Swenby and Augustine named Region 8A Triple A Award Winners 

Over 30 regional students, and their families gathered in the Beaulieu Ballroom at the Shooting Star Casino on Wednesday afternoon to be honored for their Academic, Arts, and Athletic achievements for the Minnesota State High School League’s Triple A Award. Each School across Region 8A was able to have up to two nominees for the award, and that pool of nominees was cut down to one male and one female who will represent the region at the state level. 

This year’s section winners for Region 8A are Caiden Swenby from Fertile Beltrami and Kaydence Augustine from Marshall County Central. R&J News’s Prestin Douville caught up with Swenby and Augustine after the banquet to get their reactions to this huge honor.  

To be eligible for the Triple A Award nominees must:

• Be a high school senior at the time of the nomination
• Have a cumulative GPA over 3.0 
• Have participated in a MSHSL sponsored athletic and fine arts activity 
• Exhibit citizenship and be a respected individual in their home communities 
• Comply with the MSHSL’s code of conduct. 

Caiden Swenby and Kaydence Augustine are now finalists for the State Triple A Award which will be named on March 25 during an on court awards ceremony during the High School State Basketball Tournament at Target Center in Minneapolis.