Among this year’s winners are Burnsville volleyball player Mesaiya Bettis and Maple Grove basketball standout Jordan Ode.
2025 Athena Award winners include (clockwise from top) Elle Wildman (9) from East Ridge and Kaylee Idrogo-Lam (21) of Edina, Forest Lake's Norah Hushagen and Shakopee’s Arianna Zelen. (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. Winners from the St. Paul area will be honored at a private awards ceremony Wednesday at St. Paul’s RiverCentre. Minneapolis-area winners will be honored at a luncheon May 2 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center.
Minneapolis area
ANDOVER
• Mackenzie Jones (hockey, soccer, track and field): Wisconsin
ANOKA
• Maddy Freking (basketball, softball, volleyball): St. Thomas
ARMSTRONG
• Ava Mack (hockey, swimming, track and field): Wisconsin Stout
BENILDE-ST. MARGARET’S
• Bailey Gray (hockey, lacrosse, soccer): Delaware
BLAINE
• Katelyn Wozniak (basketball, tennis, track and field): St. Thomas
BLAKE
• Vivien Pihlstrom (Alpine skiing, figure skating, lacrosse): Dartmouth
BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON
• Kylie Jones (hockey, lacrosse, tennis): Wisconsin
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY
• Emily Spencer (hockey, softball, volleyball): Undecided
BRECK
• Esme Gulbransen (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Colby
BURNSVILLE
• Mesaiya Bettis (volleyball): Iowa State
CHAMPLIN PARK
• Abby Hibbs (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): North Dakota State
CHANHASSEN
• Susie Tollefson (basketball, softball): Augustana
CHASKA
• Veda Baumann (dance): Minnesota Duluth
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
• Elizabeth Schoenbauer (dance, softball, swimming): Concordia (St. Paul)
COON RAPIDS
• Lily McKenzie (cross-country, golf, hockey, softball): Wisconsin River Falls
COOPER
• Anna Delaney (cross-country, Nordic skiing, softball, wrestling): Wisconsin Stevens Point
DELASALLE
• Carlie Jackson (Alpine skiing, softball, tennis): Holy Cross
EDEN PRAIRIE
• Vanessa Jordan (basketball, track and field): Minnesota
EDINA
• Kaylee Idrogo-Lam (hockey, lacrosse, soccer): undecided
ELK RIVER
• Lilly Osterman (basketball, lacrosse): Colorado Mesa
FRIDLEY
• Aubrey Cochran-Starr (basketball, cross-country, softball, swimming, track and field, volleyball): undecided
HOLY ANGELS
• Anya Anderson (hockey, softball): Creighton
HOPKINS
• Sydney Drevlow (cross-country, mountain biking, Nordic skiing, track and field): Nebraska
JORDAN
• Savannah Borowicz (basketball, volleyball): Nova Southeastern
MAPLE GROVE
• Jordan Ode (basketball, cross-country): Michigan State
MARANATHA CHRISTIAN
• Ashley Yost (softball, volleyball): Northern State
MINNEAPOLIS CAMDEN
• Shayla Thao (badminton, cross-country, volleyball): undecided
MINNEAPOLIS EDISON
• Elise Ashland (cross-country, soccer, track and field, wrestling): undecided
MINNEAPOLIS NORTH
• Brooklyn Pettis (basketball, track and field, volleyball): undecided
MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT
• Ana Cecilia Walker (basketball, softball, track and field): Minnesota State Moorhead
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH
• Isabelle Luhmann (basketball, football, soccer, softball): Minnesota Duluth
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST
• Zoe Sumner (cross-country, mountain biking, Nordic skiing, track and field): undecided
MINNEAPOLIS WASHBURN
• Sydney Ruckett (soccer, track and field): Brown
MINNEHAHA ACADEMY
• Leah DiNardo (cross-country, gymnastics, track and field): St. Thomas
MINNETONKA
• Zeal Kuku (track and field, volleyball): Minnesota
MOUND WESTONKA
• Audrey Kirscht (cross-country, track and field): Minnesota
ORONO
• Zoe Lopez (hockey, soccer, track and field): Minnesota State Mankato
OSSEO
• Macy Patton (hockey, lacrosse, softball, tennis, trap shooting): Wisconsin River Falls
PARK CENTER
• Maya Woods (gymnastics, Nordic skiing, swimming, track and field): Northern Michigan
PRIOR LAKE
• Layla Vennink (cross-country, track and field): St. Thomas
PROVIDENCE ACADEMY
• Hope Counts (basketball, track and field, volleyball): Lipscomb
RICHFIELD
• Audrey Olson (softball, volleyball): Minnesota Morris
ROCKFORD
• McKenzie Perry (hockey): Gustavus Adolphus
ROGERS
• Anya Schmidt (basketball, track and field, volleyball): St. Thomas
SHAKOPEE
• Arianna Zelen (swimming): Wisconsin
SPRING LAKE PARK
• Brianna Finnegan (soccer, track and field): South Dakota State
ST. ANTHONY
• Josie Bossen (gymnastics, swimming, track and field): Northern Michigan
ST. FRANCIS
