Andrew
| Head Coach: | Kira Maciejewski |
| Conference: | SWSC |
| 2024 Highlights: | 1st @ Conference, 2nd @ Sectionals, 2 doubles teams and 1 singles player qualified for state |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | All state qualifiers returning: Emma Lasecki (SR), Bri Wierzbanowski (SR), Alexa Pastierik (SR), Amber Wojciak (SR), Nathaniah Johnson (JR) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | TBD |
| 2025 Expectations: | We anticipate having a senior heavy lineup with the majority returning to their positions from last year. We hope these seniors will lead us to a back to back conference championship and our first sectional championship since 2016. Looking forward to a fun and memorable season! |
Bolingbrook
| Head Coach: | Kitty Dupee |
| Conference: | Southwest Prairie Conference (SPC) |
| 2024 Highlights: | Sectional Champions, 2 doubles teams, 1 singles player advanced to the State Tournament. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Issa Andora (12), Hazel Calderon (12), Yesenia Dekayie (12), Bella Mills (12), Kate Pajel (12), Ella Skultinas (12) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Delaina Rowland (10), Malana Young (12), Clara Wiese (12) |
| 2025 Expectations: | This season, our roster will be senior-heavy as we replace four state qualifiers from last year. We’re eager to perform well in our new conference and are excited to put in the effort to improve. |
Bradley Bourbonnais
| Head Coach: | Molly Rudniski |
| Conference: | SWSC |
| 2024 Highlights: | We had our top singles and top doubles players qualify for state last year. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Rachel Meskis (SR), Kimmy Vahl (SR), Haylea Grilli (SR), Ashley Salazar (SR), Emily Stearns (SR) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Haley O’Malley (JR), Kate Greenlee (JR), Katie McBurnie (SO), Olivia Nuesse (SO), Maegan Chimino (SO), Jenna McGee (SR) |
Conant
| Head Coach: | David Wolf |
| Conference: | Mid Suburban League (MSL) |
| 2024 Highlights: | Parul Saxena and Srikriti Mutyala Qualified as Doubles 1 for State |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Vanshika Singh – Sr. / Nandini Indraganti – Jr. / Evelyn Qiu – Jr. / Priyanka Razdan – Jr. / Srikriti Mutyala – Sr. / Parul Saxena – Sr. / Angela Hoang – Sr. |
| 2025 Expectations: | Our program is young but does have some experienced Varsity players who could make a splash depending on our sectional seeding. |
Fremd
| Head Coach: | Bob Hanson |
| Conference: | MSL |
| 2024 Highlights: | STATE CHAMPIONS |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Sophia Lin/ Yelang Lee/ Samantha Ye/ Evangeline Liu/ Riya Maligireddy/ Sophie Zhou/ Catherine Qin/ Simran Singh/ Brianna Wang |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Ksheera Karthik (9) |
Glenbard East
| Head Coach: | Scott Llorens |
| Conference: | Upstate Eight |
| 2024 Highlights: | UEC Conference Champions, 24-3-2 Record, 2nd place at NN Sectional, 15th Place IHSA, Top 8 Doubles Team. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Eishaal Bhimla (12), Kaitlyn Kelly (12), Ren Manning (12), Marisa Olas (12), Caitlin Rossi (12), Gabija Jackonyte (11), Daniela Romero (10) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Marija Cheeks (10), Betsy Facchini (10) |
| 2025 Expectations: | “We have a very good and exciting young team. We are replacing 3 graduating state qualifiers, but the returning athletes have put in great offseasons and are ready to step up!” |
Glenbard South
| Head Coach: | Lisa Roy |
| Conference: | Upstate Eight (UEC) |
| 2024 Highlights: | Placed 2nd in Conference |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Buhle, Amelia 12, Buhle, Natalie12, Cernauske, Olivia 11, Magnussen, Taylor 11, Sadorf, Samantha11, Shee, Say Ray 11, Shim, Grace 11, Tieman, Zoey 11, Ventura, Emma 11 |
| 2025 Expectations: | Results happen over time, not overnight. Stay consistent, work hard, and keep believing in yourself. |
Glenbrook North
| Head Coach: | Tiffany Kim |
| Conference: | CSL South Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Conference Champions, Sectional Champions, Top 12 Singles, Top 24 Singles, Top 12 Doubles, Top 24 Doubles. All state team |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Allison Endres 12, Vivian Zhao 12, Sahithi Medikondla 12, Mikaela Shen 11, Juliette Zhou 11, Sydney Jon 11, Kayla Yoon 10, Emma Yin 10 |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Ava Lee 9, Sophie Hou 9 |
