The Freshmen 50: Revealing the rest of the best
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Making the Prep Girls Hoops Freshmen 50 – the first ranking of Minnesota’s Class of 2026 – is a real accomplishment. It recognizes all of the time, effort and focus these players have invested to build their basketball skill set…
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Continue ReadingMaking the Prep Girls Hoops Freshmen 50 – the first ranking of Minnesota’s Class of 2026 – is a real accomplishment. It recognizes all of the time, effort and focus these players have invested to build their basketball skill set thus far, and it identifies players in the players in class who we think have the most potential. In our opinion, every player listed among the Top 50 has the potential to play college basketball at the scholarship level. Will that prognostication come to pass? Will they all make it to that level? Only time will tell. Our rankings will grow and evolve over the next four years but this is where it all begins.
Last week we started with the debate over who should be the #1-ranked prospect in the Class of 2026 and followed that with the Top 10 prospects among the state’s best 9th graders. This week we revealed the rest of the Top 20. And now we complete the process by giving you the rest of the players in the Freshmen 50. The complete list is available under the ‘rankings’ tab. Here are the players in spots 21 through 50:
#21 Addi Schneider Addi Schneider 5'9" | SG Chaska | 2026 State MN – guard, Chaska
#22 Maddy Blaylark Maddy Blaylark 5'7" | CG DeLaSalle | 2026 State MN – guard, DeLaSalle
#23 Aria Garrett Aria Garrett 6'1" | PF Dillworth-G-F | 2026 State MN – forward, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
#24 Maria Radabaugh Maria Radabaugh 5'9" | CG Totino Grace | 2026 State MN – guard, Totino-Grace
#25 Madison Ohm Madison Ohm 5'9" | CG Byron | 2026 State MN – guard, Rochester Century
#26 Kadence Pierce Kadence Pierce 5'10" | SG Ogilvie | 2026 State MN – guard, Ogilvie
#27 Audrey Schmidtke Audrey Schmidtke 5'11" | CG Lakeville South | 2026 State MN – guard, Lakeville South
#28 Kate Hennessy Kate Hennessy 5'10" | PF Alexandria Area | 2026 State MN – forward, Alexandria
#29 Brynn Leibfried Brynn Leibfried 5'11" | PF Orono | 2026 State MN – forward, Orono
#30 Ava Meierotto Ava Meierotto 5'5" | CG Marshall | 2026 MN – guard, Duluth Marshall
#31 Olivia Danielson Olivia Danielson 5'7" | PG Minnewaska | 2026 State MN – guard, Minnewaska
#32 Sophia Perry Sophia Perry 5'10" | SG Lakeville North | 2026 State MN – guard, Lakeville North
#33 Amaya Penn Amaya Penn 5'6" | PG St. Croix Lutheran | 2026 State MN – guard, St. Croix Lutheran
#34 Aubree Hultman Aubree Hultman 5'7" | PG Forest Lake | 2026 State MN – guard, Forest Lake
#35 Riley Ang Riley Ang 5'7" | CG Rosemount | 2026 State MN – guard, Rosemount
#36 Chloe Carlson Chloe Carlson 5'8" | CG Proctor | 2026 State MN – guard, Proctor
#37 Reese Hagenbart Reese Hagenbart 6'1" | PF Champlin Park | 2026 State MN – forward, Champlin Park
#38 Grace Anseth Grace Anseth 5'4" | PG Holy Family | 2026 State MN – guard, Holy Family
#39 Betsy Gillette Betsy Gillette 5'8" | SG Hayfield | 2026 State MN – guard, Hayfield
#40 Samantha Voll Samantha Voll 5'9" | CG Monticello | 2026 State MN – guard, Monticello
#41 Marta Forsline Marta Forsline 6'2" | PF Mesabi East | 2026 State MN – forward, Mesabi East
#42 Megan Doughty Megan Doughty 6'0" | PF Woodbury | 2026 State MN – forward, Stillwater
#43 Anna Saari Anna Saari 5'3" | PG Duluth Marshall | 2026 State MN – guard, Duluth Marshall
#44 Romo Smith Romo Smith 5'10" | PF Mankato West | 2026 State MN – forward, Mankato West
#45 Brielle Janssen Brielle Janssen 6'1" | SF MACCRAY | 2026 State MN – forward, MACCRAY
#46 Lilly Tidrick Lilly Tidrick 5'9" | SG Princeton | 2026 State MN – guard, Princeton
#47 Kaia Anderson Kaia Anderson 5'10" | SG Perham | 2026 State MN – guard, Perham
#48 Lexie Mathews Lexie Mathews 5'11" | SF Eastview | 2026 State MN – forward, Eastview
#49 Willa Waytashek Willa Waytashek 5'4" | PG Princeton | 2026 State MN – guard, Princeton
#50 Elli Howard Elli Howard 5'10" | SG Wayzata | 2026 State MN – guard, Wayzata