Crivitz High School Lists Sports Award Winners

Issue Date: June 10, 2020

The major sports awards winners for the 2019-2020 school year from Crivitz High School were announced at the annual Spring Sports Banquet done virtually due to COVID-19 that was aired Wednesday, June 3.

The winner of Crivitz High School's most prestigious sports honor, the Pete Banaszak Award, were Jaden Werner and Chloe Gruszynski. In order to win the award, an athlete had to have participated in three sports during all four years of high school, be recognized on all-conference, and must have earned at least eight letters during those four years.

Jaden Werner was a 4 year varsity letter winner in football, basketball, and baseball. In football he was a 3-time all-conference performer including 1st Team All-Conference at quarterback and was also named the MONLP-Small Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 while winning a conference championship in 2018. In basketball, he was named to the M&O All-Conference 1st Team in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 season. In addition, he was named the M&O Conference Player of the Year in 2019-2020 while winning three straight conference championships. In baseball, Werner was a 3-time 1st Team All-Conference performer as a shortstop. He was named the M&O Conference Tri Player of the Year in 2019. He was also a 2-time WBCA All-District Honorable Mention selection in 2017 and 2018. In 2019 he was selected to the WBCA All District 1st Team as an infielder and was Honorable Mention All-State. He is the first baseball player in program history to earn an NCAA baseball scholarship as he plans on playing for Concordia University-St. Paul next year.

Chloe Gruszynski was a 4-year letter winner in volleyball, basketball, and track and field. In volleyball, she was named 2nd Team All-Conference her freshman season in 2016. She was named 1st Team All-Conference in 2017, 2018, and 2019. In addition, she was named M&O Conference Player of the Year in 2017 and 2018 and was the M&O Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 while helping the volleyball program to three straight conference championships. She was named to the WVCA All-District team in 2018 and 2019. In basketball, she was a 4-time M&O All Conference 1st Team performer along with being named the M&O Conference Player of the Year all four years of high school. She leaves Crivitz as the all-time leading scorer with 1734 points. She was named to the WBCA Division 4 All-State team and was selected to play in the WBCA All-Star game this summer. In track and field, Gruszynsi was a 9-time conference champion, advancing to state in the triple jump in 2018. She holds the school record in the long jump and triple jump while winning back-to-back conference team championships in 2018 and 2019.

Winning the American Legion Award were Anthony Jopek and Emalee Johnsen. Jopek was a 4-year letter winner in Football, Wrestling, and Track and Field. Jopek was a 1st Team All-Conference performer in 2018 and 2019 at linebacker and running back. He was a 4 time sectional qualifier in wresting and in track and field he was a 7 time Conference Champion, 3 time State Medalist: 5th pole vault, 6th 800 meter relay, 2nd Pole Vault in 2019 while leading the boys track team to a conference championship in 2019.

Johnsen was a 4 year letter winner in volleyball, basketball, and track and field. She was a 2nd team all-conference selection in volleyball in 2018 and an honorable mention pick in 2019. In basketball, she was a honorable mention selection in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. She was also was a 4 time Conference Champion, 2 time State Qualifier in the discus, placed 6th at state for the discus, and also holds the school record in the discus.

The winners of the Wolverine Backers' Award were Chandler Kaldenberg and Morgen Gyger. Kaldenberg was a 4 year letter winner in basketball and was a 2nd Team All-Conference selection in 2018-2019 and an Honorable Mention All-Conference selection in 2019-2020. He also lettered for 2 years in the sport of football. Gyger lettered in volleyball for 4 years and earned the M&O Conference Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2018 and was the M&O Conference Player of the Year in 2019. She also lettered in softball for 2 years and was an Honorable Mention selection in 2019.

The Wolverine Club Award winners for 2020 were Jaden Werner, Dawson Andrist, Anthony Jopek, Jaden Bemis-Brisco, Chloe Gruszynski, Emalee Johnsen, and Sianna Guns. Since 2004 the Crivitz Sports Boosters has been awarding a personalized engraved clock to each of our athletes that have competed in 3 different sports or cheerleading for all four years that they have been in high school. They have awarded this honor to over 70 deserving athletes from CHS. The Wolverine Club recognizes those athletes that have chosen to represent CHS in competition and thank them for their dedication and commitment to excellence in Crivitz athletics.

Finally, the winners of the Wolverine Sports Booster Awards in the following sports were: Boys Cross Country Liam Roman Welch, Girls Cross Country Taylor Giese and Riley-Quinn Roman, Volleyball Sianna Guns Football Jacob Harper, Cheerleading Jenna Wuensch, Wrestling Ezekial Lawrence, Boys Basketball Dawson Andrist, Girls Basketball Kira Spalding, Girls Track Morgan Van Lanen, Kailee Sellen, and Zoey Brown, Baseball Kougar Wagner, Golf Jayden Christiansen and Softball Saige Nelsen.

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