Area Teen Named Nation's Top Prep Linebacker
WEST CHESTER, Ohio --
A Lakota West senior has been named the nation's top high school linebacker.
Jordan Hicks is the second player to receive the Butkus Award for high school linebackers, following Manti Te'o from Punahou High School in Hawaii, who started for Notre Dame this fall as a true freshman linebacker.
The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Hicks is considered one of the top football players in Ohio at any position, and he's weighing offers from a number of Division I college programs.
Naperville Central JKB is Off and Running This Year.
The 15 JKB alumni have set forth ambitious goals.
They are going to Scott Elementary School, Highlands Elementary School, Madison and Lincoln Junior High Schools, running a freshman workshop, helping run the DVC leadership workshop, helping with various fundraising events, and selecting next year’s JKB alumni.
David A. Dreiser: Downers Grove North
Creativity, hard work pay off with full scholarship to University of Illinois
By Vikki Ortiz | Tribune reporter
May 3, 2009
Chicago Tribune 2009 All-State Academic Team member David Dresier of Downers Grove North High School has a 4.68 GPA, is number one in his class and is involved in many extra-curriculars including helping the homeless and running the the DGN track team. (Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune / April 22, 2009)
After struggling for days to find an essay topic for his All-State Academic scholarship application, David A. Dreiser decided on a tale in which his father's eyebrows come to life, pop off his face and spin into an alternative universe known as "the infinite forehead."
"I thought it was a little bit off the wall, but then I thought, 'That's David,' " said his father, Dan, whose eyebrows are really quite average.
Athletes Who Lead By Example
Story taken from a Chicago newspaper article written by Paul LaTour.
Naperville Central basketball and water polo player Claire Fleming is a leader for the Redhawks.
Naperville Central veteran athletes teach freshmen the right path to take.
April 20, 2009 By Paul LaTour For The Sun
For the most part, all attention was focused toward the 11 Naperville Central juniors and seniors standing in front.
Considering the other group was a collection of more than 40 freshman athletes from Central, keeping them that quiet was an impressive feat.
Still, some voices could be heard toward the back of the second-floor room in the White Activities Center at North Central College. A few weren't paying attention to what the older students were telling them about leadership and making wise decisions regarding alcohol, tobacco and steroids.
As the discussion continued, junior Claire Fleming, a water polo and basketball player, peeled off from the front group, heading toward the place where the voices were coming from. She didn't say anything, but as she approached the back, the voices suddenly fell silent.
