Mitchell's Addie Siemsen earns All-American strength and conditioning award

Apr. 14—MITCHELL — Addie Siemsen, a senior at Mitchell High School, was selected as an All-American strength and conditioning athlete for 2025-26 by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

According to the NSCA, the program recognizes those collegiate and high school athletes whose athletic accomplishments reflect their dedication to strength training and conditioning. It sees the dedication and determination to improve while maintaining academic prominence and being a great role model for all student athletes.

Siemsen participates in volleyball, basketball, track and field, and has been in the Avera Sports strength and conditioning program since 2022. Siemsen is one of 29 athletes honored in the NSCA multi-sport division and is one of nine girls in the multi-sport division that competes in three or more sports. She was nominated by James Dougherty, the Avera Queen of Peace Region's strength and conditioning coordinator at Avera Sports in Mitchell.

"Addie has had an exceptional athletic career, excelling as a three-sport athlete where she has received numerous accolades, including all-conference, all-state and all-tournament honors in all three sports, while lettering four or more years in each sport," Dougherty said in a press release. "That same championship mentality carries into the weight room. Addie maintains a year-round presence in the weight room, demonstrating consistent dedication to strength, preparation and performance. While dedicated to her own improvement, Addie consistently placed team success above individual success, supporting her teammates on the court, field, or in the weight room."

The Kernels' 5-foot-8 senior guard averaged 18.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game to land on the Class AA all-state second team this past basketball season. Siemsen finished her career with 1,315 points, the fifth-most in program history, as MHS finished fifth for the second straight year at the Class AA state tournament with a 15-9 record. Siemsen is headed to Augustana to continue her basketball career next season upon high school graduation in May.

Siemsen's all-around play in volleyball also led Mitchell back to the Class AA state tournament for the first time in eight seasons in 2025. It also helped her earn the Mitchell Republic's 2025 volleyball player of the year honor. Siemsen finished her senior season with 623 assists, 198 kills, a team-best .297 hitting percentage, 54 aces, 76 total blocks and 263 digs, good for a Class AA second-team all-state selection. For Siemsen's career, she finished with 1,429 assists, 574 kills, 137 aces, 189 total blocks and 735 digs.

In track and field, Siemsen competes in sprints and relays. She has her name listed on three different relay events in the Kernels' all-time top-10 list.