AAU Awards: 2023 All Stars & Most Valuable Player

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='108299' first='Tessa' last='Johnson'] is the #1-rated prospect in the Prep Girls Hoops Class of 2023. The North Tartan guard was also the highest-performing member of the incoming senior class during this summer's AAU season. We can't state it any more simply than that. It was just 10 days ago, after all, when we announced our updated rankings for the 2023s. We went into great detail then about why Johnson is still our top prospect. She just does so much so very well. We'll spare you a repeat of that article (<strong><a href="https://prepgirlshoops.com/2022/08/2023-rankings-update-fine-tuning-the-top-20/">Read it here</a></strong> if you'd like) except to say that the 5'11 phenom from St. Michael-Albertville was one of the very best performers in the country on this summer's Nike EYBL Circuit. After missing nearly a year with a broken femur, Johnson returned to form very quickly and is now the most sought-after senior recruit in the state with scholarship offers from the best of the best in college basketball.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Johnson wasn't the only member of Gerard Coury's North Tartan EYBL squad to shine this summer. It was a coin toss between newcomer [player_tooltip player_id='108298' first='Taylor' last='Woodson'] of Hopkins and Minnesota commit [player_tooltip player_id='108306' first='Kennedy' last='Klick'] of Maple Grove for a place on the First Team. We chose Klick and put Woodson on the second squad where she is joined by another North Tartan standout in [player_tooltip player_id='108302' first='Molly' last='Lenz'] of Eden Prairie. [player_tooltip player_id='108348' first='Nunu' last='Agara'] is the fifth member of the First Team. She missed a couple of tournaments with the Metro Stars because of her commitments with Team USA but when Nunu played she was as great as one would expect. &nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The other members of the First Team All Stars are two long-time leaders of their respective squads who have distinguished themselves over the past several seasons – Colorado commit [player_tooltip player_id='108301' first='Kennedy' last='Sanders'] of Chaska and Grand Rapids guard [player_tooltip player_id='108316' first='Taryn' last='Hamling'], who is heading for North Dakota State. And let's give a special shoutout to three of the most improved players in the senior class who each earned an All-Star selection: [player_tooltip player_id='186112' first='Ashlynne' last='Guenther'] of Duluth East (Starks Elite), [player_tooltip player_id='353081' first='Macaya' last='Copeland'] of Hopkins (43 Hoops) and [player_tooltip player_id='302273' first='Abigail' last='O'Reilly'] of Plainview-Elgin-Millville.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here is the complete All Star lineup for the Class of 2023:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>FIRST TEAM</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108299' first='Tessa' last='Johnson'] – guard, North Tartan EYBL (St. Michael-Albertville)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108348' first='Nunu' last='Agara'] – forward, Metro Stars Pryor (Hopkins) (Stanford)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108316' first='Taryn' last='Hamling'] – guard, Minnesota Stars Hersch (Grand Rapids) (NDSU)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108306' first='Kennedy' last='Klick'] – guard, North Tartan EYBL (Maple Grove) (Minnesota)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108301' first='Kennedy' last='Sanders'] – guard, Minnesota Fury UAA (Chaska) (Colorado)</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>SECOND TEAM</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>[player_tooltip player_id='186112' first='Ashlynne' last='Guenther'] – guard, Starks Elite (Duluth East) (Bemidji State)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108302' first='Molly' last='Lenz'] – guard, North Tartan EYBL (Eden Prairie) (Illinois State)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108341' first='Anna' last='Lenzen'] – guard, Minnesota Fury Premier (Chaska) (Mary)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108321' first='Aby' last='Shubert'] – guard, Minnesota Fury UAA (Kasson-Mantorville) (Xavier)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108298' first='Taylor' last='Woodson'] – forward, North Tartan EYBL (Hopkins) (Michigan)</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>THIRD TEAM</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>[player_tooltip player_id='220824' first='Piper' last='Carlson'] – forward, Metro Stars Wiese (St. Michael-Albertville)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='148315' first='Emily' last='Christenson'] – guard, Minnesota Stars Hersch (East Ridge)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108300' first='Clara' last='Glad'] – forward, North Tartan EYBL (Rogers) (UC-Davis)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108336' first='Audrey' last='Kormann'] – forward, Metro Stars Weise (Maple Grove) (NJIT)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108345' first='Brynn' last='Senden'] – guard, Minnesota Stars Hersch (Wayzata) (Minnesota)</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>HONORABLE MENTION</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108320' first='Kelly' last='Boyle'] – guard, Metro Stars Pryor (Hopkins)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='186119' first='Ayla' last='Brown'] – guard, Minnesota Comets Elite (Becker) (Sioux Falls)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='353081' first='Macaya' last='Copeland'] – guard, 43 Hoops (Hopkins)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='302256' first='Avery' last='Koenen'] – forward, West Central Wildcats (Montevideo) (NDSU)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='108338' first='Dani' last='Nuest'] – guard, Minnesota Comets Elite (Becker) (Michigan Tech)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='186142' first='Nicole' last='O'Neil'] – guard, Minnesota Fury Premier (Rosemount)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='302273' first='Abigail' last='O'Reilly'] – forward, Minnesota Rise Wolfe (Plainview-Elgin-Millville) (St. Cloud State)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='302254' first='Vanessa' last='Saidu'] – forward, 43 Hoops (Robbinsdale Cooper)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='148327' first='Haylie' last='Strum'] – guard, Southern Minnesota Fury (Stewartville)</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='186113' first='Aalayah' last='Wilson'] – guard, FBC Real (Osseo)</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list -->