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2025 Wiz Wyatt Player of the Year

By YHH Staff, 04/10/25, 3:15PM CDT

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Brayden Dean led the Osseo - Maple Grove PWAA team to a state runner-up finish in March, and also excels academically and on the baseball diamond.

Brayden Dean - Osseo-Maple Grove


2025 Wiz Wyatt Player of the Year, Brayden Dean, with Wiz Wyatt.

Player: Brayden Dean
Hometown: Maple Grove
Birthyear: 2011
School: Breakaway Academy
GPA: 3.75 (4.0 Scale)
Team:  Osseo Maple Grove Hockey Association
Position: Forward
Sports: Hockey, Baseball, Golf
Parents: Rich and Dana

From the moment he was born, Bayden Dean was probably destined to be a competitive menace. 

Brayden is the son of two members of the Mayville State Athletic Hall of Fame. Dad Rich is in for baseball, and mom Dana primarily for volleyball, although she also lettered for four seasons in basketball. Brayden’s the brother of two accomplished athletes, older brothers Cameron and Dylan. Cameron has captained the Holy Family Catholic varsity hockey and baseball teams, and will play collegiate baseball for the University of Minnesota-Crookston next year. Dylan will likely join the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers next season, and is verbally committed to the University of Maine. 

Growing up (and still growing) in an environment of constant motion and achievement has obviously rubbed off on Brayden, who is this year’s Wiz Wyatt Award winner for his accomplishments on the ice, the baseball diamond, and in the classroom at Breakaway Academy. In addition to playing multiple positions for the OMGAA Triple-A baseball program, Dean maintains a 3.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale. 

This hockey season, Dean led the Osseo-Maple Grove Peewee AA team to a record of 50-9-1, totaling (in games tracked by GameSheet) 97 goals and 163 points during the 2024-2025 season. Dean and the Leafbirds fell just short in the Peewee AA state championship game in March, losing to Minnetonka 4-3 in overtime. Dean led all Leafbirds in scoring with four goals and six points during the state tournament. 

Past Wiz Wyatt Winners


2024 Wiz Wyatt Award winner, Woodbury's Tristan Will.

Year Player Team College/Commit
2024 Tristan Will Woodbury
2023 Landon Sampair Mahtomedi
2022 Sammy Nelson Osseo Maple Grove
2022 Nolan Fitzhenry Andover
2021 AJ Francisco Hermantown Notre Dame
2020 Andrew O'Neill Fargo North Dakota
2019 Drew Stewart Minnetonka Notre Dame
2018 Zam Plante Hermantown UMD
2017 Brody Lamb Dodge County Minnesota
2016 Kyle Kukkonen Osseo-Maple Grove Michigan Tech
2016 Landen Gunderson* Osseo-Maple Grove Western Michigan
2015 Matt Gleason St. Paul Colorado College
2015 Tyler Haskins* Rochester Denver
2014 Ben Brinkman Edina Minnesota
2014 Brock Faber* Osseo-Maple Grove Minnesota
2013 Jack Olsen Lakeville South St. John's
2013 Grant Slukynsky* Warroad Western Michigan
*Squirt Winners

2023 Wiz Wyatt Award winner, Mahtomedi's Landon Sampair.

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