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Signee Natalie Kussow Named To 2025-26 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Girls High School Player of the Year Preseason Watch List
11/12/2025 11:01:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Minnesota is one of eight Big Ten schools with a signee represented on the list for the prestigious honor
MINNEAPOLIS - University of Minnesota women's basketball signee Natalie Kussow was named to the 2025-26 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Girls High School Player of the Year Preseason Watch List.
The preseason recognition for Kussow came after she turned in her agreement during the early signing period on Wednesday to join the program ahead of the 2026-27 season.
Minnesota is one of eight Big Ten schools with a signee represented on the list for the prestigious honor.
Kussow, a guard from Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wis., is the No. 1 recruit in the state of Wisconsin and is rated No. 23 nationally by 247Sports and No. 40 by ESPN HoopGurlz.
She was named the 2025 Gatorade Player of the Year and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin State Player of the Year as both a sophomore and junior.
The preseason recognition for Kussow came after she turned in her agreement during the early signing period on Wednesday to join the program ahead of the 2026-27 season.
Minnesota is one of eight Big Ten schools with a signee represented on the list for the prestigious honor.
Kussow, a guard from Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wis., is the No. 1 recruit in the state of Wisconsin and is rated No. 23 nationally by 247Sports and No. 40 by ESPN HoopGurlz.
She was named the 2025 Gatorade Player of the Year and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin State Player of the Year as both a sophomore and junior.
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