Austin High School students gathered Wednesday afternoon in Knowlton Auditorium for the annual AHS Awards Ceremony. More than 25 categories of awards were given out in honor of academics and co-curricular activities.

"With the exception of graduation, which is only two weeks away from Friday night, this event is a highlight for the high school," Principal Joe Brown said in his welcome to students.

The following are this year's award recipients:

Wescott Award

Jonathan Bain

Ben Petersen

Warrington Award

Ben Petersen

Horatio Alger Association

Michelle Bush

Erin Champlin

Samantha Jayes

Jessica Olson

High Distinction

Beau Zabel

Megan Walters

Jonathan Bain

Emily Quealy

Carissa Gabrielson

Linda Haas

Amy Kelly

Raymond Bissen

Benjamin Petersen

Katherine Erickson

Claire Johnson

Leah Brandon

Tracy Putz

Noelle Wiebelhaus

Lia Middlebrook

President's Award: Educational Achievement

Angela Walter

Ryan Gardner

President's Award: Educational Excellence

Billy Anderson

Jessica Bird

Ray Bissen

Katie Bluske

Leah Brandon

Katie Erickson

Carissa Gabrielson

Michael Gravelle

Brooke Hyland

Claire Johnson

Amy Kelly

Jesse Krueger

Lia Middlebrook

Ben Petersen

Tracy Putz

Emily Quealy

Molly Thatcher

Megan Walters

Noelle Wiebelhaus

Beau Zabel

Debate

Molly Thatcher

Beau Zabel

Cody Wyant

Ashley Brimacomb

Earnest McAninch

Science

Leah Brandon

Hong Le

Branden Seira

All-state musicians

All-State Choir

Ray Bissen

Bethany Larson

Andrew Garrison

Nate Moser

All-State Band

Ben Petersen

Tim Frank

All-State Orchestra

Emily Nelson

Emily Quealy

Elisa Ingvalson

Megan Walters

AFS Awards

Kati Blisse

Jonas Brinkmann

Loren's Vergara

Math League

Eujin Chung

Jaeyoon Chung

Josh Dollar

Rebecca Swegle

Erin Thomas

Kelly Thompson

Kelsey Feragen

Brice Zabel

Beau Zabel

Kati Blisse

Mathematics

Mark Van Winter

Claire Johnson

Noelle Wiebelhaus

Beau Zabel

French

3rd Year Achievement

Sarah Auron

Leah Brandon

Catherine Corbly

Johanna Fessel

Amanda Hunter

Kaitlin Kimball

4th or 5th Year Achievement

Varinh Kullavongsa

Bethany Larson

Olga Berdysheva

Dual Language Award

Amanda Hunter

Olga Berdysheva

Spanish

3rd Year Achievement Award

Kelsey Feragen

Lindsay Franta Andrea Astrup

Olga Berdysheva

Melissa Davidson

Brittney Gabrielson

Nancy Nelson

Kellie Gabrielson

Lauren Goettsch

Mayra Hernandez

Elizabeth Langowski

Kelly Momsen

Steph Peters

4th or 5th Year Achievement Award

Megan Anderson

Brooke Hyland

Patrick Flood

4th or 5th Year Award of Excellence

Tracy Putz

Claire Johnson

Noelle Wiebelhaus

Linda Haas

Lia Middlebrook

History Day

Keisha Radloff

Tia Crane

Holly Flatt

Sarah Loots

Stacy Bjorlie

Kelsey Feragen

Kelly Thompson

Courtney Hosp

Brenna Lura

Heidi Craven

Kristen Foster

Matt Vietor

Andrew Sundal

Taylor Schieck

Rachel Carlson

Andrea Holt

Maxine Mason

Abby Monson

Jacob Krueger

Alex Kasak

David Larson

Kelly Reetz

Natalie Bowers

Emily Johnson

Melissa Hunstiger

Ashley Bumgardner

Taylor Neeser

Justin Morris

Nathan Graff

VICA

Ryan O'Leary

Dillon Cordes

Graphics

Ryan O'Leary

Mike Brenden

Ryan Gardner

Dillon Cordes

Tracy Millner

Nick Pedersen

Joe Bushlack

Oscar Lindquist

Tracy Putz

Lindsey Scott

Rolando Benitez

Citizenship

