Spirit of Okoboji Winners

Past SPIRIT of OKOBOJI Award Winners

Spirit Award Winners
The "Spirit of Okoboji" awards are given to those young campers that showed that they are cooperative, caring, supportive leaders and exemplify Christian attitudes in their relationships at Camp Minneboji! This is a very special award, congratulations to all winners! Near as I can tell the first year this award was presented as the "Spirit of Okoboji" award was in 1981.

1981 Winners Sara Grieger (Sioux Falls, SD) and Bob Roslansky (Lake Park,IA) 1982 Winners Jason St.Sauver (Britton, SD) and Amy Stuenkel (Madison, SD) 1983 Winners Darcy Hueners (Winfred, SD) and Galen Mastin (Blue Earth, MN) 1984 Winners Krista Gies (Wagner, SD) and Bryan Hughes (Worthington, MN) 1985 Winners Tamara Iverson (Murdo, SD) and John Kreutzfeldt (Wolsey, SD) 1986 Winners Kurt Letcher (Mitchell, SD) and ??? 1987 Winners Cally Christensen (Sioux Falls, SD), Bob DeWald (Mitchell, SD), Angela Fransen (Rapid City, SD), and Kelly Hoops (Groton, SD) 1988 Winners ??? 1989 Winners Sheila Henning (Okabena, MN), Angie Stark (Dimock, SD), Davyd Titze (Mitchell, SD), and Jonathan Urbach (Pierre, SD) 1990 Winners Mark Haas (Yankton, SD), Christopher Hahn (Sioux Falls, SD), Kari Kollmann (Pipestone, MN), and Jennifer Reimnitz (Dimock, SD) 1991 Winners Jill Beyer (Utica, MN), Josh Bialas (Parkston, SD), Rebekah Hintzman (Plankinton, SD), and Lance Staples (Windom, MN) 1992 Winners ??? 1993 Winners Aaron Blunt (Hot Springs, SD), Eugene Dennis (Hitchcock, SD), Breck Miller (Sioux Falls, SD), Mandy Youngers (Sioux Falls, SD), Sara Ziegeldorf (Yale, SD), and Erin Zimmerman (Pierre, SD) 1994 Winners Holly Amen (Sioux Falls, SD), Tony Bisbee (Cresbard, SD), Kari Hammer (Milbank, SD), Matthew Johnson (Avon, SD), Sarah Kaufman (Wilmot, SD), and Mark Sattgast (Huron, SD) 1995 Winners Isaac Denke (Pierre, SD), Paul Jerke (Mitchell, SD), Tamar Letcher (Mitchell, SD), Nicole Reuer (Aberdeen, SD), Tenea Sombke (Sisseton, SD), Jennifer Spessard (Round Lake, MN), and Jeffrey Wendling (Worthington, SD) 1996 Winners Katie Amen (Sioux Falls, SD), Josie Balster (Wilmont, MN), Kelsey Bartel (Pierre, SD), Greg Beeck (Wentworth, SD), Adam Braunesreither (Yankton, SD), and Michael Lafrentz (Sioux Falls, SD) 1997 Winners ??? 1998 Winners Tricia Anderson (Yankton, SD), Kyle Baier (Mitchell, SD), Mandie Bonander (Brandon, SD), Dustin Gabel (Sioux Falls, SD), Alicia Nelson (Greenfield, IA), and Matt Ruby (Emery, SD) 1999 Winners Mara Kaufman (Huron, SD), Meghan Miller (Plankinton, SD), Ryan Schmuck (Sioux Falls, SD), and Betsy Weekes (Aurora, SD) 2000 Winners Sarah Farnsworth (Pierre, SD), Michaela Jacobsen (Memphis, TN), Adam Jungemann (Wolsey, SD), Jeremy Jungemann (Wolsey, SD), Tyler Meyer (Huron, SD), and Katie Turbes (Lamberton, MN) 2001 Winners Jacqueline Alberts (Yankton, SD), Casey Barber (Hartford, SD), Nathan Boler (Luverne, MN), Amber Dennis (White, SD), Ashley Fitterer (Sioux Falls, SD), and Timothy Ott (Sioux Falls, SD) 2002 Winners Marin Baker (Rapid City, SD), Michael Haines (Sioux Falls, SD), Whitney Johnson (Deadwood, SD), Adam Klumb (Dimock, SD), Natalie Nagle (Pierre, SD), and Austin Vreugdenhil (Parkston, SD) 2003 Winners Jennifer Fuoss (Draper SD), Karl Gesch (Sioux Falls SD), Lee Kenyon (Sioux Falls SD), Sarah Peters (Sioux Falls SD), Daniel Sailer (Sioux Falls SD), and Kate Wegehaupt (Sioux Falls SD) 2004 Winners Amber Fick (Faith, Sioux Falls SD), Justin Iburg (Zion, Mitchell SD), Derrick Johnson (St.Johns, Tyndall SD), Miles Johnson (Zion, Mitchell SD), Hayley Marquardt (Zion, Mitchell SD), and Megan Preheim (Faith, Sioux Falls SD) 2005 Winners Scot Dobbs (Divine Shepherd, Black Hawk SD), Brian Gesch (Lord of Life, Sioux Falls SD), Abby Klumb (Zion, Delmont SD), Jordan Knight (Christ, Sioux Falls SD), Sam Kuchenmeister (Trinity, Slayton MN), and Emmalynn Rodriguez (Faith, Sioux Falls SD) 2006 Winners Hannah Brenden (St.Paul, Aberdeen SD), Ashlee Dikoff (Zion, Mitchell SD), Jordyn Griffith (Brandon SD), Jonathan Heckman (Faith, Sioux Falls SD), Joel McNeely (Messiah, Redfield SD), and Ryan Sturzenbecher (Divine Shepherd, Blackhawk SD) 2007 Winners Lindsay Brech (Zion, Mitchell SD), Jennifer Brunick (Zion, Sioux Falls SD), Angela Joachim (Immanuel, Dimock SD), Colin Hirsch (Faith, Sioux Falls SD), Matthew Johnson (Memorial, Sioux Falls SD), and Dylan Meyer (Zion, Mitchell SD) 2008 Winners Susanna Kinsley (St.John, Yankton SD), Christin Koosman (Christ, Sioux Falls SD), Trevor Kosel-Carr (Messiah, Redfield SD), Hans Leonhardt (Trinity, Mansfield SD), Emily Meyer (Zion, White SD), and Sean Meyer (Zion, Mitchell SD) 2009 Winners Alyssa Bump (Faith, Pierre SD), Dillon Harrington (St.John's, Wolsey SD), Justin Jungemann (St.John's, Wolsey SD), Jill Ricke (Faith, Sioux Falls SD), Nicole Scotting (St.James, Holland MN), and Marcus Werning (Faith, Parkston SD)