OUTSTANDING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE GREATER WAUSAU AREA

FOR MMC

This year’s Win Brockmeyer Memorial Scholarships recipients have been named by the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin and were honored at the 29th annual Win Brockmeyer Memorial Awards Ceremony held at the Community Foundation’s office on Friday, December 13, 2024.

The 2024 student-athletes nominated by their school’s respective coaching staffs include: 

• Evan Groene, Newman Catholic High School
• Jesse Napgezek, Wausau East High School
• Blake Bangtson, D.C. Everest High School
• Will McCorison, Wausau West High School

From these nominees, a Selection Committee, composed of members of the press, area school athletic directors, and a representative of the Community Foundation, named Blake Bangtson, from D.C. Everest High School the Win Brockmeyer Outstanding Senior High School Football Player of the Greater Wausau Area for 2024.  

Each nominee will be honored with a $500 scholarship. Blake Bangtson, selected as the Outstanding Player of the Year, will receive a $1,500 scholarship. 

To be nominated, each student-athlete must meet the following selection criteria, as established by the Win Brockmeyer Memorial Committee* in 1996:

• Graduating senior from D.C. Everest, Newman Catholic, Wausau East, or Wausau West High Schools (or any other greater Wausau area high school that develops a football program in the future)
• Who is an outstanding football player
• Achieve recognition by his peers and coaches
• Who is a positive role model
• And display: 
• Aggressiveness
• Courage
• Physical development
• Sportsmanship

The Win Brockmeyer Memorial Scholarship Fund was formed within the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin by members of the Win Brockmeyer Memorial Committee, with donations received from over 125 donors in Brockmeyer’s memory.

Brockmeyer was a legendary high school football coach who excelled in leadership and the development of human potential. His winning football record from 1937 – 1971 covered 34 years at Wausau High School, which served students in the area currently served by D.C. Everest, Wausau East and West, and Newman Catholic High Schools. The area-wide scholarship recognition program concept provides area-wide participation and recognition and unites the region in recognition of its outstanding football players. It also provides an opportunity to tell the Brockmeyer story and focus on his football legacy, uniting the communities in the region through the cooperative selection process.

In the Win Brockmeyer Scholarship Fund’s history, 116 young men have received scholarship awards.

Previous Outstanding Senior High School Football Player of the Year award recipients include:

2023 Teagan Isham-Her, Wausau West High School

2022 Conner Krach, Newman Catholic High School

2021 Colton Geurink, Wausau West High School

2020 Orion Boe, DC Everest Senior High School