Ninety-nine Athena Award winners from Twin Cities metro-area high schools were recognized as top female student-athletes for the 2019-20 school year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellation of banquets in St. Paul and Minneapolis that are typically held to honor the winners. There were 55 winners recognized by the the Athena Committee in Minneapolis and 44 by the Athena Committee in St. Paul. The winners by school, with their sports and college plans:
MINNEAPOLIS AREA
ANDOVER: Jamie Nelson (hockey, lacrosse), Minnesota State Mankato
ANOKA: Madison Mashuga (golf, hockey, soccer), Minnesota State Mankato
ARMSTRONG: Sierra Ann Smith (swimming), Missouri
BENILDE-ST. MARGARET'S: Sarah Luong (volleyball), Emory
BLAINE: Madison Schmidt (basketball, track and field, volleyball), Notre Dame
BLAKE: Audrey Lynn Wethington (golf, hockey, soccer), Minnesota
BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON: Megan Narveson (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field), Minnesota State Mankato
BLOOMINGTON KENNEDY: Maya Chesky (basketball, lacrosse, soccer), Upper Iowa
BRECK: Olivia Mobley (hockey, lacrosse, track and field), Quinnipiac
BROOKLYN CENTER: Megan Falnes (soccer, softball, wrestling), Southern California
BURNSVILLE: Avery Sawchuk (golf, hockey, tennis), Augsburg
CHAMPLIN PARK: Heather Johnson (swimming, track and field), Minnesota
CHANHASSEN: Tori Tollefson (basketball, softball), South Dakota State
CHASKA: Kianee Bouavichith (dance), undecided
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS: Kate Rockwell (basketball, lacrosse, volleyball), undecided
COON RAPIDS: Rachel Deters (gymnastics, track and field, volleyball), Hamline
COOPER: Evelyn Villalobos (Nordic skiing, soccer), Gustavus Adolphus
DELASALLE: Maggie Haller (soccer, track and field), undecided
EDEN PRAIRIE: Liesl Paulsen (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field), Minnesota
EDINA: Megan Phillip (diving), Minnesota
ELK RIVER: Lydia Haack (basketball, tennis), Upper Iowa
FRIDLEY: Ah'Janay Yancy (basketball, track and field, volleyball), undecided
HOLY ANGELS: Isabelle Lynn Henry (basketball, track and field, volleyball), Carleton
HOPKINS: Paige Bueckers (basketball), Connecticut
JORDAN: Madi Kes (basketball, track and field, volleyball), Gustavus Adolphus
MAPLE GROVE: Nadia Abid (diving, gymnastics, track and field), Hamline
MARANATHA CHRISTIAN: Endia Clark (soccer), undecided
MINNEAPOLIS EDISON: Jaiden Seabrooks (basketball, track and field, volleyball), William Penn
MINNEAPOLIS HENRY: Jamesa Robinson (softball, volleyball, wrestling), Augsburg
MINNEAPOLIS NORTH: Jasmine Jackson (basketball, softball, track and field, volleyball), Iowa Central
MINNEAPOLIS ROOSEVELT: Marie Peterson (tennis, track and field, wrestling), undecided
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTH: Emily Mulhern (cross-country, Nordic skiing), St. Olaf
MINNEAPOLIS SOUTHWEST: Peyton D'Emanuele (lacrosse, swimming), Notre Dame
MINNEAPOLIS WASHBURN: Ella Endo (badminton, Nordic skiing, soccer, track and field), undecided
MINNEHAHA ACADEMY: Kate Pryor (basketball, softball, volleyball), Boston University
MINNETONKA: Maggie Nicholson (hockey), Minnesota
MOUND WESTONKA: Melissa Drill (basketball, softball, volleyball), Winona State
ORONO: Sydney DeCubellis (hockey, softball), undecided
OSSEO: Gabrielle Bodin (hockey, track and field, volleyball), St. Catherine
PARK CENTER: Lauren Frost (basketball, soccer), Nebraska Omaha
PRIOR LAKE: Josie Kropp (lacrosse), Marquette
PROVIDENCE ACADEMY: Madeline Anderson (basketball, golf, soccer, track and field), Indiana
RICHFIELD: Hannah Hintermeister (swimming), U. of San Diego
ROCKFORD: Molly Schultz (gymnastics, track and field, volleyball), Kansas
ROGERS: Sara Parent (cross-country, hockey, lacrosse), St. Scholastica
SHAKOPEE: Ali Styba (cross-country, hockey, lacrosse), Monmouth (N.J.)
