Saint Peter Public Schools

Above, SPHS seniors Ian Gerstbauer and Adrianna Bixby are this year’s winners of the school’s Triple A Award.

Saint Peter High School seniors Adrianna Bixby and Ian Gerstbauer were recently announced as the school’s 2022-23 Triple A (Academics, Arts, and Athletics) Award winners. 

“Adrianna  and Ian are wonderful selections for the Triple A Award to represent Saint Peter High School,” SPHS Activities Director Shea Roehrkasse said. “Both truly embrace the term student-athlete and are great leaders in our school community, and both were also our ExCEL Award winners last year! Adrianna and Ian involve themselves in a variety of ways within our school, they push themselves in the classroom, take challenges head on, and find ways to be involved in all aspects of our school. Congratulations to both of them on a well-deserved award!”

The Minnesota State High School League’s Triple A Award goes to high school seniors who have a “B” or better grade point average (GPA) and participate in League-sponsored athletic and fine arts activities. Triple "A" Award recipients are selected by a multi-level process involving the League's member schools and administrative regions.

St. Peter High School’s Triple A winners for the previous five years include:

2022 - Anna Klatt & Shea Hildebrandt
2021 - Vanessa Kruger & John Borgmeier
2020 - Aubry Landsom & Jaden Neubauer
2019 - Signe Alger & Isaac Peterson
2018 - Jordan Keeley & Rafat Solaiman  

The following are brief profiles of this year’s SPHS Triple A Award winners:

Adrianna Bixby  
Adrianna Bixby, the daughter of Christi and Jim Bixby, maintains a well-balanced schedule during her time at SPHS, all the while earning a 4.27 weighted grade point average (GPA). During her time, she has engaged herself in several AP (Advanced Placement) and College in School courses.

She has had a stellar academic career during her time here at SPHS as a member of the National Honor Society for three years and Bixby was the school’s ExCEL Award winner her junior year.  She also has earned St. Peter Lions Club Student of the Month award for October 2022. She also has achieved A Honor Roll throughout her high school years as well as earning the Academic Letter Award from 2020-22. 

Bixby, who has participated in choir during her 9th, 10th and 12th grade years, also volunteers as a church musician in the Saint Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church’s Contemporary Band where she plays guitar and sings. She also took piano lessons until her 10th grade year.

A three-sport standout for the Saints, Bixby is a five-time letterwinner in both girls soccer and girls hockey and is a three-time All-Big South Conference selection for soccer. She’s also a long-time member of the Saints’ golf team where she has earned state tournament trips her sophomore and junior years.

Her future plans include attending Winona State University where she hopes to major in nursing and also play on the women’s soccer team.

Ian Gerstbauer
Ian, the son of Mimi and Fabian Gerstbauer, is another one of those well-balanced students who has taken advantage of his academic opportunities at SPHS and has also earned a weighted GPA of 4.27. He has challenged himself in the classroom through a wide range of AP and IB (International Baccaulaureate) courses. He also is a three-year member of the SPHS Chapter of the National Honor Society.

Gerstbauer has immersed himself into the SPHS fine arts programs through the band program, and added choir to the mix his senior year. He has served as Junior Drum Major and Senior Drum Major the past two years, and was part of the Minnesota State University-Mankato Honor Band during his junior year. He also played clarinet with the Mankato Youth Symphony Orchestra during his junior year and has played piano for about eight years.

The Saints senior Is a four-year member of the Saints’ boys soccer team serving as JV captain the past two years and, during the spring, is part of the Saints’ boys tennis program.

Ian’s future plans include attending a liberal arts college but he isn’t sure yet what his course of study will be. He does hope to participate in theater in college and he hopes to take part in intramural/club soccer and/or tennis.