The Illinois Real Estate Educational Foundation (REEF) announced 29 winners of college scholarships for the 2018-19 school year. The total amount distributed to those recipients is $32,000.

The recipients of the REALTORS® 2018 Academic Scholarships are:

  • Sydney Garcia, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL; and
  • Sopefoluwa Kelani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.

The winner of the 2018 Morgan L. Fitch Scholarship is:

  • Jobin Varghese, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.

The beneficiaries of the 2018 Thomas F. Seay Scholarships are:

  • Jenny Basantes, Florida SouthWestern State College, Fort Myers, FL; and
  • Jon (Tucker) Broadbooks, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO.

Nine students will receive 2018 Richard D. Wiegers Scholarships:

  • Carolyn Franke, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL;
  • Nereida Hernandez, DePaul University, Chicago, IL;
  • Madison Keele, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY;
  • Brooklyn Oswald, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL;
  • Mina Rizk, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL;
  • Grant Seniker, Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL;
  • Jacob Wirtz, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL;
  • Jessica Wirtz, Loyola University, Chicago, IL; and
  • Jordan Wirtz, Rush University, Chicago, IL.

Fifteen students will receive 2018 James Kinney Scholarships:

  • Drew Barney, Danville Area Community College, Danville, IL;
  • Jade Bellairs, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI;
  • Zachary Blumberg, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA;
  • Kathleen Botterbush, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO;
  • Benjamin Butcher, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN;
  • Harry Crawford, Aurora University, Aurora, IL;
  • Rachel Crumrin, Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, IL;
  • Alexandria Epperson, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL;
  • Ryker Grove, Columbia College, Columbia, MO;
  • Ruslan Horechko, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL;
  • Peyton Matthews, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL;
  • Michael McGinnis Jr., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL;
  • Austin Moca, Bradley University, Peoria, IL;
  • Nicolas Terrell, Ripon College, Ripon, WI; and
  • Alexia Thompson, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN.