Senior Taylor Meyer has been named the winner of the 2012 Farmington High School Athena Award.
The award program, now in its 17th year, honors dedication and excellence in athletics in 39 public and private schools in the metropolitan St. Paul area.
Meyer has been a standout two-sport athlete for the Tigers, excelling in basketball and soccer.
She finished her four-year varsity career in basketball as the third-leading scorer in school history with 1301 points and helped her team to a pair of Section 1AAAA championship game appearances. Meyer was a four-time all-Missota Conference performer and served as team captain her junior and senior seasons.
Meyer won five varsity letters in soccer and was named Missota Conference Goalie of the Year in 2010.
The University of Minnesota-Duluth basketball recruit has also been involved in off-the-court activities at FHS. She is a member of the National Honor Society and an active participant in the Tiger Leadership Club.
In addition to helping with a variety of sports-related youth camps, Meyer has volunteered for the Feed My Starving Children program through her church and the annual Toys for Town community charity event.
Meyer, the daughter of Mark and Penny Meyer of Farmington, plans to pursue a career in veterinary medicine.
Meyer and the other Athena Awards honorees will be recognized next month at a luncheon at the Prom Center in Oakdale hosted by Kare 11 Television's sports anchor Randy Shaver.
