MSU-Northern holds athletics banquet

The 11th annual MSU-Northern Athletics banquet was held Wednesday night at the SUB Balllroom. The night honored athletes from the 2023-24 sports calendar. Coaches from all of the MSU-N teams spoke about their seasons in front of a large crowd.

The Outstanding Athlete Award for each sport was announced during the banquet.

For the Lights football team, senior linebacker Dylan Wampler was honored. The volleyball team selected junior middle blocker Alana Graves. Junior Jaden Koon was selected by the cross country team as its most outstanding athlete. 

The Skylight's basketball team chose senior forward Ryley Kehr as its most outstanding athlete. Senior Zack Martinez was the Lights basketball recipient for most outstanding athlete. The MSU-N wrestling team chose junior All-American Rylin Burns as the most outstanding athlete this year. Finally, the Northern golf team picked senior ShaAnn Danelson to be the team's most outstanding athlete.

Northern chancellor Greg Kegel also presented MSU-N seniors of each team with parting watches for their efforts. Wampler, Colter Szymoniak, Dominic Paribello, Titus Pulliam, Caymus Thomas and Joshua Rose were the football seniors honored. Hallie George was the lone volleyball senior this year. Five Skylight's basketball players were honored: Kehr, Danelson, Jalen Callender, Sydney Hansen and Dulci SkunkCap. Martinez and Myles Dalton were the senior leaders of the Lights basketball team, while NaKoda Siegel and Carl Hansen captained the wrestling team. Finally, golf's lone senior was the only recipient for two different sports and that was Danelson.