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NATIONAL MERIT recognizes teens

The following Hinsdale Central students were recognized as commended students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program based on their outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT.

They are:

Inaad Abbasi, Joseph Akerman, Abdullah Ahmed, Sakina Akbar, Aurora Allen, Adhvay Arvind, Sanna Asif, Grace Assicurato, Reyna Batra, Henry Bolenbaugh, Briana Cady, Patrick Cahill, Emily Cheung, Elena Chulos, Jackson Clark, Rebecca Cortez, Sarah Delapena, Eshan Doshi, Gemma Flaming, David Gao, Maya Gin, Henry Guo, Mia Herman, Julian Hernandez, Aayan Ilyas, Alia Islam, Sarah Izhar, Nikita Kamenev, Gia Kapur, Dana Karim, David Leung, Zedeki Lillioja, Lauren Lin, Nathaniel Lin, Cade MacDonell, Teagan Manning, Morgan Mehrhoff, Yash Mishra, Insiyah Moosabuoy, Ameea Muzaffar, Anaya Muzaffar

Akshay Naik, Charles Nordby, Broderick O’Hare, Alina Patel, Diya Patel Daniel Peev, Stefan Philip, Alex Rivera, Akash Saini, Addison Selman, Riyaan Shah, Sahil Shah, Haris Smajkic, Krishawn Spencer, Hayden Stein, Qitai Sun, Samrah Syed, Hoikei Tam, Tyler Thick, Jacob Truang, Juliana Waters, Rowan Whelan, Zoe Wiemeyer, Layla Xiao, Kevin Xue, Andre Zhao, Meiyan Zhu and Leila Zou.

The names of Central’s National Merit Semifinalists were published in the Sept. 19 issue.

HINSDALE COUPLE SUPPORTS ALS WALK

Katy McNeil and husband Brian Davis of Hinsdale were among more than 2,000 people who helped raise more than $575,000 in the 23rd annual Les Turner ALS Walk for Life Sept. 14 at Chicago’s Soldier Field.

Davis was diagnosed with ALS on his 36th birthday.

“While Brian is no longer able to walk the two miles at the Soldier Field event, he is looking forward to taking our 5-month-old daughter for a wheelchair ride alongside our 3-year-old, family and friends at the ALS Walk this year,” McNeil said before the event.

Donations to the event continue throughout the year. Visit http://www.lesturnerals.org.

A photo appears online at http://www.facebook.com/thehinsdalean.

FOUNDATION event IS A SUCCESS

The Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation raised a record $530,000 at its 20th Annual Autumn Affair on Sept. 7 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. More than 300 tickets were sold for the gala, which is the foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year. Proceeds from this year’s event will support cancer care and other programs and services that directly impact patients.