The John Anderson Award is given 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 has been trimmed down to 25 semi-finalists, with five finalists chosen after the Level 1 playoffs. Winners are announced the week of the state finals.
| First | Last | School |
|---|---|---|
| Keegan | Brown | Potosi |
| Carson | Carmody | Mount Horeb/Barneveld |
| Dominic | Cizauskas | Mukwonago |
| Andy | Cychner | Badger |
| Mark | Gajewski | Appleton North |
| Mike | Garvey | Sun Prairie |
| Garth | Groshek | Amherst |
| Bryce | Leszczynski | Pius XI |
| Corey | MacDonald | Racine St. Catherine's |
| Aikan | Major | Pepin/Alma |
| Alec | Maternowski | Slinger |
| Joe | Rademacher | Saint Croix Falls |
| Austin | Roberts | Rice Lake |
| Michael | Ruf | Darlington |
| Paul | Ryan | Brookwood |
| Andrew | Schiessl | Menasha |
| Matt | Seitz | Arrowhead |
| Sam | Seonbuchner | Arrowhead |
| Zach | Simuncak | South Milwaukee |
| Scott | Skornicka | Two Rivers |
| Jordan | Stelzer | Bay Port |
| Dondrick | Tackes | Stratford |
| Tyler | Terveer | Whitefish Bay |
| Gus | Wedig | Big Foot |
| Nehemiah | Werner | Edgar |
To view the Pre-Season Watch List, click here.
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.
