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 about 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 | Team |
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Peter | Andrew | Fond du Lac |
Steve | Arnold | Cedarburg |
Tony | Balistreri | Catholic Memorial |
Jake | Ballweg | Columbus |
Dan | Bartels | Franklin |
Bryan | Beck | Franklin |
Brandon | Bee | Ithaca |
Dominic | Belisle | Saint Mary's Springs |
Nathan | Belisle | Athens |
Chris | Benn | Kenosha Bradford |
Austin | Benton | Stoughton |
Richard | Block | Berlin |
Solomon | Brown | Pius XI |
Austin | Burzynski | Stanley-Boyd |
Kyle | Canales | Rio |
Adam | Carlson | Janesville Craig |
David | Chadd | Lancaster |
Seth | Collins | Merrill |
Michael | Cooney | Germantown |
Chase | Crothers | Sun Prairie |
Alex | Daughtery | Sun Prairie |
Jon | Dietzen | Seymour |
Jason | Erdmann | Slinger |
Brett | Erickson | Darlington |
Alex | Evans | Wisconsin Lutheran |
Justin | Giebel | New Lisbon |
Kirk | Gjermo | Deerfield |
Jake | Glodowski | Arcadia |
Jacob | Heath | Oshkosh West |
Vince | Hughes | Franklin |
Nolan | Kern | Regis |
Sam | King | Muskego |
Devan | Kostichka | Algoma |
Cole | LaLiberty | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser |
Mason | LaMarche | Wisconsin Lutheran |
Matthew | Lassa | Pittsville |
Cody | Lawerence | Evansville/Albany |
Adam | Lawrence | Fort Atkinson |
James | Lawson | Cameron |
P.J. | LeClaire | Brookfield East |
Baili | Leszcynski | Muskego |
Andrew | Luebke | Ashwaubenon |
Adrian | Lynn | Colby |
Sean | Mabbett | Germantown |
John | Marita | Homestead |
Noah | Martin | Waupaca |
Mitch | McMahon | Green Bay Southwest |
Bryce | McMahon | Potosi |
Matt | Mercer | Altoona |
Tyler | Merckx | Kimberly |
Kyle | Merschdorf | Wabeno/Laona |
Christian | Morzinski | Wauwatosa West |
Mike | Myers | Jefferson |
Jacob | Nellis | Waunakee |
Michael | Nelson | Homestead |
Zack | Oruruo | Madison La Follette |
Avery | Ousterhaut | Milton |
Jake | Ovyn | Owen-Withee |
Robert | Pavletich | Neenah |
Elijah | Perine | Homestead |
Andrew | Poenitsch | Sussex Hamilton |
Kyle | Polum | Cedarburg |
Kole | Purtell | Pardeeville |
Derek | Ramsey | Middleton |
Sam | Rhinehart | Eau Claire North |
Colin | Sager | Hortonville |
Brett | Sawicki | Oshkosh North |
Jacob | Schley | Saint Thomas More |
Zach | Schneider | Xavier |
Joe | Schultz | Waukesha West |
Kaleb | Schwinefus | Mondovi |
Chuck | Serauskas | Holmen |
Ross | Smith | Janesville Craig |
Kyle | Staudt | Manitowoc Lutheran |
Jordan | Steckler | Two Rivers |
Jeff | Steers | Appleton North |
Sam | Stekel | La Crosse Logan |
Kyle | Stephens | Poynette |
Hunter | Tank | Fall River |
Tony | Thurs | Athens |
Andrew | Trzebiatowski | Amherst |
Ben | Vehlow | Waterloo |
Nathan | Veloz | Oak Creek |
Dillon | Villacruz | Verona |
Cole | Warzynski | Almond-Bancroft |
Jon | Wilgren | Hudson |
Alex | Wipperfurth | Sauk Prairie |
Lucas | Wiza | Rosholt |
Zach | Wolf | Darlington |
Charlie | Younger | Mukwonago |
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.