Here are the Athena Award winners for schools in the Twin Cities. Athena Awards go to high school senior girls for their athletic achievements; each school chooses one. Winners from the St. Paul area were honored Wednesday at a banquet in St. Paul’s RiverCentre. Minneapolis-area winners will be honored May 3 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center.
Meet the Athena Award winners: 103 Twin Cities female athletes honored by their schools
Our list includes their college plans. A banquet to fete those on the St. Paul side was held Wednesday, and the winners from the Minneapolis side will be honored in May.
By Joel Rippel
MINNEAPOLIS AREA
ANDOVER
• Morgan Miller (basketball, volleyball): Clemson
ANOKA
• Kaelyn Nelson (cross country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Augustana
ARMSTRONG
• Caitlyn Osanai (cross country, track and field): Minnesota
BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S
• Olivia Olson (basketball, soccer): Michigan
BLAINE
• Hannah Michelle Claussen (soccer, track and field): undecided
BLAKE
• Nana Vang (tennis): undecided
BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON
• Maren Myers (cross country, Nordic skiing, track and field): South Dakota State
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
• Kelsey Cruz Rojas (soccer, wrestling): Augsburg
BRECK
• Isabelle Einess (tennis): Seton Hall
BURNSVILLE
• Madison Malecha (basketball, tennis, track): Wisconsin-Stout
CHAMPLIN PARK
• Annabelle Johnson (lacrosse, tennis): Northern Michigan
CHANHASSEN
• Jennifer Pierson (cross country, swimming, track and field): Colorado Mines
CHASKA
• Aubrey Heyer (basketball, soccer): Bemidji State
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
• Thanh Truc Mai (lacrosse, tennis): undecided
COON RAPIDS
• Casey Beck (basketball, lacrosse, tennis, volleyball): St. Mary’s
COOPER
• Keira Snapko (lacrosse, Nordic skiing, soccer): undecided
DELASALLE
• Naja Giles (soccer, track and field): Illinois
EDEN PRAIRIE
• Alyssa Ehler (soccer, Nordic skiing, track and field): Notre Dame
EDINA
• Izzy Engle (soccer, track and field): Notre Dame
ELK RIVER
• Carly Humphrey (hockey): Minnesota
FRIDLEY
• Sophia Jensen (basketball, football, soccer): St. Olaf
HOLY ANGELS
• Ashley Fisher (dance, swimming and diving, track and field): Notre Dame
HOPKINS
• Annabelle Speers (gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field): Wisconsin
JORDAN
• Madelyn Olinger (basketball, golf, softball, tennis, track and field): Augustana
MAPLE GROVE
• Dani Strom (hockey, softball): St. Thomas
MARANATHA CHRISTIAN
• Sophia Alm (basketball, softball, volleyball): undecided
MINNEAPOLIS EDISON
• Dakota Johnson (basketball, softball, volleyball): Wisconsin-Eau Claire
MINNEAPOLIS HENRY
• Trammela Williams (basketball): Anoka Technical
MINNEAPOLIS NORTH
• Leshelle Fleming (basketball, cheer, track and field, volleyball): undecided
MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT
• Cady Davis (basketball, soccer): Macalester
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH
• Eva Hoch Robinson (cross country, Nordic skiing): undecided
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST
• Maggie Schoenke (basketball, football, soccer, track and field): N.C.-Wilmington
MINNEAPOLIS WASHBURN
• Kate Moore (Alpine skiing, soccer, track and field): Michigan
MINNEHAHA ACADEMY
• Hailey Siwek (Alpine skiing, cross country, soccer, track and field): undecided
MINNETONKA
• Lindzi Avar (hockey): Cornell
MOUND WESTONKA
• Natalie Miner (cross country, hockey, soccer, track and field): Duke
ORONO
• Grace Bickett (golf, hockey, soccer): Wisconsin
OSSEO
• Jules Davis (basketball, cross country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Middlebury
PARK CENTER
• Aly Blomberg (golf, Nordic skiing, volleyball): MSU Mankato
PRIOR LAKE
• Annaliese Cundiff (swimming and diving, track and field): Air Force
PROVIDENCE ACADEMY
• Brooke Hohenecker (basketball, track and field): St. Thomas
RICHFIELD
• Janiya Moore (track and field): St. Thomas
ROCKFORD
• Ellen Gordee (basketball, soccer, softball): Wisconsin-La Crosse
ROGERS
• Sophie Mahnke (gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field): Minnesota Duluth
SHAKOPEE
• Olivia Pawlicki (basketball, tennis): Colorado State
SPRING LAKE PARK
• Brianna Nusbaum (basketball, softball, volleyball): St. Mary’s
ST. ANTHONY
• Meghan Przybilla (basketball, soccer, track and field): Southern Maine
