The Joseph McCraith Model Citizen $1500 scholarship winner is selected by a committee of Staff Counselors from candidates, one from each county, selected by the counselors of each county.
| 2008 |
John Tienken (Clarendon Hills) |
| 2007 |
Jordan Liles (Lena) |
| 2006 |
Parker Happ (Woodstock) |
| 2005 |
Yashua Bhatti (Rantoul) |
| 2004 |
Timothy Newlin, Jr. (Peoria) |
| 2003 |
Aaron Mowery (Libertyville) |
| 2002 |
Eric England (West Union) |
| 2001 |
Peter Kurinsky (Park Ridge) |
| 2000 |
Christopher Connelly (Glen Ellyn) |
| 1999 |
Eric Hachikian (Lake Forest) |
| 1998 |
Jonathan Budzik (Winthrop Harbor) |
| 1997 |
Robert W. Whipple (Lake Forest) |
| 1996 |
Brett Smiley (Glenview) |
