2021-22 Season Preview: Regional Players of the Year

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