The Kevin Stemke Award is presented annually to the state's top senior kicker or punter as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after former Green Bay Preble and University of Wisconsin standout Kevin Stemke. At Wisconsin, Stemke was presented with the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top punter and holds UW records for highest punting average in a career (43.5) and total punting yards (10,660)
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.
| First Name | Last Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| Stever | Anders | Richland Center |
| Tyler | Arneson | Reedsburg |
| James | Bailie | Platteville |
| Bryan | Bednarek | Spring Valley |
| Casey | Bednarski | Oconomowoc |
| Joey | Beil | Belleville |
| Brady | Beuschel | Brodhead/Juda |
| Hunter | Budack | Lancaster |
| Emmit | Carpenter | Ashwaubenon |
| Jacob | Colassaco | Hurley |
| Aaron | Daniels | Mosinee |
| Dalton | Decker | Wausau West |
| Chandler | Diekvoss | West De Pere |
| Sam | Dionne | St. Mary Central |
| Colin | Downing | Whitefish Bay |
| Jake | Dragoo | Monona Grove |
| Nathan | Erickson | New Berlin Eisenhower |
| Cole | Erickson | Appleton North |
| Daniel | Fabricius | Evansille/Albany |
| Noel | Farber | Sevastopol |
| Mitch | Fischer | Kimberly |
| Ben | Franson | Rhinelander |
| Ian | Gallagher | Big Foot |
| Turner | Geisthardt | Oshkosh North |
| Casey | Giesseman | Sturgeon Bay |
| Albert | Goerlitz | Owen-Withee |
| Tyler | Griepentrog | Pardeeville |
| Josh | Hale | Antigo |
| Jake | Heginbottom | Plymouth |
| Talon | Heinemeyer | Shiocton |
| Ethan | Hilmer | Manitowoc Lutheran |
| Jeremiah | Johnson | Hayward |
| Bret | Kasuboski | Wild Rose |
| Steven | Knopp | Brookfield Central |
| Steve | Korte | Benton-Scales Mound |
| Sam | Koss | Algoma |
| Keegan | Kroening | Southern Door |
| Nolan | Kujak | Blair-Taylor |
| Kyle | Kurtenbach | D.C. Everest |
| Shawn | Magee | Rice Lake |
| Cal | McCarty | Southern Door |
| Ben | Milzer | Waukesha West |
| Josh | Mosher | Waterloo |
| Ryan | Mueller | Elk Mound |
| Chris | Munoz | Menasha |
| Nate | Nelson | Waupaca |
| Walker | Olson | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser |
| Taylor | Pahl | Hortonville |
| Francisco | Perez | Waterloo |
| Brody | Peterson | Baldwin-Woodville |
| Cody | Rider | Iowa-Grant |
| Marcel | Roeder | Martin Luther |
| Kyle | Roenius | Assumption |
| Paul | Rosowski | Stoughton |
| Luke | Russell | Waunakee |
| Anthony | Russo | Menomonee Falls |
| Frankie | Rutkowski | Greendale |
| Matt | Salm | Bloomer |
| Joe | Saskowski | South Milwaukee |
| Brad | Savage | Nekoosa |
| Corbin | Schroeder | Mayville |
| Chris | Severson | Pecatonica-Argyle |
| Alex | Slowey | Westfield |
| Joey | Swanson | Northern Elite |
| Parker | Thome | Hortonville |
| CJ | Van Dyke | Neenah |
| Thomas | Waterworth | Fall River |
| Ben | Wilkins | Lake Country |
| Austin | Wolf | Kettle Moraine |
| Garrison | Woods | Belleville |
| Dustin | Wunderlin | Sun Prairie |
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.
