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Wisconsin Sports Network and WisSports.net are happy to announce Franklin's Joey Kallay as the 2024 recipient of the Dave Krieg Award as the most outstanding senior quarterback in Wisconsin, part of the WSN Senior Football Awards.

Joey Kallay of Franklin split time at the quarterback spot as a sophomore in 2022, then took over full-time last season when he led the Sabers to an unbeaten regular season and Division 1 state runner-up finish.

In his senior campaign, he completed 63.3% of his passes for 2,230 yards and 32 touchdowns, averaging an impressive 12.4 yards per attempt as the Sabers once again went undefeated in the regular season.

That's led to a 132.2 passer rating for Kallay, who has more than 6000 passing yards in his career with 64 touchdowns.

"Joey is a tremendous young man with great work ethic," said head coach Louis Brown. "He does everything right."

Kallay was recognized this week on the WFCA Large School All-State list. He is the fourth player from Franklin to earn the Dave Krieg Award, joining Lance Baretz, Max Alba, and Myles Burkett.

Finalists for the award were Kallay, Owen Fiedler of Madison Memorial, Brady Hilgart of Grafton, Drew Kortz of Freedom, and Jack Tubbs of Stratford.

Past winners of the award include Oshkosh West's Trey Demler (2009), Franklin's Lance Baretz (2010), West De Pere's Jay Tollefson (2011), Watertown's Tarek Yaeggi (2012), Xavier's Matt Ferris (2013), Brown Deer's Zack Baun (2014), Amherst's Garrett Groshek (2015), Kimberly's Danny Vanden Boom (2016), Franklin's Max Alba (2017), Kimberly's Cody Staerkel (2018), La Crosse Central's Johnny Davis (2019), Lake Mills' Adam Moen (2020), Franklin's Myles Burkett (2021), Sun Prairie East's Jerry Kaminski (2022), and Onalaska's Adam Skifton (2023).

The award is named after Dave Krieg, a graduate of D.C. Everest High School who went on to star at Milton College and later in the National Football League. Krieg ranks in the Top 12 in NFL history in career pass attempts, completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. He was selected to the Pro Bowl three times in his 12-year career.

The voting panel for the WSN Senior Football Awards consisted of:  Travis Wilson, WSN General Manager and Head Football Writer;  Norbert Durst, WSN Content Manager; Dennis Semrau, ESPN Madison; Bob Brainerd, Thursday Night Throwdown broadcaster; Jimmie Kaska, Civic Media; Dan Barwick, WSN Contributor; Colton Wilson, WSN Content Producer; Fan Vote

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.

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