The John Anderson Award is presented annually to the state's top senior linebacker as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after John Anderson, a former Waukesha South standout who went on to star at the University of Michigan and later with the Green Bay Packers.
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.
First | Last | Team |
---|---|---|
Jase | Apfelbeck | Edgar |
Carter | Appl | Xavier |
Trevor | Arentz | West Salem |
Alex | Bailey | Kenosha Indian Trail |
Nate | Bigonia | Homestead |
Wes | Bosworth | Richland Center |
Warren | Bowe | Cadott |
Brett | Burrs | Verona |
Cooper | Catalano | Germantown |
Bradley | Check | La Crosse Logan |
Cooper | Cornish | McFarland |
Mason | Desai | Sussex Hamilton |
Cullen | Donovan | Waukesha North |
Carter | Drews | Cambria-Friesland |
Levi | Duggan | Madison Memorial |
Braedon | Ellefson | Kimberly |
Colin | Fischer | Bonduel |
James | Flanigan | Notre Dame |
Carson | Fletcher | Racine Horlick |
Trevor | Forster | Spring Valley |
Daniel | Fritz | McDonell Central |
Nathan | Fuchs | Monroe |
Ashton | Ghostley | Oregon |
Maddox | Goebel | Darlington |
Jayveon | Gold | Whitnall |
Logan | Goodrich | Wisconsin Dells |
Mitchell | Grover | Pacelli |
Hayden | Gyllin | Mauston |
Bennett | Hahm | Lake Country Lutheran |
Sawyer | Hardesty | Mayville |
Daniel | Harness | Saint Mary Catholic |
Nick | Hawker | Bay Port |
Cole | Hietpas | Xavier |
Rhett | Hlavacka | Fond du Lac |
Drew | Holzhueter | Cambridge |
Noah | Joseph | Waunakee |
Cullen | Kirchberg | DeForest |
Micah | Kuchta | Coleman |
Campbell | Kuiper | Kenosha St. Joseph |
Charles | Larson | Waukesha West |
Bryce | Lenzendorf | Prairie du Chien |
Malachi | Mack | Wauwatosa East |
Zach | Maguire | Mount Horeb/Barneveld |
Aaron | Marek | Brookfield Central |
Griffin | Marko | Saint Croix Falls |
Gavin | Meece | Sun Prairie East |
Dane | Meinerz | Hartford |
Dawson | Meissner | Marshfield |
Connor | Mentink | Oostburg |
Noah | Moul | St. Mary's Springs |
Billy | Navis | Cedar Grove-Belgium |
Andrew | Nies | River Ridge |
Mitchell | Nigro | Marquette |
Sam | Pasten | Port Washington |
Lucas | Peters | Rice Lake |
Jacob | Phillips | Mineral Point |
Trevor | Picago | Greendale |
Brenden | Pickel | Cuba City |
Grant | Praslowicz | Antigo |
Jackson | Puttkamer | Baraboo |
Jack | Read | Homestead |
Bruce | Rezin | Tomah |
Connor | Roche | Columbus |
Max | Ruedebusch | Lake Mills |
Sean | Ryan | New Berlin West |
Bobby | Salm | Appleton North |
Boone | Schairer | Wittenberg-Birnamwood |
Tryn | Scheel | Loyal |
Parker | Schreindl | Oconomowoc |
Jackson | Servais | Pewaukee |
De’Jion | Steele | Madison West |
Tucker | Stulka | Wauzeka/Seneca |
Mariano | Talamantez | Racine St. Catherine's |
Isaiah | Taylor | Racine St. Catherine's |
Landon | Taylor | Westosha Central |
Vinnie | Tesch | D.C. Everest |
Blake | Thiry | Prairie du Chien |
Brody | Thornton | Menomonie |
Tyler | Van Sluys | Grafton |
Braeden | Veldboom | Oostburg |
Lamarcus | Vinson | Milwaukee King |
Jackson | Waitkus | Sun Prairie East |
Ryan | Weaver | Adams-Friendship |
Jay’veon | Williams | Kenosha Bradford |
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