08-05-2025
Northeast Wisconsin High School Sports Awards: Meet the winter athlete nominees
The Northeast Wisconsin High School Sports Awards, presented by Piggly Wiggly, is proud to announce player of the year nominees for the winter sports season.
The winners will be announced during the live show June 20 at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay. We'll announce our celebrity guest soon.
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The event is produced with the support of Cellcom and Prevea Health.
During the live show, these nominees will be honored, along with player of the year nominees and winners from the fall and spring sports seasons. The fall nominees have already been announced and can be found here.
The show will also announce the winners of our premier awards, which includes boys athlete of the year, girls athlete of the year, boys team of the year, girls team of the year, coach of the year and our Courage Award recipient.
The Northeast Wisconsin High School Sports Awards, Presented by Piggly Wiggly, are part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards program.
Nominated athletes who RSVP for the event will receive a free ticket thanks to our sponsors. Additional tickets also are free this year courtesy of Prevea Health. Tickets can be obtained here.
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The Northeast Wisconsin High School Sports Awards is part of the USA TODAY High School Sports Awards, the largest high school sports recognition program in the country.
The show will recognize prep athletes, coaches and teams in the Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Marshfield, Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids markets for their achievements during the 2024-25 school year.
Here are the winter nominees:
Boys basketball
Amari Allen, Ashwaubenon High School
Joseph Daly, New London High School
Drew Daoust, Southern Door High School
Donovan Davis, Freedom High School
Jesse DeBauch, Gillett High School
Pryce Gregoire, De Pere High School
Trent Grunewald, Howards Grove High School
Marvin Haslett III, Fond du Lac High School
Aiden Hawkinson, Waupun High School
Brooks Hinson, Marshfield High School
Andrew Jensen, Kaukauna High School
Zach Kinziger, De Pere High School
Drew Kortz, Freedom High School
Owen Krepline, Brillion High School
Xzavion Mitchell, Oshkosh North High School
Riley Mueller, Hortonville High School
Jesse Napgezek, Wausau East High School
Andrew Rader, Notre Dame Academy
Logan Ramczyk, Xavier High School
Nathan Ramus, Appleton North High School
Colin Schultz, Pulaski High School
Kayden Schultz, Plymouth High School
Keegan VanKauwenberg, Kaukauna High School
Landen Van Offeren, Kimberly High School
Girls basketball
Lydia Aalsma, Waupun High School
Haylie Dulas, Kimberly High School
Adahlyn Hoerl, Chilton High School
Ady Ketterhagen, Oostburg High School
Kinsley Ketterhagen, Oostburg High School
Riley Ketterhagen, Oostburg High School
Rowan Klesmit, Neenah High School
Raegan Krueger, Kimberly High School
Brynn Krull, Xavier High School
Melia Lemorande, Bay Port High School
Tierney Madigan, Laconia High School
Kate McGinnis, Kimberly High School
Payton Morgan, Laconia High School
Peyton Musial, Notre Dame Academy
Torie Neubauer, Appleton East High School
Leah Nordin, Shawano High School
Kardyn Peppler, Hortonville High School
Jada Seubert, Stevens Point Area Senior High
Ella Sweeney, Appleton East High School
Abby Tassoul, De Pere High School
Ava Van Vonderen, Kimberly High School
Emily Vogel, Saint Mary Catholic High School
Faith Walder, West De Pere High School
Rainey Welson, Hortonville High School
Gymnastics
Alyvia Dietsche, Marshfield High School
Abby Roecker, Waupun High School
Neva Schlies, Oshkosh West/North
Clara Sieracki, Valders/Roncalli
Addison Spindler, Valders/Roncalli
Elsa Urban, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School
Boys hockey
Nathan Antti, Notre Dame Academy
Gabe Braun, St Mary's Springs Academy
Griffen Bunnell, D.C. Everest High School
Jonah Dickens, Tomahawk High School
Cooper DePuydt, Wausau West High School
Austin Lamer, Tomahawk High School
Grant Molski, Stevens Point Area Senior High
Jackson Schroeder, Stevens Point Area Senior High
Spencer Shober, Fond du Lac High School
Mark Sutton, Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha
Austin Westergaard, St. Mary's Springs Academy
Calvin Zinda, Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha
Girls hockey
Emily Bill, Bay Area Ice Bears
Sophie Bohlin, Central Wisconsin Storm
Julianne Bradford, Bay Area Ice Bears
Faye Brunke, Bay Area Ice Bears
Addison Dahl, Bay Area Ice Bears
Gabi Heuser, Central Wisconsin Storm
Jenna Jones, Wisconsin Valley Union
Ava McDonald, Bay Area Ice Bears
Evie Mursau, Fox Cities Stars
Ava Rode, Central Wisconsin Storm
Jayden Yirkovsky, Central Wisconsin Storm
Allison Waara, Fond du Lac/Warbirds
Boys swimming and diving
Sebastian Aguilar, Fond du Lac High School
Keaton Barwick, D.C. Everest High School
Drew Gaerthofner, Neenah High School
Anthony Hendrickson, Ashwaubenon High School
Julian Kuehn, Neenah High School
River Reeves, Oshkosh North/Lourdes
Griffin Schilz, Bay Port High School
Carter Tebon, Bay Port High School
Aadin Terrazas, Sheboygan North/Kohler
Tanner Trustem, Neenah High School
Will Van Ermen, D.C. Everest High School
Tyler VanGompel, Valley Swim Team
Boys wrestling
Mycah Beckett, De Pere High School
Liam Crook, Kaukauna High School
Caleb Dennee, Marshfield High School
Andy DiPiazza, Kaukauna High School
Tanner Gormanson, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School
Jacob Herm, Neenah High School
Steven Kielpikowski, Denmark High School
Ben Kienbaum, Kiel High School
Declan Koch, Neenah High School
Micah Kuchta, Coleman High School
Cael Leisgang, Seymour High School
Nehemiah Lendobeja, Kaukauna High School
Jaydon Le Noble, Weyauwega-Fremont High School
Carter Lueck, Stratford High School
Max Matthias, Two Rivers High School
Carson Neubert, Luxemburg-Casco High School
Cale Quaintance, Marathon High School
Edwyn Schroeder, Oshkosh West High School
Nolan Skebba, Hortonville High School
Peter Tomazevic, Freedom High School
Hunter Vander Heiden, Freedom High School
Owen Wathke, Bay Port High School
Colton Weiler, Auburndale High School
Blake Underwood, Marathon High School
Girls wrestling
Lily Baker, Freedom High School
Lillie Banks, Menasha High School
Angie Bianchi, Two Rivers High School
Katherine Cook, Freedom High School
Brooke Corrigan, De Pere High School
Ava Gardner, Marshfield High School
Brooke Huffman, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School
Kimura Hutter, Adams-Friendship High School
Hailie Krueger, New London High School
Emjay Neumann, Manitowoc Lincoln High School
Taylor Whiting, Lena High School
Reghan Ziegler, Fond du Lac High School
This article originally appeared on Appleton Post-Crescent: Northeast Wisconsin sports awards reveals winter athlete nominees