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Girls' basketball: best of the best

By Tim Kolehmainen, Breakdown Sports Media, 03/21/17, 12:15PM CDT

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Borowicz named 2016-17 Breakdown girls' hoops player of the year

The Breakdown is pleased to announce its 2016-17 Minnesota high school girls' basketball players and coaches of the year. After leading her team to an undefeated state championship season, Roseau's Kiley Borowicz was honored as the overall Breakdown player of the year. The full list of honorees is below:

Overall

  • POY — Kiley Borowicz, Roseau
  • COY — Jeremy Digiovanni, Elk River and Kelsey Didrikson, Roseau

Class AAAA

  • POY — Gabi Haack, Elk River
  • COY — Jeremy Digiovanni, Elk River and Shelly Clemons, Lakeville North

Class AAA

  • POY — Tori Andrew, Orono
  • COY — Lavesa Glover-Verhagen, Orono and Kris Hamling, Grand Rapids

Class AA

  • POY — Kiley Borowicz, Roseau
  • COY — Kelsey Didrikson, Roseau and Joe Nelson, Rush City

Class A

  • POY — Chelsea Mason, Mt. Iron-Buhl
  • COY — Josh Wieme, Goodhue and Jeff Gronner, Cromwell-Wright

Congratulations to our postseason players and coaches of the year for the 2016-17 Minnesota high school girls' basketball season!

For the past 15 years, the Breakdown has covered the high school sports scene in Minnesota, naming both a preseason and postseason player of the year in each sport covered for each year (15 years of girls' and boys' basketball, 10 years of boys' hockey and girls' volleyball, and three years of boys' baseball).

We've complied that full list of players through the years, which is peppered with recognizable names from Minnesota's high school sports history. The full list may be found at: http://www.breakdownsportsusa.com/page/show/336134