Ava Lindsay (9) of Minnetonka- All Metro Girls Hockey player of the year photographed Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, in Circle Pines, Minn. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ
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Ava Lindsay, the Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year, stands out even on a team with nine players committed to Division I teams.

Ava Lindsay of Minnetonka is the girls hockey Metro Player of the Year

February 20, 2023
Lindsay lives by a family credo that insists she does nothing lightly yet she manages to lead with a soft touch.
Goalie Will Ingemann of Wayzata High School is the Star Tribune's Metro Boy's Hockey Player of the Year. The Star Tribune's All Metro Boys Hockey Firs

Wayzata's Will Ingemann: First goalie to be boys Metro Player of the Year

March 6, 2023
A three-year starter, Ingemann personified goaltending excellence. He allowed an average of less than two goals per game during his career and has aready made a D-I commitment, a rarity for a high school goalie.
Tessa Johnson of St. Michael-Albertville is Player of the Year on the All-Metro girls basketball team in St. Louis Park, Minn., on {wdat). This is for

Take-charge Tessa Johnson is girls basketball Metro Player of the Year

March 13, 2023
Johnson's admirers come in a wide range, but youth players in her St. Michael-Albertville community are especially prominent among her supporters.
Nasir Whitlock of DeLaSalle is Player of the Year as part of the All-Metro boys basketball team in St. Louis Park, Minn., on {wdat). This is for the b

Tenacious, focused: DeLaSalle's Whitlock is boys basketball Metro Player of the Year

March 21, 2023
Nasir Whitlock put up big numbers on and off the court for DeLaSalle: 27.7 points per game, 52 in a single game and a 3.87 GPA. You can see him play in the state boys basketball tournament this week.
West Lutheran alpine skier Josh Nelson (103) passes through a gate in the second run of the MSHSL Boys and Girls Alpine Skiing State Meet Tuesday, Feb

With help from family, West Lutheran's Nelson is Metro Boys Alpine Skier of the Year

March 28, 2023
Part of a successful skiing family, Josh Nelson has something his brothers don't: A state championship that capped his career at the small private school in Plymouth.
Eden Prairie senior Luke Logue swims the back stroke in a heat of the 200 IM during the preliminaries of the Class 2A boys swimming state meet Friday,

Four wins at state help make Luke Logue Metro Swimmer of the Year

March 27, 2023
A three-peat in one event, a breakthrough in another and parts in two winning relays added up to the honor for Logue, who will be swimming in college for Notre Dame.
Eden Prairie nordic skier Benon Brattebo (202) embracs Blaine nordic skier Ben Lewis (204) after narrowly beating him to win the boy's freestyle pursu

Photo finish among friends boosted Brattebo to Metro Boys Nordic Skier of Year

March 28, 2023
Benon Brattebo of Eden Prairie separated himself with a stretch at the finish line for the state championship and capped a race that started with the three top finishers making a pact based on friendship.
High Schools
March 27, 2023
Reagan Kelley of Watertown-Mayer/Mound Westonka backed up her first state title with a second.

No distractions, hard work made Kelley the Metro Gymnast of the Year

Reagan Kelley dealt with a new stressor — alone time — as the senior repeated as Class 1A all-around champ for Watertown-Mayer/Mound Westonka.
High Schools
March 28, 2023
Hill-Murray alpine skier Taylor Voigt (6) passes through a gate in the first run of the MSHSL Boys and Girls Alpine Skiing State Meet Tuesday, Feb. 14

Calm walk to downhill fury makes Voigt Metro Girls Alpine Skier of Year

A freshman, Taylor Voigt won a state championship for herself and helped her Hill-Murray team win one. Among her goals this season were "to help my team and to have more fun than we were having in the past."
High Schools
March 27, 2023
Waconia wrestler Max McEnelly celebrates after defeating Stillwater wrestler Ryder Rogotzke in the Class 3A 195lb weight class to win his fourth state

Gophers-bound McEnelly is Star Tribune Metro Wrestler of the Year

For his fourth state title, Waconia senior Max McEnelly won a match that drew the attention of the wrestling world — and against a rival he could meet again in college.
High Schools
March 28, 2023
The 2023 Junior Nationals Cross Country Ski Championships Skate Mass Start Race at Birch Hill Recreation Area in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday, March 16,

Finland, Alaska, state races make Drevlow Metro Girls Nordic Skier of the Year

Sydney Drevlow of Hopkins missed the high school state meet and raced, successfully, for the United States instead. That was part of a winter schedule that took her well beyond the state's borders.