Several Dell Rapids and Dell Rapids St Mary athletes earned awards for the 2016 fall sports season.
For the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal cross country team, Christina Vogel was an Academic All-State winner. Ella Heinitz and Ch. Vogel were named team Co-Most Valuable Runners by Head Coach Pete Schmidt. Catherine Vogel was named Most Improved for the girls team. Connor Libis was named the boys Most Valuable Runner. Jacob Vogel was named Most Improved.
Kennedi Mullaney won the Coach’s Award from Head Coach Cami Bacon for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal cheer team. Paige Bunkers was named the Most Improved.
Mullaney also earned Offensive MVP for the Cardinal volleyball team, was an Academic All-State winner, and also earned All-Conference. Haley Michel was the Defensive MVP, was an Academic All-State winner, and an All-Conference Honorable Mention. Cassie Mullaney earned the Most Improved award, and Jackie Wolles also was an Academic All-State winner.
For the Cardinal football team, Garret Frost, Dalton Houska, and Zach Geraets were Dakota Valley Conference All-Conference winners. Carson Park was an All-Conference Honorable Mention. Geraets, Houska, Frost, Park, Jacob Eining, Sam Schwebach, Kathryn Klein (stats), Wolles (stats), and Lexi Klein (stats) all were Academic All-State winners.
Chloe Solberg, Kenzie Gullickson, and Sara VanRegenmorter earned Academic All-State awards for the Dell Rapids Quarrier volleyball team. The team as a whole earned a team Academic All-State award for their 3.72 overall GPA. Solberg, Trinity Gordon, and Brooke Klein were Dak-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention selections.
Averi Pankonen, Micah Gleason, and James Lueders earned Academic All-State awards for the Quarrier cross country team.
Ross Wiebenga, Alex Nordstrom, Justin Dorn, Jacob Wolles, Mason Peter, and Grace Tischer (stats) also earned Academic All-State awards for the Quarrier football team. Dawson Kerzman, Seth Andersen, Tanner Heim, Nate McKee, Hunter Hansen, Anthony Miller, and Matt Gillogly were all Dak-12 All-Conference selections. Peter and Wiebenga were All-Conference Honorable Mentions. Andersen, McKee, and Hansen were class 11-A All-State award winners. Trevor Pulscher and Kerzman were 11A All-State Honorable Mentions. Hansen was also named an Argus Leader Elite 45 player for 2016. McKee was an Elite 45 Honorable Mention.