Rusty Cohen Legacy Scholarship Recipients

Sam attended Jones College Prep, where he participated in the school’s pre-engineering program and the ACE Mentorship program. Sam also participated on his high school’s swim, diving, and water polo teams. Sam studies civil engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Marci graduated from Rickover Naval Academy. She maintained her 4.0 throughout high school while also completing nearly 300 hours of volunteer work, participating in several sports, and serving as a JROTC cadet battalion commander, leading a troop of 400 students. Marci attends Hope College, where she is studying business.

Sergio graduated from Marie Curie Metropolitan High School with a 4.0 GPA, tutored elementary school students, and was a captain of the Track & Field team. At Chicago Scholars, he was a Scholar Ambassador and Leadership Council member. He will major in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.