Lake Park High School graduate Sarah Hamideh has been named the recipient of the 2015 Chicago Bears Collin Wehr Scholarship.
Cornerback Sherrick McManis and Bears representatives surprised Hamideh at her home on Tuesday, July 21 to tell her that she would be receiving the $20,000 scholarship for the 2015-2016 school year.
Hamideh graduated from Lake Park in Roselle in 2014 with a 4.89 GPA and will attend the University of Illinois this fall to study Elementary Education. As a sophomore in 2012, she was diagnosed with and battled acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She has been in remission for three years.