Al Toon Award Pre-Season Watch List
08/23/2012, 12:25am CDT
By Travis Wilson
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 presented by Taco Bell. 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 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 | School |
|---|---|---|
| Jack | Ballering | New Lisbon |
| Isaac | Barthelmess | Appleton North |
| Andre | Bodden | Catholic Memorial |
| Tyler | Bush | Pardeeville |
| Alex | Campbell | Ellsworth |
| Dylan | Chmura | Waukesha West |
| Matt | Christensen | Wilmot |
| Pietro | D'Amato | Brown Deer |
| Jacob | Demman | Lake Country Lutheran |
| Ty | Dennis | Burlington |
| Vince | Dinkel | Marathon |
| Clark | Eagan | Appleton North |
| Eric | Engelstad | Cambridge |
| Joe | Falzon | Franklin |
| Eric | Feldner | Saint Mary's Springs |
| Kenny | Finco | Arrowhead |
| Mitchel | Fure | Platteville |
| Anthony | Giliberto | Wautoma |
| Logan | Grahn | Markesan |
| Tony | Gumina | Sussex Hamilton |
| Austin | Hawkins | Auburndale |
| Joel | Hinke | Oshkosh West |
| Matt | Johnson | Cedarburg |
| Brett | Kasper | Two Rivers |
| Drew | Klaubauf | Southern Door |
| Joe | Koenecke | Cameron |
| Jake | Kolasinski | Brookfield Academy |
| Mitchell | Langkamp | Potosi |
| Kody | Larson | De Soto |
| Jameson | Lavery | Parkview |
| Hunter | Leibfried | Potosi |
| Jordan | Lewandowski | Milwaukee King |
| Brett | Linzenmeyer | Two Rivers |
| Parker | Lyga | Cochrane-Fountain City |
| Jalen | McMartin | Clinton |
| Jeff | Meckstroth | Cuba City |
| David | Menk | Manitowoc Lutheran |
| Sam | Mentkowski | Whitnall |
| Brett | Minick | DeForest |
| Kellen | Murphy | Lake Mills |
| Clayton | Nelson | River Valley |
| Cody | Nyhagen | Saint Croix Central |
| Ryan | Nystrom | Wausaukee |
| Maustin | Otterstatter | Winnebago Lutheran |
| Tray | Palmer | Brown Deer |
| Jazz | Peavy | Kenosha Tremper |
| Zach | Poker | Oconomowoc |
| Noah | Polcyn | Montello/Princeton/Green Lake |
| Shaun | Quirk | Franklin |
| Kenny | Rank | Johnson Creek |
| Zach | Reeves | Wabeno/Laona |
| Clinton | Rihn | Onalaska |
| Eric | Schmitz | Waukesha West |
| Jay | Schneider | Homestead |
| Zach | Schradle | Clayton |
| Jerin | Schubert | Mount Horeb / Barneveld |
| Dylan | Sommerfeld | Oshkosh Lourdes |
| Nick | Stanke | Regis |
| Max | Strand | Amherst |
| Dakota | Tarnow | Elk Mound |
| Jordan | Veloz | Oak Creek |
| Gabe | Verges | Spring Valley |
| T.J. | Watt | Pewaukee |
| Jester | Weah | Madison Memorial |
| Shiloh | Weber | Fort Atkinson |
| Shane | Wimann | Wisconsin Dells |
| Logan | Wolf | Elmwood/Plum City |
| Eric | Wunrow | River Falls |
| Jordan | Zawada | Northern Elite |
| Sean | Zimdars | Waterloo |
| Sam | Zwieg | Watertown |
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.
