Award and Scholarship Recipients 2025

Illinois Bands is grateful for the tremendous support that allows us to recognize the following students for their contributions to our concert and athletic bands. These individuals are representatives of the entirety of the Illinois Bands community, as every student makes valuable and significant contributions through their musicianship, leadership, dedication, and service.

A.A. Harding award

Jacob Arche and Matthew Kelley

Mark Hindsley award

Ellie Pierzina and Luke Yoakam

Harry Begian assistantship award

Alex Mondragon

Guy M. Duker Symphonic Band award

Celia Chambers, Chandler Cleric, Jake Guglielmi, and Daisy Waters

Thomas J. Harris award

Rebecca Mulligan

Gary E. Smith Excellence in Leadership award

Stefan Loest

Edmund C. Williams award

Maggie Camp, Andrew Gaffey, and Wilson Shrout

Sally Emrich Pierce and C. David Pierce Scholarship

Tyler Lange

DANSR/Vandoren Single reed award

Christina Dodds and Jack Govern

Marching Illini Drum Major Scholarship

Alex Hall, Poorna Kumar, and Matthew Felbein

marching illini drumline scholarship

Sofi Riedel

Prickett engineering scholarship

Max Lanham and Evan Schmitz

Marching Illini Trombone Scholarship

Claudia Reckamp

Ward and Mary Wilson Trombone Scholarship

Phoebe Gerstenecker

marching illini (“loyalty”) scholarship

Erin Stanton, Mark VandeWiele, Annika Marchi, Ishan Bogetto, Maia Eames, Bex Muise, Lucy Cinnamon, Josie LaPapa, Axel Aguilera, Luke Elias, Siddharth Singh, Ryan Bushell, Celeste Tomaselli, Caitlin Niesman, Natalie Foote, Avery Ahrendt, Autumn Bush, Allie DeMay, Mae Gentry, Gabby Manriquez, Matthew Currey, Gabby Contreras, Maddie Kocolowski, Ellie Pierzina, Tyler Lange, Wilson Shrout, Alexis Esher, Jake Vanoss, Kendall McFarlin, Keith Shedlebower, Bailey Yoon, Deven Rea, Tyler Van Draska, Anna Poel, Ethan Bello, Evan Stanton

Illinois Bands is grateful for DANSR/Vandoren USA’s sponsorship of the DANSR/Vandoren Single Reed Award.