SPRING LAKE PARK: Alexie Stephani (soccer, track and field), Viterbo
ST. ANTHONY: Josie Donaldson (cross-country, soccer, softball), John Brown
ST. FRANCIS: Emma Kopet (basketball, soccer), Minnesota
ST. LOUIS PARK: Anna Keith (cross-country, track and field), Minnesota
TOTINO-GRACE: Lilia Linders (hockey, lacrosse, soccer), Ave Maria
WACONIA: Sydney Shea (gymnastics), Winona State
WATERTOWN-MAYER: Elizabeth Heilman (basketball, soccer, track and field), Northern State
WAYZATA: Grace Treanor (diving, gymnastics), Air Force
ZIMMERMAN: Corina Sandy (gymnastics, track and field, volleyball), undecided
ST. PAUL AREA
APPLE VALLEY: Sydney Johnson (hockey, softball), Wisconsin-Eau Claire
CENTENNIAL: Grace Johnson (basketball, cross-country), St. Scholastica
CHISAGO LAKES: Claire DeVries (golf, hockey, tennis), Williams
CONCORDIA ACADEMY: Sydney Hackett (basketball, soccer, track and field), Wisconsin-Eau Claire
CRETIN-DERHAM HALL: Sydney Jackson (basketball, track and field), Concordia (St. Paul)
EAGAN: Lara Mitchell (swimming), Boston University
EAST RIDGE: Fiona Claugherty (golf, hockey, soccer), St. Thomas
EASTVIEW: Claudia Dougan (swimming), Kansas
FARMINGTON: Molly Mogensen (basketball, softball), Creighton
FOREST LAKE: Abby Drury (softball, volleyball), Bethel
HASTINGS: Mallory Brake (basketball, softball, track and field, volleyball), Creighton
HENRY SIBLEY: Jaelyn Orth (basketball, softball, tennis), undecided
HILL-MURRAY: Nina Steigauf (golf, hockey), Quinnipiac
IRONDALE: Isis Hutchison (hockey, lacrosse), Minnesota
LAKEVILLE NORTH: Regan Smith (swimming), Stanford
LAKEVILLE SOUTH: Brianne Brewster (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field), Minnesota
MAHTOMEDI: Bella Frattalone (gymnastics, track and field), Missouri
MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY: Catherine Moore (basketball, track and field, volleyball), St. Olaf
MOUNDS VIEW: Lindsey Becher (basketball), Concordia (St. Paul)
NEW LIFE ACADEMY: Ellianna Wiertsema (volleyball), Concordia (St. Paul)
NORTH BRANCH: Cianna Selbitschka (basketball, volleyball), Minnesota Duluth
NORTH ST. PAUL: Shaliciah Jones (track and field), North Carolina A&T
PARK OF COTTAGE GROVE: Marie Brookins (lacrosse, soccer), Bemidji State
RANDOLPH: Madelyn Dibble (dance, softball, volleyball), Viterbo
ROSEMOUNT: Taylor Janssen (basketball, lacrosse), Montana State
ROSEVILLE: Isabella DiGiorno (golf, hockey, soccer), undecided
SIMLEY: Emma Heimerl (hockey, softball, volleyball), St. Thomas
SOUTH ST. PAUL: Brynn Sexauer (golf, hockey, tennis), St. Benedict
ST. AGNES: Elizabeth Dickerson (softball, volleyball), undecided
ST. PAUL ACADEMY: Kathleen Bishop (hockey, softball, volleyball), Princeton
ST. PAUL CENTRAL: Annika Tuma (badminton, volleyball), Carleton
ST. PAUL COMO PARK: Shar Too (badminton, soccer), undecided
ST. PAUL HARDING: Amanye Reynolds (softball, tennis), undecided
ST. PAUL HIGHLAND PARK: Mariana Cournoyer (basketball, soccer, track and field), Trinity (Conn.)
ST. PAUL HUMBOLDT: Shakira Marie Willis (basketball, softball, volleyball), Augsburg
ST. PAUL JOHNSON: Chia Thao (badminton, tennis), Concordia (St. Paul)
ST. PAUL WASHINGTON: BeBe Say (badminton, soccer), undecided
STILLWATER: Liza Karlen (basketball, golf, swimming, track and field), Marquette
TARTAN: Alexandra Lyle (golf, volleyball), North Dakota State
TRINITY: Catherine Kieffer (badminton, basketball, soccer), St. Thomas
TWIN CITIES ACADEMY/GREAT RIVER: Bridget Tetmeyer (cross-country, track and field), St. Benedict
VISITATION: Mary Burke (swimming, track and field), undecided
WHITE BEAR LAKE: Kayla Anderson (basketball, soccer), South Dakota State
WOODBURY: Tiffany Holiday (cross-country, Nordic skiing, track and field), Brigham Young
