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Minnesota's top girls' basketball recruits: From five seniors to an eighth-grader

The group includes four seniors who have signed with the Gophers to Maddyn Greenway of Providence Academy, who isn't in high school yet.

By Kevin Bertels

January 18, 2022 at 5:35PM

Maddyn Greenway (30) of Providence Academy drives on two defenders during the girls’ 2A basketball tournament in March. (Jerry Holt, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minnesota's top 10

Staff writer Ron Haggstrom lists the top 10 girls' basketball recruits in Minnesota, starting with five seniors and playing down to an eighth-grader. With school, height, position and college choice when declared:

2022 Class

Amaya Battle, Hopkins, 5-11, G, Minnesota

Mara Braun, Wayzata, 5-11 G, Minnesota

Mallory Heyer, Chaska, 6-1 F, Minnesota

Nia Holloway, Eden Prairie, 6-1 F, Minnesota

Maya Nnaji, Hopkins, 6-4 F, Arizona

2023 Class

Nunu Agara, Hopkins, 5-11 G, Stanford

Taylor Woodson, Hopkins, 6-0 G, undecided

2024 Class

Alivia McGill, Hopkins, 5-8 G, undecided

Olivia Olson, Benilde-St. Margaret's, 6-0 G, undecided

2026 Class

Maddyn Greenway, Providence Academy, 5-7 G, undecided

about the writer

Kevin Bertels

High school sports team leader

Kevin Bertels has led the Minnesota Star Tribune’s high school sports coverage since fall 2021. Before that, he spent 23 years as the newspaper’s night Sports section coordinator, placing him in charge of the Sports copy desk.