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Minneapolis, St. Paul area senior girls honored for athletic achievements

Among this year’s winners are Chanhassen’s Bella Naples, Edina’s Kathryn Ewers, NyahSymone Britt from Hopkins and Centennial’s Elena Hoecke.

Among this year’s Athena Award winners are, clockwise: Apple Valley's Cassandra Gonzales, Wayzata's Maddie Gullickson and Maddyn Greenway of Providence Academy. (Star Tribune staff/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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By Joel Rippel

The Minnesota Star Tribune

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. Each athlete’s sport is in parentheses, followed by their college choice, if decided.

Winners from the St. Paul area will be honored Wednesday, April 15 at a banquet in St. Paul’s RiverCentre. Minneapolis-area winners will be honored Friday, May 1 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center.

Minneapolis Area

ANDOVER

• Avah Shaw (basketball, competition cheer, track and field, volleyball): Winona State

ANOKA

• Jordyn Jones (softball): Minnesota

ARMSTRONG

• Sarahya College (track and field, volleyball): Holy Cross

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BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S

• Eleanor Porisch (basketball, softball, volleyball): Augustana

BLAINE

• Addison Stadden (soccer, swimming, track and field): North Dakota

BLAKE

• Janie McGawn (hockey, lacrosse0: Dartmouth

BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON

• Avery Rich (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Bates

BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY

• Allison Sheehan (basketball, flag football, softball, volleyball): Wis.-Green Bay

BRECK

• Louisa McGarry (Nordic skiing, soccer, track and field): Yale

BURNSVILLE

• Carley LaMotte (cross-country, softball, track and field): Minnesota

CHAMPLIN PARK

• Sydney Burnevik (hockey, softball): Assumption

CHANHASSEN

• Bella Naples (basketball, soccer, track and field): Minnesota

Bella Naples, Chanhassen (Provided Photo)

CHASKA

• Noella Ross (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Iowa

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS

• Danchau Le (tennis, track and field): undecided

COON RAPIDS

• Kalista Barker (cheer, gymnastics, track and field): undecided

COOPER

• Folake Olusesi (tennis, track and field, wrestling): undecided

DELASALLE

• Rayna Stecklein (cross-country, golf, hockey): Notre Dame

EDEN PRAIRIE

• Finley Lane (gymnastics, track and field, volleyball): Iowa State

EDINA

• Kathryn Ewers (hockey, lacrosse, tennis): Texas

Edina forwards Charlotte Theirl (18) and Kathryn Ewers (9) celebrate defeating Benilde-St. Margaret's 1-0 in the Class 2A Section 6 girls hockey championship. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

ELK RIVER

• Joanna Talso (basketball, track and field, volleyball): Northwestern (St. Paul)

FRIDLEY

• Addison Aleshire (basketball, football, soccer, track and field): undecided

HOLY ANGELS

• Addy Judson (soccer, track and field): Mississippi

HOPKINS

• NyahSymone Britt (gymnastics): undecided

NyahSymone Britt, Hopkins gymnastics

JORDAN

• Olivia Fynboh (basketball, cross-country, track and field): Arizona

MAPLE GROVE

• April Watson (cross-country, hockey, track and field): North Dakota State

MARANATHA CHRISTIAN

• Faith Lamah (soccer, swimming, track and field): Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS CAMDEN

• Kamaria Jordan (basketball, track and field, volleyball): Hamline

MINNEAPOLIS EDISON

• Reymie Keenan (track and field, volleyball, wrestling): Undecided

MINNEAPOLIS NORTH

• Talylah Johnson (basketball, cheer, flag football, track and field, volleyball): St. Thomas

MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT

• Brooklyn Erickson (softball, track and field, volleyball): Bethany Lutheran

MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH

• Maggie Osgood (basketball, soccer, track and field): MSU Moorhead

MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST

• Annika Midness (cross-country, lacrosse, track and field): undecided

MINNEAPOLIS WASHBURN

• Parker Stob (diving, gymnastics): Colorado State

MINNEHAHA ACADEMY

• Sinae Hill (basketball): Tennessee

MINNETONKA

• Selena Wu (golf): undecided

ORONO

• Mya Moore (basketball, soccer, track and field): Creighton

Orono senior guard Mya Moore dribbles during a game at the Breakdown Community Clash at St. Michael-Albertville High School on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Cassidy Hettesheimer)

OSSEO

• Nora Arneson (hockey, lacrosse, soccer): Wis.-River Falls

PARK CENTER

• Claire Nelson (gymnastics, track and field, volleyball): St. Cloud State

PRIOR LAKE

• Keeley Mohling (cross-country, lacrosse, track and field): Butler

PROVIDENCE ACADEMY

• Maddyn Greenway (basketball, soccer, track and field): Kentucky

RICHFIELD

• Maddie Friel (swimming): undecided

ROCKFORD

• Lillyan Bury (softball, volleyball): South Dakota State

ROGERS

• Ashlyn O’Malley (soccer): Southern Utah

SHAKOPEE

• Samantha Carr (track and field): North Dakota

SPRING LAKE PARK

• Brooke Goerish (basketball, golf, soccer, tennis): Colorado

ST. ANTHONY

• Rebecca Nelson (basketball, cross-country, track and field): Bethel

ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE

• Emma Kvant (soccer, track and field): Kansas

ST. FRANCIS

• Sydney Borchert (softball): Winona State

ST. LOUIS PARK

• Amelia Beach (flag football, lacrosse, soccer, track and field): undecided

TOTINO-GRACE

• Maria Morrison (dance, track and field): Notre Dame

WACONIA

• Audrey Brown (basketball, track and field, volleyball): undecided

WATERTOWN-MAYER

• Ellie Lommel (basketball, soccer, track and field): MSU Moorhead

WAYZATA

• Maddie Gullickson (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): North Carolina State

