April 24, 2023 at 9:12 a.m.
Thirty-Two selected as WIAA Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients
Thirty-Two selected as WIAA Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients
More than 1,181 Scholar Athlete finalists have been recognized since the program began in 1984. This year more than 841 seniors were nominated for the 2023 WIAA Scholar-Athlete Award by 454 high schools throughout the state. To determine the top 32 finalists, four boys and four girls were selected based on both athletic and academic achievement from each of the four WIAA divisions.
Locally, Augustus Fink and Kallie Volk, both of Three Lakes, were named finalists for the Division 4 boys' and girls' awards, respectively.
"Each of these remarkable student-athletes has excelled in academics and athletics," said Tom Shafranski, Assistant Director of the WIAA. "Fifteen of this year's 32 WIAA Scholar Athlete finalists have a grade point average of 4.0 to date. All 32 scholar athlete finalists have already earned a total of 294 varsity letters during their first 3-1/2 years of high school. That's an average of nine letters per athlete, and we have not yet completed our spring sports season."
The 2023 WIAA Scholar-Athlete Finalists will be recognized at an awards ceremony Sunday, May 7 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wausau. Keynote speaker will be Anne Marie Anderson, Emmy Award winning sports broadcaster and one of the most experienced female play-by-play announcers in the country.
A live webcast of the awards ceremony will be streamed on WIAA.TV Sunday, May 7 at 1 p.m.
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