1. Rachel Banham, Lakeville North #1 gPrep #1 kjasr
2. Kayla Hirt, Bemidji #2 #2 out for the year with injury
3. Michelle Young, Woodbury #3 #4
4. Kahla Becken, Centennial #5 #8
5. Beth Doolittle, Hill Murray #7 #6
6. Ellen Edison, Maple Grove #11 #5
7. Mariah Clarin, Princeton #9 #11
8 tie. Morgan Van Riper-Rose, Eden Prairie #13 #10
8 tie. Megan Stuart, Roseville #10 #13
10. Martha Alwal, Worthington #18 #7
11. Tori Rule, Mpls. South #12 #14
12. Stephanie Davison, Maple Grove #17 #12
13 tie. Ann-Marie Brown, St. Peter #4 #27 out for the year with an ACL
13 tie. Katy Winge, Minnetonka #15 #16
15. Amber Sorenson, Caledonia #20 #19
16. Brianna Williams, Hopkins #8 x
17. Cara Lutes, New Life #14 x
18. Jamie Bresnahan, Edina x #15
19. Alex Beckman, Eastview #21 x
20. Elizabeth Keena, Hastings #27 x
Not in either top 30 (alpha order)
Jessi Corrick, Grand Rapids
Jenna Dockter, Eastview
Kaylani Edwards, Mpls. Roosevelt
Chelsey Frydenlund, East Grand Forks
Kayla Hulsebus, St. Croix Lutheran
Karlee Ilgen, Buffalo Lake-Stewart-Hector
Erin Januschka, St. Cloud Cathedral
Emily Lueck, Pequot Lakes
Karli Meyer, Adrian
Jessica Newman, Barnum
Charlotte Overbye, Mountain Iron-Buhl
The obvious missing names include:
Apiew Ojulu, Lakeville North #6 #3
Aubrey Davis, Eden Prairie #22 #9
Others in the top 30 at gPrep and/or kja but not Ms. Basketball include:
Ashley Olson, Blue Earth #24 #18
Anna Gerdes, Maple Grove #18 #25
Katelyn Adams, Minnehaha #16 x
Lisa Loeffler, North St. Paul #23 #24
Trish Benjamin, Owatonna x #17
Diamond Lane, Mpls. South x #20
Jaya Perkins, Lakeville North x #21
Hannah Hughes, Lakeville North x #22
Erica Trabing, Prior Lake #26 #28
Jordy Falk, St. Francis x #23
Anna Smith, Bloomington Jefferson #25 x
Megan Pold, Prior Lake x #26
Alyssa Kerkhoff, St. Peter #28 x
Sarina Baker, Minnehaha x #29
Laura Margarit, Holy Angels #29 x
Sierra Even, Windon #30 x
Sara Schoenthaler, White Bear Lake x #30
The breakdown by greater Minnesota vs. the metro:
Ms. Basketball 18 metro 13 greater MN
gPrep 22 metro 9 greater MN
kja 24 metro 7 greater MN
Whether this implies a greater Minnesota bias in the Ms. Basketball picks, or a metro bias by the rating services is in the eye of the beholder.
As to Ojulu and Aubrey Davis, one might say, well, they didn't want 2 candidates from any given team, but that's not it. Eastview and Maple Grove each have 2 candidates. Ojulu and Davis would have seemed to be easy picks over Eastview's and Maple Grove's #2.
The cases for Kayla Hirt and Ann Marie Brown, meanwhile, beg the question whether this is a career award or an award for play in the senior season. The criteria a vague to be sure--the winner is the girl who gets the most votes from a committee whose membership is not published and is not widely known. That is all. But, based on past awards, it's based mostly on the senior season, and Hirt and Brown are not going to be serious contenders.
Personally, my 5 finalists (from among the 31 candidates) would be:
Rachel Banham
Ellen Edison
Michelle Young
Kahla Becken
Beth Doolittle
And the winner is...? You gotta ask?
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