In The News...
Wrap Up 2006- 2007
- 822 students graduated from Eden Prairie High School
- $4.8 million in scholarships were given to our seniors
- 23 National Merit Scholar Finalists (Most in Minnesota!)
- 23 seniors graduated with a 4.0 GPA
EPHS Team Wrap Up 2006- 2007
- Athletic Teams
- Football (State Champions)
- Girls Lacrosse (State Champions)
- Girls Soccer (2nd)
- Badminton (2nd)
- Boys Lacrosse (2nd)
- Girls Tennis (Consolation Champ)
- Boys & Girls Cross Country (3rd)
- Softball (3rd)
- Gymnastics (5th)
- Synchronized Swimming (5th)
- Boys Alpine Skiing (6th)
- Academic Teams
- Chess Team (State Champions)
- Quiz Bowl (State Champions)
- Math Team (2nd)
June 2007
Congratulations...
EPHS rated Number One
high school athletic program in Minnesota by Sports Illustrated
Link to complete SI list
Girls Softball Team
3rd place in State
Baseball Team
2nd place in State
National Merit Scholar
Fifty-three Minnesota high school seniors have been chosen as National Merit Scholars including one of our students from Eden Prairie. Richard Liu was awarded this title because of his high test scores, strong academic records, and recommendations. He was chosen from over 15,000 Merit Finalists. As a Merit Scholar, he will receive a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship.
Destination ImagiNation Global Finals
Eden Prairie Schools had an amazing performance at the Destination ImagiNation Global Finals-even winning a 1st and two 2nd place finishes. In addition, two teams also received Renaissance awards for going above and beyond using extraordinary creativity and cleverness in crafting their solution to their problem. Competing with almost 1,000 teams from all over the United States and the world, Eden Prairie Schools took home one first place, two second places, one fifth place, one sixth place, two teams placed 13th, and one team finished in 21st place.
The two 2nd place teams from EPHS included:
Seniors: Chris Conklin, Scott Jennen, Erik Nielsen, Jenny Reach, Timmie Sharma, Alex Warden
Sophomores: Brent Harries, Kevin Karner, Matt Steen, Steve Thyken, Nora Vanni
May 2007
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Girls Lacrosse- State Champs! 4 in a row!
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Girls Golf- Lake Conference Champs!
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Badminton- 2nd in State!
National BPA Champion
Senior Andrew Kelly won first place at the National Leadership Conference of Business Professionals of America (BPA) in the management/marketing/human resources category. In addition, he won 3rd place in interview skills and 5th place in the global marketing team category. Approximately 4000 high school and 800 college students from throughout the United States participated in Business Professionals of America’s National Leadership Conference.
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Supermileage Competition Students
Read about the successful competition at Brainerd Int'l Raceway
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Alyssa Snyder- Dartmouth Book Award & Ryan W. Johnson- Yale Book Award. The English Department honors these
outstanding juniors for their character, intellect and love of learning!!
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To EPHS music students that were selected to perform with All- State Orchestra/Band and Choir. Orchestra... Todd Hayen, Monica He, David Kim, Dongwoo Suh, Kyle Miller, Choir...Cassie Smith, Maggie Strampe, Andrew Smith, Leslie Olson...Band Charlie Olson and Annie Guo.
April 2007
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EPHS finishes 2nd in state in Knowledge Bowl.
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to EPHS Future Problems Solvers on an outstanding showing at state competition. The team of Qian Long, Elizabeth Huschke, Clarrissa Hart, and Tanya Shah won the State Championship in their division, and received a bid to Internationals. Also receiving a bid to Internationals is Jennifer Nicklay for winning the State Championship in Scenario Writing.
The team of Prachi Mishra, Emelia Sternberg, Shelby Cater, and Katherine Manbeck won the state championship in the orals competition in the senior division. The team of Amanda Ling, Julia Wang, Spencer Lasley, and Kate Norton won 5th place in the written competition, and were state champions in the orals competition in their division.
Destination ImagiNation Regionals-
Eight of 11 Eden Prairie Schools teams competing in the Destination ImagiNation regional tournament placed 1st or 2nd. The teams that won 1st place are now qualified to compete at the state tournament later this month. EPHS students who are moving onto state are:
Seniors- Chris Conklin, Scott Jennen, Erik Nielsen, Jenny Reach, Timmie Sharma, Alex Warden
Sophomores- Brent Harries, Kevin Karner, Matt Steen, Steve Thyken, Nora Vanni
Freshmen- Clarissa Hart, Elizabeth Huschke, Spencer Lasley, Julian Marin, Rick Nylander
March 2007
Lake Conference Visual Art Exhibition Medals-
Tom Strand, a senior, who won an Award of Excellence, Junior Ryan Kitchen won an Award of Merit, and the following students also won medals: Seniors Joe Benike, Marissa Bonnie, Michael Burks, Patsyl Carrillo, Jeremy Pascoe, and Tyler Ramm, along with juniors Sishir Bommakanti and Natalie Knauer.
