Top 10 girls' basketball recruits in Minnesota
November 12, 2019 at 4:36AM
The Star Tribune's Ron Haggstrom ranks his top recruits in the state.
2020 Class
![The Star Tribune's All-Metro Girls' Basketball Team member and Player of the Year Paige Bueckers of Hopkins. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com The Star Tribune's All-Metro Girls' Basketball Team was photographed Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2019 at the Lindbergh Center in Minnetonka.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/UQEPFDCAEIGBHR2KXW6O5ODP6E.jpg?&w=712)
Paige Bueckers, Hopkins, 5-11 G: The nation's No. 1 player bound for nation's best college program, UConn.
![The Star Tribune's All-Metro Girls' Basketball Team member Lauren Jensen of Lakeville North. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com The Star Tribune's All-Metro Girls' Basketball Team was photographed Sunday afternoon, March 9, 2019 at the Lindbergh Center in Minnetonka.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/T42NV2UW2MT6BJBHS6NW4TEDEE.jpg?&w=712)
Lauren Jensen, Lakeville North, 5-9 G: Gophers lost out on Jensen to Big Ten rival Iowa.
Alyssa Ustby, Rochester Lourdes, 6-2 G: Always wanted to be a North Carolina Tar Heel. Soon will be.
2021 Class
Adalia McKenzie, Park Center, 5-10 G: The most dynamic player in the junior class is very coachable.
![Sophie Hart waited her turn in a drill during a captain's practice last month. ] JEFF WHEELER • Jeff.Wheeler@startribune.com Farmington High School junior center Sophie Hart is one of the state's leading recruits. She worked out with teammates at a captain's practice in the high school gym Sunday night, October 27, 2019 in Farmington.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/LKCHFMEPCUM7H4Y4NMVSSQK6AI.jpg?&w=712)
Sophie Hart, Farmington, 6-4 C: Could quickly fill the Gophers' defensive void in the paint.
Kendall Coley, St. Louis Park, 6-2 G: Poses matchup problems at both ends with wingspan.
2022 Class
Maya Nnaji, Hopkins, 6-4 F: The younger sister of Zeke, who selected Arizona over other top programs.
Mara Braun, Wayzata, 5-11 G: Outstanding length and athleticism and can really shoot the ball.
Mallory Heyer, Chaska, 6-2 F: Made huge impact in volleyball playoff run. Watch out if she does likewise in basketball.
2023 Class
![Hopkins Taylor Woodson (32) and Wayzata's Jasmine Smiley (23) collide while going for the ball during the first half Friday, Feb. 1, 2109, at Hopkins High in Minnetonka, MN] DAVID JOLES •david.joles@startribune.com Hopkins-Wayzata girls](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/6ZMH2JTNLHCSX6KMK5BZTGL7TM.jpg?&w=712)
Taylor Woodson, Hopkins, 5-11 F: Gophers offered Woodson as an eighth-grader. Enough said.
about the writer
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
