Al Toon Award Pre-Season Watch List
The Al Toon Award is presented annually to the state's top senior wide receiver or tight end as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after former University of Wisconsin athlete Al Toon, who went on to play in the NFL for several very successful seasons before multiple concussions ended his career early. Toon is an active member of the community in the Madison area both in the business world and in various charitable endeavors.
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.
AL TOON AWARD PRE-SEASON WATCH LIST
| First Name | Last Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor | Anderson | Waukesha North |
| Cameron | Birling | Appleton North |
| Hunter | Bourne | Verona |
| Austin | Braund | Holmen |
| Grant | Brown | Shorewood/Messmer |
| Royce | Buckner | Milwaukee King |
| Dylan | Bunders | Almond-Bancroft |
| Terrell | Carey | Madison West |
| Armani | Carmickle | Kenosha Indian Trail |
| Ethan | Cesarz | Delavan-Darien |
| Troy | Chmielewski | Oak Creek |
| Josh | Cisewski | Amherst |
| David | Clark | Ashwaubenon |
| Zach | Clayton | Oconomowoc |
| Max | Cooper | Catholic Memorial |
| Chris | Deja | Adams-Friendship |
| Michael | Duffy | Marquette |
| Anthony | Ebensperger | Elmwood/Plum City |
| Austin | Engel | Athens |
| Jake | Ferguson | Madison Memorial |
| West | Gallenberger | Kewaunee |
| Thomas | Gibson | Brookfield Central |
| Austin | Goehring | Kiel |
| Kendall | Gould | Waukesha North |
| Luke | Heinen | Kohler/Sheb. Luth./Christian |
| Anthony | Hendrickson | Pecatonica/Argyle |
| Riley | Herbes | Ladysmith |
| Xander | Herpel | Randolph |
| Kyle | Hietpas | Little Chute |
| Reid | Hilbelink | Cedar Grove-Belgium |
| Jack | Hinton | La Crosse Logan |
| Max | Huddleston | De Pere |
| Charlie | Huschka | Necedah |
| Darren | Joszefiak | Cudahy |
| Alex | Kalisnig | Muskego |
| Riley | Keckeisen | Kenosha Tremper |
| Hunter | Kirsch | Antigo |
| Alex | Kluck | Cedarburg |
| Grayson | Knowlton | McDonell Central |
| Ryan | Kolasinski | Brookfield Academy |
| Trey | Laube | Mount Horeb/Barneveld |
| Kyle | Lewis | Franklin |
| Tyler | Little | Northwestern |
| Hunter | Matye | Shullsburg |
| Adam | Mielke | Lake Country Lutheran |
| Aaron | Morrow | Colby |
| Andryi | Nahirniak | Monona Grove |
| Luke | Oelke | Ithaca |
| Cole | Pankau | Catholic Memorial |
| Nathan | Paris | Marinette |
| Cunner | Patz | Coleman |
| Dan | Reardon | Marquette |
| Cole | Refsnider | Saint Croix Central |
| Ben | Rice | De Soto |
| Colton | Roberts | Fall River |
| Luke | Romnek | Menasha |
| Jackson | Rose | Mount Horeb/Barneveld |
| Jalen | Sample | Onalaska |
| Caleb | Schauf | Sparta |
| Rhett | Sheehan | Menomonie |
| Adam | Smith | Kaukauna |
| Dylan | Sumnicht | Shawano |
| Jacob | Tetner | New Glarus/Monticello |
| Jack | Thelen | West Bend West |
| C.J. | Tikkanen | Adams-Friendship |
| Trevor | Tilot | Denmark |
| Alex | Tordoff | Monroe |
| Tyler | Verstegen | Kimberly |
| Matthew | Wachtler | River Falls |
| Brady | Wagner | Lake Mills |
| Dan | Walsh | Luther |
| Michael | Walters | Pewaukee |
| Holden | Whybark | Union Grove |
| Ryan | Wickman | River Valley |
| Kevon | Williamson | Milwaukee Hamilton |
| Ethan | Wittenburg | Franklin |
| Michael | Witterholt | Saint Francis |
| Brock | Young | Hortonville |
| Jared | Zausch | Ozaukee |
| Devin | Zonick-Greenwold | Cochrane-Fountain City |
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.
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