Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year

Year	Player	School
2023	Stella Swenson	Wayzata
2022	Stella Swenson	Wayzata
2021	Julia Hanson	Prior Lake
2020	Lauren Crowl	Eastview
2019	Kennedi Orr	Eagan
2018	Elizabeth Juhnke	Lakeville North
2017	McKenna Melville	Eagan
2016	Sydney Hilley	Champlin Park
2015	Sydney Hilley	Champlin Park
2014	Samantha Seliger-Swenson	Hopkins
2013	Alyssa Goehner	Lakeville North
2012	Alyssa Goehner	Lakeville North
2011	Julia Doyle	Wayzata
2010	Kellie McNeil	Lakeville North
2009	Ashley Wittman	Shakopee
2008	Ashley Wittman	Shakopee
2007	Kelsey Brandl	Lakeville North
2006	Hailey Cowles	Eden Prairie
2005	Nikki Klingsporn	Tartan
2004	Courtney Cowles	Eden Prairie
2003	Megan Frey	Chaska
2002	Kelly Bowman	Osseo
2001	Kelly Bowman	Osseo
2000	Tera Lobdell	Robbinsdale Armstrong
1999	Sarah Rome	Eagan
1998	Lisa Axel	Buffalo
1997	Amanda Rome	Chaska
1996	Amanda Rome	Chaska
1995	Elizabeth Bachman	Lakeville
1994	Marissa Kimbrough	Bloomington Jefferson
1993	Becky Bauer	Bloomington Jefferson
1992	Sarah Pearman	Apple Valley
1991	Heidi Olhausen	Lakeville
1990	Kari Anderson	Columbia Heights
1989	Kim Hanson and Allison Murphy	Chaska
1988	Jessica Fiebelkorn	Osseo
1987	Alice Commers and Michelle Kaminski	Columbia Heights

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