Meet the Athena Award winners, 100 senior girls from the Twin Cities area

The honor goes to one girl at each school. Winners from the Minneapolis area are being honored at a luncheon Friday in Brooklyn Center.

By Star Tribune staff

May 5, 2023 at 2:01PM
Clockwise from top left: Petra Lyon of Breck, Mikayla McDougall of East Ridge, Sarah Wincentsen of South St. Paul and Nunu Agara of Hopkins are among the Athena Award winners. (Star Tribune photos/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's Athena Award season. The Athena Award goes to one senior girl at each high school for sports achievements, and the winners are honored at banquets, one for Minneapolis-area athletes and one for St. Paul-area athletes. The St. Paul-area banquet was last month at the St. Paul RiverCentre.

The Minneapolis-area banquet will be at 11:15 a.m.F riday at the Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center.

Here are the winners, with the sport or sports they played and their college choice:

Minneapolis area

ANDOVER

• Ella Boerger (golf, hockey, tennis): St. Thomas

ANOKA

• Brooklyn Jones (softball): Minnesota

ARMSTRONG

• Savannah McGowan (basketball, volleyball): Illinois State

BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S

• Abby Garvin (golf, hockey, soccer): St. Thomas

BLAINE

• Kendall Stadden (football, soccer, track & field): Minnesota

BLAKE

• Sam Broz (hockey, soccer, softball): Brown

BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON

• Megan Lee (cross-country, Nordic skiing, swimming, track and field): Wisconsin

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY

• Isabella Lone (soccer): University of Manitoba

BRECK

• Petra Lyon (Alpine skiing, lacrosse, tennis): Boston College

BURNSVILLE

• Shawna Bruha (basketball, tennis): Minot State

CHAMPLIN PARK

• Paige Kalal (soccer, track and field): Minnesota

CHANHASSEN

• Grace Fogarty (soccer): Minnesota

CHASKA

• Kennedy Sanders (basketball, lacrosse): Colorado

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS

• Lilah Bergan (basketball, track and field, volleyball): undecided

COON RAPIDS

• Kennedy Martinson (diving, track and field): Minnesota

COOPER

• Bre Frazier (basketball): undecided

DELASALLE

• Hadley Wartner (swimming): Gustavus

EDEN PRAIRIE

• Annika Anderson (basketball, tennis, track and field): undecided

EDINA

• Uma Corniea hockey, lacrosse): Princeton

ELK RIVER

• Ella Johnson (basketball, track and field, volleyball): Montana State

FRIDLEY

• Amayramy Ruiz Barrios (cross-country, dance, soccer, track and field): Minnesota

HOLY ANGELS

• Kaylee Caron (basketball, softball, volleball): Air Force ROTC

HOPKINS

• Nunu Agara (basketball): Stanford

JORDAN

• Kendra Krueger (cross-country, track and field): Tampa

MAPLE GROVE

• Jordyn Borsch (Nordic skiing, track and field): Notre Dame

MARANATHA CHRISTIAN

• Kyllie Weingart (softball): St. Thomas

MINNEAPOLIS EDISON

• Angela Arroyo Hernandez (badminton, soccer, volleyball): undecided

MINNEAPOLIS HENRY

• Molly Minnema (basketball, cross-country, softball, volleyball): Sioux Falls

MINNEAPOLIS NORTH

• Laniya Harper (volleyball): undecided

MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT

• Ava Maly (basketball, soccer, track and field): Pepperdine

MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH

• Kendra Lynch (soccer, track and field): undecided

MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST

• Virginia Johnson (basketball): Smith

MINNEAPOLIS WASHBURN

• Ana Davis (golf, hockey, soccer): Bowdoin

MINNEHAHA ACADEMY

• Camryn Thurow (basketball, softball, volleyball): Bethel

MINNETONKA

• Ava Lindsay (golf, hockey, tennis): Minnesota

MOUND WESTONKA

• Abigail Hollenstein (basketball, soccer, track and field): undecided

ORONO

• Celia Dahl (hockey, lacrosse, soccer): Endicott

OSSEO

• Tessa Strand (hockey, rugby, softball, tennis): Iowa State

PARK CENTER

• Hailey Eikos (hockey, lacrosse): Vermont

PRIOR LAKE

• Brooke Holmes (hockey, softball): St. Cloud State

PROVIDENCE ACADEMY

• Koralyn Horstman (basketball, softball, tennis): Notre Dame

RICHFIELD

• Grace Anderson (basketball, softball, volleyball): Southwest Minnesota State

ROCKFORD

• Elise Biorn (gymnastics, soccer, track and field): St. Thomas

ROGERS

• Hannah Bruskiewicz (track and field, volleyball): St. Cloud State

SHAKOPEE

• Haley Zelen (swimming, track and field): Wisconsin

SPRING LAKE PARK

• Grace Brandt (gymnastics, track and field): Mary

ST. ANTHONY

• Sierra Halverson (soccer, track and field): undecided

ST. FRANCIS

• Madelyn Johnson (basketball, soccer, strength and conditioning): Wisconsin-River Falls

