Welcome to the Home Page of the Minnesota Stars

Website Updated 4-7-08

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AAU ANNOUNCES NEW AGE DETERMINING DATE!!!!
AAU has basically moved the cutoff for age determination back 6 months from January to July, to allow most kids to play with their classmates.

Click here to go to the AAU Age Determining Calculator

Age Group	Born on or after:
8-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1998
9-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1997
10-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1996
11-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1995
12-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1994
13-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1993
14-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1992
15-Under	Born on or after - July 1, 1991
Junior Girls	Born in or after - 1990
Open	Born on or after - July 1, 1988

Congratulations to following Minnesota Stars for accepting scholarship offers from our Class of 2008:

-Brianna Mastey - University of Minnesota
Nicole Mastey - University of Minnesota
-Alex Montgomery - Drake University
Brittnye McSparron - Drake University
-Georgiedda Jones - Marquette University
Hali Hendrickson - Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Emily Becken - Northern State University
Alycia Dahl -Northern State University
Alisha Moritz - American University
Alyssa Van Klei - Minnesota State University, Mankato
Kelsey Jacobson - Florida Gulf Coast University
Shelly Stemper - University of Minnesota, Duluth
Colleen Doerr - Northern State University
Casey Christian - Minnesota State University, Mankato
Kiara Allums - George Washington University
Amber Junker - Winona State University
Jordan Skiem - Winona State University

Congratulations to following Minnesota Stars for accepting scholarship offers from our Class of 2009:

-Rachelle Eckmann - North Dakota State University
Amber Dvorak - University of Minnesota

Congratulations to following Minnesota Stars for accepting scholarship offers from our Class of 2007:

-Maurika Hickman - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
-Angel Robinson - Marquette University
-Heather Smith - Liberty University
-Amy Kallemeyn - North Dakota State
-Tessa Wilka - North Dakota State
-Whitney Trecker -North Dakota State
-Nicole Christianson - Minnesota State, Mankato
-Kelsey Carlson - Vanguard University
-Kellie Schunemann - Jamestown University
 

Welcome to the 2008 Elite Basketball season!  If you are interested or know of of a top player who may be interested in joining the Minnesota Stars, please contact us immediately. We are currently looking for the best players in the state in the 11U - 19U age groups.  Brad Hested or Tim Hested.

The 2007 season for the Minnesota Stars elite girls basketball program was one that continues to build on our strong tradition of providing the BEST opportunity in the Midwest for players interested in playing college basketball.  Our goal is not to go to the most exposure tournaments, our goal is to go to the best events in the country.  Year after year the adidas events that we attend attract the top talent and top Dl coaches in the country,  We will have over 35 players from our 2005-2007 rosters go on to play college basketball with full ride scholarships at the Dl and Dll level.  If you are interested in joining the fastest growing list of kids going on to play college basketball from any AAU program in the state of Minnesota, please contact Brad or Tim Hested @ bhested@charter.net or thested@charter.net for openings on any of our teams for next season (2008).

Here are just a few of the exciting things that happened within our program in 2005-2007:
 

Congratulations to Angel Robinson for being selected as the 2006-2007 Minnesota Miss Basketball.  She is the 2nd Minnesota Star selected to this honor in the last 3 years.

State AAU 2007
-16U MN NC Heat, State Champs
-16U MN Stars - Hested, 3rd Place
-16U MN Stars - Borowicz, 5th Place
-15U MN Stars, 2nd Place

State AAU 2006
State Champions 19U
State 2nd Place 14U
State 3rd Place 16U
2 15U teams in the State Semifinals

2005
-3 out of the 5 Minnesota Miss Basketball Finalist played with the Minnesota Stars.  Congratulations to Katie Ohm, Amanda Nisleit, and Ashley Ellis-Milan for being finalist for the 2005 Minnesota Miss Basketball.

-CONGRATULATIONS TO KATIE OHM FOR BEING NAMED 2004-2005 MINNESOTA MISS BASKETBALL!!!

-The Minnesota Stars 16U High School Eligible team won the 2005 AAU State Championships, it was coach Tim Hested's 2nd State Championship at the 16U level in 3 years!  The 14U and 19U team finished second in the state, and the 13U finished 3rd in the State.

-The 16U High School Eligible team finishing 9th in the country in the 17U bracket at the adidas Showtime National Championships in Atlanta this July!!!

-the 16U White team for finishing 5th in the country in the 16U bracket at the adidas Showtime National Championships in Atlanta in July!!!

-Several Minnesota Stars give verbal commitments to play college basketball; Cory Montgomery-Nebraska, Sarah Ingison-Wisconsin, Katie DeWitt-Drake, Renee Frericks-Bradley, Allison Anderson-South Dakota State, Megan Shea North Dakota State, Laura Woods-St. Cloud St, Jamie Jones - Concordia St. Paul, and there will be more players to follow.  Following up a talented 2005 class that included 3 MN Miss Basketball Finalist and the eventual winner, Katie Ohm, the class of 2006 is quickly being regarded as another top class for our program.

-Our 13U and 14U teams quickly earned reputations as 2 of the top groups in the state in their age divisions.  The next 2-3 years will be exciting watching these teams grow.  The 15U team is loaded with quickness and athleticism.  We look forward to watching these kids develop over the next year.  Players off the three 16u teams will form the nucleus and join forces with the 15U teams to form a couple of the best 16U and 17U teams in the state for 2006.

-The Minnesota Stars coaching staff is second to none.  Great High School coaches, a Hall of Fame High School Coach, and a passion to give the best instruction possible to the best players in the state of Minnesota, makes the Minnesota Stars coaching staff special. 

Minnesota Stars is an organization dedicated to providing quality basketball for girls in the state of Minnesota and surrounding areas.  We are in our 7th year as an Elite Girls Basketball Program.

The goal of the Minnesota Stars is to give the opportunity for quality female athletes, to showcase their talents in front of hundreds of college coaches throughout the spring and summer.  We believe that this type of exposure gives each girl the best possible chance to improve their game and to receive a college scholarship. 

Our Goal is match Desire with Opportunity for every girl in our club.

We are an elite, traveling basketball program.  Our program is highly respected by high school coaches, club coaches, recruiting services, and college coaches across the country.  We play in highly regarded exposure tournaments and shootouts throughout the USA that are very well attended by college coaches.  Everyone of these tournaments will be premier exposure events and give our players the "edge" in getting noticed and recruited by college coaches.