Bishop Garrigan High School Student Receives Iowa Bankers Association Student Athlete Achievement Award

Tate Foertsch of Bishop Garrigan High School presented with $1,000 scholarship at 2025 Iowa High School State Football Championships!

Algona, IA – Tate Foertsch, a senior at Bishop Garrigan High School, was honored as the 2025 recipient of the Iowa Bankers Association’s Student Athlete Achievement Scholarship Award for 8-Player football during the Iowa high school state football championships Nov. 20-21 in Cedar Falls. This award recognizes student athletes excelling not only on the football field, but also in their classrooms and in their communities.

Foertsch was selected by the IBA’s scholarship committee based on his scholastic standing, leadership skills, community involvement and athletic participation.

Pat Berte with Northwest Bank in Algona presented Foertsch with a $1,000 scholarship to the college of his choice. “On behalf of the Iowa Bankers Association and Northwest Bank, I’m pleased to present Tate with this much-deserved award. Iowa bankers are proud to support education and students of Tate’s caliber,” Berte said.

For three decades, the IBA has sponsored the Student Athlete Achievement Award program, which has grown to honor student athletes in football, basketball and wrestling. The IBA has awarded more than $365,000 in scholarships since the program began.

Northwest Bank is a $2.9 billion community-focused financial institution providing a comprehensive range of services, including business, agricultural, mortgage, consumer deposit and lending solutions, as well as wealth management offerings. With locations across Iowa—Afton, Algona, Ames, Ankeny, Arnolds Park, Creston, Estherville, Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Le Mars, Milford, Shenandoah, Sioux Center, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, and West Des Moines—and in Nebraska—Omaha and La Vista—Northwest Bank is dedicated to serving its communities.