MENOMINEE — The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association unveiled its selections for the 2024 girls All-U.P. basketball teams on Friday, and a pair of Menominee standouts were amongst those chosen as the best ballers that the Yoop has to offer.
Senior Anna Axtell capped off a sterling prep career by garnering Division 1-3 First Team honors, while Coduti, a sophomore, collected Special Mention (receiving two or more votes for Second Team).
Axtell, Menominee’s omnipresent guard, became just the fourth Lady Maroon to reach 1,000 career points after averaging 20 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 4.3 steals per game, all team-highs.
Just for good measure, Axtell set two new Menominee High School records, resetting the single-season scoring mark with 520 points and breaking Erin Barrette’s standard for steals in a season with 94.
Axtell, who also paced the Maroons in field goal percentage (42) and free throw percentage (79.6), finished her four-year career with 1,054 points.
Coduti, the Robin to Axtell’s Batman, put together a stellar sophomore campaign in which she was second on the team in scoring with 9.3 points per game while hauling in 6.3 rebounds.
Carney-Nadeau senior Grace Maule seized a spot on the Division 4 Second Team, while teammates Mariska Laurilla and Kelsie Smith were both Honorable Mention.
Stephenson’s Adriana Ruleau and Melissa Johnson also garnered Honorable Mention.
Negaunee senior Ella Mason walked away with three pieces of hardware after being named the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and U.P. Miss Basketball, in addition to nabbing a spot on the All-U.P. Dream Team.
Gladstone’s Lillie Johnson, West Iron County’s Danica Shamion, Escanaba’s Keira Maki and Ishpeming’s Jenna Maki and Jenessa Eagle round out the Dream Team.
Jenna Maki seized Division 4 Player of the Year after helping lead Ishpeming to the MHSAA Division 4 State championship with a 73-54 victory over Kingston.
The Hematites were the unanimous choice for Division 4 Team of the Year, as was Ryan Reichel, who guided Ishpeming to a 28-1 record en route to being named Division 4 Coach of the Year.
Negaunee (26-2) earned Division 1-2 Team of the Year honors, while Bark River-Harris (21-3) was chosen as the Division 3 Team of the Year.
The UPSSA voted Negaunee’s Mike O’Donnell as the Division 1-3 Coach of the Year.
2024 All-U.P. Girls Basketball Team
Major Awards
Ms. UP Basketball: Ella Mason, Negaunee
Division 1-3 Player of the Year: Ella Mason, Negaunee
Division 4 Player of the Year: Jenna Maki, Ishpeming
Division 1-3 Coach of the Year: Mike O’Donnell, Negaunee
Division 4 Coach of the Year: Ryan Reichel, Ishpeming
Division 1-2 Team of the Year: Negaunee
Division 3 Team of the Year: Bark River-Harris
Division 4 Team of the Year: Ishpeming
Dream Team
Lillie Johnson, Gladstone, 6-0, Soph.
Ella Mason, Negaunee, 5-8, Sr.
Jenna Maki, Ishpeming, 6-0, Sr.
Keira Maki, Escanaba, 5-10, Sr.
Danica Shamion, West Iron County, 5-8, Sr.
Jenessa Eagle, Ishpeming, 5-7, Soph.
Division 1-3 First Team
Anna Axtell, Menominee, 5-8, Sr.
Lauren Zawada, Bark River-Harris, 5-10, Sr.
Megan Marta, Westwood, 5-8, Sr.
Caitlyn Storm, Calumet, 5-7, Sr.
Aubrey Johnson, Negaunee, 5-7, Jr.
Division 1-3 Second Team
Piper Bell, Sault Ste. Marie, Fr.
Eva Gerard, Houghton, 5-10, Jr.
Kyley Elmblad, Marquette, 6-0, Sr.
McKenzie Hoffmeyer, Bark River-Harris, 5-5, Sr.
Danielle Lund, Manistique, 5-9, Sr.
Alaina Kowalski, Kingsford, 5-9, Sr.
Callie Rajala, Negaunee, 5-8, Sr.
Lexi Olson, Westwood, 5-5, Jr.
Christina Bower, Bark River-Harris, 5-9, Sr.
Anna Bortolini, Kingsford, 5-7, Jr.
Special Mention
Brianna Anderson, Marquette, 6-0, Jr.; Gianna Coduti, Menominee, 5-11, Soph.; Grayson Lamarche, Escanaba, 6-0, Jr.; Tia Schone, Gladstone, 5-5, Jr.; Leah Goodreau, Manistique, Jr.
Honorable Mention
Aubree Blackburn, Marquette, 5-8, Jr.; Makayla Delmont, Gwinn, 5-10, Fresh.; Izzie Marta, Westwood, Jr;
Division 4 First Team
Emily Jokela, Lake Linden-Hubbell, 5-5, Jr.
Lauren Adams, Norway, 5-7, Soph.
Emma Besonen, Ewen-Trout Creek, 5-1, Soph.
Jillian Fraser, St. Ignace, 5-8, Jr.
Emersyn Crisp, Munising, 5-7, Sr.
Division 4 Second Team
Makenna Hendrickson, Baraga, 5-7, Sr.
Autumn Tremblay, Brimley, 5-6, Sr.
Chloe May, Maplewood Baptist, 5-9, Sr.
Cleo Milkey, Lake Linden-Hubbell, Soph.
Grace Maule, Carney-Nadeau, 5-5, Jr.
Bree Besonen, Ewen-Trout Creek, 5-4, 8th
Addison Cullen, St. Ignace, 6-0, Jr.
Mya Hemmer, Ishpeming, 6-2, Soph.
Lucie Rabachova, Newberry, 6-1, Sr.
Bailey Corcoran, Munising, 5-10, Jr.
Special Mention
Rachel Johnson, Mid Peninsula, 5-6, Sr.; Sammy Johnson, Superior Central, 5-4, Sr.; Kadie Kaukola, Ishpeming, Sr.; Grace Kliekamp, North Central, 5-5, Sr.; Ceara LeBlanc, Brimley, 5-5, Sr.; Mylee Londo, L’Anse, 5-7, Jr.; Irelynd McGeshick, Ewen-Trout Creek, 5-10, Soph.; Camryn Pederson, Big Bay de Noc, 5-3, Sr.; Brooke Stanislawski, Bessemer, 5-5, Sr.; Hanna Vaughn, Ironwood, 5-1, Jr.
Honorable Mention
Mary Cavagnetto, Norway, 5-6, Jr.; Carine Cole, Wakefield-Marenisco, 5-5, Soph.; Lyric Collins, Pickford; Emily Delfavero, Wakefield-Marenisco, 5-4, Soph.; Brooklyn Dompier, L’Anse, 5-7, Jr.; Melissa Johnson, Stephenson, 5-6, Jr.; Jaycee Larson, Baraga, 5-6, Sr.; Mariska Laurilla, Carney-Nadeau, 5-8, Jr.; Jaelyn Novascone, Ironwood, 5-9, Soph.; Brooke Portice, Pickford, Jr.; Kara Roberts, Baraga, 5-5, Soph.; Adriana Ruleau, Stephenson, 5-7, Jr.; Kelsie Smith, Carney-Nadeau, 5-5, Sr.; Adelyn Swain, Dollar Bay, 5-8, Sr.; Elsie Williams, Forest Park, 5-6, Soph.; Allie Whalen, Newberry, 5-6, Jr.
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