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The Illinois Real Estate Educational Foundation (REEF) announced 29 winners of college scholarships for the 2018-19 school year. The total amount distributed to those recipients is $32,000.
The recipients of the REALTORS® 2018 Academic Scholarships are:
- Sydney Garcia, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL; and
- Sopefoluwa Kelani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
The winner of the 2018 Morgan L. Fitch Scholarship is:
- Jobin Varghese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.
The beneficiaries of the 2018 Thomas F. Seay Scholarships are:
- Jenny Basantes, Florida SouthWestern State College, Fort Myers, FL; and
- Jon (Tucker) Broadbooks, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO.
Nine students will receive 2018 Richard D. Wiegers Scholarships:
- Carolyn Franke, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL;
- Nereida Hernandez, DePaul University, Chicago, IL;
- Madison Keele, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY;
- Brooklyn Oswald, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL;
- Mina Rizk, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL;
- Grant Seniker, Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL;
- Jacob Wirtz, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL;
- Jessica Wirtz, Loyola University, Chicago, IL; and
- Jordan Wirtz, Rush University, Chicago, IL.
Fifteen students will receive 2018 James Kinney Scholarships:
- Drew Barney, Danville Area Community College, Danville, IL;
- Jade Bellairs, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI;
- Zachary Blumberg, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA;
- Kathleen Botterbush, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO;
- Benjamin Butcher, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN;
- Harry Crawford, Aurora University, Aurora, IL;
- Rachel Crumrin, Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, IL;
- Alexandria Epperson, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL;
- Ryker Grove, Columbia College, Columbia, MO;
- Ruslan Horechko, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL;
- Peyton Matthews, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL;
- Michael McGinnis Jr., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL;
- Austin Moca, Bradley University, Peoria, IL;
- Nicolas Terrell, Ripon College, Ripon, WI; and
- Alexia Thompson, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN.
