A banquet in his memory is held every year in memory of the late Keith Ryan, a popular sportscaster who spent nearly a quarter century promoting local sports in Lake County. Proceeds will be applied toward two $1,000 scholarships for CLC students – one for a student pursuing a career in print or broadcast communications and the other for a sophomore student athlete. Since the scholarship banquet’s inception, more than $60,000 has been raised for journalism students and student-athletes. In addition, a total of 131 individuals have been inducted into the two halls of fame (Lake County High School Sports Hall of Fame & Waukegan Sports Hall of Fame) including the following from the NOA.
YEAR |
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RECIPIENT |
2003 |
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Lee Mieure |
2004 |
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Tom Kinkelaar |
2005 |
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Bill Swanson |
2006 |
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Fred Swanson |
2007 |
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Dick Kessler |
2008 |
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Bob Brown |
2009 |
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Tom Baba |
2010 |
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Jim Bernardi |
2011 |
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Peter King |
2012 |
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Don Swanson |
2013 |
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Jerry Grunska |
2014 |
|
None Awarded |
2015 |
|
None Awarded |
2016 |
|
Mike Geske |
2017 |
Jerry Blum |
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2018 |
|
Darnell Jones |
2019 |
Mark Thompson |
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2020 |
John Widmayer |
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2021 |
None Awarded |
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2022 |
George Lewerenz |
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2023 |
Mike Babicz |