Our Player of the Year is UMD's Brooke Olson, the NCAA D2 national player of the year, who led the Bulldogs to 2nd place nationally. You can read more about Brooke elsewhere in this blog.
Our other candidates include:
Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves, 6-4, combo guard. With Karl Towns hurt for half the season, Rudy Gobert inconsistent, DeAngelo Russell inconsistent and then traded away, the Timberwolves had to rely mostly on Anthony Edwards this year. And it was a disappointing year, as the Wolves fell down into the play-in games. But Edwards was pretty good, scoring 25 ppg with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
Maddyn Greenway, Providence, 5-9, freshman, combo guard. Yes, folks, she's a freshman. She scored 32 ppg in leading the Lions to the state Class AA title and a 30-2 record. Just to show that it was no fluke, she scored 41 against Class AAAA power Hopkins in an 87-81 Providence win. She scored 47, 35 and 31 points in the state tournament for a total of 113 points. And, yes, she's a freshman.
Tessa Johnson, St. Michael-Albertville, 6-0, senior, shooting guard. Johnson scored 24 ppg and led her team to the Class AAAA state title. She will be playing at South Carolina, #1 and unbeaten until that great NCAA semi-final game against Iowa, next year.
Nasir Whitlock, DeLaSalle, senior, point guard. Whitlock led the Islanders to 2nd place in Class AAA, scoring 27 ppg. He won more PoY awards than Lakeville North's Nolan Winter, though the 2 were pretty much neck-and-neck. We like Whitlock.
It was a dreadful year in Minnesota Gopher basketball but Dawson Garcia for the men and Mara Braun for the women (and also new coach Dawn Plitzeweit) provide reason for hope. Garcia scored 15 ppg with 7 rebounds. Braun was 16 ppg, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.
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