Seven N-O Students Receive NSAA Academic All-State

Seven Neligh-Oakdale students were selected for Winter NSAA Academic All-State honors.

Chosen for the honor were Rachel Higgins, girls basketball and speech; Bailey Frey, girls basketball; Emma Bixler, speech; Cole Belitz and Austin Rice, boys basketball; and Jayden Arehart and Cade Wilkinson, wrestling.

The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize high school students, based on their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions made to their NSAA activity.

A nominated student must be a varsity player or organizational leader who has played a significant role on the team or in the organizational activity during the seasons for which nominations are accepted. The student must have a minimum cumulative grade point average, in all curricular subjects, of 93 percent or 3.7 on a 4.0-point scale or the equivalent. NSAA high schools or their cooperative sponsorship may nominate a maximum of two students per NSAA activity program.