KAD/AURORA WEIGHTLIFTING CLUB HONOR ROLL
Alex Argueta:
- 2007 Junior National 3rd Place
- Resident Athlete at Northern Michigan University Olympic Education Program until 2011.
Matt Lee:
-2004 Youth National Champion 69kg
-2004 Youth Pan American Champion 69kg
-2004 4th Place IHSA State Wrestling Tournament
-2005 Youth National Champion 69kg
-2005 Youth Pan American Champion 69kg
-2005 2nd Place IHSA State Wrestling Tournament
-4 Year Member of the University of Illinois Wrestling Team
Jordan Munos:
Gymnastics
- Two time state bars champion
- Four time top three state all-around champion
- Region 5 Regionals
- All around 4th place - 2016
Kevin Costin:
-2004 Youth Nationals Champion 13U 69kg
-2009 All State IHSA Shot Put (9th)
-Two time IHSA State Qualifier - Shot Put
Andrew Plata:
-2000 National Youth Champion 14-16 47kg
- Current teacher and varsity wrestling coach at West Aurora High School
Joe Katula:
-2015 Illinois State Scholar – Award for being academically in the top 10% of the state.
-2015 Prairie State Achievement Award – Awarded for exceed the Illinois Learning
Standards in Reading, Mathematics, Science, and Writing.
-AB Honor Roll and High Honor Roll: 5th, 6th, 7th,, 8th, 9th, 10th,,11th and 12th
grades
-Academic Excellence Award: Lettered 4 years for outstanding academic
achievement.
-Received special award in 2015 for academic excellence throughout high school and for
being in the top 5% of my class academically.
-All-School Math Award: I received the Yorkville Middle School All-School Math Honors
Award in 8th grade; I was advanced by 2 grade levels in math in 7th grade.
-National Honors Society Member: Junior and Senior year (2013-2015)
-Academic All-Conference Awards: Football and Wrestling (2013-2015)
Austin Beebe:
WEST HIGH
-4 Years varsity letter winner (wrestling)
-2 Years varsity letter winner (football)
-2x Varsity captain (football)
-Fresh/Soph state Tournament(wrestling)
-2x Outstanding lineman award
-2011 daily herald all area football team
-Class 3A heavyweight regional champ (wrestling) 2012
-Class 3A heavyweight sectional champ (wrestling) 2012
-Class 3A heavyweight state qualifier 2012
-CULVER STOCKTON COLLEGE
-2x All conference college football (NAIA)
-2x Captain (college)
-2x Outstanding lineman award
-2015 Preseason all American
-605lb Squat 2012
-435lb x3 2012
-2 Bowl invites post college career
-D2 vs NAIA challenge
-FCS National bowl, player invite only
Will Easley:
- 2018 Youth National Champion (89kg)
- 2019 Junior National Runner Up (89kg)
- 2020 Junior National Champ (89kg)
- 2020 Weightlifting Scholarship Commit to Marian University, Indianapolis, IN.
Kyonte Johnson:
- Two time Youth National qualifier
- 2015 Youth National runner up in 16-17 77Kg class
- American Open 77Kg qualifier
- Junior National 77Kg qualifier
- Two time camper at Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs
Christy Lynch:
- 2016 Masters Nationals Qualifier - 5th
- 2016 Masters National 5th Place, 53kg.
Tamia Rayford:
- 2016 Junior National Qualifier
- 2017 Junior National Qualifier
- 2017 University National Qualifier
Track:
- Placed 4 years in a row in the Illinois State High School Track Meet
- Full Scholarship to Southwest Baptist University
- Maintained a 3.0 GPA all four years of high school
Mycah Neubaum:
- 2016 University National Qualifier
- 2017 National University Championships 3rd Place
Hannah Beatus:
- Four-year softball varsity letter winner
- Scholarship athlete at Grand Valley State University
Bri Malczyk:
- 2017 Junior National Qualifier
- Scholarship Athlete for Olympic Weightlifting at Lindenwood University
