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MARATHON – Marathon High School senior Ryan Gassner has been named the 2015-16 WDLB-WOSQ Radio and MarshfieldAreaSports.com High School Athlete of the Year.
Gassner was chosen by WDLB-WOSQ Radio and MarshfieldAreaSports.com staff for the award, which is also sponsored by Burt Trophy & Awards, Marshfield Clinic and Cost Cutters Family Hair Care of Marshfield.
Varsity athletes from the following high schools were eligible for the award: Abbotsford, Athens, Auburndale, Colby, Columbus Catholic, Edgar, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Marathon, Marshfield, Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Pittsville, Spencer, Stratford and Thorp.
Gassner was an all-Marawood Conference choice in three sports, helping the Raiders to conference titles in football, basketball and baseball during the past school year.
Gassner was named Back of the Year during the Marawood football season and Marawood Conference South Division Player of the Year in baseball.
Last fall, Gassner rushed for 1,303 yards, averaging 9.4 yards per carry, and scored 25 touchdowns, including one by kick return. He also added an interception on defense and was a first-team all-Marawood Conference choice at running back and defensive back as the Raiders went 7-0 in conference play.
During the basketball season, Gassner started all 26 games for the Raiders as they went 22-4, reached the WIAA Division 3 sectional finals, and won the Marawood South championship. He averaged 6.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.5 steals per game and was an honorable mention all-conference selection.
Gassner hit .346 with four home runs, 22 RBIs and 13 steals for the Marathon baseball team, which won the Marawood South title with an 11-1 record and finished 19-5 overall. He also went 9-0 pitching with 107 strikeouts in 70 innings. In addition to being named conference player of the year, Gassner was picked as the District Player of the Year, a second-team all-state selection, the Division 3 state co-player of the year, and a first-team all-state academic team selection (3.94 grade-point average) by the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association.
Winners of the Athlete of the Month awards throughout the 2015-16 season were: Abbotsford volleyball player Makenzie Klieforth (September), Spencer/Columbus football player Noah Zastrow (October), Marshfield girls basketball player Ema Fehrenbach (November), Stratford wrestling Jeremy Schoenherr (December), Stratford girls basketball player Savannah Schillinger (January), Marshfield gymnast Emma Haugen (February), Marshfield track athlete Calden Wojt (March), Athens softball player Hanna Ellenbecker (April), Marshfield softball player Megan Donahue (May), and Athens track athlete Autumn Wickman (June).
We are proud to announce that WDLB-WOSQ Radio & MarshfieldAreaSports.com will continue with the High School Athlete of the Month award throughout the 2016-17 school year. Our first award will be given in September.