Student winner announced for March 4-8

In the closest race yet, Freeport's Rachel Salazar edged out Hononegah's Sofia Korasick by just 41 votes for this week's Rockford Register Star Student of the Week.

Nearly 3,800 votes were cast, with Salazar receiving 41.25% of the vote to Korasick's 40.16%.

Salazar, a senior, is a three-sport athlete who carries a 4.0 GPA ranking in the top 10 in her class. A teacher who has had Salazar in classes for three years called her a model of consistency and said, “She is what we look for in all students.”

Other finalists include Boylan's Nolan Coen, Guilford's Damien Johnson and Auburn's Philippe Ndikumana.

Anyone wishing to nominate a high school student for Student of the

Salazar

Week can send an email to studentoftheweek@rrstar.com. Be sure to include the student's name, age, grade in school, a list of academic and extracurricular achievements, a photo of the student and a couple sentences about why that student deserves to be in Student of the Week.

A list of finalists for Student of the Week publishes online at rrstar.com on Mondays and in print in the Rockford Register Star on Tuesdays.

Readers can vote for who they think deserves the title of Student of the Week in our online poll. You can vote as many times as you want until noon Thursday.

Winners are announced online Friday and in print on Sundays.

Chris Green is a Rockford Register Star general assignment reporter. He can be reached at 815-987-1241, via email at cgreen@rrstar.com and Twitter @chrisfgreen.

Salazar, a senior, is a three-sport athlete who carries a 4.0 GPA ranking in the top 10 in her class. A teacher who has had Salazar in classes for three years called her a model of consistency and said, “She is what we look for in all students.”