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Youth Salute

Youth Salute Leadership Awards

As a part of our involvement in youth and leadership, Hills Bank has sponsored the Youth Salute Leadership Awards for 31 years. Youth Salute is a program of the National Council on Youth Leadership (NCYL) and is guided by the vision of making tomorrow’s world better by developing leaders today. The council’s mission is to assist communities to applaud, encourage, and provide opportunity for the leadership development of their youth.

An auditorium filled with Youth Salute attendees.
Youth Salute 2025 winners
 
An auditorium filled with Youth Salute attendees viewing a presentation.

2025 Youth Salute Leadership Awards Presented to Local High School Seniors

The local leadership award winners include: Jesse Varner (City High), Shanza Sami (West High), Amal Eltayib (City High), Angel Garcia Castro (Regina), Alma Bhandary-Narayanan (City High), Finnley Bonfig (West High), Adam Salem (West High), Waad Dafalla (West High), Venelin Kotev (West High), Sophia Jin (Liberty), Taylor Vittetoe (Liberty), Lucy Maassen (Liberty), Molly McLaughlin (Liberty), Zaina Mohamed (Liberty), Logan Vittitoe (Liberty), Saylee Gingerich (West Branch), Evan Waring (Clear Creek), Benjamin Flander (English Valleys), Kaylee Frazier (English Valleys), Emma Cole (Highland), Michaela Schachtlie (Iowa Valley), Abby Bock (Lisbon), Jackson Knapp (Lisbon), Caleb Ross (Lisbon), Kaitlyn Silver (Lisbon), Jesse Stultz (Mid-Prairie), Edith Dawson (Mt Vernon), Emara Perreault (Mt Vernon), Evan White (Regina), Presley Hora (Washington), Isabelle Peterson (Washington), Zoe Allen (Williamsburg), Cooper Bott (Williamsburg), and Aubrey Sinn (Williamsburg).

View the complete list of 2025 Participants:

City High

Manar Abdalla Ahmed

Christopher Alter

Elizabeth Asklof

Philip Berry-Stoelzle

Alma Bhandary-Narayanan

Idailyah Bradford

Hannah Braun

Liz Degner

Jack Edwards

Katiya Ellermeier

Amal Eltayib

Rachel Haack

Gloria Konu

Halle Larew

Claire Locher

Rowyn Maas

Katie Nguyen

Atlas Parsons

Orlando Plum Cuba

Lily Rantanen

Abigail Sigafoose

Kat Stadtlander

Drew Summers

Jesse Varner

 

Clear Creek Amana 

Hayden Bailey

Mackenzie Burnett

Gwen Dao

Morgan Downes

Lena Evans

Emily Henderson

Gretchen Kruse

Averie Lower

Jayden Ohrt

Sydney Pfeiffer

Jaival Rana

Nic Schieltz

Sariah Sherman

Nakia Tangang

Elizabeth Timmerman

Evan Waring

Brenna Williams

 

English Valleys 

Taylie Brecht

Benjamin Flander

Kaylee Frazier

Hunter Offerman

Phoenix Sorden

Aliza Walker

 

Highland 

Emma Cole

Mackenzie Davis

Cassidy Duster

Sandra Edwards

Brena Hazelett

Chase Hickenbottom

Owen Knox

Greta Piette

Hailey Plank

Emersyn Schultz

 

Hillcrest Academy 

Niva Helmuth

Micah Kacmarynski

Anjali Mezhir

Lincoln Miller

Rowan Miller

Tara Poole

Owen Scott

Rya Scott

Siena Stanerson

Nora Swartzendruber

Claire Withrow

Ethan Yoder

 

Iowa Valley 

Shayla Helgeson

Kathryn Kilgard

Michaela Schachtile

 

Liberty

Jackson Adam

Issma Ahmed

Taylor Cavanh

Kennedy Goodheart

Isaac Graezel

Pete Hanson

George Hoover

Sophia Jin

Parker Kacmarynski

Bella Kellbach

Tayler Knight

Lucy Maassen

Logan McGowan

Molly McLaughlin

Zaina Mohamed

Vincent Ni

Finn O’Toole

Natalie Ramsey

Reece Rettig

Camryn Rickels

Ava Tague

Alexi Thigpen

Logan Vittetoe

Taylor Vittetoe

Callum Wu

Nora Yates

David Zingman

 

Lisbon 

Abby Bock

Kamryn Kahl

Jackson Knapp

Avery Long

Adalyn Ricke

Caleb Ross

Kaitlyn Silver

 

Lone Tree

Emmett Burke

Ava Christofferson

Alyson Ford

Alyssa Hartman

Carter Schott

Delaney Volk

Cade Willoz

 

