Joe Thomas Award Pre-Season Watch List
08/23/2012, 10:45am CDT
By Travis Wilson
The Joe Thomas Award is presented annually to the state's top senior offensive lineman as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards presented by Taco Bell. 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 will be trimmed down to 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 Name | Last Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle | Aaby | Saint Croix Central |
| Austin | Ahern | Waunakee |
| Joe | Arbanas | Necedah |
| Colton | Baertschi | Brodhead / Juda |
| Seth | Barden | DeForest |
| T.J. | Bartels | Franklin |
| Dan | Bell | Menomonee Falls |
| Hayden | Biegel | Wisconsin Rapids |
| Matt | Bjork | West De Pere |
| Sam | Bryan | Greendale |
| Riley | Budde | Beaver Dam |
| Graham | Bullmore | Kenosha Bradford |
| Joey | Busch | Parkview |
| Billy | Buth | Jefferson |
| Austin | Cebula | Brookfield Central |
| Josh | Cook | Greenwood/Granton |
| Josh | Coyne | Middleton |
| Brandon | Cushman | Mount Horeb / Barneveld |
| Erik | Davis | Janesville Craig |
| Ian | DeChambre | Oak Creek |
| Adam | Decker | D.C. Everest |
| Matt | Degner | Catholic Memorial |
| Evan | Dittmann | Lake Country Lutheran |
| Isaac | Franson | Hayward / Lac Courte Oreilles |
| Paul | Gaber | New Berlin Eisenhower |
| Heath | Gascoigne | Wilmot |
| Evan | Geiser | Hilbert |
| Peter | Gibson | Watertown |
| Austin | Gillmore | Westosha Central |
| Corey | Gipson | Messmer/Shorewood |
| Jake | Gronholz | Lakeside Lutheran |
| Sufyan | Hamouda | Sussex Hamilton |
| Emerson | Hegeman | Three Lakes |
| Dean | Helt | Waunakee |
| Brock | Hertrampf | Fennimore |
| Will | Hilbert | Marquette University |
| Austin | Hoeg | Martin Luther |
| Austin | Hoffman | Stratford |
| Jacob | Homa | Brookfield Central |
| Tyler | Hulsey | Madison Memorial |
| Kyle | Hunter | Luck |
| Brett | Jerdee | Mount Horeb / Barneveld |
| Dalton | Jeske | Arcadia |
| Bryce | Johnson | Beaver Dam |
| Bryan | Kaiser | Mosinee |
| Alexander | Kazmierski | East Troy |
| Calvin | Kempken | Catholic Central |
| Caleb | Kiesow | Waupaca |
| Alex | Konieczny | Tomah |
| Craig | Kowalkowski | Northern Elite |
| Ben | Kuhle | Southwestern |
| Jake | Kunze | Waterford |
| Chandler | Lamke | G-E-T |
| Tim | Landgraf | Madison Edgewood |
| Reggie | Larson | Somerset |
| Luke | Loos | Fox Valley Lutheran |
| Billy | Marshall | Kickapoo/La Farge |
| Eric | Marshall | Wisconsin Lutheran |
| Tim | Martens | Lake Country Lutheran |
| Ben | Maruska | Fond du Lac |
| Jason | Mathes | Hilbert |
| Jordan | McComis | Living Word Lutheran |
| Ben | McFall | Iowa-Grant |
| Sam | McLellan | Wautoma |
| Aidan | McNamara | Madison West |
| Jacob | McQuestion | Arrowhead |
| Jack | Mell | Poynette |
| Jordan | Mueller | Plymouth |
| Justin | Mueller | Spencer/Columbus Catholic |
| Brady | Mueller | Hustisford |
| Nate | Nimmer | Wild Rose |
| Jacob | Ohnesorge | Waunakee |
| Eric | Peissig | Menomonie |
| Kyle | Petermann | Clintonville |
| Nic | Pierick | Highland |
| Derek | Pierre | West De Pere |
| Tiano | Pupungatoa | River Falls |
| Connor | Riese | D.C. Everest |
| Troy | Rudesill | Spring Valley |
| Josie | Schaffer | Rhinelander |
| Luke | Schulz | Northwestern |
| Tony | Sciarra | Kenosha Tremper |
| Will | Shanley | Whitefish Bay |
| Marshall | Stieber | Edgar |
| Mike | Sullivan | Monona Grove |
| Paul | Swartz | Wilmot |
| Daniel | Taylor | University School |
| Andrew | Terwilliger | Verona |
| Alex | Thompson | Manawa |
| Nick | Thornton | Marshfield |
| Tyler | Udelhoven | Potosi |
| Nick | Van Dyke | Shiocton |
| Cole | Van Schyndel | Wrightstown |
| John | VanDeHey | Lancaster |
| Ollie | Voight | Pittsville |
| Tom | Wawrzyniak | South Milwaukee |
| Eric | Weller | Brookfield East |
| Justin | Wiersma | DeForest |
| Sam | Wolfe | Madison Edgewood |
| Luke | Worthington | Homestead |
Pre-season watch lists are compiled from all-conference teams, stats leaders, film evaluations, WSN Player Rankings, and coach input. Players do not have to be on the pre-season list to be considered for the semi-final or finals list.
