Minnesota Star Tribune, Prep Network to bring expanded coverage of student-athlete recruiting to Minnesota

The Minnesota Star Tribune and Prep Network, a national leader in high school recruiting rankings and coverage based in Plymouth, Minn., are teaming up to co-produce expanded coverage of recruiting topics, rankings and news in Minnesota.

As the Midwest’s largest news organization, the Minnesota Star Tribune is extending its commitment to covering Minnesota high school student-athletes and their journeys. Recruiting is central to that journey for many athletes in the state, and Prep Network is the leading authority on recruiting for volleyball, football, and girls and boys basketball.

As partners, the Star Tribune and Prep Network will work together to produce more stories on recruiting, publish more rankings of top prospects and show Minnesotans how to more closely follow the state’s highest achievers across prep sports. This collaboration will come to life most often on Star Tribune platforms for Star Tribune subscribers.

“Partnering with Prep Network, the best in the business, enables us to grow our recruiting coverage without pulling resources away from the core tenants of our high school sports coverage,” said Chris Carr, the Star Tribune’s High School Sports Franchise Director. “Right alongside our dedicated coverage of teams, state tournaments, issues and exclusive feature stories will be more pieces on recruiting and information on where top athletes from our state are headed next. While it’s a relatively small slice of the high school sports experience, recruiting is important to many students and families in Minnesota – and fascinating for the rest of us to track and follow along.”

“We believe in the power of shining a light on student-athletes on their journeys to compete at the highest level possible,” said Prep Network’s Editor in Chief Jared Nelson. “Partnering with the Star Tribune — one of the most respected names in journalism — lets us further that mission in an even more meaningful way, reaching more athletes, families and fans across Minnesota.”

About Prep Network

Prep Network is the nation’s comprehensive authority for club and high school athletics coverage, rankings and analysis. Consisting of over 150 websites across its brands, Prep Network published over 45,000 articles this year highlighting college prospects at all levels nationwide. In addition to its content, Prep Network runs a growing slate of 100+ first-class tournaments in the Prep Hoops, Prep Girls Hoops, Prep Hoops Next, Prep Dig and Prep Redzone Tournament Circuits as well as the largest showcase series in the country for boys and girls basketball, volleyball, and football. Learn more at PrepNetwork.com.

About The Minnesota Star Tribune

The Minnesota Star Tribune is an innovative modern media organization building on an extraordinary 157-year legacy. With seven Pulitzer Prizes and hundreds of other awards, the Minnesota Star Tribune boasts the Midwest’s largest news organization and is an unrivaled force for journalistic excellence in Minnesota and beyond. As the heart and voice of the north, the Minnesota Star Tribune is on a journey to create the leading model for local news in America – driving innovation in media to make every Minnesotan’s life better. For more information, visit startribunecompany.com.

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