NSAA Spring Academic All-State announced

Eight Perkins County and four Wallace students have been named to the NSAA’s winter Academic All-State list in five activities.
Earning recognition for PCS are Eli Busick and Storm Peterson, golf; Emmerald Sims and Erik Snyder, music; Austin Meyer and Snyder, boys’ track; Meredith Gloy and Kylie Tucker, girl’s track.
Gloy, Snyder, Sims, Tucker, Busick and Meyer have also been recognized this school year for fall or winter sports.
For Wallace Anna Vote was recognized for music; Trey Robertson, boys’ track; and Karlie Finley and Denay Pelster, girls’ track.
It is Robertson’s fourth all-state award this year and the third for Pelster and Finley. Vote was also on the fall list for one-act play producion.
Each year the Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize students who have been nominated by their schools, 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.
A nominated student must have a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average of 93% in all curricular subjects or 3.7 on a 4.0-point scale.
Each school may only nominate two students per program.
Since its inception in 2006, the program has grown at a steady pace with 2,838 students earning the award in 2006-2007 to 6,813 students honored during the 2020-2021 school year. In all, over 84,000 students have earned the honor of being named an NCPA Academic All-State award winner.