PREGAME PRESENTATION: The Minnesota Vikings All-State Team, Vikings High School Coach of the Year and Mr. Football will be recognized. The team is selected in conjunction with the Minnesota Football Coaches Association and has been named annually since 2002.
2022 Team: Sam Backer, Chatfield // Ryan Bengston, Becker // Corey Bohmert, Mahtomedi // Eli Fletcher, Sauk Centre // Kade Gilbertson, Rosemount // Carson Hansen, Lakeville South // Cole Hentges, Sartell // Jaxon Howard, Robbinsdale Cooper // Nolan Israelson, Andover // Greg Johnson, Prior Lake // Kellen Johnson, Pipestone // Jacob Kilzer, Maple Grove // Ryan King, BOLD // Tate Link, Dassel-Cokato // Reese Littlefield, Centennial // Max McEnelly, Waconia // Marques Monroe, Bloomington Kennedy // Cade Osterman, Elk River // Eli Paulson, Anoka // Kaiden Peters, Plainview-Elgin-Millville // Tanner Scheevel, Lester Prairie // Chisum Schmiedeberg, Kittson County Central // Sawyer Seidl, Hill-Murray // Max Shikenjanski, Stillwater // Jonathan Shrum, Farmington // Owen Sikkink, Stewartville // Jordan Summers, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton // Reese Tripp, Kasson-Mantorville // Dan Tschida, Roseville // Chase Ullom, Wayzata // Keenan Wilson, Eagan // Asher Zubich, Mountain Iron-Buhl
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Singer-songwriter, guitarist and musical pioneer Malina Moye will perform the National Anthem. Moye, who was born in Ohio and raised in Minnesota, became the first Black woman to play the National Anthem on electric guitar before a professional sports event (Vikings-Cowboys game in 2010). She also is the first woman of color to have her own line of guitar strings.
