Huskies Basketball Dishes Out Awards

The Owatonna High School girls and boys basketball teams held their season-ending banquets recently. The girls had a pair of seniors on their team with Sarah Kingland and Maggie Newhouse. The boys roster was filled with eight seniors with Payton Beyer, Nolan Burmeister, Jack Titchenal, Lane Versteeg, Abdi Isman, Mason Kunkel, Lincoln Maher and Emannuel Ojulu.

Boys basketball awards:

MVP - Brayden Williams
Defensive MVP - Blake Burmeister
Most Improved - Ty Creger
Blue Collar Award - Lincoln Maher
Teammate of the Year - Nolan Burmeister
Coaches' Award - Mason Kunkel

Big Nine Scholar Athletes: Titchenal, Versteeg, Maher, Kunkel and Burmeister

All Big Nine Conference: Payton Beyer, Evan Dushek, Brayden Williams

Big Nine Honorable Mention: Ty Creger

Stat leaders:

Best field goal percentage - Lincoln Maher, 65%
Best 3-point percentage - Brayden Williams, 43.3%
Best free throw percentage - Brayden Williams, 80%
Rebound leader - Payton Beyer, 125
Assist leader - Brayden Williams, 75
Steals leader - Payton Beyer, 59
Coach K Award - Payton Beyer

Dushek was recognized for reaching 1,000 career points during the season.

The boys won the section title, advancing to state for the seventh time in school history. Coach Josh Williams was named the section coach of the year and surpassed 300 career victories this season.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

All-State Academic/All Big Nine Academic: Sarah Kingland and Maggie Newhouse.

All Big Nine Conference: Lexi Mendelhall and Sarah Kingland

The girls took a different approach to recognizing individual players. Coach Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa wrote in an email, "We talked about what each girls brings to the team instead of traditional awards as everyone is of value to the team, not just those that show up on the stat sheet."

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Holly Buytaert - Steady
Ari Shornock - Fierce
Lexi Mendenhall - Powerful
Taylor Schlauderaff - Tenacious
Hillary Haarstad - Warrior
Avery Ahrens - Resilient
Audrey Simon - Reliable
Morgan Miller - Vision
Lauren Sommers - Tough
Ashley Schlauderaff - Selfless
Sarah Kingland - Competitor
Maggie Newhouse - Driven

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