Glenbrook South
| Head Coach: | Kelli Nitahara |
| Conference: | Central Suburban League |
| 2024 Highlights: | Sectional champion, top 24 doubles team |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Kate Haravon (senior), Rayya Patel (senior), Deana Chin (senior), Sanju Purayil (Junior) |
Hersey
| Head Coach: | Angela Ferrazza |
| Conference: | Midsuburban league (MSL) |
| 2024 Highlights: | Sectional winners in 2024, Qualified two singles players and two doubles teams for State tournament |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Teagan Rose (Junior), Nia Mosqueda (Senior) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Kaylee Choi, freshman |
| 2025 Expectations: | Hersey said a tearful goodbye to eight very special seniors last year. We are excited to welcome new faces to our Varsity team and hope to compete at the State Tournament in May 2025. |
Highland Park
| Head Coach: | Lydia Gonzalez |
| Conference: | Central Suburban League |
| 2024 Highlights: | Sending 2 doubles teams to State |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Emily Beall – Jr., Dani Lopez – Soph, Callie Wu – Soph, |
| 2025 Expectations: | The Giants continue to work and grow our Badminton Program. Looking forward to see how we compete. |
Hinsdale Central
| Head Coach: | Katie Maley |
| Conference: | West Suburban Silver |
| 2024 Highlights: | 5th in state as a team, 6th place doubles for Maria Jiao and Rachelle Camelli, top 12 for Hannah Fang and TIffany Tu |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Tiffany Tu, Senior, Hannah Fang Senior, Sarah Han Sophomore, Kacy Liu Senior |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Ameena Muzzafar Jr |
| 2025 Expectations: | Can’t wait for another exciting season, we will have some changes in our top spots of our line up! |
Hoffman Estates
| Head Coach: | Patrick Swanson |
| Conference: | MSL |
| 2024 Highlights: | HEHS had the most prolific year we have ever had in 2024, coming in third place in the MSL Conference and winning a sectional. We sent 5 girls to state and had our first ever girl make it to Saturday. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Bhavya Muthu (Sr), Angelica Ocampo (Sr), Zoey Pak (Jr), Miah Ugalde (Jr), Stuti Hegde (Sr) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | We’ll have quite a few new players to varsity…. we were a senior heavy group last year. There will be lots of good options for girls to move up to the varsity team. |
| 2025 Expectations: | After reaching the highest heights for our program last year, we’ll look to build on the success of 2024 and welcome a new bunch of players to keep our momentum going in a very tough conference. Bhavya Muthu will look to become a three time state qualifier and we’ll try to get her back down there in addition to some other new faces. Should be fun! |
Homewood Flossmor
| Head Coach: | Alexander Pratt |
| Conference: | SWSC Blue |
| 2024 Highlights: | Homewood-Flossmoor was represented at the state tournament for the 3rd season in a row last season. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Senior – Aubrie Camp Juniors – Anika Izenbart, Grace Taylor, Ruby Mikulski |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Junior – Anika Izenbart |
| 2025 Expectations: | “We have high expectations going into this season. The team had a tremendous off-season with increased focus on strength and conditioning. There is an abundance of enthusiasm we can feel. Both players and coaches are excited and ready to get to work.” |
IMSA
| Head Coach: | Ray Lopez |
| Conference: | Little Ten Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2nd at Sectionals. Tied for 9th in State. Carissa Chen 2nd in State (Singles) |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Carissa Chen (12), Dhivija Challa (11), Rhea Shah (12), Brahmani Sankkayala (11), Shruthi Vasudevan (12) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Nara Feng (10), Alison Fung (10) |
| 2025 Expectations: | This is only our 2nd full Badminton season. That being said, we do return 5 of 6 sectional players from the team that finished 2nd at sectionals in 2024. Add a couple of exciting newcomers and we have the potential of doing even better this season. We also have a slightly better overall turnout this year. Are hope is that it could lead to a few more JV matches on our schedule. |
