2023-24 Basketball Preview: Preseason Top 3 Award Candidates
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I am going to fight hard to avoid posting a lot of the preseason awards stuff (preseason all state, preseason section player of the year, preseason this, preseason that) but I’m itching to get started. So here a few top…
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Continue ReadingI am going to fight hard to avoid posting a lot of the preseason awards stuff (preseason all state, preseason section player of the year, preseason this, preseason that) but I’m itching to get started. So here a few top threes for each award right now!
I’m going with a top three, so this is tough as many of these will have more than three. But let’s go with three and allow some more people to get mad at me.
Class AAAA Player of the Year
Casmir Chavis Casmir Chavis 6'2" | PG Park Center | 2024 State #170 Nation MN of Park Center
Jackson McAndrew Jackson McAndrew 6'10" | PF Wayzata | 2024 State #24 Nation MN of Wayzata
Jack Robison Jack Robison 6'7" | SF Lakeville North | 2024 State #158 Nation MN of Lakeville North
Class AAA Player of the Year
Grayson Grove Grayson Grove 6'9" | PF Alexandria Area | 2024 State #171 Nation MN of Alexandria
Isaiah Johnson Isaiah Johnson 6'7" | SF Totino-Grace | 2024 State #135 Nation MN of Totino-Grace
Jalen Wilson Jalen Wilson 6'8" | PF Benilde-St. Margaret's | 2025 State #230 Nation MN of Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Class AA Player of the Year
Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #142 Nation MN of Breck
Kole Hanson Kole Hanson 6'2" | PG Holy Family | 2024 State MN of Holy Family
Hunter Lorenson Hunter Lorenson 6'0" | PG Lake City | 2024 State MN of Lake City
Class A Player of the Year
Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN of Cherry
Brayson Boike Brayson Boike 6'8" | PF Dawson Boyd | 2025 State #326 Nation MN of Dawson-Boyd
Dominic Fairbanks Dominic Fairbanks 5'10" | PG Cass Lake-Bena | 2024 State MN of Cass Lake-Bena
Junior of the Year
Brayson Boike Brayson Boike 6'8" | PF Dawson Boyd | 2025 State #326 Nation MN of Dawson-Boyd
Brogan Madson Brogan Madson 6'1" | PG Mankato East | 2025 State MN of Mankato East
Jalen Wilson Jalen Wilson 6'8" | PF Benilde-St. Margaret's | 2025 State #230 Nation MN of Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Sophomore of the Year
Dothan Ijadimbola Dothan Ijadimbola 6'6" | SF Totino Grace | 2026 State MN of Totino-Grace
Jayden Moore Jayden Moore 6'0" | PG Hopkins | 2026 State MN of Hopkins
Cedric Tomes Cedric Tomes 6'0" | PG East Ridge | 2026 State MN of East Ridge
Freshmen of the Year
Tyler Forrest Tyler Forrest 6'2" | PG Chaska | 2027 State MN of Chaska
Ty Schlagel Ty Schlagel 6'5" | SF Cretin-Derham Hall | 2027 State MN of Eden Prairie
Jaeden Udean Jaeden Udean 6'2" | SG DeLaSalle | 2027 State MN of DeLaSalle
Mr Basketball
Isaac Asuma Isaac Asuma 6'3" | PG Cherry | 2024 State #102 Nation MN of Cherry
Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #142 Nation MN of Breck
Jackson McAndrew Jackson McAndrew 6'10" | PF Wayzata | 2024 State #24 Nation MN of Wayzata