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Montezuma athlete earns athlete achievement award
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DES MOINES — Five Iowa high school seniors, including one from Montezuma, received 2025 Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Awards during the Iowa High School Girls’ State Basketball Tournament championships March 7-8 in Des Moines.
One student from each class was awarded an $1,000 scholarship from the IBA to the college of her choice.
Scholarship recipients were Ellen Cook, Montezuma High School, Class 1A; Kelsey Hoeger, Maquoketa Valley High School, Class 2A; Natalie Nichols, West Marshall High School, Class 3A; Margo Schuiteman, Sioux Center High School, Class 4A; and Macy Harnden, Dowling Catholic High School, Class 5A.
Scholarship recipients are selected each year based on their academic performance, athletic participation, leadership skills and community involvement, said Iowa Bankers Association in a press release.
For three decades, the IBA has sponsored the Student Athlete Achievement Award program, which has grown to honor student-athletes in football, basketball and wrestling. The IBA has awarded more than $355,000 in scholarships since the program began.
