The Breakdown is pleased to announce its 2018 Minnesota high school baseball players and coaches of the year. After a big senior season that culminated in a state championship — and arguably the best state final performance every — Seth Halvorsen of Heritage Christian Academy was honored as the overall Breakdown player of the year. The full list of honorees is below:

Overall

• POY — Seth Halvorsen, Heritage Christian
• COY — Brooks Marquardt, Maple Lake

Class AAAA

• POY — Nick Juaire, Lakeville North
• COY — Bobby DeWitt, Wayzata

Class AAA

• POY — Otto Grimm, Bemidji
• COY — Jake Munsch, Alexandria

Class AA

• POY — Grant Mergen, Maple Lake
• COY — Brooks Marquardt, Maple Lake

Class A

• POY — Seth Halvorsen, Heritage Christian
• COY — Jon Ledeboer, Heritage Christian

Congratulations to our postseason players and coaches of the year for the 2018 Minnesota high school baseball season!

Since 2001, 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 (since 2001 for girls' and boys' basketball, since 2008 for boys' hockey and girls' volleyball, since 2014 for boys' baseball, and since 2018 for girls' softball and girls' hockey).

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