018 - Christian Straw
2019 - Connor Boudreau
2020 - D'Angelo Alvarado
2021 - Brendan Dalcanton
2022 - Andrew Crawford
2023 - Gabriel Heather
2024 - Katie Cailteux

The Kenn Klette Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Kenn Klette, a former soccer coach at BBCHS. Although Kenn's career was primarily spent as a biochemist at CSL Behring, he also spent many years coaching soccer; first for his sons at the YMCA, County West and Bishop McNamara. At BBCHS he coached both boys and girls teams. Kenn enjoyed working with both the BBCHS coaching staff and athletes.

2013 - Adam Beach
2014 - Ryan Brodien
2015 - Sydney White
2016 - Brianna Hollowell
2017 - Nolan Wade
2018 - Alexis Keener
2019 - Britten Mietzner
2020 - Allison Zimmer
2021 - Theodore Rounds
2022 - Andrew Crawford
2023 - Bryan Aldridge
2024 - Madelyn Dykstra

The Maria Arseneau Memorial Scholarship was established this year, 2017, by her husband Tim Arseneau, their family, BBCHS family and friends to encourage in others her love of learning language. Maria spent 18 years teaching Spanish at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School.  In her time here, she brought her love of language, culture and life into her classroom.  Both as a teacher and Spanish Club sponsor, she positively influenced thousands of students to be successful and realize their full potential. For Senora, her students were her life.  Even though she died suddenly in 2017, her legacy will live on. Each scholarship is for $1,000.

2017 - Margaret Goodman & Blake Bradley
2018 - Alexis Fischer & Lauren Smarjesse 
2019 - Megan Kijewski & Kevin O'Gorman
2020 - Lucas Regnier-Jamnik
2021 - Alaina Bahr
2022 - Nola Lovell
2023 - Lillian Adkins
2024 - Magaly Marin

The Todd A. Hildebrand Memorial Scholarship was established by his wife Anna Alexander-Hildebrand, their family, and friends to honor Todd’s spirit that lives on through all the lives he has touched. Todd was a 1985 graduate of BBCHS, and a member of the varsity basketball team. All three of the Hildebrand children: Jacob, Matthew, and Hannah all played varsity soccer at BBCHS. Todd’s love was his wife, his kids, their friends, and the young people of our community. His heart was dedicated to helping others succeed in life. 

2017 - Justin Fritz
2018 - Brandon Wray
2019 - Zoie Langlois
2020 - Allison Zimmer
2021 - Abigail Bush
2022 - Kennedy Hall
2023 - Nadia Ordaz
2024 - Brandon Abbott

The BBCHS Academic Foundation is proud to award the James Stevens Music Award established in 2018.  BBCHS sophomore, junior and/or senior band or orchestra students who have qualified to participate in the ILMEA All-State Band, Orchestra or Jazz Band are awarded $500 by the chairman of the Fine Arts Department at the May concert .  There is not a limit each year to the number of students who can qualify for this scholarship.

2018 - Jordan Garbaciak & Sarah Hourihan
2019 - Jordan Garbaciak & Sarah Hourihan
2020 - Jordan Garbaciak, Sarah Hourihan & Thomas Musgrave
2021 - Thomas Musgrave, Keira Bolica, & Carmen Houde
2022 - Kiera Botica
2023 - Carmen Houde & Griffin Gund

In 2019 the Craig Blake Memorial Scholarship was established by the BBCHS Acadmic Foundation in memory of the Executive Director's husband. Craig was a Physical Education teacher and coach in the Kankakee School District 111 for 40 years. His heart was dedicated to teaching students and his joy was watching them grow, learn, and become successful young adults. 

2020 - Gabe Renchen

Alumni from the classes of 1966 & 1967 established the Vietnam Memorial Scholarship in honor of all who served in the Vietnam War and in memory of the former BBCHS students who made the ultimate sacrifice. A special plaque is on permanent display at the high school with the engraved names of our high school's fallen soldiers: Army Sgt. John Charles Howland, Marine LCPL Kenneth Carl Johnson, Army Lt. Jeffrey Andrew Hults, Marine LCPL Ronald Neil Sample, Navy BM3 Daniel Lee Overright, Army SP4 Robert Charles Houseman, Army Sgt. Robert Martin Goselin, Army SSGT Dennis Michael Rattin. 

2012 - Neha Chandan
2013 - Zachary Gifford
2014 - Emily Nepomuceno
2015 - Megan Fox
2016 - Gabrielle Chinski
2017 - Ravina Vasanwala & Thuy Le
2018 Jessica Echeverria

Steve was a 1981 graduate of Eastridge High School, however his children and nieces and nephews attended Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School. Steve displayed his superior athletic ability most in the sports of baseball and football.  Steve held himself to high academic standards and valued the benefits gained from participating in athletics.