TOTINO-GRACE

• Molly Vance (cross-country, soccer, track and field): undecided

WACONIA

• Claire Canfield (lacrosse, swimming): undecided

WATERTOWN-MAYER

• Mercedes Burmeister (basketball, soccer): undecided

WAYZATA

• Abbey Nechanicky (basketball, cross-country, track and field): Colorado

ZIMMERMAN

• Hailee Zimpel (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Michigan Tech

St. Paul Area

APPLE VALLEY

• Marie Moran (hockey, lacrosse, soccer): St. Cloud State

CENTENNIAL

• Lauren O'Hara (hockey): Minnesota

CHATFIELD

• Aletta Strande (cross-country, dance, track and field): undecided

CHISAGO LAKES

• Emily Erickson (basketball, golf, tennis): Bethel

CONCORDIA ACADEMY

• Katherine Reinhard (softball, volleyball): undecided

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL

• Anna Stangler (lacrosse, soccer): undecided

EAGAN

• Caitlyn Bumpers (Alpine skiing, soccer, track and field): College of Idaho

EAST RIDGE

• Mikayla McDougall (basketball, volleyball): Wisconsin

EASTVIEW

• Jessica Wilhelm (hockey, lacrosse): Bryant

FARMINGTON

• Jordyn Schmucker (diving): Nebraska

FOREST LAKE

• Jordan Parent (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Northern Michigan

GENTRY ACADEMY

• Cara Sajevic (cross-country, hockey, track): St. Thomas

HASTINGS

• Ava McNamara (swimming): Oakland University

HILL-MURRAY

• Ellah Hause (golf, hockey): St. Thomas

IRONDALE

• Emily Ellingson (cross-country, track and field): undecided

LAKEVILLE NORTH

• Ava Blascziek (volleyball): Temple

LAKEVILLE SOUTH

• Emily Moes (lacrosse, volleyball): California

MAHTOMEDI

• Katelyn Beulke (soccer): South Dakota State

MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY

• Siri Springer (basketball, soccer, softball): Wisconsin-Eau Claire

MOUNDS VIEW

• Taylor Isabel (cross-country, track and field): Minnesota

NEW LIFE ACADEMY

• Samantha Hansen (hockey, soccer, softball): Northwestern (St. Paul)

NORTH BRANCH

• Chloe Lattimore (basketball, volleyball): Minnesota Duluth

NORTH ST. PAUL

• Magnolia Jones (basketball): North Iowa Area Community College

NORTHFIELD

• Sydney Jaynes (volleyball): Tennessee

PARK OF COTTAGE GROVE

• Sydnee Nelson (basketball, lacrosse, soccer): Upper Iowa

RANDOLPH

• Paige Ford (basketball, softball, volleyball): North Central

RED WING

• Sammi Chandler (basketball, cross-country, soccer, track and field): MSU Mankato

ROSEMOUNT

• Jordan Hecht (soccer, track and field): Army

ROSEVILLE

• Hemetii Apet (basketball, cross-country, track and field): undecided

SIMLEY

• Laura Bosin (basketball, soccer, track and field): undecided

SOUTH ST. PAUL

• Sarah Wincentsen (hockey, tennis, track and field): undecided

ST. AGNES

• Maria DiPietro (basketball, softball, volleyball): undecided

ST. CROIX PREP

• Lauryn Schutz (basketball, soccer): Wisconsin-River Falls

ST. PAUL ACADEMY

• Heidi Deuel (hockey, soccer): St. Olaf

ST. PAUL CENTRAL

• Maeve Lindsay (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): undecided

ST. PAUL COMO PARK

• Pah Meh (badminton, soccer, volleyball, wrestling): undecided

ST. PAUL HARDING

• Kyaira Wilson (basketball, track and field, volleyball): MSU Mankato

ST. PAUL HIGHLAND PARK

• Delia Johnson (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Minnesota

ST. PAUL HUMBOLDT

• Makenzy Wilson (basketball, cross-country, track and field): undecided

ST. PAUL JOHNSON

• Anna Lothrop (golf, gymnastics, volleyball): undecided

ST. PAUL WASHINGTON

• Jamya Cusic (basketball, volleyball): Hamline

STILLWATER

• Avery Braunshausen (cross-country, hockey, track and field): Gustavus

TARTAN

• Breonna Methner (basketball, softball, swimming, tennis): St. Mary's

TWO RIVERS

• Ava Warford (gymnastics, tennis, track and field): Minnesota

VISITATION

• Ella Passe (basketball, swimming): undecided

WHITE BEAR LAKE

• Megan Ryan (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): undecided

WOODBURY

• Chloe Carlson (golf, swimming): Creighton

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