People of Village of Phoenix

People

PHOENIX SALUTES OUR RESIDENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS

Brittney Brooks

Brittney Brooks currently attends Illinois State University. She attended Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois. She was vice president of Students Against Violence Everywhere, Vice President of National Honor Society, and was elected senior class Vice President. She was also a member of the Thornton Speech Team. The team was ranked 4th in the State of Illinois. Brittney was a member of Big Brother/Big Sister and a distinguished scholar while in high school. She has also been honored by the following: Chicago Urban League; and was awarded a Dell laptop computer and printer; honored by the National Honor Roll, National Honor Society, National Society of High School Scholars and Who’s Who Among American High School Students.

Brandon Herring

Brandon Herring currently attends illinois State University. While in high school, he was a member of the Thornton Speech Team and the National Honor Society. He ranked in the top 10 in his class and had a 4.1 overall grade point average. He introduced Judge Mathias during the assembly when he visited Thornton High School on April 3, 2007.

Michael Berry

Michael Berry was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 NFL draft.

Cory Cantrell

Cory Cantrell was in the play “History of Stax Records”

Claude Rials

Claude Rials, a maintenance worker in the Village of Phoenix, was presented a special achievement award on May 15, 2007, during the Outstanding Worker Awards Luncheon, held at the Palmer House Hilton Grand Ballroom. Suburban Area Agency On Aging (now Age Options) placed Claude in the Village of Phoenix April 14, 2004 as a Title V Enrollee. He proved himself to be a very good worker. The Village of Phoenix hired him as a Village employee.

Tiffany W. Ross

Tiffany W. Ross graduated from Eastern Illinois University on May 5, 2007 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance.

Rocky Hill

Rocky Hill was named The Hammond Times’ Boys Basketball Coach of the Year. He also received the same honor in 1995. Coach Hill completed his second year at Crete-Monee High School with a 13-12 season. The year before he became head basketball coach at Crete-Monee, the record was 2-18. Coach Hill has also coached at Thornton Township High School and most recently at Julian High School in Chicago.

Michael Stanley

Michael Stanley is a 2007 graduate of Seton Academy’s first coed class. He attends Notre Dame.
He has received the following honors:

Dean’s List
President’s Education Award for Educational Excellence
Illinois State Scholar Award
National Academic Achievement Award
National Honor Society
Class Rank 5 of 84

Karla L. Beard

Karla L. Beard played the part of Sarah in the Porchlight Musical Theatre production.

Jordan Jones

Jordan Jones is one of the top students at Seton Academy with a 3.9 GPA. He is a member of a traveling all-star team that will play in several southern states including Florida and Texas.

Gregory Wynne

Gregory Wynne graduated form Thornton Township High School on May 19, 2007 with a class rank of 13 and a cumulative G.P.A. of 4.125. He was a member of the Spanish Honor Society, “Top Cat” and a Distinguished Scholar. His extra curricular activities consisted of wrestling, baseball and marching band. Gregory volunteered at
the Phoenix Summer Library events; was a volunteer worker during Harvey’s Mayoral election; tutored kids in economics at Brooks Middle School; and worked in the sound room at church. He was awarded a scholarship to Indiana University. He was accepted at Belmont University, Butler University, Indiana University and Middle Tennessee State University. He attends Middle Tennessee State University.