The Joe Thomas Award is presented annually to the state's top senior offensive lineman as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. 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 has been selected to the NFL Pro Bowl each of his three years in the league.
The pre-season list has been trimmed down to 25 semi-finalists, with five finalists chosen after the first of the playoffs. Winners are announced the week of the state finals.
Joe Thomas Award Semi-Finalist List:
Mike Allard, Notre Dame
Marcus Aprahamian, Brookfield Central
Matt Baldwin, Catholic Memorial
Thailor Bauer, Kenosha Bradford
Chris Busbey, Waukesha West
Foster Bush, Menasha
Jonathan Coon, Pius XI
Zack Degner, Catholic Memorial
Troy Dibb, Brown Deer
Dustin Frederick, Wautoma
Jon Groves, Lodi
Nick Jacobson, Brodhead / Juda
Jeremy Kelly, Somerset
Sean Meehan, Wilmot
Isaac Neumann, Somerset
Jon Pahl, Kimberly
Ulice Payne III, Pius XI
Dylan Seiter, Sun Prairie
Dean Smith, Big Foot
Daniel Soldner, St. Mary's Springs
Jesse Standiford, Pardeeville
Kyle Steuck, West De Pere
Taylor Truan, Northwestern
Frank Vruwink, Wisconsin Rapids
DaShawn Wilbern, Wisconsin Lutheran
Finalists for the award do not have to come from the semi-finalist list. Lists are compiled from statistical information available to WSN, coach nominations, player evaluations, and other resources.
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