The Upper Peninsula Sportwriters and Sportscasters Association announced its 2021-22 high school boys basketball All-U.P. teams Friday night. The group of media members from across the Upper Peninsula met in Marquette earlier this week to make their selections.
Jaden Borseth from Ewen-Trout Creek High School was named the top player in the Upper Peninsula, as Mr. U.P. Basketball. He led the Panthers to the Division Four state champonsghip game before an overtime loss to Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian.
Menominee's Aidan Bellisle was named the Division 1-3 Player of the Year, after leading the Maroons to the Division Three state championship game before losing to Schoolcraft.
Menominee's Sam Larson and ETC's Brad Besonen were named Coaches of the Year.
The Escanaba Eskymos were named the Division 1-2 Team of the Year, with Menominee and ETC getting those honors in D-3 and D-4, respectively.
The rest of the Dream Team, besides Borseth and Bellisle, included Escanaba's Colin Hudson, Westwood's Zach Carlson, and Johnny Schutz from Paineadale-Jeffers.
All of the winners are posted below:
2022 All-U.P. Boys Basketball Team
Major awards
Mr. U.P. Basketball: Jaden Borseth, Ewen-Trout Creek, Sr.
Division 1-3 Player of the Year: Aidan Bellisle, Menominee, Sr.
Division 4 Player of the Year: Jaden Borseth, Ewen-Trout Creek, Sr.
Division 1-2 Team of the Year: Escanaba
Division 3 Team of the Year: Menominee
Division 4 Team of the Year: Ewen-Trout Creek
Division 1-3 Coach of the Year: Sam Larson, Menominee
Division 4 Coach of the Year: Brad Besonen, Ewen-Trout Creek
Dream Team
Jaden Borseth, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-3, Sr.
Zach Carlson, Westwood, 5-10, Sr.
Aidan Bellisle, Menominee, 6-1, Sr.
Colin Hudson, Escanaba, 6-9, Sr.
Johnny Schutz, Jeffers, 6-2, Sr.
Division 1-3
First Team
Oskar Kangas, Iron Mountain, 6-5, Freshman
Nic Nora, Kingsford, 6-0, Jr.
Jonas Bicik, Marquette, 6-5, Sr.
Zach Beckman, Westwood, 6-1, Sr.
Brady Schultz, Menominee, 6-5, Sr.
Second Team
Cooper Conway, Menominee, 6-4, Sr.
Jayce Kipling, Ishpeming, 6-3, Sr.
Jordan DeMay, Marquette, 6-2, Sr.
Jared Hanson, Escanaba, 6-3, Sr.
Jonny Ingalls, St. Ignace, 5-10, Soph.
Mikko Salmi, Houghton, Sr.
Marcus Boase, Westwood, 5-8, Sr.
David Eberhard, Marquette, 6-0, Sr.
Gerald Johnson, Negaunee, 6-2, Sr.
Brady Badker, Menominee, 5-10, Sr.
Special mention (receiving two or more votes from the panel): Trevor Brown, Escanaba, 6-4; AJ Miley, Bark River-Harris, 6-0, Sr.; Caleb Stieler, Gwinn, 6-4, Sr.
Honorable mention: Brody Bell, Negaunee, 6-4, Jr.; Joey Colavecchi, Iron Mountain, 6-1, Jr.; Levi Frahm, Jeffers, 6-0, Soph.; Preston Gauthier, Ishpeming, 5-9, Jr.; Logan Getzloff, Bark River-Harris, 6-1, Sr.; Kaden Gibbs, Gladstone, 5-10, Soph.; Trevor Lippens, Bark River-Harris, 6-1, Sr.; AJ Prosser, Ishpeming, 6-3, Jr.; Mason Sager, Negaunee, 5-11, Jr.; Connor Smale, Escanaba, 6-0, Sr.; Brody Waara, Menominee, 6-1, Sr.; Kevin Frazier, St. Ignace, 5-11, Jr.
Division 4
First Team
Eric Abramson, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-5, Sr.
Tate Besteman, Rudyard, 6-8, Sr.
Luke Gorzinski, North Central, 5-10, Jr.
EJ Suggitt, Rudyard, 6-0, Sr.
Kyle Sorensen, Wakefield-Marenisco, 6-3, Sr.
Second Team
Kelsey Jilek, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-3, Sr.
Claudio Bistolfi, Newberry, 6-0, Sr.
Jesse Duran, Munising, 6-5, Sr.
Nolan Amundsen, Norway, 6-0, Sr.
Jack Matrella, Bessemer, 6-0, Sr.
Mike Englund, Mid-Peninsula, 6-0, Soph.
Marcus Sutherland, Lake Linden-Hubbell, Sr.
Brendan Polkky, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-2, Sr.
Cason Smith, Cedarville-DeTour, 5-11, Jr.
Connor Florenski, North Central, 6-3, Jr.
Special mention (receiving two or more votes from the panel): Brady Anderson, North Central, 6-1, Sr.; Spencer Coldron, Stephenson, 5-11, Jr.; Rease Dawley, Rapid River, 5-9, Sr.; Shawn Gibbons, L’Anse, 6-0, Jr.; Peyton Imhoff, Carney-Nadeau, 6-1, Sr.; Von Lyons, Ironwood, 6-1, Sr.; Grady Newland, Brimley, 6-2, Sr.; Cam Peterson, Rudyard, 5-10, Soph.; Gaven Rintala, Forest Park, 5-9, Soph.; Ian Sundling, Rapid River, 6-1, Jr.; Kevin Giuliani, Forest Park, 6-2, Freshman.
Honorable mention: Luis Alloza, Stephenson, 6-1, Soph.; Aiden Boyd, Ironwood, 5-10, Jr.; Zach Frusti, Superior Central, 5-8, Sr.; Freshman; Kodey Goldi, Rapid River, 6-3, Jr.; Antonio Inglese, North Dickinson, 5-11, Soph.; Jerry Lee LaFord, Carney-Nadeau, 5-10, Sr.; Trenton Naser, North Central, 6-1, Sr.; Aidan Ondrus, Cedarville-DeTour, 5-10, Jr.;
Alec Ortman, Norway, 6-0, Soph.; Eli Ostermeyer, L’Anse, 6-5, Sr.; Michael Peterson, Norway, 6-0, Jr.; Jesse Sampson, North Central, 6-3, Jr.; Zack Schwartz, Stephenson, 6-5, Freshman; Jonah Nordine, Ewen-Trout Creek, 5-10, Sr.
