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.
First | Last | Team |
---|---|---|
Michael | Alexander | De Pere |
Trevor | Asher | Elmwood/Plum City |
Blake | Barry | Kimberly |
Will | Bieber | Coleman |
Colin | Boyarski | Altoona |
Leo | Brostowitz | Wisconsin Rapids |
Tyler | Buechner | Mount Horeb |
Hunter | Carlson | Oshkosh North |
Maverick | Cole | Pulaski |
Vidal | Colon | University School |
Isaac | Dechant | Kimberly |
Treston | Dekker | Sheboygan South |
Ben | Dickinsen | Augusta |
Cale | Drinka | DeForest |
Drew | Edmond | Brookfield Central |
Gabe | Egan | Cedar Grove-Belgium |
Brayden | Eigenbrodt | Fond du Lac |
Tre | Engram | Verona |
Aaron | Gengler | Marquette |
Mathew | Glodowski | Amherst |
Dashon | Griffin | Racine Horlick |
Anthony | Hall | Wilmot |
Dawson | Hartung | Durand |
Alex | Hernandez | Monroe |
Jax | Hertel | Big Foot |
Noah | Hofman | Kaukauna |
Louis | Hrabik | Bonduel |
Levi | Huempfner | Saint Mary’s Springs |
Makhi | Jackson | Madison La Follette |
Jace | Jenkins | Neenah |
Xavier | Jones | Milwaukee Pulaski |
Owen | Kinziger | Coleman |
Rhett | Koenig | Prairie du Chien |
Devin | Koskey | De Pere |
Micah | Kracht | Markesan |
Cavari | Kramer | Beloit Memorial |
Grady | Kroeplin | Gilman |
Kendon | Krogman | Regis |
Avery | Kurth | Slinger |
Nick | Leberg | Assumption |
Cortez | LeGrant | Sun Prairie East |
Justice | Lovelace | Kenosha Indian Trail |
Landen | Mahoney | Black Hawk/Warren |
DJ | Miller | Racine St. Catherine's |
Lucas | Milz | Black Hawk/Warren |
Najeh | Mitchell | West De Pere |
Jesse | Morales-Hernandez | Kewaunee |
Javon | Murry | Greendale |
Cade | Myszewski | River Falls |
Samuel | Neinhuls | Sheboygan North |
Sebastian | Nielson | Boyceville |
Chase | Norton | Grafton |
Colin | O’Neil | Cashton |
Keany | Parks | Kenosha Bradford |
Carter | Pearson | Pewaukee |
Isaiah | Pennenberg | Wrightstown |
Flavio | Pichardo | Milwaukee Pulaski |
Justin | Reilly | Spring Valley |
Antonio | Rivera | Milwaukee Marshall |
Zander | Rockow | Regis |
Dawson | Rud | Mondovi |
Taylor | Schaefer | Southern Door |
Nikita | Schankle | New Lisbon |
Nolan | Schopp | Kettle Moraine |
Blake | Schraufnagel | Mayville |
Wynn | Stang | Mukwonago |
Sam | Steuber | Muskego |
Keatin | Sweeney | Monroe |
Andrew | Trandahl | New Richmond |
Michael | Ubert | Germantown |
Ben | Vallafskey | Appleton West |
Nolan | Vils | Oregon |
Rocky | Wagoner | Lakeland |
Brennan | Wallin | Wauzeka-Steuben/Seneca |
Kolton | Walters | Sun Prairie East |
Jack | Weisenberger | Regis |
Nate | White | Milwaukee King |
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