Good Student Award Banquet

ADA, MN—Dozens of students from across the region attended the Good Student Award banquet Sunday at Ada-Borup-West School.  These students had received R&J Broadcasting’s Good Student Award during the current school year.  Jacobson Body Shop, the presenting sponsor, presented a $750 scholarship to senior Isaiah Wright of Fertile-Beltrami.  Isaiah tells R&J News why he thinks he received a Good Student Award.

Brooke Pond of Jacobson Body Shop told the audience she was so moved by one weekly Good Student Award winner’s interview that she decided to award another scholarship: a $250 scholarship to Dakiya Smith of Waubun.  Dakiya told us about her interview.

Here’s the full list of Good Student Award winners for the 2024-25 school year:

Ada-Borup-West: Kadence Thom, Austin McCraven, Scarlet Triplett, Carson Devos, Joe Borgen, Caspar Kritzberger, Morgan Engel, Cadyn Dahl, Lucas Mertz, Avery Johnson

Mahnomen: Tate Houdek, Seth Hlubek, Isabelle Schlick, Olivia Halvorson, Tyler Schoenborn, Blake McMullen

Red Lake Falls: Elizabeth Lytle

Bagley: Ian Phrakonkham, Chloe Mars, Colin Agnes, Emma Crist, Genevieve Lundberg, Kira Thompson, Elinor Davies

Fertile-Beltrami: Sidney Erickson, Ella Bolstad, Stephanie Miller, Isaiah Wright, Grace Proulx, Jonah Harstad

Ulen-Hitterdal: Ian Jacobson, Alissa Anderson, Jada Nelson, Morgan Bubbers, Kinzee Schneck, Ansley Braseth

Waubun: Savannah Keezer, Brynn McArthur, Hudson McArthur, Nicholas Baker, Lexi Pazdernik, Cleighton Hoban, Dakiya Smith

Norman County East: Maverick Pinske

Fosston: Nora Marquis, Caleb Richardson, Tanner Vig

Hillsboro: Riley Richter, Elijah Smallbeck, William Dufner, Brayden Chenault

Win-E-Mac: Colton Mandt, Evelyn Ryan

Clearbrook-Gonvick: Sarah Imle