Winners named at Hansen and Anderson Basketball Banquet Sunday in Sioux Falls

SIOUX FALLS — Jacoby Mehrman of Harrisburg and Mahli Abdouch of O’Gorman are the 2024 South Dakota Mr. and Miss Basketball award winners.

Mehrman, a 6-foot-4 senior guard who will play at the University of Sioux Falls, and Abdouch, a 5-8 senior guard who will play at the South Dakota State University, were named as the winners during a banquet held on Sunday.

The winners are picked by the South Dakota high school basketball coaches.

Abdouch, a three-time Class AA first-team All-State honoree, averaged 16.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game while leading O’Gorman to the state title. She finished her career with 1,266 points.

Mehrman averaged 17.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists this past season for Harrisburg. He was a two-time Class AA all-state selection, making the first team this winter. He scored 1,209 career points.

Both players were earlier named as the Class AA Players of the Year by the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Assocaition.

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Other Mr. Basketball finalists included Alec Squires of Sioux Valley, Lane Tietz of Groton Area, Jackson Schauer of Faith, Josh Olthoff of Brandon Valley, Tage Ortman of Canistota, Kolt Koepsell of Howard, Braeden VanBockern of Harrisburg, Nicolas Marshall of White River, Jaxson Wingert of Dakota Valley and Porter Ihnen of Lennox.

Other Miss Basketball finalists include Ava Lingemann of Ethan, Claire Sheppard of Flandreau, Jaidyn Dunn of Sioux Falls Jefferson, Sawyer Stoebner of Mitchell, Macy Koupal of Wagner, Abby Aslesen of Howard, Paige Kjerstad of Wall, Katie Vasecka of Tea Area, Emilee Fox of Mount Vernon-Plankinton, and Skyler Volmer of Lyman.