DECA Students Win in State Competition-
Eighteen Eden Prairie High School students are now qualified to compete in the International DECA Career Development Conference. The students competed at the state competition with over 1400 students from 55 high schools including 59 from Eden Prairie High School.
Students who qualified for the international conference include:
1st Place Winners: Seniors Laura Berryman, Kelsey Bond, Amber Carlson, Austin Gilbertson, Ellen O’Byrne, and Laura Schneider
2nd Place Winners: Seniors Jenna Hari and Martha Mackmiller; and juniors Amanda Erickson, Tim Hanline, Kristy Shillock, and Katie Ulrich
3rd Place Winners: Seniors Erin Brucks, Brittany DeZellar, Chelsey Jonason, Joe Karsh, Lindsey Nicholson, and junior Tori Palmer-Kern
Students who won in categories that were not national qualifying events included 2nd Place finishes for Seniors Gerrit Rosenboom and Casi Warman; and Juniors Joey Fiedler and Ali Hallstrom.
BPA State Awards-
10 Eden Prairie High School students qualified to compete at the Business Professionals of America national conference based on their performance at the state level. Twenty students from EPHS competed with over 1,000 students from throughout Minnesota during the state conference held earlier this month.
Students who qualified for the national competition-
1st Place Winners: Seniors Chelsey Jonason (who also placed 3rd in a separate category), Joe Karsh, Andrew Kelly (who had two 1st place finishes), Casi Warman and junior Adam Lueck (who also had a 2nd place finish).
2nd Place Winners: Seniors Anne Harelstad and Jourdan Myers; and sophomores Michael Gillis, and Abdul Jama
3rd Place Winner: Junior Lindsay Naylor
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Chess Team
State Champions!
Michael Yang, George Ding, Adam Bissonette, Chris
Mueller, and Zach LaVone
Coached by Pat LaVone
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All-Conference Choral
Ann Whitman, Tyler Sit, Stephen Kemp, April Kim
February 2007
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Quiz Bowl Team
State Champions!
EP defeated previously undefeated St. Anthony 570-370. This is Eden Prairie's first Quiz Bowl state championship since 1994. Team members are Trevor Davis, Gautam Kandlikar, Colin O'Donnell, Steven Shonts and Michael Wright. The coach is Kirk Walton.
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Jason Mooty- one of 32 state winners of the MSHSL ExCEL Award recognizing students active in fine arts and athletics
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Matt Bryne qualified for the NFL Nat'l Debate Tournament in Wichita, KS in June
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Scholastic Art Award winners:
Silver: Kirsten Bonafield, Seulgi Choi, Anastasiya Filimonova, Logan Patterson, Mike Richards, Kim Truong, Merit: Reed Andrican, Abbey Campbell, Sara Cohen
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EP's Triple "A" Award Winners- Tony Grandelis and Kate Tobin
December 2006
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ExCEL award winners- Bronwyn Miller & Jason Mooty.
This award, sponsored by the Minnesota State High School
League, recognizes a junior boy and girl who participate in
MSHSL-sponsored activities, hold a leadership position in the school and volunteer
in the community.
November 2006
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Football team- State Champions!
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128 students from EPHS have been named Advanced Placement Scholars! This is up from 96 students last year (an increase of 33%). Students are named AP Scholars based on their performance on AP exams.
Link to student award winners
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Blake Sorensen- named Metro Player of the Year in Football
Hailey Cowles- named Metro Player of the Year in Volleyball
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Minnesota State High School League All-Tournament Team for Class AA Girls Soccer
Lindsey Sather, Lisa Kemp, Laura Berryman and Julie Rezac
Congratulations EPHS Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams:
Both Placed 3rd in Minnesota State Meet!!
All State Cross Country Runners:
Cassy Opitz, Ryan Little, Jackson Wiley
All State-Academic Cross Country Awards:
Megan Smith, Rachel Edwards, Jackson Wiley,
Isaac Fitzsimmons
October 2006
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Julie Rezac
Mpls StarTribune's Girls Soccer Metro Player of the Year
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Boys & Girls Cross Country Teams
Lake Conference and Section 6AA Champions!!
September 2006
National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists:
Ian S. Birrell, Samuel K. Blake, Brittany K. Bull, Catherine N. Bult, Matthew J. Byrne, Danny
M. Crichton, Anna P. Crist, Anupama U. Dathan, John J. Davis, Trevor R. Davis, Anthony J. Grandelis,
Alexander S. Haines, Lucas S. Imes, Gautam S. Kandlikar, Andrew N. Kelly, Rebecca Lam, Madelyn F. Lenhard,
Rui "Grace" Li, Richard X. Liu, Tyler J. Mingo, Laura E. Schneider, Timmie Sharma, and Nathan A. Wagner
National Merit Scholarship Commended Students:
Laura M. Berryman, Jean M. Buteyn, Emily Chryst, Laura C. Dees, Sarah K. Ericson, Lindsey J. Korbel, Kevin J. Messer, Jourdan G. Myers, Maggie P. Pint, Stephanie Rosengren, Tyler H. Sit, Natalie L. Sokol, Janelle Szmergalski, Rachel M. Wagner
