Students often discover life lessons while playing team sports. Lessons such collaboration, appreciation, and understanding, are integral to both athletes and students finding their own way in life. This fall, our high school students learned a great deal about themselves while also achieving excellence in their sports.
Freshman swimmer, Irma Mujic, says for her it was all about learning to keep an upbeat attitude.
“I think that to put effort in every day, even if it’s a bad day, you still want to push yourself because every day matters,” said Mujic. “If you want it, it will happen.”
While this was Mujic’s first time competing at the all-conference swim meet, she was excited to make a splash in Dubuque and swim hard with her Waterloo United teammates, where she placed in the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle events.
Sophomore, Pressley Berns, was thrilled to place 28th at the District Cross Country meet in October, earning him an All-Conference honorable mention.
“My coach said to think positive,” said Berns. “He said that anything can happen if you give it your all.”
Senior volleyball player, Sierra (CiCi) Moore, says that teamwork is what made the all conference selections memorable for her this fall.
“I have been playing with some of my teammates since freshman year, and some since middle school. We have all dreamed of this,” said Moore. “All of us that made first team, second team, and even honorable mention, we all worked hard. We never gave up.”
Across Waterloo Schools, student athletes are showing up and proving to the rest of Iowa how bold they can be. Congratulations to the following all-conference athletes:
Boys Cross Country
- Pressley Berns, Sophomore, Honorable Mention
Girls Volleyball
- Sahara Williams, Senior, First Team
- Natalie See, Senior, First Team
- Nyla Norman, Senior, First Team
- Tionn Wise, Senior, First Team
- Sierra (CiCi) Moore, Senior, Second Team
- Faith Benhoff, Senior, Second Team
- Karsyn Miller, Senior, Second Team
- Savannah Ringhedon, Senior, Honorable Mention
- Addyson Haase, Senior, Honorable Mention
- Bailey Schoepske, Junior, Honorable Mention
Girls Swimming and Diving
- Avery Hogan, Senior, First Team All Conference – placed second in diving
- Irma Mujic, Freshman, Third Team All Conference – placed sixth in 200 free relay
- Molly Clark, Junior, Third Team All Conference – placed sixth in 200 free relay
- Lily Schwickerath, Junior, Third Team All Conference – placed sixth in 200 free relay
- Haley Stainbrook, Junior, Third Team All Conference – placed sixth in 200 free relay
Boys Football
Class 5A MVC All Conference
- Kyle Elliot, Senior, Defense, First Team
- Branden Bauler, Junior, Defense, First Team
- Drew Hundley, Junior, Defense, First Team
- Evan Schaver, Senior, Offense, First Team
- Cavelle Fay, Senior, Offense, First Team
- Parker Engstrom, Senior, Offense, Second Team
- Bryce Westemeier, Sophomore, Defense, Second Team
- Terez Smith, Senior, Defense, Second Team
- Anell Kudic, Senior, Offense, Second Team
- Alex Willis, Senior, Offense, Honorable Mention
- Jacob Mueller, Junior, Defense, Honorable Mention
- Smith Pompilus, Senior, Offense, Honorable Mention
- Dalton Aldrich, Sophomore, Defense, Honorable Mention
North Division – Iowa Alliance All Conference
- Billy Clark, First Team
- Ahdan Muhammad, First Team
- Jameel Montgomery, Second Team
- James Johnson, Second Team
- Shakur Wright, Second Team
- Maceo Hicks, Second Team
- Keeron Veasley-Harris, Honorable Mention
- Chance Scoggins, Honorable Mention
- Vari Clark, Honorable Mention
- Jeremiah Clark, Honorable Mention
- Quentin Hart, Honorable Mention
- Jahki Parker, Honorable Mention
