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From the WIAA:

Sixteen senior girls and 16 senior boys from Mercer to Darlington have been selected as finalists to receive the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (WIAA) prestigious 2017 WIAA Statewide Scholar Athlete Award underwritten by Marshfield Clinic. Included in this year’s group of Scholar Athlete finalists will be the 1,000th statewide recipient since the program began in 1984.
 
To determine the top 32 finalists, four boys and four girls were selected--based on both athletic and academic achievement-- from each of four WIAA divisions. “These extraordinary student athletes excel in both academics and athletics,” said Tom Shafranski, Assistant Director of the WIAA. “Seventeen of this year’s 32 WIAA Scholar Athlete finalists have a grade point average of 4.0 to date, while the average GPA is an amazing 3.95. All 32 scholar athlete finalists have already earned a total of 317 varsity letters during their first 3-1/2 years of high school. That’s an average of 10 letters per athlete, and we have not yet completed our spring sports season.”
 
An all-time record 861 seniors were nominated for the 2017 WIAA Scholar Athlete Award by 439 high schools throughout the state.
 
The 2017 WIAA Scholar Athlete Finalists, as well as their families and school representatives, will be recognized at an awards ceremony Sunday, May 7 at the Jefferson Street Inn in Wausau.
Each 2017 WIAA Scholar Athlete Finalist will receive a medallion and certificate, and will take with them a special plaque for display in their school’s trophy case. Keynote speaker will be eight-time LPGA Champion and former WIAA Girl’s Golf State Champion, Sherri Steinhauer.
 
A Webcast of the awards ceremony will be available at www.wiaawi.org during and after the ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 7.
 
All student athletes nominated for the award by their high school athletic directors will be presented with a medal at their school in a manner to be determined by the school administration recognizing them as their school’s top male or female scholar athlete.

This year’s list of scholar athlete finalists features these items of interest:

• Of the 439 high schools submitting nominations this year, five schools had a WIAA Scholar Athlete finalist for the first time in the 34-year history of the WIAA Scholar Athlete program.
• Cudahy High School has its first WIAA Scholar Athlete, Bailey Eichner .
• Emily Hafemann is the first WIAA Scholar Athlete from Martin Luther High School.
• Hayward High School produced its first two scholar athletes in 2017—Xavier Cummings and Lauren Tremblay.
• Phelps High School had its first WIAA Scholar Athlete, Sawyer Rosner.
• Morgan Reinwand is the first WIAA Scholar Athlete from Loyal High School.
• Darlington High School’s ninth WIAA Scholar Athlete is Will Schwartz.
• Anthony Hendrickson is the eighth WIAA Scholar Athlete from Pecatonica High School.
• Stevens Point Area Senior High’s eighth WIAA Scholar Athlete is Emily Luetschwager.

 
For more information, visit www.wiaawi.org

DIVISION 1 – BOYS
Zachary Clayton, Oconomowoc, Oconomowoc High School
Cole Sandvold, Oconomowoc, Arrowhead High School
Calvin Schneider, Oregon, Oregon High School
Danny VandenBoom, Combined Locks, Kimberly High School
 
DIVISION 1 – GIRLS
Cami Davre, Whitefish Bay, Whitefish Bay High School
Caitlin Locante, Brookfield, Brookfield Central High School
Emily Luetschwager, Stevens Point, Stevens Point Area Senior High
Alyson Weum, Stoughton, Stoughton High School
 
DIVISION 2 – BOYS
Xavier Cummings, Hayward, Hayward High School*
Adam Kinyon, Lomira, Lomira High School
Clark Otte, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan Falls High School
Logan Walzer, Lodi, Lodi High School
 
DIVISION 2 – GIRLS
Bailey Eichner, Cudahy, Cudahy High School*
Emily Hafemann, Hales Corners, Martin Luther High School*
Brita Hovde, Madison, Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart
Lauren Tremblay, Hayward, Hayward High School*
 
DIVISION 3 – BOYS
Cole Bay, Glidden, Chequamegon High School
Jordan Blanchard, Coleman, Coleman High School
Kamren Bornbach, Stratford, Stratford High School
Will Schwartz, Darlington, Darlington High School
 
DIVISION 3 – GIRLS
Amanda Kind, Marathon, Marathon High School
Brittany Schaller, Elkhart Lake, Howards Grove High School
Sydney Staver, Mineral Point, Mineral Point High School
Katie Van Scyoc, Markesan, Lourdes Academy
 
DIVISION 4 – BOYS
Caiden Haake, Pepin, Pepin High School
Anthony Hendrickson, Hollandale, Pecatonica High School
Sawyer Rosner, Phelps, Phelps High School*
Logan Scoville, De Soto, De Soto High School
 
DIVISION 4 – GIRLS
Mackinzie Fall, Clayton, Clayton High School
Morgan Reinwand, Loyal, Loyal High School*
Katie Stegeman, Coleman, Suring High School
Sydney Thompson, Mercer, Mercer High School