MarshfieldAreaSports.com
Stratford baseball player Lance Heidmann has been voted as the WDLB-WOSQ Radio & MarshfieldAreaSports.com May High School Athlete of the Month.
The High School Athlete of the Month Award is sponsored by Cost Cutters Family Hair Care and Burt Trophy & Awards.
Varsity athletes from the following high schools are eligible to be nominated for the award: Abbotsford, Athens, Auburndale, Colby, Columbus Catholic, Edgar, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Marathon, Marshfield, Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Pittsville, Spencer, Stratford and Thorp.
Grimm garnered 420 of the 1,104 votes cast to win the voting, which was held from June 1-7.
Other nominees for the May award were: Athens baseball Seth Coker, Marshfield track athlete Caden Pearce, Loyal track athlete Savannah Schley, and Spencer track athlete Hannah Zastrow.
Heidmann, a senior pitcher and shortstop, was nearly unhittable in May, throwing 30 1/3 straight innings of shutout baseball. Heidmann threw seven shutout innings to earn a 1-0 win against Nekoosa in a WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal on May 23, striking out four and allowing just two hits and no walks. He also got the win in the regional semifinals on May 28, throwing 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball in a 3-0 victory over Stevens Point Pacelli.
Heidmann threw four shutout innings in a win over Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on May 14, tossed a complete game 7-0 shutout against Auburndale on May 7, and had six shutout innings against Marathon in a 1-0 win on May 2. Heidmann had three two-hit games during the month as well, as the Tigers won 11-straight games and won a regional title.
The winner of the WDLB-WOSQ Radio & MarshfieldAreaSports.com High School Athlete of the Year will be announced Monday, July 10.
Nominate someone for the June voting by emailing Paul Lecker at paul@marshfieldareasports.com by June 25. Please include relative statistics and reasons for that athlete’s nomination. Voting for the June award will take place at MarshfieldAreaSports.com from July 1-7.
Heidmann joins previous 2018-19 Athlete of the Month winners: Spencer/Columbus Catholic football player Jarred Mandel (September), Marshfield football player Ryan Krueger (October), Columbus Catholic girls basketball player Hailey Roehl (November), Stratford boys basketball player Vaughn Breit (December), Auburndale wrestler Dylan Baird (January), Stratford wrestler Dylan Schoenherr (February), the Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys basketball team (March), and Auburndale softball player Hailey Grimm (April).