Hall of Fame
Kylie Cavanah
Kylie played on the 2008 and 2009 Parkland volleyball teams. She was a 1st Team Academic All American, MWAC All Conference Player of the Year, and Region 24 Player of theYear in 2008. She was named to the NJCAA National Tournament All Tournament Team in 2008 and was an NJCAA 1st Team All American and AVCA 1st Team All American in 2008 before being named Parkland College Female Athlete of the Year in 2009. Kylie went on to play Division 1 volleyball for Eastern Illinois University from 2009-2011 where she graduated with a B.S. in Biological Sciences with Honors, Cum Laude. She then earned her BSN in December 2013 from Saint Francis College of Nursing, Summa Cum Laude. Cavanah was the recipient of the Nursing Excellence Award in 2013 and is currently an R.N. in the NICU in the Children’s Hospital of Illinois at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
She is ECMO certified, a Charge Nurse and part of the NICU Life Flight Transport Team. Kylie plans to graduate with her Master’s degree from Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing in May 2019 as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.