The dominance in girls basketball spurred by Greenway's arrival could rival DeLaSalle's run of championships, though Albany and Minnehaha Academy will push them for supremacy. Providence Academy, in Plymouth, was founded in 2001 so its athletic profile is still relatively narrow. Sister Beckett will be a seventh-grader next year and the plan is for her to play varsity basketball with Maddyn. Besides Maddyn, they also have a sixth-grader, second-grader and kindergartner. The Greenways enrolled their kids in Providence Academy so that all four girls can be together in the same school building. "Every time you go play somebody, there is a Division II or Division I girl on almost every roster." "What I realized is how talented Minnesota girls basketball is," he said. He said his "first job" post-football was to oversee the Wayzata girls youth basketball association. Greenway, the dad, has engrossed himself in girls basketball since retiring from football. "We have three state records in my family in track in South Dakota," Chad noted. She plays faster than everyone else and she never stops pushing the pace.ĭoes that speed come from her mom, the track star? Listed at 5-8, Greenway might lack ideal height for an elite-level point guard, but she is a blur on the court.
She plays fearless, which makes it easy to forget that she's still just a freshman.ĭivision I scholarship offers are rolling in already. What stands out beyond that is her toughness and confidence. My reaction to watching Greenway play basketball for the first time at the state tournament was the same as my first impression of Paige Bueckers as an eighth-grader at Hopkins: "Her plan is to continue to play three sports," her dad said. Maddyn also is a standout soccer player, and she won a state track medal as a member of Providence Academy's winning 4x400 relay team last spring. Their oldest child displays both of their athletic traits on the basketball court. His wife, Jenni, was a track star at the University of Iowa. Greenway's dad, Chad, was a fiery competitor in his 11 seasons as a Vikings linebacker. And brush up on her Vikings football history. Before even moving into her new office, she should schedule a visit to the Greenway home for a formal introduction. The Gophers hired a new women's coach Saturday morning in West Virginia's Dawn Plitzuweit. "She's special," Albany coach Aaron Boyum said. She led the state this season in scoring and assists and finished fifth in steals. She averaged 38 points in state tournament games.
Greenway scored 60 points in that game to become the first ninth-grader in Minnesota history to reach 2,000 points in a career. The Lions finished the season with a 29-game winning streak, which included a victory over traditional large-school power Hopkins and a 126-point scoring barrage vs.
Maddyn the Magician put on a show at the old Barn over three games as Providence Academy repeated as state champions, culminating with Saturday's 74-60 victory over Albany. "We call those layups for her," teammate Grace Counts said. "Sometimes I have to ask for forgiveness," she said, giggling. The Providence Academy freshman didn't even hesitate. So far behind the line that you wondered if Greenway had lost track of her location on the court. In basketball parlance, this was a Steph Curry three-pointer. Greenway was standing on the Cambria logo on the Williams Arena court. The shot came in the first half of the Class 2A girls basketball state semifinals Friday evening. Maddyn Greenway found her spot on the floor and let it fly.
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