Special awards, letters presented for track, golf, theater, drama, choir and band
RJ Perry (male) and Kyrie Roberts (female) received career athlete awards recently in the annual Great Plains Lutheran High School Spring Awards Banquet.
Awards were presented for boys and girls track, boys and girls golf, spring theater, drama, choir and band.
Other special award winners, by activity, included:
Boys-Girls Track
Boys: Micah Holien, MVP: Perry, Panther Award; and Carter Hinners, Newcomer of the Year. Girls: Halle Bauer, Co-MVP; Sophia Kannas, CO-MVP and Newcomer of the Year; and Briana Cordle, Panther Award.
Boys-Girls Golf
Boys: Barrett Pommer, MVP and Sawyer Johnson, Panther Award. Girls: Addison Kratz, MVP and Norah Kratz, Panther Award and Most Improved.
Spring Theater
Norah Kratz, Most Valuable Cast Member; Lydia Jarcik, Most Valuable Crew; Addison Walkins, Best Debut Performance and Parker Walkins, Panther Award.
Music
Norah Kranz, John Philip Sousa Award and National School Choral Award; Aadyn Crowley, National School Choral Award and Patrick S. Gilmore Band Award; Olivia Zanto, National School Choral Award; Roberts, Panther Award and Director's Award for Excellence in Choir; Claire Marcus, Director's Award for Excellence in Band; and Haylee Cowles, Emma Kanzenbach and Parker Walkins, Director's Award for Excellence in Choir.
Other Special Awards
Catharine Neumann, Valedictorian; and Daria Poor, Onesimus Award for Service.
Letter Winners
Boys Track: Seniors Levi Holloway, RJ Perry and Parker Walkins; sophomores Hessel Andringa, Isaiah Berg, Dominick Clark, Landon Czerwan, Seth Grams, Micah Holien, Hayden Karli and Greyson Leins; and freshmen Carter Hinners, Lucas Johnson and Ryen Kjenstad .
Girls Track: Seniors Briana Cordle, Kim Goens, Emma Kanzenbach, Claire Marcus, Caite Neumann, Kyrie Roberts and Olivia Zanto; juniors Stella Abrahamson, Halle Bauer, Sophie Kannas and Grace Powers; sophomores Donna Abrahamson, Taylor Bendix, Cassie Kanzenbach, Emma Neumann and Kaitlyn Rawerts; freshmen Abby Kjenstad, Jolie Lien and Katherine Prahl; eighth-grader Keturah Schleusener; and managers Dayzee Holloway, Madison Rabine, Chloe Wolfe, Kate Holmen, Hannah Juergens and Lydia Wolfe.
Boys Golf: Senior Joseph Dahlberg; juniors Thomas Erickson and Sawyer Johnson; sophomore Kowynn Muhl and freshman Barrett Pommer.
Girls Golf: Seniors Haylee Cowles and Norah Kratz; and freshmen Bella Dunsmoor and Addison Walkins.
Spring Theater Production: Senior Norah Kratz.
Drama: Seniors Norah Kratz and Claire Marcus; juniors Lydia Jarcik, Grace Powers, Chole Wolfe and Yabesera Wurgessa; sophomores Taylor Bendix, Landon Czerwan, Miriam Jarcik, Grace Juergens, Cassie Kanzenbach, Thad Kratz and Greyson Leins; and freshman Caleb Kleinsasser.
Choir: Seniors Haylee Cowles, Aadyn Crowley, Emma Kanzenbach, Norah Kratz, Claire Marcus, Catie Neumann, RJ Perry, Cale Reiner, Kyrie Roberts, Parker Walkins and Olivia Zanto; juniors Stella Abrahamson, Jacob Bartels, Hannah Berg, Olivia Holmen, Lydia Jarcik, Grace Powers, Sebastian Rosenthal and Chloe Wolfe; sophomores Donna Abrahamson, Isaiah Berg, Esta Cameron, Miriam Jarcik, Grace Juergens, Cassie Kanzenbach, Anthony Knoblock, Thad Kratz, Greyson Leins, Matthew Moritz, Kaitlyn Rawerts and Austin Rubendall; and freshmen Caleb Kleinsasser and Katherine Prahl.
Band: Seniors Aadyn Crowley, Kim Goens, Norah Kratz, Claire Marcus and Olivia Zanto; juniors Lydia Jarcik, Martin Krenz, Sebastian Rosenthal and Chloe Wolfe; sophomores Isaiah Berg, Alaina Bruemmer, Esta Cameron, Miriam Jarcik, Grace Juergens, Anthony Knoblock, Thad Kratz, Kaitlyn Rawerts, Lydia Schleusener, Caryn Williams and Brooklyn Wolff; and freshmen Camille Crismon, Hannah Juergens, Caleb Kleinsasser, Katherine Prahl, Kira Reppe and Lydia Wolfe
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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: GPL students receive special awards during school's Spring Awards Banquet
