2 days ago · Basketball Across Minnesota: Michigan’s Olivia Olson and Florida’s Liv McGill are the latest to emerge from this national basketball hot spot.

1 day ago · Two of the top basketball players to come from Minnesota set the bar sky high for achievements in their first year out of high school. Michigan’s Olivia Olson and Florida’s Liv McGill have been next up to come from the state — and make their own waves as college freshmen.

In 2023, she won Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) state championships as a senior goalkeeper in soccer and as a junior guard in basketball for Benilde-St. Margaret's. She helped Benilde defend their basketball title in 2024. She earned Minnesota Miss Basketball and Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year recognition.

By Marcus Fuller, the Minnesota Star Tribune 02/06/2025, 12:45pm CST Basketball Across Minnesota: Michigan’s Olivia Olson and Florida’s Liv McGill are the latest to emerge from this national basketball hot spot.

Jan 22, 2025 · Olivia Olson, a freshman from New Hope, Minnesota, added 19 points for the Wolverines (14-4, 5-3 Big Ten Conference), including a jumper to open the fourth quarter that gave them a 55-53 lead.

Jan 24, 2024 · Olson is Benilde-St. Margaret’s first McDonald’s All American and as a member of the girls’ basketball team at BSM, recently became the first female student athlete at BSM to record her 2,000th point scored.

Apr 8, 2024 · Two-time state champion Olivia Olson of Benilde-St. Margaret’s has been named the winner of the Miss Basketball award for 2024. The award is given annually (since 1978) to the top senior girls basketball player in Minnesota.

McGill was honored Wednesday, Olson on Friday. The honor places them among the top 24 senior girls basketball players in the nation. They are the 8th and 9th Minnesota girls to earn McDonald’s...

Benilde-St. Margaret's guard Olivia Olson, among the state's most prominent girls basketball recruits, returned dramatically from a hand injury Thursday, scoring 30 points in the Red …

Olson averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.6 steals through 28 games and was selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game. She’s also been named to the Nike …