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Minooka Community High School announces Hall of Fame induction events for October

 
Minooka Community High School announces Hall of Fame induction events for October
Jamie Soliman, Principal | Minooka Community High School District 111

Minooka Community High School (MCHS) will host two events to induct the Class of 2025 into its Athletic Hall of Fame. The first event is scheduled for Friday, October 3, 2025, during the Homecoming football game against Plainfield Central High School. The induction will take place at the conclusion of the sophomore football game, which starts at 5 p.m. and is expected to end around 7 p.m., followed by the varsity game at 7:30 p.m. After the games, a social gathering will be held at Aces Garage Bar & Grill.

The second event is an induction dinner on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at 6 p.m., also at Aces Garage Bar & Grill in Minooka. Inductees may attend free of charge while guests are required to pay $50 per ticket. Tickets can be purchased online through GoFan: https://gofan.co/event/4051172?schoolId=IL15586

Rooms have been reserved for out-of-town guests and inductees at TownPlace Suites and Hampton Inn & Suites in Minooka under “MCHS Hall of Fame.” For questions about these events, Jon Ryan from the Hall of Fame Committee can be contacted at 815-600-9636 or via email at AthleticHallofFame@mchs.net.

The individuals being inducted include members of the 2013 Softball Team—Ali Bagley, Jordan (Larsen) Bauer, Caty Bell, Erin (Rosetto) Boerschig, Caroline Brown, Marissa Burns, Rachel (May) Gaffino, Meghan (Quirk) Genenbacher, Amoree Harkness, Kelli Holstine, Alyssa Hujduk, Lauryn Lewis, Jaclyn Lilek, Mikayla Malone, Sara Novak, Allie (Robinson) Poli, Sarah Schimanski, Kelsey Smith, Faith Thompson, Geraldine Westerhoff and Alexa Zito—as well as coaches Mark Brown, Amy Saelens, Scott Keers Ann Rapsky and Tracy Kwasny; Coach Ray Liberatore; Special Merit honoree Bob Tyrell; and individual athletes Tim Stevens ’95 Dustin Williams ’01 Nina Simotes ’01 Ashley Jones ‘06.

To learn more about the Hall of Fame visit https://www.mchs.net/o/mchs/page/athletics or email AthleticHallofFame@mchs.net with questions.

Minooka Community High School is part of Minooka Community High School District 111 which serves Kendall and Grundy counties (source). According to data from the Illinois State Board of Education (source), District 111 employs approximately 150 teachers with an average salary of $71,318 before pension contributions; women make up nearly sixty percent of staff. There are no teachers in this district with more than ten absences per year.

The student body in District 111 is predominantly White at over seventy-three percent; Hispanic students account for eighteen percent while Black students represent just under four percent (source). In fiscal year 2020 District spending was $22 312 per student totaling nearly fifty-nine million dollars (source).