05/30/2026
Introducing Nyah Gronewold, one of our 2026 IWIL Scholarship Recipients.
Nyah recently graduated from Lutheran High of Springfield, Illinois this month. She has been very active and successful in many high school sports - golf, soccer, cheer and track & field. Within these sports she has held the titles of team manager, co-captain and team captain. She also has been All American Cheerleader and cheerleader at the Citrus Bowl half-time performance.
Nyah does way more than sports though! She raised over $16,000 for Variety of Illinois, a volunteer-driven organization committed to providing kids with disabilities adaptive equipment and opportunities that insurance does not cover. She has been a member of State Senator Steve McClure‘s Youth Advisory Council, the Youth FBI Academy, volunteered with Honors Flight, and is a peer tutor!
She will be studying political science and communication with a pre-law focus at Valparaiso University this fall. We wish her the best of luck!
Photo credit: Kristi Mitchell Photography
