Edina swimmer Jiarui Xue, left, accepts the Student First Award at the Star Tribune's All-Minnesota Sports Awards event at the Viking Lakes turf plaza in Eagan, Minn., on Tuesday. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Jiarui Xue is a competitor, both as a swimmer and in the classroom. He excels in the pool or sitting at a desk.

The Edina senior will now look to flourish athletically and academically in the Ivy League at Princeton. A four-time member of the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team and a National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association Academic All-American, Xue is the Star Tribune’s 2025 All-Minnesota Sports Awards Student First winner.

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