Scholarships for Outstanding Lisle High School Students

Over the past twenty years, the Carlin Nalley Foundation has awarded over $300,000 million in scholarships.
Please help us sustain this worthwhile effort by donating now.

Scholarship applications are available in Lisle Senior High School's guidance office.

2024 Carlin Nalley Foundation Scholarship Recipients

McKenna Kane
Babe Zaharias Award: Outstanding Female Athlete, Jones/Beato $4,500 Scholarship

Anika Mutum
Fiore Scholarship, Beverly Fiore Award for Outstanding Thespian $4,500 Scholarship

Clayton Hicks
Grutzmacher Family Alumni Legacy Award: Outstanding Achievement and Service by a Descendant of a Lisle Graduate Grutzmacher $4,500 Scholarship

Andrea Castro
Kaylee Ann Gansberg Art Award $4,500 Scholarship

Jackson Cates
Ralph King Career & Technology Education Award King $4,500 Scholarship

Jacob Mitchell
Dr. John Mulcare Award: Outstanding Science Student Mulcare $4,500 Scholarship

Ty Russell
Piccolo Award: Lisle’s Outstanding Male Athlete, $4,500 Carlin Nalley Scholarship

Guadalupe Martinez
Ron Logeman Educational Leadership Award $4,500 Scholarship

Gracie Magis
Steve Green Musical Achievement Award $4,500 Scholarship

Over the past 20 years, the Carlin Nalley Foundation has awarded over $300,000 worth of scholarships. Please help us sustain this worthwhile effort.

The 2023 Carlin Nalley Foundation Scholarship Recipients:
Audrey Catuara
Babe Zaharias Award, Outstanding Female Athlete Jones/Beato Scholarship
Kayleigh Hrabrich
Beverly Fiore Award for Outstanding Thespian
Tyler Anderson
Grutzmacher Scholarship, Grutzmacher Family Alumni Legacy Award, Outstanding Achievement and Service by a Descendant of a Lisle Graduate
Zoe Hynes
Kaylee Ann Gansberg Art Award
Cassi Rosenberg
Ralph King Career & Technology Education Award
Tyler Anderson
Mulcare Scholarship Dr. John Mulcare Award, Outstanding Science Student
Casey Rosenberg
Piccolo Award: Lisle’s Outstanding Male Athlete
Lily Gavigan
Ron Logeman Educational Leadership Award
Audrey Catuara
Steve Green Musical Achievement Award

Let's meet the 2022 Recipients:
Babe Zaharias Award: Outstanding Female Athlete
Jones/Beato Scholarship
Meg de Buhr

Fiore Scholarship:
Beverly Fiore Award: Outstanding Thespian:
Mia Rizzo

Grutzmacher Scholarship
Grutzmacher Family Alumni Legacy Award: Outstanding Achievement and Service by a Descendant of a Lisle Graduate
Haley Cassells

King Scholarship
Ralph King Career & Technology Education Award
Elijah Trevino

Mulcare Scholarship
Dr. John Mulcare Award: Outstanding Science Student
Isabella Pellicano

Piccolo Award: Lisle’s Outstanding Male Athlete
Nick Jachim

Ron Logeman Educational Leadership Award
Sophie Brown

Steve Green Musical Achievement Award
Andrew Sohl

Thanks to you CNF Awards $28,000 in Scholarships in 2021
The month of May (the sports scholarships will be awarded in July) is our scholarship season, and CNF reached a high-water mark by awarding $28,000 in scholarships to eight outstanding Lisle seniors. This is the largest total scholarship amount in our foundation's history, and it is only   possible thanks to the generosity of you, the loyal alumni, who have committed to contribute annually to support this unique program. Thank you for being with us on our mission to recognize and encourage excellence among Lisle students and help them to pay for their educational expenses after graduation.

Let's meet the 2021 Recipients:
Babe Zaharias Award: Outstanding Female Athlete
Jones/Beato Scholarship
Tara Kane

Fiore Scholarship:
Beverly Fiore Award: Outstanding Thespian:
Fiona Bennett

Grutzmacher Scholarship
Grutzmacher Family Alumni Legacy Award:   Outstanding Achievement and Service by a Descendant of a Lisle Graduate
Jacob Anderson

King Scholarship
Ralph King Career & Technology Education Award
Emily Smith

Mulcare Scholarship
Dr. John Mulcare Award: Outstanding Science Student
Emily Wu

Piccolo Award:   Lisle’s Outstanding Male Athlete
Josh Farrell

Ron Logeman Educational Leadership Award
Lilian Beyer

Steve Green Musical Achievement Award
Christian Schoell

Thanks to you CNF Awards $24,000 in Scholarships in 2020
The month of May is our scholarship season, and the Carlin Nalley Foundation reached a high water mark by awarding $24,000 in scholarships to eight outstanding Lisle seniors. This is the largest total scholarship amount in our foundation's history, and it is only possible thanks to the generosity of you, the loyal alumni, who have committed to contribute annually to support this unique program. Thank you for being with us on our mission to recognize and encourage excellence among Lisle students and help them to pay for their educational expenses after graduation.

