Noah breker '22-23 Gatorade Minnesota Cross Country Player of the Year
Noah Breker, a homeschool senior, competing for Robbinsdale Armstrong High School, Plymouth, MN has been awarded the Gatorade Minnesota Cross Country Player of the Year 2022-2023 for outstanding performance in cross country.
With this prestigious award, winners can designate a $1,000 grant to a 501(c)3 youth sports organization through the Play it Forward Program of the Gatorade Foundation. Breker selected Fargo, ND-based BIO Girls, Inc. to receive his grant.
Noah and his family have many connections to communities served by BIO Girls and have known a lot of girls who have benefited from BIO Girls programming.
Congratulations to Noah on this recognition and award. BIO Girls is grateful to be selected by him to receive a grant to further programming in our region.
BIO Girls, Inc. has now received five Play it Forward grants from Gatorade Player of the Year athletes:
Noah Breker (Plymouth, MN) - Cross Country (2022-2023)
Noah Breker (Plymouth, MN) - Cross Country (2021-2022)
Meghan Ford (Jamestown, ND) - Cross Country (2020-2021)
Meghan Ford (Jamestown, ND) - Cross Country (2019-2020)
Abby Duchsherer (Kindred, ND) - Basketball (2019-2020)
BIO Girls (Beautiful Inside and Out) increases self-esteem in adolescent girls through empowerment of self and service to others. BIO Girls will serve over 3,000 girls in five states in 2023, with confidence-building programming combining structured life skills lessons, small group mentoring, and physical activity. BIO Girls programs are located in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
Thank you to these athletes for their generosity in supporting our misson-driven work.
To learn more about the program, visit playeroftheyear.gatorade.com.
