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At the 2026 Illinois Design Educators Association (IDEA) State Competition, which was contested at Illinois State University on April 11, Lemont High School senior Hubert Bydlon earned his second state medal after finishing third in the Architectural Board category. Senior Jakub Maka made his state finals debut in the same competition.
Bydlon joined Matt Lassak ‘16 and Mirella Miazga ‘26 as the only Lemont students to earn multiple state medals; he previously placed third in Introductory Board in 2025.
Bydlon and Maka earned their berths thanks to their performances in regional competition, taking the top two places, respectively, in Architectural Board. Bydlon extended Lemont’s regional win streak in that category to 13 years (dating to 2014), and joined Miazga and Jacob Wilk ‘18 as the only Lemont students to win multiple regional titles; he previously won in the Introductory Board category in 2025. Students who finish among the top two in individual regional competitions earn state finals berths, as do first-place finishers in team events.
STATE MEDALISTS
3D Architectural CAD Modeling: Sean Armbruster ‘09 (2nd, 2009), Dan Garczek ‘16 (3rd, 2016)
Architectural Board: Jasmine Hornik ‘15 (3rd, 2015), Matt Lassak ‘16 (3rd, 2015; 3rd, 2016), Jacob Wilk ‘18 (3rd, 2018), Matt Milan ‘19 (3rd, 2019), Genna Yavaraski ‘21 (3rd, 2021), Maya Zielonka ‘24 (2nd, 2023), Natalia Zagata ‘24 (2nd, 2024), Mirella Miazga ‘26 (2nd, 2025), Rowyn Page ‘25 (3rd, 2025), Hubert Bydlon ‘26 (3rd, 2026)
Assembly Modeling: Karl Ramski ‘21 (3rd, 2021)
Engineering Design: Aaron Bromberek ‘18, Alex Fugiel ‘19 and Kendrick Tran ‘18 (2nd, 2018); Caden Brennan ‘21, Matas Carmichael ‘21 and Michael Doyle ‘21 (2nd, 2021); Nick Buczyna ‘23, Robert DiDomenico ‘23 and Logan Staubus ‘23 (3rd, 2023)
Introductory Board: Mirella Miazga ‘26 (2nd, 2024), Hubert Bydlon ‘26 (3rd, 2025)
Introductory CAD: Adam Popper ‘17 (3rd, 2015), Aidan McIntyre ‘26 (2024)
REGIONAL WINNERS
3D Architectural CAD Modeling: Ryan Strauss ‘08 (2008), Nick Lawrence ‘09 (2009)
Architectural Board: Mark Kaminski ‘10 (2010), Szymon Krzeptowski-Mucha ‘13 (2012), Katie Lynch ‘14 (2014), Jasmine Hornik ‘15 (2015), Matt Lassak ‘16 (2016), Jacob Wilk ‘18 (2017, 2018), Matt Milan ‘19 (2019), Abigail Belsan ‘20 (2020), Genna Yavaraski ‘21 (2021), Erin Barndollar ‘23 (2022), Jonathan Gronski ‘24 (2023), Natalia Zagata ‘24 (2024), Mirella Miazga ‘26 (2025), Hubert Bydlon ‘26 (2026)
Assembly Modeling: Tom Janik ‘14 (2014)
Engineering Design: Aaron Bromberek ‘18, Alex Fugiel ‘19 and Kendrick Tran ‘18 (2018); Peter Borzecki ‘22, Adam Ptaszek ‘22 and Grahm Schuth ‘22 (2022); Nick Buczyna ‘23, Robert DiDomenico ‘23 and Logan Staubus ‘23 (2023)
Introductory Board: Kathy Sitko ‘10 (2010), Mirella Miazga ‘26 (2024), Hubert Bydlon ‘26 (2025)
Introductory CAD: Aidan McIntyre ‘26 (2024)
Under the tutelage of teacher Scott Duensing, Lemont has had at least one IDEA state qualifier in 18 of 19 years. It has earned multiple medals in state competition six times, with a high of three state medals in 2015, 2021, 2024 and 2025. It qualified a school-record five entries to state finals competition in 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19) and 2024.