• Alexa Skogquist (basketball, softball, tennis): Bemidji State
ST. LOUIS PARK
• Eleanor Lindeman (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): St. Catherine
TOTINO-GRACE
• Chloe Nuss (basketball, soccer): Mary
WACONIA
• Evelyn Tellers (gymnastics, lacrosse, tennis, weightlifting): St. Thomas
WATERTOWN-MAYER
• Eleanor Rundell (basketball, soccer, softball, unified sports club): Bethel
WAYZATA
• Sophie Hawkinson (basketball, soccer, track and field): North Dakota State
ZIMMERMAN
• Lindsay Peters (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Wisconsin
St. Paul area
APPLE VALLEY
• Makayla Moran (golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer): Minnesota State Mankato
CENTENNIAL
• Kylie Nelson (gymnastics, Nordic skiing, track and field): North Dakota State
CHATFIELD
• Jaelyn LaPlante (track and field, volleyball): Minnesota State Mankato
CHISAGO LAKES
• Laura Carlson (lacrosse, swimming, track and field, weightlifting): Kennesaw State
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL
• Brooke Nesdahl (softball): St. Benedict
EAGAN
• Ava Ligtenberg (basketball, soccer, track and field): North Dakota State
EAST RIDGE
• Elle Wildman (basketball, soccer): Iowa
EASTVIEW
• Gracie Puit (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Alaska-Anchorage
FARMINGTON
• Hannah Hansen (basketball, softball): Minnesota
FOREST LAKE
• Norah Hushagen (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Minnesota
GENTRY ACADEMY
• Zosia Miller (hockey, softball): Bethel
HASTINGS
• Haley Strain (basketball, softball, volleyball): Southern Illinois
HILL-MURRAY
• Josie Skoogman (golf, hockey, soccer, tennis): St. Thomas
IRONDALE
• Lulu Semakula (diving, gymnastics, track and field): Air Force
LAKEVILLE NORTH
• Olivia Grecco (dance, track and field): Pepperdine
LAKEVILLE SOUTH
• Avery Sandmann (soccer, track and field): St. Thomas
MAHTOMEDI
• Kaili Malvey (track and field, volleyball): Concordia (Moorhead)
MATH & SCIENCE
• Amelia Applebee (cross-country, Nordic Skiing, track and field): undecided
MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY
• Delaney Cunnington (gymnastics, soccer, track and field): Colorado
MOUNDS VIEW
• Kate Roeber (basketball, cross-country, track and field): undecided
NEW LIFE ACADEMY
• Makenna Lilly (track and field, volleyball): Northwestern (Iowa)
NORTH BRANCH
• Dakota Esget (cross-country, gymnastics, track and field, volleyball): St. Thomas
NORTH ST. PAUL
• Gabby Martinez (basketball, softball, volleyball): Concordia (St. Paul)
NORTHFIELD
• Ella Pagel (football, track and field, wrestling): undecided
NOVA CLASSICAL
• Ava Ball (volleyball): South Dakota
PARK OF COTTAGE GROVE
• Josie Leonard (hockey, lacrosse, soccer): Colorado (Colorado Springs)
RANDOLPH
• Carter Raymond (basketball, cross-country, softball): Minnesota
RED WING
• Morgan Hanlin (basketball, cross-country, soccer, track and field): St. Benedict
ROSEMOUNT
• Sophie Stramel (hockey): Minnesota State Mankato
ROSEVILLE
• Samantha Mermelstein (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Rochester (N.Y.)
SIMLEY
• Emerson Joyce Hocking (gymnastics, soccer, track and field): Auburn
SOUTH ST. PAUL
• Scarlett Johanson (basketball, soccer, track and field): St. Benedict
ST. AGNES
• Terese Fischer (basketball, track and field, volleyball): St. Thomas
ST. PAUL ACADEMY
• Julia Maria Taylor (basketball, track and field, volleyball): undecided
ST. PAUL CENTRAL
• Laura McClary (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field): Minnesota
ST. PAUL COMO PARK
• Ava Lopez (basketball, soccer): John Jay
ST. PAUL HARDING
• Tiffany Tran (badminton, tennis, track and field): undecided
ST. PAUL HIGHLAND PARK
• Hanna Koch (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field, ultimate Frisbee): Vermont
ST. PAUL HUMBOLDT
• Neenah Mork (basketball, golf, swimming): Luther
ST. PAUL JOHNSON
• Sadie Mays (basketball, track and field, volleyball): St. Catherine
ST. PAUL WASHINGTON
• Megan Fang (badminton, volleyball, wrestling): undecided
STILLWATER
• Liberty Quast (gymnastics, track and field): Minnesota
TARTAN
• Greta Culshaw-Klein (lacrosse, hockey, soccer, track and field): St. Scholastica
TRINITY
• Adelyn Bye (basketball, track and field, volleyball): undecided
TWO RIVERS
• Claire Stein (Nordic skiing, soccer, track and field): St. Olaf
VISITATION
• Samantha Wills (basketball, volleyball): Harvard
WHITE BEAR LAKE
• Madelyn Belisle (hockey, softball, tennis): Hamline
WOODBURY
• Sarah Vaske (basketball, cross-country, track and field): Creighton
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