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From the WIAC -- 

WIAC Kwik Trip Athletes of the Week
(Week of September 16-22)

FOOTBALL

Offense

Zackary Bothun, Sophomore (Janesville, Wis./Milton), Running Back of UW-Platteville
Bothun ran for a season-high 158 yards and four touchdowns as the Pioneers improved to 3-0 with a 42-21 win over Wabash College (Ind.) on Sept. 21. He averaged 6.6 yards per carry and added another 34 yards on five receptions. Bothun scored the Pioneers first touchdown of the game on a 29-yard run in the second quarter, and then scored from eight-yards out early in the third quarter to give UW-Platteville its first lead. His longest run of the day came in the closing seconds of the third quarter on a 54-yard touchdown run that put the Pioneers up by two scores, and he added an 11-yard score late in the fourth quarter.

Also nominated:

UW-Eau Claire, Isaac Garside, Senior, Wide Receiver, Bonduel, Wis. (Bonduel)
UW-La Crosse, Jack Studer, Senior, Wide Receiver, Eyota, Minn. (Dover-Eyota)
UW-Oshkosh, Trae Tetzlaff, Senior, Wide Receiver, Waukesha, Wis. (West)
UW-River Falls, Cade Fitzgerald, Junior, Quarterback, Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Osseo)
UW-Stevens Point, Miles Gallagher, Junior, Wide Receiver, Racine, Wis. (William Horlick)
UW-Stout, Bennett Lecher, Senior, Wide Receiver, Litchfield, Minn. (Litchfield)

Defense

Tanner Newlin, Senior (Savage, Minn./Prior Lake), Linebacker of UW-La Crosse
Newlin recorded a team-high 12 tackles, including four solo, in UW-La Crosse's 20-13 loss at NCAA Division II and No. 2-ranked Grand Valley State University (Mich.) on Sept. 21. He finished with one quarterback sack and an interception, which came in UW-La Crosse's end-zone to stop a Lakers drive. UW-La Crosse cut the lead to 17-10 on the ensuing possession.

Also nominated:

UW-Oshkosh, Kyle Dietzen, Junior, Linebacker, Omro, Wis. (Omro)
UW-Platteville, Elijah Krantz, Sophomore, Linebacker, Cross Plains, Wis. (Mount Horeb)
UW-River Falls, Cade Schmidt, Senior, Linebacker, Motley, Minn. (Staples-Motley)
UW-Stevens Point, Jack Luedtke, Senior, Defensive Back, Plymouth, Wis. (Two Rivers)
UW-Stout, Brooks Brewer, Sophomore, Defensive Back, Colfax, Wis. (Menomonie)

Special Teams

Karsten Libby, Sophomore (Wheaton, Ill./North), Linebacker of UW-Whitewater
In the second quarter against University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) on Sept. 21, Libby got the Warhawks on the board, blocking a punt that was recovered by UW-Whitewater in the endzone for the score. In the third quarter, he got to the punter once again for his second block of the game to give the Warhawks’ great field position at the UMHB 42. In addition to two blocked punts, Libby recorded a tackle for a loss in the game.

Also nominated:

UW-Oshkosh, Walleye Ratliff, Sophomore, Punter, Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop Moeller)
UW-Platteville, Benjamin Younker, Sophomore, Punter, Genoa, Ill. (Genoa-Kingston)
UW-River Falls, Gage Timm, Junior, Linebacker, Shawano, Wis. (Shawano)