The 6-foot-2 senior won the shot put event at the Class AA state championships with a meet-record throw of 47 feet, 3 inches this past season, eclipsing a decade-old mark. Hermansen added a third-place showing in the discus with a personal-best effort of 118-4, leading the Golden Eagles to seventh place as a team and earning Class AA Female MVP for Field Events. Her personal-best put of the shot this season soared 48-11, which ranked No. 12 nationally among prep girls competitors this spring and No. 2 in state history. A four-time All-State selection in track and three-time All-State honoree in basketball, she set 10 meet records in the shot put as a senior.
Hermansen has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to compete on scholarship at the University of South Dakota this fall.
A four-year member of her school’s Student Senate and student body president as a senior, Hermansen is also a two-year member of the Captains Club, which brings together student-athletes who demonstrate leadership, integrity and accountability both in and out of uniform. She has volunteered locally on behalf of the Humane Society, the Safe Harbor Food Drive and the Stratford Community Theater. She has also donated her time as a church Sunday school teacher and sound board operator in addition to coaching youth basketball, softball and T-ball athletes.
