2025 ExCEL Award Recipients
Posted: Monday, February 3, 2025 - 8:00 AM
The ExCEL Award – Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership – is a unique 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. This award is sponsored by the League's corporate partner TruStone Financial Credit Union.
The ExCEL Award recipients are selected by an independent panel of judges from schools throughout Minnesota.
Congratulations to the following 2025 ExCEL Award recipients:
Adalynn Lurken - Mankato East
Adeline Bjorklund - Nevis
Aidan Burns - Mankato East
Aidan Moeller - Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial
Alaina Blomberg - New Ulm Cathedral
Aliyah Loftness - Tracy-Milroy-Balaton
Angie Huang - East Ridge
Ankit Mukhopadhyay - Eagan
Ava Schlomann - B O L D
Ayoub Farah - Owatonna
Brody Scalese - Lancaster
Brooklyn Ampey - Minneapolis Southwest
Bryan Buerkle - Springfield
Daniel Dietrich - Park Christian
Dannika Anderson - Dover-Eyota
Eleanor Porisch - Benilde-St. Margaret's
Emily Burkel - Badger
Erin Thesing - Pierz
Grady Wendt - Zimmerman
Grant Nelson - Wadena-Deer Creek
Jade Marty - Chokio-Alberta
Jayant Dewan - Woodbury
John Ahlin - Little Falls
Jonathan Phenix - Waconia
Kirby Olson - Ortonville
Laura Kohl - Princeton
Lucas Nechville - Dover-Eyota
Naomi Smith - Parnassus Preparatory
Paige Thompson - Owatonna
Patrick McDonald - Benilde-St. Margaret's
Phoebe Madsen - Granada-Huntley-East Chain
Sarah Labarere - Rosemount
Sid Chowdhury - Eden Prairie
Sophie Folkestad - Proctor
Tryg Olson - Badger
William Mandt - Watertown-Mayer
These award winners are recognized during halftime of the 2:00 p.m. Girls Basketball State Championship game.
