2006 Illinois Young Entrepreneur Award Recipients
The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 408 scholarships to future entrepreneurs with the 2006 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program to set future small-business owners on the path to entrepreneurship. The Young Entrepreneur Award winners will attend the university, college, community college, or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. The scholarships are supported by the Foundation's endowment, and by many small-business leaders, corporations and foundations nationwide.
Illinois winners are listed below.
| Illinois | ||
| NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Jared Abert | Belleville | Belleville East High School |
| Andrew Catrinta | Chicago | Luther High School North |
| Jeff Deters | Effingham | St. Anthony of Padua High School |
| Vetalik Lord | St. Charles | Central High School |
| Jeremy Patterson | Smithton | Althoff Catholic High School |
| Timothy Suhajda | Chicago | Luther High School North |
| Kaylan Wonser | Champaign | Central High School |
| NFIB/Kathleen and Richard F. Duffy Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Travis Stirling | Thornton | Mount Carmel High School |
| NFIB/Lloyd E. Falconer Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Sean Hammer | Shannon | Eastland High School |
| Tyler Van Vleet | Macomb | Macomb Jr./Sr. High School |
| NFIB/JK Creative Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Amanda Bakker | Quincy | Quincy Senior High School |
| Tara Niemann | Quincy | Quincy Notre Dame High School |
| NFIB/Salesgenie.com Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Parag Shah | Naperville | Neuqua Valley High School |
| NFIB/VISA USA Young Entrepreneur Award | ||
| Maria Bufalino | Vernon Hills | Carmel High School |
| Bret Greenberg | Deerfield | Deerfield High School |
| Joshua Keidan | Deerfield | Deerfield High School |
| Jay Miller | Bradley | Bishop McNamara High School |
| Rachael Suffrin | Deerfield | Deerfield High School |
| Laurel Wilson | Chicago | Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy |
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