Becky Wangen

Kevin Ivanca

David Larson

Stacy Bjorlie

Nancy Nelson

Mark Cavanaugh

Lia Middlebrook

Ben Peterson

DECA

Michael Anderson

Alli Tolbert

Austinian

Lacy Knutson

Betsy Hingeveld

Michaela Byam

Amanda Nelson

Brenda Nguyen

Drama

Susie Bryan

Joe Carlson

Jacob Dalager

Andrea Hanson

Bethany Larson

Erich Lippert

Jenna Petersen

Rebecca Swegle

Erin Thomas

Jenna Turner

Laura Wichmann

Michele Williams

Megan Wilson

Brice Zabel

Katie Brody

Avery Johnson

Nick Watson

Nick Adams

Erica Diez

Nate Green

Bill Hoy

Jennifer McIntosh

Eric Morlan

Nate Moser

DCD Program Leadership

Amy Christianson

Cody Wyant

Sam Kiker

Kelley Longueville

Molly Pease

Brooke Klaehn

Brittney Ryks

Ross Riley

Jamie Surdy

Don Brown

David Wagner

Justin Heskett

Darin Finley

Janine Davis

Amy Van Proosdy

Nicole Novak

Garett Plotts

Kelly Reetz

Whitney Johnson

Jeremy Kiefer

Jen Snyder

Jessica Olson

Shannon Olson

Katie Dunlop

Ashley Birk

Nicole Melton

Linda Sangsome

Kandi Winter

Annette Beasley

Bridget Schmidt

Lisa Bue

Katie Radford-Garcia

Kallie Williams

Cassie Rollie

Alicia Ree

Brooke Hyland

Whitney Underhill

Tracey Petersen

Janelle Holtorf

Kevin Groh

Patrick Flood

Jen True

Brittney Erichson

Anne Becker

Alicia Gilles

Jennifer McIntosh

Brittany Rollie

Laura Madson

Megan Anderson

Alyssa Lorenz

Jessica Bird

Rachel Kanne

Lindsay Pint

Lindsay Franta

Linda Haas

Lauren Royce

Owen Stevenson

Jordan Van Proosdy

Evan Sorenson

Megan Walsh

Shayna Johnson

Meggan Rider

Nicole Turvey

Youth Leadership

Claire Johnson

Jordan Van Proosdy

Lia Middlebrook

Brooke Hyland

Sentinel

Meighan Byron

Margaret Wagner

Molly Thatcher

Jennifer McIntosh

Roger Dale Larson Scholarship

Molly Thatcher

Academic Letter Winners

Class of 2005

4.0 2001-2002

Tony Bissen

Amanda Bridgeman

Sarah Bridgeman

Jacob Dalager

Kristen Foster

Andrea Holt

Anna Johannsen

Brenna Lura

Abigail Monson

Shannon Smith

Kelly Thompson

Class of 2004

3.9 2001-2002

Andrea Astrup

Olga Berdysheva

Catherine Corbly

James Doyle

Johanna Fessel

Patrick Flood

Lindsay Franta

Kelli Gabrielson

Marjorie Gleason

Lauren Goettsch

Chris Hansen

Khanchana Khamvongsa

Elizabeth Langowski

Jackie Le

Kelly Momsen

Nancy Nelson

Zhera Paaverud

Andrea Perleberg

Bronson Pettitt

Emily Schminke

Kolby South

Kyle Spinler

Timothy Vogel

Class of 2003

3.8 2001-2002

Nick Adams

Ray Bissen

Leah Brandon

Joe Carlson

Anna Dalager

Katie Erickson

Carissa Gabrielson

Michael Gravelle

Linda Haas

Claire Johnson

Amy Kelly

Lia Middlebrook

Ben Petersen

Tracy Putz

Emily Quealy

Kyle Rizzi

Tucker Schieck

Molly Thatcher

Megan Walters

Noelle Wiebelhaus

Beau Zabel

Community Service Awards

Israel Leyva

Rachel Lenze

Matt Houff

Megan Hoag

Tracey Ihns

Kim Hall

Marissa Perez

Amber Sabin

Ellyn Symmonds

Amanda Steinhorst

Josh Stundahl

Brian Ketchum

Sara Stoltenberg

Angela Walter

Kristin Anderson

Kim Steinblock

Amber Perales

Stephani Navarro

Diem Do

Danny Miller

Justin Radermacher

Andrew Gerber

Alex Loeschen

Sara Flicek

Elissa Fisher

Juan Marquez

Erin Mullenbach

Nicky Patterson

Josh Dietrich

Amber Carter

Shawna Edwards

Tommy Winsor

Britnee Konken

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