Three area players - Canby senior Riley Nordgaard and Minneota senior Kelsey Hennen and freshman Taylor Reiss were named honorable mentions on the Associated Press' All-State girls basketball team.
The All-State team for Minnesota high school girls basketball is voted on by statewide media.
Nordgaard, who was announced as the Camden Conference South's Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, averaged 24.3 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. Helping the Lancers to a 19-7 record in 2011-12, this season marks the fourth straight year Nordgaard has been an All-State honorable mention. Nordgaard will begin her collegiate basketball career next year at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Averaging 9.6 points per game and finishing with 136 assists, 109 steals and 41 three-pointers, Hennen helped lead the Vikings to a 29-2 record and a second consecutive berth in the Class A state tournament. Winning the Camden Conference, Hennen, a senior captain, helped push Minneota to a 27-game win streak in the regular season. Hennen will play volleyball at Southwest Minnesota State.
In her first season at the varsity level, Reiss became one of the top post players in the area, averaging 19.6 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. In the Vikings' Class A quarterfinal game against Ada-Borup, Reiss scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed 17 boards in the loss.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Marissa Janning, Watertown-Mayer
FIRST TEAM
Marissa Janning, sr, Watertown-Mayer
Rebekah Dahlman, jr, Braham
Carlie Wagner, so, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva
Jackie Johnson, sr, Eden Prairie
Nia Coffey, jr, Hopkins
SECOND TEAM
Tessa Cichy, sr, Hill-Murray
Jessica January, jr, Richfield
Alexis Foley, sr, White Bear Lake
Whitney Tinjum, sr, Chisago Lakes
Kali Peschel, sr, Sauk Centre
HONORABLE MENTION
Mariah Adanene, sr, DeLaSalle; Amanda Allis, jr, United South Central; Olivia Antilla, sr, Osseo; Shelby Auseth, sr, Kenyon-Wanamingo; Heather Bachman, sr, Bloomington Kennedy; Mikayla Bailey, sr, Osseo; KatyBeth Biewen, sr, Edina; Ali Boe, sr, Sebeka; Sydney Boike, fr, Crookston; Alex Boyd-Lockett, jr, Simley; Tesha Buck, sr, Red Wing; Whitney Burmeister, sr, Jackson County Central; Kelsey Chambers, sr, Jordan; Cara Christiansen, jr, Mankato West; Sydney Coffey, sr, Hopkins; Chase Coley, so, Minneapolis Washburn; Maya Coomes, sr, Isle; Shannon Curtis, sr, Stewartville; Lauren Deadrick, sr, Waconia; Madison Dean, so, Jordan; Brooke Decker, sr, Maple Lake; Ashley Deschampe, sr, Cook County; Josie Dillon, sr, Benilde-St. Margaret's; Rachael Doll, jr, Rochester Mayo; Camille Driscoll, sr, Blue Earth; Sarah Durand, sr, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo; Ta'Kendra Elbert, so, Tartan; Taylor Elton, sr, Spring Grove; Angie Erickson, sr, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo; Bryanna Fernstrom, so, Chisago Lakes; Minnie Frederick, jr, Mankato East; Alex Freeman, sr, Duluth East; Mackenzie Gerber, sr, Worthington; Hannah Grim, jr, Rosemount; Marissa Grossfeld, sr, Wayzata; Madison Guebert, fr, Eastview; Haley Guetter, sr, Sartell-St. Stephen; Bryann Guyton, sr, Richfield; Krista Hassing, jr, Blue Earth; AnnMarie Healy, sr, Providence Academy; Stephanie Helt, sr, Rochester Lourdes; Kelsey Hennen, sr, Minneota; Ashley Hinsch, sr, Zumbrota-Mazeppa; McKenzie Hoelmenn, sr, Lakeville North; Taylor