Let's meet the 2020 Recipients:

The 2019 Piccolo and Zaharias Scholarship Recipients McKenzie Weaver and Jay McGrath.
Left to Right: John Bartels, Rick Beato, McKenzie Weaver, Carlin alley, Jay McGrath, Bob Jones, & Jay Growchowski

Lisle High School Honors Night, May 18, 2017: Rob Taylor (CNF Secretary), Trevor Stitt (Grutzmacher Award), Kyle Belina (Mulcare Award), Erin Spangler (Fiore Award), Logan Beck (King Award), and John Bartels (CNF President).

It was a great honor to present the Brian Piccolo and Babe Zaharias Awards to Drew Sonnefeldt and TyAnn LeGrand-Melton at the Lisle High School athletic banquet May 30, 2017, with Jay Grochowski, Bob Jones, and Rick Beato: All legends of Lisle High School.

“On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, the Carlin Nalley Foundation presented $6,000 in scholarships to recognize four outstanding Lisle High School seniors at Honors Night in the high school auditorium.
Pictured from left to right are:
John Bartels, President of the Carlin Nalley Foundation
Annie May (Beverly Fiore Theater Award)
Alison Buchelt (Grutzmacher Family Legacy Award)
Peter Kfoury (Ralph King Career and Vocational Education Award)
Jennifer Cail (Dr. John Mulcare Science Education Award)
Rob Taylor (Secretary of the Carlin Nalley Foundation)
On behalf of the Lisle Alumni, the Carlin Nalley Foundation is proud to honor these exceptional students for their achievements, and to support them as they continue to demonstrate leadership beyond Lisle High School. We expect more great things from all of them.”

“The Carlin Nalley Foundation is very proud to support these outstanding student athletes with our scholarship program. We expect they will achieve great things as Lisle Alumni and be excellent examples to other Lisle High School students going forward,” John Bartels, President of the Carlin Nalley Foundation.
Pictured from left to right are:
John Bartels, President of the Carlin Nalley Foundation
Alec Van Volkenburg, Piccolo Award Scholarship
Melissa Ericson,- Babe Didrikson Zaharias Award Scholarship
Bob Jones, pioneer in girls’ athletics at Lisle
Jay Grochowski, Founding board member of the Carlin Nalley Foundation

Piccolo Award: Lisle’s Outstanding Male Athlete
Awarded at the Athletic Banquet since 1972

Babe Zaharias Award: Outstanding Female Athlete
Jones/Beato Scholarship:
Awarded at the Athletic Banquet since 1979
We have honored Bob Jones and Rick Beato, pioneers in girls’ athletics at Lisle, by naming the scholarship after them.

Fiore Scholarship:
Beverly Fiore Award: Outstanding Thespian
Awarded at Honors Night since 2012 in recognition of the outstanding teacher and director that inspired a generation of Lisle Thespians to excellence.

King Scholarship
Ralph King Award: Outstanding Technical and Vocational Education Student
Awarded at Honors Night since 2014 in honor of the dedicated industrial arts teacher who built the vocational education curriculum at Lisle and contributed to the professional success of hundreds of young Lisle men and women.

Mulcare Scholarship
Dr. John Mulcare Award: Outstanding Science Student
Awarded at Honors Night since 2014 in honor of the exceptional teacher who set a standard of excellence in the increasingly critical field of physical science education.

Grutzmacher Scholarship
Grutzmacher Family Alumni Legacy Award: Outstanding Achievement and Service by a Descendant of a Lisle Graduate
Awarded at Honors Night since 2015 in recognition of the Carlin Nalley Foundation’s founder, Kurt Grutzmacher, and his commitment on behalf of himself and his family to honor his mentor and coach and give back to Lisle High School.

Ron Logeman Educational Leadership Award
Honoring our long time principal and will be given to an outstanding student that commits to pursuing the teaching profession

Steve Green Musical Achievement Award
This will be given to a student achieving excellence in the musical arts.

Learn More about the award & past winners click here

​Over the past 20 years, the Carlin Nalley Foundation ​has awarded over $300,000 worth of scholarships. Please help us sustain this worthwhile effort.

​Lisle High School Honors Night, May 18, 2017: Rob Taylor (CNF Secretary), Trevor Stitt (Grutzmacher Award), Kyle Belina (Mulcare Award), Erin Spangler (Fiore Award), Logan Beck (King Award), and John Bartels (CNF President).

Over the past 20 years, the Carlin Nalley Foundation has awarded over $300,000 worth of scholarships. Please help us sustain this worthwhile effort.

Lisle High School Honors Night, May 18, 2017: Rob Taylor (CNF Secretary), Trevor Stitt (Grutzmacher Award), Kyle Belina (Mulcare Award), Erin Spangler (Fiore Award), Logan Beck (King Award), and John Bartels (CNF President).