OTHER NOTABLE MISS BASKETBALLS
JANET KARVONEN-MONTGOMERY New York Mills, 1980
Led New York Mills to three consecutive Class 1A titles (1977-79). She held the state career scoring record of 3,129 points until it was broken by Megan Taylor of Roseau on 1997. An ordained Lutheran minister, she runs the Karvonen-Montgomery girls’ basketball camps.
ANNIE ADAMCZAK-GALVAN Moose Lake, 1982
One of Minnesota’s best all-around athletes, Adamczak-Galvan played on three teams in her senior year at Moose Lake — volleyball, basketball and soccer — that went a combined 71-0. She went on to play college volleyball at Nebraska. Adamczak-Galvan is the director of Junior Olympic volleyball at Club 43 in Hopkins.
LAURIE DECKER Rochester Lourdes, 1986 and 1987
The award’s only two-time winner. From 1985 through 1989, winners were named in Class 1A and Class 2A. She led the Eagles to the 1A title in 1987, the first of eight the program would win. She played at Iowa State and has had a long career coaching basketball at San Luis Obispo High School in California.
CAROL ANN SHUDLICK Apple Valley, 1990
The first of two Shudlicks to win the award — sister Linda won in 1995. Carol Ann finished her career as the Gophers’ career leading scorer with 2,097 career points. She won the Big Ten Player of the Year and the Wade Trophy, given to the NCAA’s top female player, in 1994. She lives with her family near Chicago.
TAYLER HILL Minneapolis South, 2009
Considered the best girls’ player in Minneapolis City Conference history. Hill, a varsity member since seventh grade, set a then-state record for career points (3,888, since broken by 2013 Miss Basketball Rebekah Dahlman of Braham). She led the Tigers to their only girls’ basketball championship in 2009. A two-time All-Big Ten player at Ohio State, she was drafted No. 4 overall in 2013 by the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.
Jim Paulsen