The John Anderson Award is presented 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 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 |
---|---|---|
Zach | Abitz | Appleton North |
Troy | Albrecht | Bay Port |
Joe | Baier | Bay Port |
Spencer | Bembenek | Rosholt |
Matthew | Braatz | Greenfield |
Jacob | Brazee | Neenah |
Booker | Bredlau | Greenwood/Granton |
Kyle | Canales | Rio |
Dyson | Chmura | Waukesha West |
Shane | Coker | Athens |
Brady | Colden | Brodhead/Juda |
Dylan | Crocker | La Crosse Logan |
Will | Cross | Turtle Lake |
Brent | Curtis | Potosi |
Ty | DeForest | Marshall |
Max | Fisher | Waterford |
Nick | Fleming | New Lisbon |
Noah | Frassetto | Sun Prairie |
Alex | Goodermuth | Oshkosh North |
Andy | Hessler | Arrowhead |
John | Higgins | Williams Bay |
Linzy | Hudson | Milwaukee King |
Hunter | Kaufman | Stratford |
Michael | Kremer | Whitnall |
Richard | Kuehl | Oconomowoc |
Cody | Kuphal | Markesan |
Mitch | Laken | Kenosha St. Joseph |
Matthew | Lassa | Pittsville |
Maurice | Lucre' | Brown Deer |
Marcus | Matsche | Kimberly |
Aaron | Peckham | Nekoosa |
Sam | Plucker | Kimberly |
Ronny | Ponick | Stanley-Boyd |
Caleb | Prince | Menomonie |
Nick | Radloff | Waukesha West |
Ty | Ramirez | Greendale |
Jake | Regazzi | Oak Creek |
Cain | Rogers | Milwaukee King |
Nick | Russo | Cedarburg |
Wyatt | Schauf | River Valley |
Ethan | Seubert | Marathon |
Jon | Smolinski | Menasha |
Kyle | Theis | Germantown |
Jason | Toshner | Fond du Lac |
Jameson | Verdegan | Notre Dame |
Ryan | Weber | Platteville |
Zach | Weiher | Lourdes Academy |
Jake | Whalen | Wausau West |
Tyce | Wheeler | Appleton North |
Austen | Whitwam | Independence/Gilmanton |
Tyler | Willeford | Plymouth |
Shawn | Woodruff | Black Hawk |
Matthew | Wulf | Kenosha Tremper |
Mike | Wurster | Catholic Memorial |
Alex | Zacharias | Stoughton |
Mitch | Zillman | Marshfield |
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.