Holicky, so, Cleveland; Shamika Hopkins, sr, Duluth East; Courtney Hulstein, sr, Fulda; Gracia Hutson, sr, Hopkins; Tyeseanna Johnson, jr, DeLaSalle; Tish Jude, sr, Monticello; Morgan Julius, jr, Hutchinson; Shelby Kaster, so, Win-E-Mac; Andi Knudsvig, sr, Lake Park-Audobon; Megan Kolness, jr, Ada-Borup; Katy Kuiper, sr, St. Peter; Taylor Kujava, sr, Ada-Borup; Lindsey Lahr, sr, Isle; Sydney Lamberty, so, Park of Cottage Grove; Heather Lehner, sr, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted; Gretchen Linzmeier, sr, Pine City; Alexis Long, sr, Maranatha Christian Academy; Mia Loyd, sr, DeLaSalle; Mattie Lueck, sr, Pequot Lakes; Jenna Lundon, sr, Waubun; Jessie Matthews, jr, Faribault Bethlehem Academy; Jade Martin, jr, Bloomington Kennedy; Sarah McCann, sr, Owatonna; Katie McDaniels, jr, Mounds View; Mariah McDonald, sr, Ely; Chelsey McGee, jr, Robbinsdale Cooper; Madison McKeever, 8th, Win-E-Mac; Cayla McMorris, so, Park Center; Amber Mehr, sr, Eastview; Richell Mehus, sr, Spring Grove; Mikayla Miller, so, Goodhue; Emily Miron, jr, Wadena-Deer Creek; Katrina Moenkedick, sr, Perham; Teagan Molden, sr, MACCRAY; Mariah Monke, sr, Fergus Falls; Kayli Muckenhirn, sr, Detroit Lakes; Shayne Mullaney, sr, Eden Prairie; Katie Myhre, sr, Barnum; Kionda Nicks, sr, St. Paul Highland Park; Nicole Nipper, jr, Minnehaha Academy; Micaela Noga, so, Parkers Prairie; Katie Nordick, sr, Providence Academy; Riley Nordgaard, sr, Canby; Jessy Noreen, sr, Hawley; Whitney Olson, sr, Cambridge-Isanti; Jenna Orth, so, Melrose; Onye Osemenam, jr, Maranatha Christian Academy; Kathy Ostman, jr, Mountain Iron-Buhl; Courtney Pahl, sr, Pine Island; Sarah Pease, jr, Dover-Eyota; Aimee Pelzer, jr, Upsala; Emma Peterson, jr, Benson; Jacqlyn Poss, jr, Roseville; Taylor Reiss, fr, Minneota; Sydney Remus, sr, Sleepy Eye; Alissa Retterath, sr, Hutchinson; Talayiah Rich, jr, Robbinsdale Cooper; Tara Roelofs, sr, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial; Anna Rynda, sr, New Prague; Britney Scherber, sr, Bloomington Jefferson; Kendra Schmidgall, sr, Hancock; Anna Schlaak, sr, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva; Erin Schlotthauer, jr, Kasson-Mantorville; Karina Schroeder, sr, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial; Gretta Schultz, sr, LeSueur-Henderson; Sydney Schultz, sr, Fergus Falls; Tatum Sheley, jr, Pine River-Backus; Khadijah Shumpert, sr, Benilde-St. Margaret's; Kelsey Sorenson-Griffrow, sr, Braham; Emily Spier, sr, Buffalo; Arei Stokes, jr, Bertha-Hewitt; Bailey Strand, so, Pelican Rapids; Allina Starr, jr, DeLaSalle; Natalie Stevens, sr, Minnehaha Academy; Taylor Stewart, jr, Lakeville North; Bailey Strand, so, Pelican Rapids; Heather Strese, sr, Brandon-Evansville; Alexa Thielman, sr, Buffalo; Ashley Thooft, sr, St. Clair; Christine Thorn, sr, St. Michael-Albertville; Taylor Thunstedt, so, New London-Spicer; Kayla Timmerman, sr, Wayzata; Erica Tipcke, sr, Goodhue; Marissa Toivonen, sr, Red Wing; Micaela Trainor, sr, Winona Cotter; Savanna Trapp, jr, Esko; Lauren Trumm, sr, Alexandria; Lauren Ulsh, sr, Rochester Mayo; Rachel Valley, sr, St. Michael-Albertville; Clare Van Dyke, sr, Hill-Murray; Greta Walsh, jr, Litchfield; Phillis Webb, jr, Osseo; Whitney Weisz, sr, Little Falls; Macy Weller, jr, Sauk Centre; Kristina White, jr, Woodbury; Dakotah Winans, sr, Mountain Iron-Buhl; Darby Youngstrom, so, North Woods; Gabby Zehrer, sr, Totino-Grace; Ellie Zeller, sr, St. Anthony; Claire Ziegler, so, Mankato East.