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.
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
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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