Class A Player of the Year & All-State Selections

Class A Player of the Year &#038; All-State Selections

Grant McGinnis April 15, 2021 @ 10:59 AM

The 2021 Minnesota high school season is now in the books, but that doesn’t mean we’re done with our coverage of winter ball. Beginning today, it is officially high school awards season. As we do each spring, we’ll be selecting our Players of the Year, naming the Prep Girls Hoops All-State teams, as well as handing out honors for Coach of the Year, Breakout Players of the Year, Defensive Players of the Year, and more. We begin today with the Player of the Year and All-State teams for Class A. CLASS A PLAYER OF THE YEAR – 5’10 junior guard, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s We have been writing about Maddie forever, but for most of Minnesota she was still a relatively unknown commodity. Not now. Maddie’s performance throughout the section playoffs and into the state tournament was truly exceptional. If you watched closely then you know: Mathiowetz is a big-time prospect despite coming from a teeny, tiny school. Numbers don’t always tell an accurate story about players, but Maddie’s numbers speak very loudly. For the season she averaged 33 points per game. Some 17 times she topped the 30-point mark in a game, with five of those performances breaking the 40-point barrier. Her 44-point performance against Mayer Lutheran in the quarterfinals was truly remarkable. For the season, Mathiowetz shot 67% from the field, 42% from three-point range, and 83% at the free throw line. She also averaged 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals per game. There’s no question that of Minneota had an unbelievable year, as well, in leading the Vikings to another title, but Mathiowetz’ status as a Division 1 prospect gives her the edge in our view. When the D1 coaches return to the gym soon, there will be plenty of them sitting courtside to watch Maddie with North Tartan EYBL. First Team

Madison Mathiowetz Madison Mathiowetz 5'10" | CG Sleepy Eye St. Mary's | 2022 State MN – junior, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s
Faith Alberts Faith Alberts 6'0" | PF Parkers Prairie | 2021 State MN – senior, Parkers Prairie (Concordia-St. Paul)
Ellie Dague Ellie Dague 5'10" | CG Henning | 2021 State MN – senior, Henning (North Dakota State)
Abby Hennen Abby Hennen 5'9" | CG Minneota | 2021 State MN – senior, Minneota
Natalie Rolbiecki Natalie Rolbiecki 5'10" | CG Minneota | 2022 State MN – junior, Minneota

Second Team

Allisa Knight Allisa Knight 5'11" | PF Belgrade-B-E | 2021 State MN – senior, Belgrade-Brooton-Elrosa (MSU-Moorhead)
Allison Milbrandt Allison Milbrandt 5'10" | SF Buffalo Lake-H-S | 2023 State MN – sophomore, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Jordan Zubich Jordan Zubich 5'11" | SG Mountain Iron-Buhl | 2024 State MN – freshman, Mountain Iron-Buhl
Megan Oswald Megan Oswald 5'10" | PF Blooming Prairie | 2021 State MN , senior, Blooming Prairie (Jamestown)
Taryn Frazer Taryn Frazer 5'4" | PG Cass Lake-Bena | 2022 State MN – junior, Cass Lake-Bena

Honorable Mention (Heritage Christian/Northwestern-St. Paul), (Blooming Prairie), Megan Erickson (Randolph), Sydney Windschitl (Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s), Toryn Richards (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown), (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Iowa Lakes), (Lester Prairie/Northern State), Morgan Chmielewski (Mayer Lutheran/St. Ben’s), (Mayer Lutheran), (Central Minnesota Christian) Top photo: Madison Mathiowetz Madison Mathiowetz 5'10" | CG Sleepy Eye St. Mary's | 2022 State MN and her family have had plenty to celebrate this year. The Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s junior is now the Prep Girls Hoops Class A Player of the Year.