The Adrian girls' basketball team is the Section 3A and Minnesota State Class 1A Academic champion. Row one, left to right, are: Becky Knips, Brooke Bullerman, Jenna Honermann and Kylie Heronimus. Row two: Brittni Strand, Andrea Lonneman, Sarah Henning, Ashley Cox, Bonnie Bullerman, Trista Honermann and Andrea Henning. Back: Ashley Henning, Sarah Wolf, Maria Gengler, Andrea Burzlaff and Sarah Kruger. Missing are managers Ali Taylor, Heidi Altman and Carrie Drenth.
By John Rittenhouse
Not all of the success experienced by Adrian's girls' basketball team last winter came on the court.
The 2001-02 Dragons did win a Red Rock Conference championship, compiling a 20-win season, but their greatest victory came in the classrooms of AHS.
School officials recently learned that the Dragons were the Section 3A and Minnesota State Class 1A Academic champions this winter.
Adrian team members and managers sported a combined 3.841 grade point average, which topped the GPA of the seven remaining section champions.
Other Class 1A section champions include Randolph (1A), Mankato Loyola (2A), Meadow Creek Christian (4A), Henning (5A), Barnesville (6A), Big Fork (7A) and Kittson Central (8A).
Along with being the team champion, Adrian also has Class 1AÕs individual academic champion in senior Becky Knips.
Knips sports a 3.98 GPA.
On the court, Adrian drew the No. 1 seed for the South Section 3A Tournament, during which it was upset by Red Rock Central in the semifinals.
Adrian's Randy Strand and Kevin Nowotny were named the South Section 3AÕs Head Coach and Assistant Coach of the Year respectively.