The 2011 Minnesota Associated Press All-State high school
football team, as voted on by statewide sportswriters and
broadcasters.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Philip Nelson, QB, Mankato West
FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE
QB - Philip Nelson, sr, Mankato West
RB - Andrew Larson, sr, Eden Prairie
RB - Sam Sura, sr, South St. Paul
RB - Jake Disterhaupt, jr, Moose Lake/Willow River
RB - Wesley Tucker, sr, St. Croix Lutheran
OL - Nick Davidson, sr, Eden Prairie
OL - Jonah Pirsig, sr, Blue Earth
OL - Ben Lauer, sr, Wayzata
OL - Isaac Hayes, sr, St. Thomas Academy
OL - Chase Roullier, sr, Burnsville
WR - Andre McDonald, sr, Hopkins
WR - Hunter Friesen, sr, Mankato West
DEFENSE
DL - Jonathan Harden, sr, Cretin-Derham Hall
DL - Karl Finkel, jr, Lakeville North
DL - Kit Snyder, sr, Wayzata
DL - Johnny Menning, sr, Edgerton/Ellsworth
LB - Drake Michaelson, sr, Eden Prairie
LB - Ryan Poppitz, sr, Wayzata
LB - Maxx Williams, sr, Waconia
LB - Tim McClanahan, sr, Cretin-Derham Hall
DB - Charles Webb, sr, Minnetonka
DB - Andy Moritko, sr, Totino-Grace
DB - Matt Arends, sr, Prior Lake
DB - Anthony Hill, sr, Champlin Park
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker/Punter - Paul Graupner, sr, Benilde-St. Margaret's
Returner/All-Purpose - Emeche Wells, sr, Roseville
SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE
QB - Trey Heid, sr, Lakeville North
RB - Beau Bofferding, sr, Marshall
RB - Marshall Klitzke, sr, Providence Academy
RB - Josh Werness, sr, Anoka
OL - Paul Kaczor, sr, St. Cloud Tech
OL - Zack Johnson, sr, Eastview
OL - Ted Barthel, sr, Caledonia
OL - Kevin Carroll, sr, Edina
OL - Kyle Griffin, sr, Anoka
WR - Carey Woods, sr, Bemidji
WR - Gabe Kartes, sr, Blooming Prairie
DEFENSE
DL - Michael Warren, jr, Providence Academy
DL - Daulton Olinger, jr, Spring Lake Park
DL - Jeff Amundson, sr, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown
DL - Tyson Reinke, sr, Eden Prairie
LB - Brandon Larson, sr, Bemidji
LB - Mitch Johnson, sr, Lakeville North
LB - Logan McAllister, sr, Brainerd
LB - Ben Wolterman, sr, Southland
DB - Cody Rutledge, sr, Bemidji
DB - Shaquille Theus, sr, Coon Rapids
DB - Paddy Clancy, sr, St. Thomas Academy
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker/Punter - Bill Leitch, jr, Mankato West
Returner/All-Purpose - Michael Roane, sr, Holy Family Catholic
HONORABLE MENTION
Quarterbacks: Matt Ahrndt, jr, Benson; Brendan Ashton, sr, Eden
Valley-Watkins; Tony Anselmo, sr, Bigfork; Kyle Athmann, sr, BOLD;
Drew Bauer, sr, Eagan; Brett Bergeson, sr, Montevideo; Brady Boike,
sr, MACCRAY; Josh Bungum, sr, Paynesville; Kennan Bruening, sr,
Caledonia; John DeMarais, jr, Winona Cotter; Alex Fenske, sr,
Marshall; Austin Goettlicher, sr, Cleveland; Alex Grove, jr,
Willmar; Isaac Heard, jr, Edgerton; Jordan Hein, jr, Perham;
Mitchell Hendricks, sr, Bemidji; Clayton Jennissen, sr,
Cambridge-Isanti; Ben Kain, sr, Fairmont; Zach Kinny, jr,
Litchfield; Jake Kirsch, sr, Rochester John Marshall; Mitch
Leidner, sr, Lakeville South; Austin Lommen, sr, Breck; Ethan
Lunning, sr, Zimmerman; Nick Martin, sr, Wayzata; Cody Mathisen,
sr, Delano; Nate Meixell, sr, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial; Ross
Merriman, sr, Warroad; Nate Meyer, sr, Rocori; Joe Mollberg, sr,
Detroit Lakes; Sean Murphy, sr, Nicollet; Joel Newman, sr, Red
Wing; Matt Olson, sr, St. Croix Lutheran; Nate Penz, sr, Rochester
Mayo; Daniel Polansky, jr, Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke; Brady Rahman,
sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville; Max Reinertsen, sr, Esko; Hassan
Robertson, sr, Minneapolis Edison; Zach Rynning, sr, Kittson County
Central; Andy Todd, sr, Fillmore Central; Luc Zellmer, sr, Blooming
Prairie.
