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Edgerton's Hesselman gets all-state honors

Make it one more major high school golf honor for Edgerton star Mike Hesselman.

The Crimson Tide’s four-year standout, who placed second in the WIAA Division 2 state tournament, has been named second-team all-state by the Wisconsin Golf Coaches Association.

That follows a senior season in which Hesselman repeated as Rock Valley medalist, became a three-time all-conference selection, led his team to a second straight conference championship and a Division 2 regional title.

Hesselman also earned a second straight trip to the state tournament, where he put on one of his most dazzling performances. He shot a 3-under-par 69 in the second round at University Ridge to tie for first place in Division 2 with a 177 total for 36 holes before losing the championship playoff to Madison Edgewood’s Cody Strang.

Since then, Hesselman has had a 5-under-67 at the La Crosse Country Club to win Wisconsin Junior PGA Tour event as he prepares to join the Viterbo College golf program thios fall in La Crosse.

Hesselman is joined in the WGCA all-state selections by Edgerton sophomore Dan Ozga, who has received honorable mention after also qualifying for the Division 2 state tournament. The honorable-mention list also includes Lake Geneva Badger’s Alex Gaugert.

Kettle Moraine’s Sam Frank and Eau Claire Memorial’s Brady Keegan have been named WGCA Co-Players of the Year. They tied for second place in the Division 1 state tournament behind Madison West’s Mike Battista, a second-team all-state selection.

WGCA All-State

FIRST TEAM

Sam Frank, Kettle Moraine; Brady Keegan, Eau Claire Memorial; Anthony Aicher, Wausau East; Cody Strang, Madison Edgewood; Jeff Groose, Brookfield Central; Mike Sorenson, Hartland Arrowhead; Ryan Prickette, Appleton Xavier; Jack Schultz, Whitefish Bay.

SECOND TEAM

Mike Hesselman, Edgerton; Mike Battista, Madison West; Chad Ebert, Kenosha Bradford; Andrew Steinhofer, Madison La Follette; Cam Fullet, Sevastopol; John Anderson, Appleton East; Rickey Hearden, Green Bay Nortre Dame.

THIRD TEAM

Jake Nelson, Ladysmith; Lee Swan, Portage; Dan Semrad, Waukesha Memorial; Greg Fehrman, Schofield Everest; Quinn Moe, Madison Memorial; Chad Ebert, Kenosha Bradford; John Weyenberg, Appleton Xavier.

Co-Players of the Year—Sam Frank, Kettle Moraine; Brady Keegan, Eau Claire Memorial.

HONORABLE MENTION

Dan Ozga, Edgerton; Ronnie Jacobson, Racine Horlick; Aaron Seubert, Waukesha Memorial; Keith Buntrock, Milwaukee Thomas More; Erik Mayer, Appleton East; Taylor Koser, Rice Lake; Dan Ignacio, Clintonville; Eric Christensen, Amery; Peyton Olson, Washburn.

Jason Jorgenson, Onalaska; Mark Wittschow, Onalaska; Nick Luebke, Middleton; Cody Ferguson, Onalaska; Jesse Udelhofen, Platteville; Josh Udelhofen, Platteville; Brad Preeschl, Onalaska; John Gullberg, Racine Case; Mark Wallace, Westosha Cenrtral.

Patrick Flint, Reedsburg; Taylor Johnson, Oconomowoc; Dale Zachman, Wauwatosa East/West; Logan Kranz, McFarland; Eric Wolfe, Cuba City; Alex Gaugert, Lake Geneva Badger; Jake Lammert, Hartland Arrowhead; Bill Pearce, Holmen; Sam Weber, Hartland Arrowhead.

Joe Lownik, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Ben Metz, Kenosha Christian Life; Eric Schuh, Freedom; Thomas Wettstein, Appleton Xavier; K.R. Rucker, Eau Claire Memorial; Matt Chybowski, Appleton North; Tim McCormick, Madison Memorial; Dan Simonsen, Milwaukee University

School.