Mid-Prairie

Ellie Callahan

Griffin Caskey

Jillian Clark

Ryann Dolan

Kassidi Greiner

Kadence Grout

Ariel Kaufman

Sophie Miller

Brynn Northup

Harper Pacha

Hannah Rodgers

Alaina Safly

Olivia Schlabach

Elijah Statler

Jesse Stultz

Cassie Trimpe

Rebekah Wallington

Allie Whetstine

Leah Wilson

Cadance Yoder

 

Mount Vernon 

Isaac Dausener

Edith Dawson

Carly Elliott

Emma Hoffman

Jase Jaspers

Claire Jensen

Emara Perreault

Kiersten Swart

Norah Weber

Adeline Whisner

 

Regina 

Caitlyn Bell

Savannah Dickey

Harper Erwin

Angel Garcia Castro

Elise Gingerich

Yuchen Gong

Laird Holden

Riley Houser

Ella Keune

Hudson Koch

Gianna Martini

Rachel Nugent

Howie O’Rourke

Luke Rustan

Abigail Santillan

Maddie Squiers

Abby Tierney

Kyle Tracy

Paul Weiner

Evan White

 

Solon 

Chloe Benjamin

Jaya Farlinger

Tyler Greazel

Madyn Hahn

Allison Hedge

Madison Singbeil

Tucker Spence

Piper Stahle

Teague Williams

 

Washington

Maya Bruty

Jocelyn Carter

Drew Conrad

Iris Dahl

Quintyn Garibay

Mila Hansen

Presley Hora

Adalyn Long

Leighton Messinger

Taylor Miksch

Isabelle Peterson

Callie Schiebel

Blake Sheetz

Oaklee Sobaski

Emma Taylor

 

West Branch 

Ewan Arlen

Ali Gade

Saylee Gingerich

Caitlyn Harrison

Aizlyn Marsh

Lincoln Naber

Maddie Neuberger

Sophia Oaks

Addison Schultes

Nolan Staker

Madelynn Tygrett

Lillian Waters

Rey Watt

 

West High

Omnia Ali

Mayar Aliwaisi

Iman Alnour

Finnley Bonfig

Sylvia Broffitt

Mariah Bruening

Kayla Cariens

Ellie Chen

Waad Dafalla

Winston Fan

Jena Frank

Anna Gibson

Anna Greenlee

Jason Kim

Venelin Kotev

Evelyn Kraber

Jerry Li

William Lyons

Maya Mueller

Eva Ortega Lopez

Tirza Overholt

Anita Parecattil

Sage Pottorff

Hallei Praska

Ellie Roetlin

Adam Salem

Shanza Sami

Max Schebel

Charlotte Stephens

Shahd Suleiman

Sophie Tremblay

Jasmine Tsang

Caroline Vander Weg

Jacob Weimar

 

Williamsburg

Zoe Allen

Cooper Bott

Finn Brummel

Kenzi Driscoll

Brody Hawk

Demi Horvath

Zoe Hulseberg

Kendall Jepson

Nolan Kent

Caleb Kubas

Colby McMullin

Tyler McMullin

Jersey Metz

Averi Nielsen

Eleanor Sinclair

Aubrey Sinn

Bowen Stratton

Jenna Yearian

2025 Schedule for Youth Salute Displays:

 

9/8 – 9/15

Iowa City Eastside Office

2621 Muscatine Ave, Iowa City

9/15 – 9/22

Iowa City Gilbert Street Office

1401 S Gilbert St, Iowa City

9/22 – 9/29        

Iowa City Downtown Office

201 S Clinton St, Iowa City

9/29 – 10/6

Hills Office

131 Main St, Hills

10/6 – 10/20

Coralville Office

1009 2nd St, Coralville

10/13 – 10/20

Mt Vernon Office 

720 1st Ave SE, Mount Vernon

Will display Lisbon, Mt Vernon, Solon and West Branch

10/20 – 11/3

North Liberty Forevergreen Office

590 W Forevergreen Rd, North Liberty

Will display City High, Clear Creek Amana, English Valleys, Iowa Valley, Liberty, Lisbon, Mt Vernon, Regina, Solon, West Branch, West High, and Williamsburg

10/20 – 11/27

Kalona Office

120 5th St, Kalona

Will display Highland, Hillcrest Academy, Lone Tree, Mid-Prairie, and Washington

 

10/27 – 11/3

Wellman Office

229 8th Ave, Wellman

Will display Highland, Hillcrest Academy, Lone Tree, Mid-Prairie, and Washington

11/3 – 11/10

Washington

2481 Hwy 92 E, Washington