WESTONKA

• Erica Johnson (diving, gymnastics track and field): St. Cloud State

ZIMMERMAN

• Madison Fisher (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): St. Scholastica

St. Paul Area

APPLE VALLEY

• Cassandra Marie Gonzales (wrestling): undecided

CENTENNIAL

• Elena Hoecke (volleyball): Minnesota

Elena Hoecke was named the Strib Varsity 2025 All-Minnesota Girls Volleyball Player of the Year (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

CHATFIELD

• Amaya Harmening (basketball, trap shooting, volleyball): undecided

CHISAGO LAKES

• Kayla Larsen (basketball, softball, volleyball): St. Mary’s

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL

• Sage Gilbert (basketball, softball): Bethel

EAGAN

• Lauren Boerger (basketball, cross-country, softball, track and field): Iowa

EAST RIDGE

• Aliyah Kleven (golf, volleyball): St. Olaf

EASTVIEW

• Ava Wood (dance, softball, track and field): Minnesota

FARMINGTON

• Lila Johannsen (basketball, softball, volleyball): Wisconsin

FOREST LAKE

• Alexis Fahey (track and field, wrestling): Notre Dame

Forest Lake’s Alexis Fahey competes in discus during the 2025 Class 3A track and field championships. (Rebecca Villagracia/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

GENTRY ACADEMY

• Samantha Hohn (basketball, lacrosse, tennis): Clemson

HASTINGS

• Elliana Magnus (basketball, soccer, track and field): South Dakota

HILL-MURRAY

• Taylor Voigt (Alpine skiing, tennis): St. Thomas

Taylor Voigt. (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IRONDALE

• Azelle Besemann (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): St. Benedict

LAKEVILLE NORTH

• Hayden Jansky (cross-country, hockey, track and field): Butler

LAKEVILLE SOUTH

• Eva Welsch (tennis, track and field): Duke

MAHTOMEDI

• Harlow Berger (football, soccer, track and field): North Dakota State

MATH & SCIENCE

• Sylvia Brodd (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): undecided

MOUNDS VIEW

• Ellie Bina (swimming): Notre Dame

NORTH BRANCH

• Brooke Giese (gymnastics, track and field, volleyball): undecided

NORTH ST. PAUL

• Anna Mishler (basketball, softball, tennis): undecided

NORTHFIELD

• Caley Graber (cross-country, wrestling): McKendree

Northfiled wrestler Caley Graber (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

NOVA CLASSICAL

• Maria Odegard (soccer, track and field): undecided

PARK OF COTTAGE GROVE

• Ashley Davis (gymnastics): undecided

RANDOLPH

• Allie Gillette (basketball, softball): North Iowa Area C.C.

RED WING

• Izzy Guetzlaff (basketball, golf, softball, volleyball): Northern State

ROSEMOUNT

• Sarah Labarere (soccer, track and field): undecided

ROSEVILLE

• Jayda Wilson (track and field, volleyball): Minnesota

SIMLEY

• Josie Johnson (lacrosse, Nordic skiing, soccer): MSU Mankato

SOUTH ST. PAUL

• Sarah Willy (soccer, track and field): Wis.-La Crosse

ST. AGNES

• Angela Proper (soccer, softball, weight lifting): U. of Mary

ST. PAUL ACADEMY

• Maren Overgaard (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): undecided

ST. PAUL CENTRAL

• Vita Hochuli (basketball, gymnastics, soccer, track and field): Virginia State

ST. PAUL COMO PARK

• Robin Engman-Phiri (basketball, golf, soccer): undecided

ST. PAUL HARDING

• Charlize-McCharisma Laban (cross-country, track and field, wrestling): undecided

ST. PAUL HIGHLAND PARK

• Ingrid Haaland (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): undecided

ST. PAUL HUMBOLDT

• Hae Tha Paw (soccer, track and field): Dakota County C.C.

ST. PAUL JOHNSON

• Allyson Vue (soccer, track and field): Northern Iowa

ST. PAUL WASHINGTON

• Charlotte Ceree Brown (basketball, track and field, volleyball): college

STILLWATER

• Rylee Lawrence (soccer): North Dakota

Stillwater’s Rylee Lawrence (6), celebrates with teammate Alayna Muth (10) during the first half of the 2025 Class 3A girls soccer tournament. (Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

TARTAN

• Anna Wilke (flag football, track and field, volleyball): undecided

TRINITY

• Rebekah Willard (cross-country, track and field): St. Thomas

TWO RIVERS

• Charlotte Chandler (dance, cross-country, track and field): Louisiana State

VISITATION

• Abigail Hemauer (hockey, softball): undecided

WHITE BEAR LAKE

• Josie Guidinger (Alpine skiing, tennis): undecided

WOODBURY

• Briella Huebsch (hockey, soccer, track and field): North Dakota

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