2019-2020 Staff
Zach Bailey
Editor-In-Chief
Zach Bailey currently works as the editor-in-chief of the Winonan. This is his third year in the role, after having become the editor-in-chief during the 2017-18 school year. Prior to holding the position of editor-in-chief, Bailey...
Mitchell Breuer
Editor-In-Chief
Mitchell Breuer works as the Sports Editor for the Winonan, in addition to occasionally covering a variety of sports for the paper. Breuer is currently in his fifth year of college, with this being his third year at Winona Stat...
Morgan Reddekopp
News Editor
Morgan Reddekopp works as copy editor, online editor, news reporter and photographer for the Winonan. She also writes the Dog of the Week column. Reddekopp is currently in her third year at Winona State University, and is maj...
Sydney Mohr
Features Editor
Sydney Mohr is Features Editor and a sports reporter for the Winonan, focusing on Women’s Rugby, Men's Hockey, Gymnastics, and Softball. She is in her third year of reporting for the Winonan. Mohr is a Senior and four...
Madelyn Swenson
Sports Editor
Madelyn Swenson is going into her third year as news editor for the Winonan. She will also be cover Women’s soccer for the first time. Before that she worked as a news writer for the Winonan. Swenson is a senior Journa...
Mohammed Islam
Photo Editor
Mohammed Islam is currently in his junior year at Winona State University, and is majoring in Composite Materials Engineering. Besides the Winonan, he also work as a Walk-in Specialist at The Technical Support Centre. He is...
Nicole Girgen
Photo Editor
Nicole Girgen works as the current photo editor for the Winonan. She is in her third year as photo editor, after starting in the position during the 2017-18 school year and was a general photographer during the 2016-17 school...
Ren Gennerman
Copy Editor
Ren Gennerman works as a features reporter for the Winonan. Gennerman is currently in their third year at Winona State University, and is majoring in Communication, Art, and Literature Teaching, and minoring Communication Studies...
Kalli O’Brien
News Reporter
Kalli O’Brien is a first year student at Winona State University, and works as a News Reporter for the Winonan. She was on the news team throughout high school and has loved writing from a very young age. O'Brien is from...
Kristin Kovalsky
News Reporter
Kristin Kovalsky works as a news reporter for the Winonan. This is her second-year writing for the Winonan. She did not have previous experience in journalism, but she has always had a passion for writing and telling stories. Kovalsky...
Kelly Johnson
News Reporter
Kelly Johnson works as a news reporter for the Winonan. Johnson is new to journalism, and news reporting, but is excited to expand her knowledge of this field in order to become a better teacher in the future. Johnson is currently in he...
Benjamin Rayburn
Features Reporter
Benjamin Rayburn is currently in his first year at Winona State and works as features writer at the Winonan, which includes campus life, campus events, and profiles of student and faculty. He’s from San Diego, California...
Caitlin Goette
Features Reporter
Caitlin Goette is a first-year features writer for the Winonan. She is a freshman at Winona State University and majors in Mass Communications – Public Relations and minors in Spanish. Since a young age, Goette has always had...
Hannah Hippensteel
Features Reporter
Hannah Hippensteel is a features writer for the Winonan. This is her second year as a writer for the Winonan, and she has enjoyed the opportunities to strengthen and diversify her writing subject matter and style. Hippensteel...
Kellen Brandt
Features Reporter
Kellen Brandt is a features writer for the Winonan. This is her third year writing for the Winonan and she loves getting to meet new people, hear their stories, and then bring them to life. Brandt is a junior at Winona State University...
McKenna Scherer
Features Reporter
McKenna Scherer works as a features reporter for the Winonan. Scherer is currently in her second year at Winona State University and is from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She is a mass communications: journalism major with a double...
Madeline Peterson
Film Reporter
Madeline Peterson is the film reviewer for the Winonan. She reviews films that were just in theaters as well as new releases from streaming sites such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. Peterson is a Senior and fourth year...
Jenna Statz
Sports Reporter
Jenna Statz works as a Sports Reporter for the Winonan. Statz is currently in her freshman year at Winona State University and is majoring in Mass Communication: Journalism with a minor in Creative Digital Media. In addition to...
Austin Wallert
Sports Reporter
Austin “Buck” Wallert works as a Sports Reporter for the Winonan. Wallert is currently in his senior year of college, majoring in journalism and minoring in coaching. In addition to his work with the Winonan, Wallert...
Maurice Hudson
Sports Reporter
Maurice Hudson is a sports reporter for the Winonan. He is a Senior with a major in journalism. Hudson is from Rogers, Minnesota. He has worked as a social media intern for THOR Companies over the summer of 2018, where...
Christopher Edwards
Sports Reporter
Christopher Edwards covers football for the Winonan. He is a Senior with a major in journalism and minor in communication studies. This is Edwards' second year at Winona, as he recently transferred from Anoka-Ramsey Community...
Lydia Velishek
Photographer
Lydia Velishek is a photographer for the Winonan. She is a freshman majoring in i-design. Velishek is from Elko, Minnesota and has been a part of the Winonan since September, 2019. Besides working at the Winonan, Velishek i...
Kristen Carrie
Photographer
Kristen Carrie works as a photographer for The Winonan. Carrie is currently a senior at Winona State University majoring in Communication Arts and Literature Teaching and minoring in Communication Studies Teaching. Having lived...
Shannon Galliart
Photographer
Shannon Galliart works as a photographer and horoscope writer for the Winonan. Galliart is currently in her junior year at Winona State University, and is majoring in Sociology, and minoring in Ethnic Studies. She hopes to go...
Natalie Tyler
Photographer
Natalie Tyler works as a photographer for the Winonan. Before working for the Winonan, Tyler established her photography business taking portraits of seniors and couples. She is now inquiring for weddings and family sessions. Tyler...