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The All-Metro Sports Awards banquet is back. It's time to start meeting the 2022 winners

The event, forced to a virtual format in 2020 and 2021, goes all in-person with a gala on Wednesday at Allianz Field.

By Kevin Bertels

July 25, 2022 at 10:35PM
The 2019 Girls’ Team of the Year was the Hopkins basketball team. the last time the annual Star Tribune All-Metro Sports Awards were held in person. It returns on Wednesday. (Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Star Tribune's All-Metro Sports Awards are back to drawing a crowd.

A gala celebration capped awards season in the years before the pandemic, but it all went virtual in 2020 and 2021. The banquet is back for 2022, scheduled for Wednesday night at Allianz Field.

Introduced Tuesday ...

Student First award winner, Abby Rosebur

Courage in Competition award winner, Aiden McMahon

Introduced Wednesday ...

Difference Maker of the Year, Andy Kaiser

Dance Team of the Year, Eastview

Adapted Sports Team of the Year, Dakota United

Introducing at the banquet ...

Female Athlete of the Year

Male Athlete of the Year

Female Team of the Year

Male Team of the Year

Female Team Coach of the Year

Male Team Coach of the Year

Play of the Year

about the writer

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.

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