2021-22 Season Preview: Regional Players of the Year
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Today we break the state of Minnesota up into nine regions and give you our top five candidates for Player of the Year in each region. Four Metro, Five Outstate.
I decided to break the metro into four regions: Minneapolis/St. Paul, East Metro, Southwest Metro, Northwest Metro. Then I’ve broken the outstate into five regions: Northeast, Northwest, West, Southwest, and Southeast. Here are the top five candidates for each area.
East Metro
Pharrel Payne Pharrel Payne 6'9" | C Park Of Cottage Grove | 2022 State #84 Nation MN of Park of Cottage Grove
Nolan Winter Nolan Winter 7'0" | PF Lakeville North | 2023 State #98 Nation MN of Lakeville North
Alonzo Dodd Alonzo Dodd 6'2" | CG South St Paul | 2022 State MN of South St. Paul
Kendall Blue Kendall Blue 6'6" | SG East Ridge | 2022 State #242 Nation MN of East Ridge
Jack Janicki Jack Janicki 6'4" | SG White Bear Lake | 2023 State #277 Nation MN of White Bear Lake
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Tre Holloman Tre Holloman 6'2" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2022 State #57 Nation MN of Cretin-Derham Hall
Prince Aligbe Prince Aligbe 6'6" | SF Minnehaha Academy | 2022 State #167 Nation MN of Minnehaha Academy
Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG Delasalle | 2023 State MN of DeLaSalle
Mercy Miller Mercy Miller 6'4" | SG Minnehaha Academy | 2024 VA of Minnehaha Academy
Willie Wilson Willie Wilson 6'2" | CG Minneapolis North | 2022 State MN of Minneapolis North
Northeast
Ayden McDonald Ayden McDonald 6'4" | PG Omaha Central | 2022 State MN of Hibbing
Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN of Cherry
Ty Morrison Ty Morrison 6'4" | SF Deer River | 2022 State MN of Deer River
Will Van Scoy Will Van Scoy 6'1" | PG Duluth East | 2022 State MN of Duluth East
Conner Barney Conner Barney 6'3" | SF Cloquet | 2022 State MN of Cloquet
Northwest
Soren Anderson of Perham
Leroy Fairbanks IV Leroy Fairbanks IV 6'4" | SF Cass Lake-Bena | 2022 State MN of Cass Lake-Bena
Tate Olson Tate Olson 6'5" | SF New York Mills | 2022 State MN of New York Mills
Eddie Kramer Eddie Kramer 6'4" | SF Nevis | 2022 State MN of Nevis
Owen Leach Owen Leach 6'6" | SF Dillworth Glyndon-Felton | 2023 State MN of DGF
Northwest Metro
Braeden Carrington Braeden Carrington 6'4" | SG Park Center | 2022 State #141 Nation MN of Park Center
Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN of Totino-Grace
CJ O’Hara CJ O’Hara 6'4" | SF Park Center | 2023 State #285 Nation MN of Hopkins
Carter Bjerke Carter Bjerke 6'9" | C Wayzata | 2022 State MN of Wayzata
Demarion Watson Demarion Watson 6'8" | SF Totino-Grace | 2022 State #150 Nation MN of Totino-Grace
Southeast
Eli King Eli King 6'2" | PG Caledonia | 2022 State #151 Nation MN of Caledonia
Brayden Williams Brayden Williams 6'3" | PG Owatonna | 2022 State MN of Owatonna
Jasper Hedin Jasper Hedin 6'5" | SF Winona | 2022 State MN of Winona
Evan Dushek Evan Dushek 6'8" | C Owatonna | 2022 State MN of Owatonna
Buay Koak Buay Koak 6'4" | SG Lyle-Pacelli | 2023 State MN of Lyle/Austin Pacell
Southwest
Mekhi Collins Mekhi Collins 6'5" | PF Mankato West | 2022 State MN of Mankato West
BJ Omot BJ Omot 6'8" | PF Mankato East | 2022 State #231 Nation MN of Mankato East
Carson Woodford Carson Woodford 6'7" | C Redwood Valley | 2022 State MN of Redwood Valley
Ja’Sean Glover of Madelia
Mason Schirmer Mason Schirmer 5'9" | PG Maple River | 2023 State MN of Maple River
Southwest Metro
Malcolm Jones Malcolm Jones 6'9" | C Prior Lake | 2022 State MN of Prior Lake
Nick Katona Nick Katona 6'6" | SF Shakopee | 2022 State MN of Shakopee
Chiddi Obiazor Chiddi Obiazor 6'5" | PF Eden Prairie | 2023 MN of Eden Prairie
Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #142 Nation MN of Bloomington Jefferson
Boden Kapke Boden Kapke 6'11" | C Holy Family | 2023 State #153 Nation MN of Holy Family
West
Jackson Loge Jackson Loge 6'7" | C Morris Area | 2022 State MN of Morris Area
Samuel Rensch Samuel Rensch 6'6" | SF Hutchinson | 2022 State MN of Hutchinson
Donald Ferguson Donald Ferguson 6'1" | SG St. Cloud Tech | 2022 State MN of St. Cloud Tech
Mason Lund Mason Lund 6'6" | SF Sartell | 2022 State MN of Sartell
Teigan Martin Teigan Martin 6'7" | PF Mayer Lutheran | 2022 MN of Mayer Lutheran