Lake Forest
| Head Coach: | Nicole Frye |
| Conference: | North Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Last season we qualified two singles players to the state tournament. Additionally, we had an exciting Sectional tournament – finishing third just behind Highland Park and Glenbrook North. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Isabella Adams (SR) Jordan Miles (SR) Lena Olszewski (JR) Laura Quan (JR) Julia Wright (SR) Audrey Marx (11) and Elizabeth Fahlbusch (11) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Always newcomers on the horizon! |
| 2025 Expectations: | In honor of Al Loew, this year we are looking to remain energized and excited through his, “We can, we will!” mantra. Our hope is to watch many of our new varsity members grow every day throughout the season – looking forward to seeing all the things they can and will accomplish! |
Larkin
| Head Coach: | Earl Danan |
| Conference: | Upstate Eight |
| 2024 Highlights: | Six Singles All Conference and 3 Doubles All Conference |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Linda Alexander ’27, Danna Cormona ’27, Valeria Reynosa ’26, Veronica Serna ’25, Natalia Hernandez ’25 |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Uli Crovetto ’27 |
| 2025 Expectations: | Champions Train / Losers Complain |
Lemont
| Head Coach: | Wendy McCleary |
| Conference: | South Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Conference placed 3rd, Sectionals came in 4th place |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Knutte (11), Kroplewski (12), Pengiel (12) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | A few sophmores that will be on varsity. |
| 2025 Expectations: | Looking forward to another exciting badminton season with a senior, junior and sophmore line up. |
Libertyville
| Head Coach: | Danny Schaechter |
| Conference: | North Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2nd place finish in the conference regular season and tournament. 5 players qualified for state: two doubles teams and one singles. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Cathlina, Celia (Sr), Ding, Sarah (Sr), George, Lyn (Sr), Griffith, Sophia (Sr), Mathew, Nicole (Sr), and Patil, Roohee (Jr) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Sri Mukhopadhyay is a sophomore who we’re very excited about! |
| 2025 Expectations: | We are excited about the 2025 Badminton team as well as our future. The LHS Shuttle Cats have fun, play hard, and support each other. We’re ready to embrace all challenges focus on what we can control, and enjoy the journey together! |
Lincoln-Way East
| Head Coach: | Steven Evenhouse |
| Conference: | Southwest Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | We won our sectional and sent three players to the state tournament. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Sae Nagashima (Soph), Yui Nagashima (Sen.), Feryal Al-Adwan (Sen.) Macey Phillips (Sen.), Ava Trendl (Sen.), Quinn McKnight (Sen.) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Very excited to see Michelle Barajas and Maddie Hellrung move up to varsity as a doubles pair. |
| 2025 Expectations: | We expect to be very competitive in our conference and sectional. We are looking to grow more competitive at bigger tournaments and to see our players on challenge for day 2 of the state tournament. |
Lockport
| Head Coach: | Hannah Walus |
| Conference: | South West Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Conference Champs, Sectional Champs, All 6 girls state qualifiers, 14th in state! |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Angelina Dinh (10), Katelyn Kleinmark (12), Macy Helis (12) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | TBD |
| 2025 Expectations: | After a great season last year, I am looking forward to working with a younger team. We have only less than a handful of returning players but I am excited to see what these younger players can do. |
Maine South
| Head Coach: | Donna Schwan |
| Conference: | Central Suburban League – South |
| 2024 Highlights: | Highest state placement in recent years |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Seniors Eliza Goldwasser, Anastasia Musyakevich, Annamarie Milazzo. Juniors – Selma McDonough, Marta Madej. |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Izabella Bigos – Sophomore |