After completing high school he went on to Kankakee Community College where he received a baseball scholarship.  He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Aurora University where he also played baseball as a scholarship athlete.

He went on to have a successful career as a union carpenter, working with Alexander Construction until he passed at the young age of 53.  He was gifted and talented in many ways.

2021 - Sydney Kane & Thomas Sztuba
2022 - Jacob Walter & Lilly Hove

Vera, .J. and Barry Amiano established the Bryan W. Amiano Memorial Scholarship for History Majors in tribute to their son and brother, Bryan. The Scholarship is offered to students intending to major in history at a four-year college or university. Bryan '78, had a lifelong love of history, furthering his passion through continued study, travel and reading. The scholarship will be awarded for the first time to a 2012 senior. 

2012 - Emilty Wilcox
2013 - Nicole Lehning
2014 - Sean Varner
2015 - Heather Funk
2016 - Mitchell Mahnke

Nicole Marie Sunberg was a dedicated, hard-working student. She possessed an open mind and was always eager to learn. In her short life, Nicole achieved many great accomplishments. She was a member of the National Honor Society, an Illinois State Scholar, the President of Students Helping Students, an honor roll student every semester at BBCHS, danced with the dance team, a member of both Chamber and Jazz Choirs and performed in 8 musical theater productions. In her life and in her death, Nicole had a powerful and positive impact on many lives. It is in this spirit, that Nicole's parents established the Nicole Marie Sunberg Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship. The scholarship is available to BBCHS seniors who have maintained a 3.5 G.P.A. or better for all 4 years of high school AND who have participated in one or more of the Fine Arts Programs while a student at BBCHS.

2005 - Natalie Sauch 
2006 - Ashley Mulligan 
2007 - Adam White 
2008 - Rebecca Williams 
2009 - Rachel Strysik 
2010 - Sarah Fitzpatrick 
2011 - Christine St. Louis 
2012 - Jordan Thornton
2013 - Patrick Lord-Remmert
2014 - Amy Jeck
2015 - Helen Berdebes
2016 - Jordan Ritter

Suellen Heide Saller taught in the BBCHS science department for 42 years. A valued colleague, teacher and an avid reader, Suellen was a charter member of the BBCHS Faculty Book Club founded in 1996. This award is given by family and
friends who will miss her laughter and insights on books and the world around us.

2022 - Kassidy Embry & Leonardo Mendoza
2023 - Emma Miller & Jack Deschand
2024 - Dana Benjamin-Mauricio & Taylor Bialecki

Here's a bit about Kristina from the BBCHS Class of 1997. After graduating from BBCHS, she went on to graduate from U of I at the top of her class (Summa Cum Laude and made the Bronze Tablet). She earned a degree in finance and became a successful investment banker. She then went on to private equity and eventually opened up her own VERY SUCCESSFUL private equity firm with 3 other partners. 

Criteria: 3.25 GPA or higher
Student athlete at BBCHS in any sport program for at least 3 years OR Holds a job outside of school with a minimum of 25 hours of work per week for at least 2 years

2022 - Zachary Scheiwiller
2023 - Ella Rose Drury
2024 - Samuel Chavez

Presented at Music Awards Night. The James Stevens Music Scholarship has been awarded to the following students:

2024 - Griffin Gund

This scholarship was established by Dr. Rajeev Puri, a local surgeon who is interested in supporting a BBCHS student with a guardian who is employed as a teacher, or serving the police or fire departments. His interest in supporting those who serve others in a way that helps support their students is admirable. The requirements for this scholarship are: students with a 3.50 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale, college bound - student has been accepted at an accredited 4-year college or university and has maintained excellent attendance during high school. The student demonstrates a good work ethic. The Dr. Rajeev Puri & Nancy Reau Scholarship has been awarded to the following students:

2024 - Luke Allen

This scholarship was established by Bhavin Patel, a Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School 2016 graduate. Bhavin was a member of the robotics team and received a Foundation scholarship while he was a student at BBCHS. His generosity to give back to BBCHS is commendable. The goals for the scholarship are: 1) to help first generation students going to college for business, 2) to help seed investing into a new business venture or project the student is currently working on, 3) to set up a mentorship program with Bhavin Patel (CEO if Nilkanth) and the Kankakee County CEO program. The Nilkanth Business Scholarship has been awarded to the following students:

2024 - Emmerson Longtin & Alexander DeCarlo

Morgan Greenfield was a Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School graduate in 2009, as was her late brother, Matthew, in 2010. She displayed an extraordinary talent in the arts, especially her ability to draw and paint. Her passion did not end there, as Morgan held an even deeper passion for helping animals and dedicated her life to doing so. She studied veterinary technology at Fox College in Tinley Park, and is now a licensed vet tech. Morgan has saved many lives and impacted so many more, both humans and animals alike. The Morgan Greenfield Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to the following students:

2024 - Conor Sidener