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The Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch
St. Mary’s High School’s female ExCEL Award nominee, Julia Helget, has been named as one of of 36 ExCEL award winners from across the state.
The ExCEL Award Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership is a recognition program designed for Minnesota high school juniors who are active in school activities, leaders in their schools, and who demonstrate a strong commitment to community service. Minnesota high schools could each nominate a female and male student for state recognition. State winners were recently announced, including Helget.
ExCEL Award recipients will be featured in the Girls’ State Basketball Tournament program; their profiles will be on the MSHSL website and in the April issue of MSHSL’s “Connect” (monthly online newsletter), promoted on MSHSL’s social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram; and snapshots of each award recipients will be aired throughout the 45TV broadcast of the girls and boys basketba
Tri-City United High School juniors Connor Antony and Andra Sherman received an early Christmas present: recognition as their high school s ExCEL (Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership) Award nominees.
âI was really excited,â Sherman said. âI was not expecting it because I know a lot of my friends applied for it, but I did my best, filled out the application, worked really hard doing community service and set up a resume.â
Said Antony: âI was honored to win the award because I work really hard in school and sports, so Iâm glad to know it paid off.â
Both Lonsdale residents, Antony and Sherman are neighbors. Antony is the son of Brian and Francine, and Sherman is the daughter of Jason and Jenny.
The Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch
The ExCEL Award Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership is a recognition program designed exclusively for Minnesota high school juniors who are active in school activities, leaders in their schools, and who demonstrate a strong commitment to community service. Each high school in the state is invited to nominate a girl and boy for this award. (The award is sponsored by MSHSL s corporate partner Wells Fargo.) State winners will be announced later this winter.
Sleepy Eye High School has chosen Morgan Hoffmann and Mason Sellner as their nominees.
Morgan is very active in FFA, serving this year as Chapter President. FFA also provides Morgan with numerous opportunities for volunteer and service work. Morgan plays volleyball and is a cheerleader. She is on the A Honor Roll and belongs to the Honor Society and Yearbook staff. She enjoys creating promotional videos for her FFA Chapter.
varsity hockey (5 seasons, All Conference three times, captain for three seasons)
varsity track and field (4 seasons)
Lane Versteeg activities and athletics:
choir (4 years)
orchestra (4 years, section leader)
varsity soccer (3 seasons, two-time captain, twice All-Conference, All-State as senior)
varsity football (2 seasons, state tournament participant)
varsity basketball (2 seasons)
The news release says, Established in 1988, the Triple A Award acknowledges a male and female high school senior with a 3.0 or higher GPA who participates in league-sponsored athletic programs and fine arts activities such as theater, speech and music. The MSHSL s Administrative Regions will review the Triple-A nominees from its member schools.The top male and female students is the state, as determined by a points system, will be announced by the MSHSL officials this coming spring.