Breck students win 2023 Minnesota Region Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Congratulations to all the students who received recognition in the 2023 Minnesota Region Scholastic Art and Writing Awards! Breck artists won an impressive 48 total awards, and Breck writers won a total of 39 awards. Award winners are listed below.
Art Award Winners
GKAV — Gold Key American Vision (Highest Award) | GK — Gold Key
SK — Silver Key | HM — Honorable Mention
- William Anderson ’24, GK
- Spencer Ansari ’23, HM
- Cecelia Bauer ’23, HM (2)
- Gus Culligan ’23, SK (2), GK
- Sarah Feng ’23, HM, SK, GK (2)
- Samuel Goh ’24, SK, GK
- Catherine Hicks ’24, GKAV
- Jax Julkowski ’25, HM (2), SK (2)
- Berkeley Lin ’25, SK, GK
- Kennedy Lucas ’23, HM
- Petra Lyon ’23, HM, SK (2)
- Kelan McKay ’26, HM
- Gwyneth Moen ’23, HM
- Eileen Mortimer ’27, HM
- Ethan Paster ’24, HM, SK
- Mia Penn ’24, HM (2)
- Daniel Sampsell ’23, HM, SK
- Amira Sinclair ’23, HM, SK, GK (3)
- Michael Sweeney ’24, HM
- Will Walker ’23, SK (2)
- Xaria Williams ’23, SK (2), GK, GKAV
- Chaske Weston ’24, HM (2), SK
Writing Award Winners
GKAV — Gold Key American Voices (Highest Award) | GK — Gold Key
SK — Silver Key | HM — Honorable Mention
- Joshua Bagley ’24, HM
- Cecelia Bauer ’23, HM (2), SK (2), GK
- Abigail Chang ’25, HM
- Grace Duffy ’25, HM
- La’Nae Fernandes ’24, HM
- Yvonne Frerichs ’23, GK
- Anna Iordanoglou ’24, SK
- Zoe Jagiela ’23, HM (2), SK (5), GK (5), GKAV
- Daniel Levin ’24, HM
- Nora Oberlies ’25, HM
- Sarah Peterson ’23, HM
- Enrico Petto ’24, HM
- Niya Shaul ’24, HM
- Max Snyder ’24, GK
- Quinton Steeves ’23, HM
- Michael Sweeney ’24, GK
- Will Walker ’23, HM, SK
- Ava Warford ’23, HM, SK
- Xaria Williams ’23, HM (2), SK
- Annika Wilson ’24, HM
Congratulations again to all the student winners. The Breck community is beaming with Mustang pride!
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