Edgar (OnFocus) – Multiple area athletes are named to a preseason watch list for the state’s top senior offensive lineman. The Joe Thomas Award is presented annually to the state’s top senior offensive lineman as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards.
- Waylon Wirkus, Edgar
- Devin Thums, Abbotsford
- Logan Burish, Wausau West
- Nolan Harris, Mosinee
- Carter Grewe, Colby
- Luke Hafermann, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln
- Adam Mueller, Pacelli
- Jack Seitz, Stratford
The award is named after former Brookfield Central and University of Wisconsin athlete Joe Thomas, who has gone on to great success in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns. After an All-American career at UW, Thomas was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl ten times.
The pre-season list will be trimmed down to about 25 semi-finalists halfway through the year, with five finalists chosen at the start of the playoffs. Winners are announced the week of the state finals.
JOE THOMAS AWARD PRE-SEASON WATCH LIST
|
FIRST |
LAST |
TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| Jack | Alexander | Middleton |
| John | Appenfeldt | Dodgeland |
| Devin | Arriaga | Menasha |
| Hank | Axelrod | Regis |
| Lukas | Becker | Clear Lake |
| Ashton | Beers | Slinger |
| Robert | Beese | Amery |
| Brian | Beidatsch | Marquette University |
| Ben | Benes | Northwestern |
| Maximos | Besl | Waterloo |
| Zach | Bischel | Kimberly |
| Ryan | Blagdon | Waukesha North |
| Nick | Blatnik | Arrowhead |
| Spencer | Brewton | Appleton West |
| Frank | Brezovar | Cedarburg |
| Devin | Brooks | Markesan |
| Joe | Brunner | Whitefish Bay |
| Logan | Burish | Wausau West |
| Zander | Casper | New Holstein |
| Bobby | Cogswell | Black River Falls |
| Gavin | Consigny | Martin Luther |
| Trevor | Decker | Ozaukee |
| Jack | Dotzler | Waunakee |
| Billy | Dzierzanowski | Badger |
| Tyler | Ebel | DeForest |
| Eddie | Farrell | Lake Country Lutheran |
| Mitchell | Fedie | Mondovi |
| Brady | Frey | Brookfield East |
| Joe | Fugle | Rhinelander |
| Aiden | Funk | Kenosha Bradford |
| Jack | Gehl | River Falls |
| Devonte | Glave | West Allis Central |
| Richard | Gomez | Arcadia |
| Cameron | Gray | Germantown |
| Trevor | Gray | Greenfield |
| Jordan | Greuel | Greendale |
| Carter | Grewe | Colby |
| Luke | Hafermann | Wisconsin Rapids |
| Ethan | Hansen | Appleton North |
| Nolan | Harris | Mosinee |
| Philip | Hawthorne | Saint John’s NW Academies |
| Max | Hildebrandt | Kohler/Sheb Luth./Christian |
| Carson | Hinzman | Saint Croix Central |
| Michael | Horvath | Madison West |
| Nathaneal | Huebner | Whitnall |
| Seth | Hultman | Racine Lutheran |
| Brock | Jasinski | Grafton |
| Joseph | Kallies | Wisconsin Lutheran |
| Cyrus | Kampa | Waunakee |
| Aden | Katz | Sheboygan South |
| Sam | Klein | Kimberly |
| Sawyer | Kohl | New London |
| Luca | Kowalik | Marquette University |
| Brennan | Kuske | Kaukauna |
| Mitchell | Lane | Lodi |
| Nate | Lauritsen | Turtle Lake |
| Caleb | Ledbeter | Cedar Grove-Belgium |
| Lucas | Lombardo | Lake Country Lutheran |
| Caden | Maas | Watertown |
| Evan | Malcore | Sun Prairie |
| Brock | Maleski | Waterford |
| Ian | Matzek | Ellsworth |
| Joshua | McDonald | Bay Port |
| Landon | Mitchell | Port Washington |
| Brock | Moen | Iola-Scandinavia |
| Adam | Mueller | Pacelli |
| Josiah | Nathaniel | Catholic Memorial |
| Barrett | Nelson | Stoughton |
| Mike | Nelson | Unity |
| Ryan | Norton | River Valley |
| Logan | Nowak | Green Bay Preble |
| Evan | Oberg | DeForest |
| Joey | Okla | Arrowhead |
| Brodie | Overbeck | Southern Door |
| Dennis | Padgett | Westosha Central |
| Cole | Patrick | Kenosha St. Joseph |
| Matt | Petska | Chippewa Falls |
| Jaylin | Pritchett | Racine Lutheran |
| Lewis | Pruitt | Kenosha Bradford |
| Max | Rader | Notre Dame |
| Wyatt | Ripp | Lodi |
| Ben | Robinson | Plymouth |
| Gabe | Rousseau | Stoughton |
| Andrew | Schedel | Oshkosh North |
| Billy | Schrauth | Saint Mary’s Springs |
| Will | Schroeder | Appleton North |
| Chad | Schuster | Franklin |
| Michael | Schutte | Oconomowoc |
| Evan | Scott | Franklin |
| Jack | Seitz | Stratford |
| Jon | Sell | Bonduel |
| Nathan | Skebba | Grafton |
| Jackson | Smits | Shawano |
| Trenton | Tagel | Sheboygan North |
| Will | Tappa | Iola-Scandinavia |
| Daniel | Taraboi | Cedarburg |
| Broc | Tennies | Slinger |
| Tanner | Thompson | Appleton North |
| Devin | Thums | Abbotsford |
| Hayden | Wagner | Muskego |
| Darren | Wagner | Reedsville |
| Dain | Walter | New Glarus/Monticello |
| Ben | Werner | Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg |
| Sam | Werner | Waukesha West |
| Hank | Wettleson | Hudson |
| Dylan | Wilke | Saint Croix Central |
| Cameron | Winkers | Fennimore |
| Waylon | Wirkus | Edgar |
| Josh | Witt | Ashwaubenon |
| Gavin | Wodill | Fall River/Rio |
| Landon | Woodard | Waukesha West |
| Jacob | Young | Mukwonago |
| Sam | Zamudio | Little Chute |
| Ryan | Zieglebauer | Hartford |
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Author: David Keech
David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]