Running backs: Alex Aguilar, sr, Climax/Fisher; Brian
Bellrichard, sr, Byron; Damon Benham, sr, Deer River; Kendrick
Brewster, sr, Cretin-Derham Hall; Wolfgang Brink, sr,
Wheaton/Herman-Norcross; Alex Brunholzl, sr, Goodhue; Alex
Carlstrom, sr, McGregor; Alex Crawford, jr, Rochester Century;
Cedric Dicke, sr, Cannon Falls; Elijahjuan Dotts, sr, North Woods;
Jake Douglas, sr, Montevideo; Tyler Eickhoff, sr, Fillmore Central;
Jake Engnell, sr, St. Francis; Avery Fairbanks, sr, Mahnomen;
Antonio Ford, sr, Wayzata; Chris Gassert, sr, Moose Lake/Willow
River; Jackson Goplen, jr, St. Croix Lutheran; Andrew Gustafson,
sr, Rosemount; Sam Haas, sr, Lac qui Parle Valley; Aaron Haataja,
jr, Warroad; Jonah Johnson, sr, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg; Lexis
Jones, sr, Bloomington Kennedy; Adam Josephson, sr,
Minneota/Lincoln; Jack Kaiser, sr, Prior Lake; Brock Kolander, sr,
Waseca; Joe Koll, jr, Winona Cotter; Brendan Kroehler, sr,
LeSueur-Henderson; Logan Lange, sr, Pequot Lakes; Tyler Mellick,
sr, Hastings; Jeremy Peterson, sr, Hermantown; Holden Panetti, sr,
Silver Bay; Jon Quernemoen, sr, Ashby; Logan Reid, sr, Sibley East;
Zach Remillard, sr, BOLD; Zach Riopelle, sr, Warren-Alvarado-Oslo;
Moses Saygbe, sr, Elk River; Jacob Schauer, sr, Eagle Valley; Tevyn
Schmidt, sr, Mankato East; Jeremy Schrimpf, sr, Goodhue; Ted
Skillings, sr, New Ulm Cathedral; Cole Small, sr, St. Charles;
Allen VanDien, sr, Norwood-Young America; Erik Whitcomb, sr,
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City; Garret Wolf, sr,
Plainview/Elgin-Millville.
Offensive linemen: Josh Anderson, sr, Paynesville; Peter
Bateman, sr, LaCrescent; Bennen Bierman, sr, Forest Lake; Brian
Blasey, sr, Ada-Borup; Nick Carr, sr, Totino-Grace; Andrew Clemens,
sr, Shakopee; Spencer Clough, sr, Moose Lake/Willow River; Dan
Davitt, sr, Anoka; Ben Eli, sr, Albany; Brady Greenwaldt, sr, New
Ulm; Jesse Hein, sr, Perham; Jason Jirele, jr, Blooming Prairie;
Jacob Kassulker, sr, Brainerd; Michael Kroells, sr, Belle Plaine;
Sam Lee, sr, Blue Earth; Connor Longhenry, sr, Glencoe-Silver Lake;
Zach Martens, sr, Apple Valley; Sam Muehlenbein, jr, Rochester
Lourdes; Tyler Petit, sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville; Michael
Polinder, sr, Glenville-Emmons; Keegan Porder, sr, Bigfork; Connor
Randall, sr, Eagan; Mitchell Rosenbloom, sr, St. Paul Johnson; Dave
Simmet, sr, Hill-Murray; Daniel Urquhart, sr, Eden Prairie; Josh
VanOverbeke, sr, Minneota/Lincoln; Cassidy Violet, sr, Hawley;
Lucas Wiborg, sr, De La Salle; Chandler Wright, jr, Wayzata; Zach
Ziemer, jr, Lakeville North.
Wide receivers: Corey Abbas, sr, MACCRAY; Trace Adams, wr,
Hutchinson; Joe Bednar, jr, Montevideo; Logan Busho, sr, Owatonna;
Logan Connelly, sr, Benson; Mitch Ejnik, sr, New London-Spicer;
Jamie Fischer, sr, Nicollet; Charlie Hayes, sr, Lakeville North;
Matt Heller, sr, Lakeville South; Kyle Hughes, sr, Minneapolis
Washburn; Daniel Janu, sr, Frazee; Kyle Kilgore, sr, Adrian; Ryan
Lakin, sr, Rochester John Marshall; Jacob Mattison, sr, Thief River
Falls; Chase Montgomery, sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville; Malcolm
Moore, jr, Minnetonka; Drew Osmundson, sr, Owatonna; Joel Oxton,
sr, Lakeville North; Dylan Quaife, sr, Cook County; Zach Rhodes,
so, Rochester Mayo; Kasey Robinson, sr, Breck; Alex Sandahl, sr,
Warroad; Casey Schilling, sr, Edgerton; Zach Stelter, sr,
Dawson-Boyd; Dean Stier, sr, Willmar; Jon Terning, sr, Litchfield;
Sean Terres, sr, Rocori.
