Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch Award Pre-Season Watch List
08/01/2017, 2:00pm CDT
By Travis Wilson
The Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch Award is presented annually to the state's top senior running back as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after former Wausau High School athlete Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, who went on to play for the University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan before starring at end in the NFL for 12 seasons. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the National High School Hall of Fame, and later went on to serve as Wisconsin's athletic director from 1969 to 1987.
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.
ELROY "CRAZYLEGS" HIRSCH AWARD PRE-SEASON WATCH LIST
| First Name | Last Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Evan | Anfang | Jefferson |
| Bo | Bassindale | Whitefish Bay |
| Derek | Baumgartner | Almond-Bancroft |
| Austin | Beaumier | West De Pere |
| Ben | Behan | G-E-T |
| Chandler | Benn | Amherst |
| Seth | Bickett | Pewaukee |
| Josh | Biesterveld | Durand |
| Simon | Bifano | Sheboygan Falls |
| Gunner | Boettcher | Tomah |
| Robert | Brent | Wilmot |
| Billy | Brown | Rice Lake |
| Jack | Brown | Eau Claire Memorial |
| Griffen | Burnett | North Fond du Lac |
| Meshawn | Byles | Racine Park |
| Tony | Carlson | Unity |
| Trevor | Carter | Laona/Wabeno |
| John | Chenal | Grantsburg |
| Jeret | Corty | Frederic |
| Javian | Dayne | Waunakee |
| Erick | Doke III | Kenosha Bradford |
| Kordell | Ellis | Milwaukee Marshall |
| Joe | Garcia III | Racine Horlick |
| Evan | Gates | Lancaster |
| Henry | Geil | Green Bay Preble |
| Caleb | Goeman | Living Word Lutheran |
| Gunnar | Gronski | Superior |
| Lucas | Hackney | Wild Rose |
| Zach | Heckman | Brookfield Central |
| Jacob | Heyroth | Lodi |
| Donovan | Howard | Milwaukee Career & Tech Ed |
| Dion | Huff | Middleton |
| L.O. | Johnson | Waunakee |
| Reid | Jones | Osceola |
| Colton | Kizewski | Stevens Point |
| Jason | Klink | Slinger |
| Greg | Kohler | La Crosse Central |
| Josh | Komis | Green Bay Southwest |
| Jake | Kopacz | Glenwood City |
| Nevada | Laabs | Merrill |
| Bennett | Lau | Hilbert/Stockbridge |
| Zach | Loew | New Lisbon |
| Hunter | Luepke | Spencer/Columbus Catholic |
| Peter | MacCudden | Waukesha West |
| Tadeo | Maier | Oostburg |
| Eli | Mastey | Bonduel |
| Codie | Meinen | Chippewa Falls |
| Canon | Melstrand | West Bend West |
| Ben | Michalowski | Waterford |
| Mitch | Michalske | Wausau West |
| Derek | Novotny | Plymouth |
| Cade | Olszewski | Lakeside Lutheran |
| Patrick | Ourada | Appleton West |
| Brady | Peat | Iowa-Grant |
| Draven | Peeples | Sun Prairie |
| Isaac | Pelot | Wisconsin Rapids |
| Luke | Reader | Bangor |
| Ethan | Ritger | Fall Creek |
| Elijah | Robinson | Oak Creek |
| Zayne | Rodencal | Fox Valley Lutheran |
| Jamison | Sassman | Seymour |
| Caleb | Sauer | Waupun |
| Brandon | Scheer | Weyauwega-Fremont |
| Brady | Schipper | Stoughton |
| Clay | Schueffner | Saint Mary’s Springs |
| George | Sims | Racine Horlick |
| Cody | Smith | Suring |
| Dayton | Sokup | Arcadia |
| Kenny | Spencer | North Crawford |
| Aaron | Squires | Hudson |
| Brock | Staudt | Manitowoc Lutheran |
| D.J. | Stewart | Kimberly |
| Will | Stewart | Appleton North |
| Kordell | Stillmunkes | Cuba City |
| Levi | Stueber | Manawa |
| Jackson | Thomsen | Monona Grove |
| Austin | Tlachac | Luxemburg-Casco |
| Justin | Tremmel | University School |
| Riley | Wagoner | Crandon |
| Brett | Wannabo | Oregon |
| Bradley | Woldt | Homestead |
| Kyle | Yochem | West Bend East |
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