Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Minnesota Players of the Year 1901-2023

Players of the Year 1901-2023

4 awards--Lindsay Whalen
3 awards each--George Tuck, Frank Lawler, Marty Rolek, Jim McIntyre, George Mikan, Kevin Garnett
2 awards each--William Deering, Harold Gillen, Dick Arney, Tony Jaros, Hal Haskins, Ron Johnson, Lou Hudson, Mark Olberding, Kevin McHale, Randy Breuer, Carlie Wagner, Rachel Banham, Maya Moore, Paige Bueckers

1901--George Tuck, Mpls. Central
1902--William Deering, Minnesota
1903--Deering
1904--Tuck, Minnesota
1905--Tuck
1906--Garfield Brown, Minnesota

1911--Frank Lawler, Minnesota
1912--Lawler, various senior teams
1913--Lawler, The Ineligibles
1914--Harold Gillen, Stillwater
1915--Al Rehder, Red Wing Company L
1916--Bill Conlin, Red Wing Company L
1917--Gillen, Minnesota
1918--Street, Carleton
1919--Erling Platou, Minnesota

1920--Martin Norton, Mpls. Central
1921--Arnold Oss, Minnesota
1922--Ozzie Cowles, Carleton
1923--Carl Nordly, Carleton
1924--Mally Nydahl, Mpls. South
1925--Black Rasey, Minnesota
1926--Bennie Lichtenegger, Gaylord
1927--Otto Rortvedt, Henning
1928--Cliff Halmrast, Moorhead
1929--Earl Moran, Moorhead

1930--Chuck Wagner, The Ascensions
1931--Ray Buffalo, DeLaSalle
1932--Dick Arney, Carleton
1933--Arney
1934--Marty Rolek, Mpls. Edison and the Dominiums
1935--Wally Zimmerman, Hamline
1936--Johnny Dick, Buhl
1937--Marty Rolek, Minnesota
1938--Rolek
1939--Clint Wager, St. Mary's

1940--Tony Jaros, Mpls. Edison
1941--Arnie Johnson, Bemidji State
1942--Johnny Norlander, Hamline
1943--Hal Haskins, Alexandria
1944--Jim McIntyre, Mpls. Patrick Henry
1945--McIntyre
1946--Jaros, Minnesota
1947--McIntyre, Minnesota
1948--George Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers
1949--Vern Mikkelson, Hamline

1950--Haskins, Hamline
1951--Bill Simonovich, Gilbert
1952--Mikan
1953--Dave Tschimperle, Hopkins
1954--Mikan
1955--Dick Garmaker, Minnesota
1956--Ron Johnson, New Prague
1957--Jon Hagen, Belview
1958--Norm Grow, Foley
1959--Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers

1960--R. Johnson, Minnesota
1961--Terry Kunze, Duluth Central
1962--Eric Magdanz, Minnesota
1963--Dan Anderson, Augsburg
1964--Lou Hudson, Minnesota
1965--Hudson
1966--Archie Clark, Minnesota
1967--Jim Hill, St. Paul Central
1968--Bob Zender, Edina
1969--Tony Jenkins, Shattuck

1970--Tom Mulso, Sherburn
1971--Como Pontliana, Duluth Central
1972--Jim Brewer, Minnesota
1973--Mark Olberding, Melrose
1974--Olberding
1975--Frank Wachlarowicz, Little Falls
1976--Steve Lingenfelter, Bloomington Jefferson
1977--Mychal Thompson, Minnesota
1978--Janet Karvonen, New York Mills
1979--Randy Breuer, Lake City

1980--Kevin McHale, Minnesota
1981--Kelly Skalicky, Albany
1982--Darryl Mitchell and Trent Tucker, Minnesota
1983--Breuer, Minnesota
1984--Joe Regnier, White Bear Lake
1985--Laura Coenen, Minnesota
1986--McHale, Boston Celtics
1987--Kevin Lynch, Bloomington Jefferson
1988--Jessica Beachy, Concordia (Moorhead)
1989--Willie Burton, Minnesota

1990--Richard Coffey, Minnesota
1991--Joel McDonald, Chisholm
1992--Laurie Trow, St. Thomas
1993--Voshon Leonard, Minnesota
1994--Carol Ann Shudlick, Minnesota
1995--Coco and Kelly Miller, Rochester Mayo
1996--Khalid El-Amin, Mpls. North
1997--Bobby Jackson, Minnesota
1998--Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves
1999--Garnett

2000--Jake Sullivan, Tartan
2001--Rick Rickert, Duluth East
2002--Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota
2003--Whalen
2004--Garnett
2005--Janelle McCarville, Minnesota
2006--Isaiah Dahlman, Braham
2007--Angel Robinson, St. Paul Central
2008--John Smith, Winona State
2009--Tayler Hill, Mpls. South

2010--Rachel Banham and Cassie Rochel, Lakeville North
2011--Whalen, Minnesota Lynx
2012--Whalen
2013--Tyus Jones, Apple Valley
2014--Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx
2015--Moore
2016--Banham, Minnesota Gophers
2017--Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx
2018--Daniel Oturu, Cretin-Derham Hall
2019--Paige Bueckers, Hopkins
2020--Bueckers
2021--Chet Holmgren, Minnehaha Academy
2022--Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves
2023--Brooke Olson, UMD women

Winners of the Minnesota Hoops Readers Poll

2011--Kevin Love, Minnesota Timberwolves
2012--Taylor Young, St. Thomas
2013--Anders Broman, Lakeview Christian
2014--Carlie Wagner, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva

4 comments:

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/MN-Sporting-News-Events-Calendar-MFN/138805309517811?ref=ts&fref=ts

    Hello! Don

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  2. 1927 Minnesota Player of the Year was not Hans Rortvedt of Henning, it was my father Otto Rortvedt from Henning (HS state champions that year).

    Richard Rortvedt Arlington, VA

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  3. Richard, thanks for your comment. I was confused as to whether there were 2 brothers. Newspaper articles at the time called him Hans, which may have been a bit of racial stereotyping, whereas I understand that Otto went on to coach the White Bear Lake boys for many years. So I thought there were 2 brothers.

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