Holt County Students Earn Academic All-State

Thirty Holt County students were selected for Winter NSAA Academic All-State honors.

Chosen for the honor were West Holt students Devon Dohrman, boys basketball and speech; Mason Hale, boys basketball; Bailey Kraus and Jenae Osborne, girls basketball; Kyla Wallinger, speech; and Casey Coburn and Cole Laible, wrestling.

Chambers students selected for the honor were Jamie Koenig, girls basketball and speech; Taylor Peter, girls basketball; and BrookLynn Burrell, speech.

Ashley Koenig and Skye Schroeder, girls basketball; and Emily Eacker and Katie Hawk, speech, were the Ewing students selected for the honor.

O’Neill students chosen for the honor were Justin Appleby and Alex Thramer, boys basketball; Payton Birkel and Claire Morrow, girls basketball; Nikki Gotschall and Blair Langan, speech; and  Heydon Strope, wrestling.

Also chosen for the honor were St. Mary’s students Grant Winkelbauer, boys basketball; Brooke Benson and Abby Everett, girls basketball; and Betsy Crumly and Paige Tomjack, speech.

Stuart students selected for the honor were Wade Paxton, boys basketball; Peyton Alder, girls basketball and speech; Reaghan Engel, girls basketball; and Ariel Larsen, speech.
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The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize high school students, based on their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions made to their NSAA activity. ​

A nominated student must be a varsity player or organizational leader who has played a significant role on the team or in the organizational activity during the seasons for which nominations are accepted. The student must have a minimum cumulative grade point average, in all curricular subjects, of 93 percent or 3.7 on a 4.0-point scale or the equivalent. NSAA high schools or their cooperative sponsorship may nominate a maximum of two students per NSAA activity program.