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
