Class A Player of the Year & All-State Selections

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

Madison Mathiowetz Madison Mathiowetz 5'10" | CG Sleepy Eye St. Mary's | 2022 State MN – 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 Abby Hennen Abby Hennen 5'9" | CG Minneota | 2021 State MN 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

Taylor Schuck Taylor Schuck 5'7" | CG Heritage | 2021 State MN (Heritage Christian/Northwestern-St. Paul), Bobbie Bruns Bobbie Bruns 5'7" | CG Blooming Prairie | 2022 State MN (Blooming Prairie), Megan Erickson (Randolph), Sydney Windschitl (Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s), Toryn Richards (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown), Brielle Bartelt Brielle Bartelt 5'6" | PG Waterville-E-M | 2021 State MN (Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Iowa Lakes), Marissa Radtke Marissa Radtke 5'6" | SG Lester Prairie-HT | 2021 State MN (Lester Prairie/Northern State), Morgan Chmielewski (Mayer Lutheran/St. Ben’s), Emma Lade Emma Lade 5'9" | CG Mayer Lutheran | 2022 State MN (Mayer Lutheran), Coco Duininck Coco Duininck 5'7" | CG Central MN Christian | 2022 State MN (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.