Who’s Ready to be Recruited at PD MN Top 250 Expo?

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I get so excited just thinking about the Prep Dig Minnesota Top 250 Expo because our last showcase in Minnesota featured some really high-level players who have since made their commitments. Examples like [player_tooltip player_id='278523' first='Logan' last='Brent'] committing to D3 Gustavus Adolphus, [player_tooltip player_id='229965' first='Elli' last='Tufto'] committing to D1 Montana State, [player_tooltip player_id='285235' first='Hannah' last='Koester'] committing to D1 Pacific, [player_tooltip player_id='177451' first='Gretchen' last='Volk'] committing to D2 Sioux Falls, and [player_tooltip player_id='285237' first='Alice' last='Steman'] committing to D1 Montana State. Let's take a look at a few athletes ready to be recruited at the Prep Dig Minnesota Top 250 Expo.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["398608"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"I got to see Gudknecht in action this past fall with Apple Valley as they hosted the Eagle Invite.  She was impressive not only because of her abiity to hit from the middle but the fact that she was playing 6 rotations and then would take dynamic swings from the outside as well.  Gudknecht is a fun player with a lot of 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