ST. FRANCIS
• Josie Lupinek (basketball, tennis): Hamline
ST. LOUIS PARK
• Hanna Wilsey (Nordic skiing, soccer, track and field): Harvard
TOTINO-GRACE
• Caylin Cantwell (golf, hockey, soccer): St. Catherine
WACONIA
• Madeline Lage (cross country, track and field): Creighton
WATERTOWN-MAYER
• Maggie McCabe (gymnastics, soccer, track and field): St. Benedict
WAYZATA
• Stella Swenson (volleyball): Minnesota
ZIMMERMAN
• Emily Baker (cross country, Nordic skiing, track and field): St. Thomas
ST. PAUL AREA
APPLE VALLEY
• Grace Alagbo (ultimate Frisbee, wrestling): Ursinus
CENTENNIAL
• Marisa Frost (basketball, soccer): North Dakota State
CHATFIELD
• Evelyn Goldsmith (basketball, track and field, volleyball): Winona State
CHISAGO LAKES
• Addyson Barrett (basketball, soccer, speed and strength, track and field): Hamline
CONCORDIA ACADEMY
• Elizabeth Zenda-Johnson (basketball, cross country, softball): Concordia (St. Paul)
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
• Annie Mulcahy (soccer): St. Thomas
EAGAN
• Drew Buslee (basketball, softball, tennis): Sioux Falls
EAST RIDGE
• Mallory Paine (swimming): San Diego
EASTVIEW
• Emily Percival (cross country, Nordic skiing, track and field): undecided
FARMINGTON
• Mariah Fenske (cross country, track and field): South Dakota
FOREST LAKE
• Sami Ernst (gymnastics, softball): St. Scholastica
GENTRY ACADEMY
• Ella Berg (lacrosse, tennis): Louisville
HASTINGS
• Skylar Little Soldier (cross country, wrestling): Grand Valley State
HILL-MURRAY
• Grace Zhan (hockey): Dartmouth
IRONDALE
• Siri Stolen (cross country, Nordic skiing, soccer, swimming, track and field, ultimate Frisbee): undecided
LAKEVILLE NORTH
• Trinity Wilson (basketball, track and field): Vanderbilt
LAKEVILLE SOUTH
• Tori Tschida (lacrosse): Temple
MAHTOMEDI
• Victoria Nelson (hockey, soccer, softball): St. Scholastica
MATH & SCIENCE
• Jada Schultz (cross country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Hamline
MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY
• Nora Pederson (basketball, soccer, track and field): Luther
MOUNDS VIEW
• Audrey Kocon (volleyball): Providence
NEW LIFE ACADEMY
• Mary McCormick (swimming): Rhode Island
NORTH BRANCH
• Peyton Verdon (soccer, softball): Southwest Minnesota State
NORTH ST. PAUL
• Ashlee Horton (basketball, track and field): undecided
NORTHFIELD
• Ayla Puppe (hockey): Minnesota
NOVA CLASSICAL
• Fern Fisher (volleyball): undecided
PARK OF COTTAGE GROVE
• Ava Reckinger (basketball, lacrosse, Nordic skiing, soccer): Wisconsin-La Crosse
RANDOLPH
• Carly Kimmes (basketball, softball, volleyball): MSU Mankato
RED WING
• Brianna Tix (basketball, softball, volleyball): undecided
ROSEMOUNT
• Ava Thompson (basketball, golf, soccer): Concordia (St. Paul)
ROSEVILLE
• Ruby Eskin (hockey, soccer, track and field): Augsburg
SIMLEY
• Abigale Lindquist (cross country, Nordic skiing, track and field): St. Olaf
SOUTH ST. PAUL
• Annie Felton (golf, hockey, tennis): St. Thomas
ST. AGNES
• Gianna Schmidt (basketball, lifting, softball, volleyball): Minnesota
ST. PAUL ACADEMY
• Aurelia Meza (hockey, soccer): undecided
ST. PAUL CENTRAL
• Delaney Nelson (basketball, lacrosse, soccer): undecided
ST. PAUL COMO PARK
• Ellery Tennison (basketball, track and field, volleyball): undecided
ST. PAUL HARDING
• Kimberly Tobar (badminton, basketball, gymnastics, tennis): Undecided
ST. PAUL HIGHLAND PARK
• Kate Reubish (hockey, softball, volleyball): Undecided
ST. PAUL HUMBOLDT
• Willa Campion (alpine skiing, cross country, track and field, ultimate frisbee): Undecied
ST. PAUL JOHNSON
• Kelly Joachin Valdez (gymnastics, swimming, track and field): Minnesota
ST. PAUL WASHINGTON
• Ariel Fang (badminton, cross country, volleyball): Minnesota
STILLWATER
• Maycie Neubauer (alpine skiing, lacrosse): Florida Southern
TARTAN
• Ellie Volkers (hockey, soccer, tennis, track and field): Undecided
TRINITY
• Mariah Willard (basketball, cross country, soccer, track and field): St. Thomas
TWO RIVERS
• Lilly Leitner (hockey, lacrosse, soccer): Wis.-River Falls
VISITATION
• Evie Hansen (cross country, nordic skiing, track and field): Undecided
WHITE BEAR LAKE
• Heidi Barber (basketball, football, golf, softball): Connecticut
WOODBURY
• Gabby Mauder (swimming and diving): Minnesota
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Star TribuneSix players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.