Defensive linemen: Evan Aaron, sr, Robbinsdale Armstrong; Jake
Antolak, sr, Zimmerman; Ryan Dahl, sr, Holy Family Catholic; Austin
Derouin, sr, Rogers; Karmichael Dunbar, sr, Prior Lake; Nick
Egersdorf, sr, Rochester Mayo; David Erickson, sr, Thief River
Falls; Levi Folker, sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville; Travis Frank,
sr, Caledonia; Weston Gadient, sr, Goodhue; Zach Glocke, sr,
Centennial; Tyler Hartmann, sr, Andover; Jordan Kirk, sr, Mountain
Lake/Butterfield-Odin; Dillon Knutson, sr, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa;
Will Lussier, jr, Minneapolis Southwest; Billy Mork, sr, St. Thomas
Academy; DeQuan Mosley, sr, Spring Lake Park; Ryan Parr, sr, Red
Wing; Chase Roullier, sr, Burnsville; Brandon Schmitt, jr,
Dawson-Boyd; Matt Simon, sr, Owatonna; Ted Sunder, sr, Bloomington
Kennedy; Isaac Vesel, sr, La Crescent; Logan Whitehill, sr,
Fillmore Central; Matt Wildes, sr, Mounds View; Jason Williams, jr,
Minneapolis Washburn; Ben Wolff, sr, BOLD.
Linebackers: Beau Bates, sr, Minnetonka; James Bofferding, sr,
Bemidji; Tory Dalbec, sr, Edina; Marc Gemmill, sr, Sleepy Eye;
Tyler Goodrie, sr, Mountain Iron-Buhl; Sam Haas, sr, Lac qui Parle
Valley; Levi Hintermeister, sr, Brandon/Evansville; Luke Hueman,
sr, Blooming Prairie; Jack Ihrke, sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville;
Kyle Krzmarzick, sr, Sleepy Eye St. Mary's; Brian Labat, sr,
Detroit Lakes; Jake Lambrecht, sr, Little Falls; Clay LeVasseur,
sr, Rogers; Tanner Lindemann, sr, Montevideo; Cam Maslonka, sr,
Woodbury; Nicholas McBeain, sr, Shakopee; Connor McCormick, sr,
Caledonia; Ben McDonald, sr, Mahtomedi; Cole Mertens, jr, BOLD;
Garret Miller, sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville; Cooper Moore, sr,
Jackson County Central; Phifer Nicholson, sr, Providence Academy;
Zach Olstad, sr, Fillmore Central; Grant Pope, sr,
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown; Shane Poppler, sr, Belle Plaine;
Derek Rachel, sr, Maple Lake; Dan Sargeant, jr, Chisago Lakes;
Nathan Snider, jr, Minnewaska; Zach Streed, jr, Willmar; DeMarko
Thomas, jr, Truman; Esten Weber, sr, Dawson-Boyd; Chris Wipson, jr,
Wayzata.
Defensive backs: Kyle Athmann, sr, BOLD; Tayvaughn Blair, sr,
Hopkins; Adam Bungum, sr, Triton; Michael Callahan, sr, Burnsville;
Roman Collins, sr, Maple Grove; Darion Fletcher, sr, Simley; Jerrod
Fort, sr, Lewiston-Altura; Blake Guggenberger, sr, Sartell; Gabe
Lind, sr, Mabel-Canton; Jordan Nieuwsma, sr, New Life Academy; Dayo
Ogundepo, sr, East Ridge; Austin Pohlen, sr, Grand Rapids; Colby
Rogers, sr, St. James; Stephen Schneider, sr, Blaine; DeAndre
Singleton, jr, Minnetonka; KeAndre Singleton, jr, Minnetonka;
Garrett Steel, sr, Centennial; Tate Sykes, sr, Hastings; Michael
Thomas, jr, Blooming Prairie; Tyler Vaughan, sr, Braham; Adrian
Wood, sr, St. Paul Central.
Kickers/punters: Jake Ibach, sr, Eden Prairie; Trey Heid, sr,
Lakeville North; Jalen Heyer, sr, Lewiston-Altura; Alexi Johnson,
jr, Shakopee; Vinnie Lettieri, jr, Minnetonka; Christian Pedroza,
sr, Rocori; Casey Schilling, sr, Edgerton; Wyatt Schmidt, sr, St.
Thomas Academy; Tyler Scott, sr, Wayzata; Troy Sires, so, Houston;
Corey Speer, sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville; Cameron Thompson, sr,
Marshall.
Returners/all-purpose: Duke Anyanwu, sr, Blaine; Hunter Friesen,
sr, Mankato West; D.J. Hebert, sr, Osseo; Kyle Hughes, sr,
Minneapolis Washburn; Nate Ricci, sr, Stillwater; Esten Weber, sr,
Dawson-Boyd; Garret Wolf, sr, Plainview/Elgin-Millville.
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