Benilde-St. Margaret’s Olivia Olson, Hopkins’ Liv McGill make McDonald’s All-American Game roster

It’s the fifth time Minnesota has had two players invited to the national all-star game.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 24, 2024 at 7:46PM
Liv McGill of Hopkins (left photo) and Olivia Olson of Benilde-St. Margaret's were picked to play in the McDonald's All-American Game in April. (Star Tribune staff)

Two of the state’s best high school girls basketball players, Olivia Olson of Benilde-St. Margaret’s and Liv McGill of Hopkins, have been selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game.

Olson was named to the East’s 12-player squad; McGill will play for the West. They will become the eighth and ninth Minnesota girls players to participate in the event. No Minnesotans were selected to participate in the boys game.

Olson, a 6-1 guard, is the state’s No. 1-rated player in the Class of 2024 and ranked No. 15 in the nation by ESPN’s HoopGurlz. Olson, who is headed to Michigan, missed seven games earlier this season because of a broken bone in her left hand. She is averaging 21 points per game for the Red Knights (9-5), the Class 3A defending state champions. McGill, a 5-9 guard committed to Florida, is ranked one spot below Olson at No. 16 by HoopGurlz. She is averaging 22 points per game for the Royals (14-2), ranked third in Class 4A by Minnesota Basketball News.

Minnesota has had at least one player selected for the McDonald’s All-American Games for seven years in a row, and this is the fifth time that multiple Minnesotans have made it the same year. McGill is the fifth Hopkins player, joining Kris Humphries (2003), Nia Coffey (2013), Paige Bueckers (2020) and Maya Nnaji (2022). Olson is the first Benilde-St. Margaret’s player to make it.

The games, for seniors only, will be played April 2 at the Toyota Center in Houston.

Minnesotans selected for McDonald’s All-American Games

2024: Liv McGill, Hopkins; Olivia Olson, Benilde St. Margaret’s

2023: Tessa Johnson, St. Michael-Albertville

2022: Maya Nnaji, Hopkins

2021: Chet Holmgren, Minnehaha Academy

2020: Paige Bueckers, Hopkins; Dawson Garcia, Prior Lake

2020: Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy

2019: Matthew Hurt, Rochester John Marshall

2018: Tre Jones, Apple Valley

2014: Tyus Jones, Apple Valley

2014: Reid Travis, DeLaSalle

2013: Nia Coffey, Hopkins

2013: Rebekah Dahlman, Braham

2009: Tayler Hill, Minneapolis South

2007: Cole Aldrich, Bloomington Jefferson

2003: Kris Humphries, Hopkins

2003: Liz Podominick, Lakeville

2001: Rick Rickert, Duluth East

1998: Joel Przybilla, Monticello

1997: Khalid El-Amin, Minneapolis North

1980 Jim Petersen, St. Louis Park

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