| 2025 Expectations: | We are working hard and are excited to see what opportunities we can create for our team. |
Metea Valley
| Head Coach: | Arthi Cunkari |
| Conference: | DVC |
| 2024 Highlights: | Varsity- 9th in IHSA State Finals, 2nd in Conference, Sectional Champions, 3 Tournament Championships (Joliet Central, Hinsdale South, and Home Invites) JV 12-2Dual/Quad Record 2 Tournament Championships Freshman 19-1 Duals and Quads 1 Tournament Championship (Sandburg) 4 Singles / 2 Doubles Conference Tournament Champions |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Moneesha Goduguchinta – Senior; Pragya Iyer-Junior; Saanvi Gupta- Junior; Devangi Kohli- Junior |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Medha Kotagiri- Freshman |
| 2025 Expectations: | Will be exciting. |
Naperville Central
| Head Coach: | Tamara Burke |
| Conference: | DuPage Valley |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2nd place in conference, singles players finished top 16 and top 24 in state last season |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Zoey Tian (sophomore), Megan Moreno (senior), Hannah Chu (junior), Yinuo Zhang (junior) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Emily He (freshman), Kavya Peter (freshman), Audrey Cheng (junior), Shriya Kunnanath (junior) |
| 2025 Expectations: | We are returning both of our state singles qualifiers from last season, as well as one of our sectional doubles teams. Our team is looking forward to building on our success from last season and playing against great competition. We wish everyone the best of luck this season!! |
Neuqua Valley
| Head Coach: | Nick Benson |
| Conference: | DVC |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2024 DVC Conference Champions 2024 Sectional Champions 3rd Place IHSA Hannah George 3rd Place IHSA Singles Kanyanat Vajworarat and Luna Han Doubles State Champions |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Hannah George 12, Kanyanat Vajworarat 12, Luna Han 10, Amber Shi 11, Katherine Ye 11, Sristi Barnwal 10 |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Nishitha Reddy 9 |
| 2025 Expectations: | Expectations are high every year for Neuqua Valley and that is no different in 2025. |
Oswego East
| Head Coach: | Craig Morris |
| Conference: | South Prairie |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2nd in Conference |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Krisha Majmundar, Keerthana Gattupalli, Nishka Bijumalla, Abbie Hintz, Lauren Fox, Hameedah Bello |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Harshitha Chanda |
Palatine
| Head Coach: | Alison West |
| Conference: | Mid Suburban League |
| 2024 Highlights: | Vanessa Hebert and Hailey Kurylo- 3rd at Sectionals, Top 32 in State |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | SR. Vanessa Hebert, SR. Amirah Abdul, SR.Jayla White, SR. Emma Gonwa, JR Lilianna Carrizal-Espinoza, Sr. Anna Taylor, SR Precious Akinyele, |
| Exciting Newcomer | JR. Emily Luangsynhotha, SR. Sharifa Islam, SR. Denise Garcia |
| 2025 Expectations: | Our team enters the season with a wealth of experience, led by eight seniors who bring diverse skill sets to the table, many of whom are standout multisport athletes. Each day, we’re focused on growth, with the ultimate goal of advancing players to the state level, while also maintaining a strong emphasis on taking it one match at a time. Our players are driven, aggressive, and competitive, and we’re ready to make the most of every opportunity this season. |
Reavis
| Head Coach: | Adam Zawada |
| Conference: | South Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Finished 2nd in the South Suburban Conference.,D. Amjad Singles State Qualifier (24) Doubles (23). |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | J. Diaz (25), J. Serna (25), E. Rodriguez (25), V. Hernandez (25), R. Perez (25) |
Rolling Meadows
| Head Coach: | Karen Kunde |
| Conference: | MSL (Mid Suburban League) |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2 state qualifiers in singles |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Aylin Garcia (Sr), Rosalia Logioco (12), Viktoria Sashova (12) Haasini Vidapalapati (12), Litzy Gonzalez (11), Madison McBride (11), Jaslin Philip (11) |
