Northwest Herald Runner of the Year

Year Boys Runner of the Year Girls Runner of the Year
1990 Rich Arsenault Dundee-Crown Erin Boland McHenry
1991 Leon Torres Dundee-Crown Amber Allen Crystal Lake Central
1992 Cory Smith Crystal Lake South Julia Peterson Crystal Lake Central
1993 Chris Hicklin Crystal Lake Central Chris Malo Johnsburg
1994 Jon Demick Harvard Alice Melhuish Crystal Lake South
1995 Jon Russell Crystal Lake Central Alice Melhuish Crystal Lake South
1996 Ryan MacKenzie Crystal Lake Central Catie LaBracke Marian Central
1997 Cory Moffat Crystal Lake Central Catie LaBracke Marian Central
1998 Matt Widhalm Marian Central Katie Hartmann Woodstock
1999 Matt Legel Crystal Lake Central Katie Hartmann Woodstock
2000 Paul Kulisek Woodstock Katie Birn McHenry
2001 Sam Romanoski Lake Zurich Jacqui Aubert Crystal Lake South
2002 Sam Romanoski Lake Zurich Amanda Domich Dundee-Crown
2003 Drake Ballew Crystal Lake Central Bekah Aavang Huntley
2004 Evan Jager Jacobs Mary Kate Carrick Johnsburg
2005 Evan Jager Jacobs Haley Staples Crystal Lake Central
2006 Evan Jager Jacobs Stephanie Peisker Crystal Lake Central
2007 Phil Farleigh Cary-Grove Kristina Aubert Crystal Lake South
2008 Phil Farleigh Cary-Grove Kristina Aubert Crystal Lake South
2009 Anthony Manfrin Dundee-Crown Kayla Beattie Woodstock
2010 Phil Meyer Woodstock Kayla Beattie Woodstock
2011 Mitch Wilkins Prairie Ridge Sami Staples Crystal Lake Central
2012 Alex Baker Crystal Lake Central Katie Adams Marengo
2013 Jesse Reiser McHenry Lauren Van Vlierbergen Jacobs
2014 Jesse Reiser McHenry Lauren Van Vlierbergen Jacobs
2015 Filip Pajak Prairie Ridge Caitlin Bruzzini Crystal Lake South
2016 Jack Becker Crystal Lake South Caitlin Bruzzini Crystal Lake South
2017 Jack Becker Crystal Lake South Chelsea Gale Prairie Ridge
2018 Ian Geisler Huntley Kylie Hagmann Woodstock
2019 Ian Geisler Huntley Siobhan Stoll Marian Central
2020 Peter Walsdorf Marian Central Bella Gonzalez Crystal Lake South
2021 Yusuf Baig Burlington Central Hadley Ferrero Crystal Lake Central 
2022 Tommy Nitz Huntley Rachel Soukup Prairie Ridge
2023 Tommy Nitz  Huntley  Danielle Jensen McHenry

 

Breakdown by School

Boys
School # of ROTYs
Crystal Lake Central 7
Huntley 4
Jacobs 3
Dundee-Crown 3
Crystal Lake South 3
Lake Zurich 2
Cary-Grove 2
Woodstock 2
McHenry 2
Prairie Ridge 2
Marian Central 2
Harvard 1
Burlington Central 1
Girls
School # of ROTYs
Crystal Lake South 8
Crystal Lake Central 6
Woodstock 5
Marian Central 3
McHenry 3
Johnsburg 2
Jacobs 2
Prairie Ridge 2
Dundee-Crown 1
Huntley 1
Marengo 1

 

Repeat Recipients

3-Time Runner of the Year

Evan Jager, Jacobs (2004, 2005, 2006)

2-Time Runner of the Year

Alice Melhuish, Crystal Lake South (1994, 1995)

Catie LaBracke, Marian Central (1996, 1997)

Katie Hartmann, Woodstock (1998, 1999)

Sam Romanoski, Lake Zurich (2001, 2002)

Phil Farleigh, Cary-Grove (2007, 2008)

Kristina Aubert, Crystal Lake South (2007, 2008)

Kayla Beattie, Woodstock (2009, 2010)

Jesse Reiser, McHenry (2013, 2014)

Lauren Van Vlierbergen, Jacobs (2013, 2014)

Caitlin Bruzzini, Crystal Lake South (2015, 2016)

Jack Becker, Crystal Lake South (2016, 2017)

Ian Geisler, Huntley (2018, 2019)