Addison Andrix will be attending Gustavus Adolphus College to study mathematics and statistics. He chose to pursue math because he has excelled in the subject and has always been interested in it.

Caleb Vereide will be attending the University of Northwestern – St. Paul, playing baseball and singing in the choir. He said, “I knew I wanted to play baseball. I kind of found the school I liked first and then just set out to play a sport and get involved.”

Faradoza Farah will be attending Yale University and majoring in political science. She chose Yale because of the political science department. Farah said, “I really liked the community much better than a lot of my other schools that I was considering.”

Grace Jacobs is attending Missouri State University, studying on the Pre-physician Assistant Path and playing the violin in the Missouri State Orchestra. Ms. Sandra Justice encouraged her to look at MSU and play in the orchestra.

Jace Katzung will be attending the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for agricultural education. Because of his passion for agriculture and his community, Katzung was inspired to educate other students about how farmers and consumers work together.

Lexi Mendenhall is attending Northern Iowa Area Community College and playing on the women’s basketball team. She is undecided about her major, but she plans on transferring to a 4-year school and continuing her basketball career.

Sofhia Garcia will be attending Riverland in Austin to pursue Medical Assistance. She decided to take the nursing route to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Garcia said, “I wanted to pursue and follow her steps because she couldn’t finish what she started.”

Annie Thurnau will be attending the STEP Program (Secondary Transition Education Program) in Faribault. This program aims to teach individuals how to live as individually as possible, along with other life skills. Thurnau is excited about these new experiences.

Dylan Meiners was accepted into the United States Air Force Academy. After his freshman year of high school, he knew he wanted to be involved in the military and he developed an interest in aviation and space.

Gavin Karrow will be pursuing a music career for a year through his and Hunter Johnson’s band, Five in the Morning. Creating music is something that he has enjoyed for a long time. If he does not stick with music, he would like to study journalism and writing.

Lanie Rahn will be taking a year to live in California and training at The Space Dance Studio. Rahn has always enjoyed dancing. She has been watching The Space programs for years and wants to take the opportunity to continue to dance.

Matthew Beck is pursuing a welding certificate at South Central College in Faribault and then finding a job. Beck said, “Ms. Megan Horton helped me decide what I want to do, and then I found welding and I really enjoy it.”

Niveah Welch will be continuing her internship full-time at Federated Insurance, along with working a part-time job. At Federated, she works in the mailroom. She said, “It didn’t feel right for me [to go to school right away].”

Ryley Glassmaker will enter the workforce and is considering careers in concrete or as an electrician. He was inspired by his family to wait to go to college to pursue until he knew what he would specifically want to do.