State Tournament MVP Bios
Bill Nelson, longtime player, manager and board member for the Dundas Dukes, and a 2007 Inductee into the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame has conducted and compiled interviews of MVPs that will be featured below.
1950s
Ed Piancentini – Fergus Falls – 1950
Fulton Weckman – Shakopee – 1959
1960s
Jim Stoll – Arlington – 1967 and 1969
Joe Harmala – Dassel-Cokato – 1968
1970s
Bill Huls – Cold Spring – 1970
Jerry Wickman – Columbia Heights – 1972
Don Nierengarten – Cold Spring – 1973
Bob Turnbull – Red Wing – 1974
Marv Menken – Prior Lake – 1975
Bobby Kelly – Prior Lake – 1976
Joe Driscoll – Arlington – 1979
1980s
Terry Steinbach – New Ulm – 1980
Tom Arnold – Cold Spring – 1981
Jim Eisenreich – St. Cloud Saints – 1983
Greg Odegaard – Arlington – 1984, 1985
Matt Butala – Cold Spring – 1986
Randy Moselle – Columbia Heights – 1986, 1989
Steve Sagedahl – J. Botten – 1988
Jay Johnson – Miesville – 1989
1990s
Mike Hartmann – Red Wing – 1990
Bill Cutshall – Rochester – 1991
Jim Meyer – Minneapolis Angels – 1991
Joe Meyer – Minneapolis Angels – 1992
Bill Frederick – Miesville – 1992 and 1995
Tim Knapper – Granite Falls – 1993
Wade Shelstad – Red Wing – 1993
Bill Zeller – Minneapolis Angels – 1994
Barry Wohler – Belle Plaine – 1994
Steve Taylor – Cold Spring – 1996
Matt Farley – Highland Park – 1996
Grant Ketel – St. Michael – 1997
Aaron Erickson – Dundas – 1998
Bryan Krull – Minnetonka – 1997 and 1999
Brian Jenneke – Glencoe – 1998
Brice Pleschourt – Dundas – 1999
2000s
Chris Studer – Brainerd – 2000
Andy Bulson – Cold Spring – 2000, 2001
Bruce Geislinger – Watkins – 2001
Matt Parrington – Minnetonka – 2001
Matt Paulson – St. Louis Park – 2002
Tony Richards – Minnetonka – 2003, 2006
Joe Shallenberger – Minnetonka – 2004, 2009, 2012, 2016
Mac Zachow – Green Isle – 2003
Trent Bohnsack – Jordan – 2004
Justin Schaible – Blue Earth – 2004
Jason King – Holdingford – 2005
Ben Fleetham – Wesley Homes – 2005
Lee Hodges – Blue Earth – 2006
Joe Abellara – Minnetonka – 2007
Corey Eckhoff – Minnetonka – 2007
Matt VanDerBosch – Miesville – 2007
Gabe Eikum – St. Louis Park – 2008
Dave Lindstrom – St. Louis Park – 2008
Scott Geiger – St. Cloud Orthopedic – 2009
Ryan Seifert – Shakopee (Chaska) – 2009
2010s
Brendan Furrow – Minnetonka – 2010
Troy Wasiloski – Shakopee – 2010
Jeremiah Piepkorn – Sartell – 2011
Zack Goodwin – Stockmen’s – 2011
Jeremy Schmidt – Maple Lake – 2012
Eric Winegarden – Victoria – 2012
Nate Melek – Minnetonka – 2012
Andrew Deters – Sartell – 2013
Kris Edwards – St. Paul Shamrocks – 2013
Zach Femrite – Cold Spring – 2013, 2014
Josh Kubitschek – St. Paul Capitals – 2014
Tyler Jendro – Sobieski – 2014
Donny Erdall – Minnetonka – 2015
Deryk Marks – Miesville – 2016
Scott Marquardt – Kimball – 2017
Nate Hammes – Miesville – 2017
Blaine Rutledge – Minnetonka – 2017, 2020
Justin Anderson – Chanhassen – 2018
Andy Davis – St. Louis Park – 2018
Andy Peterson – St. Louis Park – 2018
Sean Borman – Minneapolis Cobras – 2019
John Straka – Chanhassen – 2019, 2020, 2021
Mason Reinhart – Minneapolis Cobras – 2019
2020s
Graham Laubscher – Air Freight – 2021
Caleb Strack – Sobieski – 2021