Stevenson
| Head Coach: | Grant Johnson |
| Conference: | North Suburban |
| 2024 Highlights: | Conference champions, Sectional Champions, IHSA State Runner-up All state qualifiers finished in the top 8 with Anvi Harish & Adalyn Shum taking 2nd place in doubles. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Anvi Harish – 12, Veronica Ornatsky – 11, Katie Moy – 11, Nivedya Nair – 11, Adalyn Shum – 10, Laasya Aduri – 12 |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Charlotte Richards – 9 |
TF South
| Head Coach: | Dynecia Dixon |
| Conference: | South Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Conference Champs, Every Girl took home either gold or silver for every place both in singles and doubles. Deisy Salto and Azuri Akbar for doubles qualifying for state (taking 3rd in sectionals and going completely undefeated until that night) as well as Annika Biegel and Emily Dominiak taking first in sectionals, qualifying for state and having one loss until state all seaoson. Glory Ike took 5th in Sectionals for singles. We also Won 5 tournaments in season and came in second for one more. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Azuri Akbar, Deisy Salto, Giana Murabito, Kaylyn Imala, and Hannah Fowler are all seniors this year. Jessica Campuzano is a Junior. |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Fortune Ike was our one singles on JV last year as a freshman, Her older sister Glory was one singles for varsity for the previous 2 years as well and was a state qualifier. She is returning this year and I have high hopes for her. |
Vernon Hills
| Head Coach: | Radhika Joshi |
| Conference: | Central Suburban Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Conference, sectional champions. Singles Neha Kulkarni top 8 in the state, Doubles Diya/Lasya top 24 in the state |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Neha Kulkarni 12 Cali Bennett 12, Diya/ Lasya 11 |
Waubonsie Valley
| Head Coach: | Bill Carson |
| Conference: | DVC |
| 2024 Highlights: | As a team we finished 2nd at sectionals with Tisha Dubey making the all state team and finishing top 12 while being the sectional champion. |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Tisha Dubey- Jr., Harshita Baskaran- Jr., Maira Haq- Senior., Diya Nair- So. |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Vaishnavi Cheedepudi- Fr. Nandini Chakrabarty- Fr. Nisa George- FR. |
| 2025 Expectations: | We are looking forward to an exciting and competitive year! Best of luck to everybody! |
West Chicago
| Head Coach: | Emily Brown |
| Conference: | Upstate Eight |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2nd in Conference, doubles team Yazmin Castro Mora and Alessandra Angeles qualifying for State |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Yazmin Castro Mora (Sr.), Michaela Miller (Sr.), Noelia Vargas (Sr.), Arely Angeles (Jr.), Valeria Ballines (Jr.) |
| 2025 Expectations: | We are excited to see new Varsity players excel and continue to make the West Chicago community proud through good sportsmanship and great competition! |
Wheaton North
| Head Coach: | Colleen Wiegman |
| Conference: | DuKane Conference |
| 2024 Highlights: | Medaled at all but 2 positions at the DKC Tournament |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Ellie Postma 12, Sanaa Wagle 11, Lucie Hirsch 12, and Marissa Pham 11 |
| Exciting Newcomer | Sophia Johnson 10 |
Willowbrook
| Head Coach: | Eastman Tiu |
| Conference: | WSC Gold |
| 2024 Highlights: | 2nd place in WSC Gold, 3rd place Sectional, State Qualifiers (one singles, one doubles). Top 16 finish in Singles, Sportsmanship nominee by the Sectional |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Abby Schnittker (12), Hannah Daly (12), Sophia Merchant (12), Jill Mei (12), Sarah Pappas (12), Maisie Thompson (11), Sophia Gustafson(11), Shannon Freer (11), Hannah Gawat (11) |
| Exciting Newcomers: | Giada Crocetti (12) |
York
| Head Coach: | Gena Fite |
| Conference: | WSC |
| 2024 Highlights: | 1st at Featherfest, 2nd conference, 1st sectional, 4th State |
| Returning Varsity Athletes: | Mia Koenigsberger, Maddie Mauck, Adriana, Kolenda, |
| 2025 Expectations: | 2025 will be a rebuilding year for York. Our staff is dedicated and determined to develop our athletes’ skills to the best of their abilities. |