MarshfieldAreaSports.com
Pacelli boys basketball player Camden Schurk has been voted the Grassland Dairy High School Athlete of the Month for December.
MarshfieldAreaSports.com & Zaleski Sports co-sponsor the award, which is in its 11th year. Grassland Dairy is the main sponsor for the 2023-24 school year.
Varsity athletes from the following high schools are eligible to be nominated for the award: Abbotsford, Amherst, Athens, Assumption, Auburndale, Colby, Columbus Catholic, D.C. Everest, Edgar, Granton, Greenwood, Iola-Scandinavia, Loyal, Marathon, Marshfield, Mosinee, Neillsville, Pacelli, Pittsville, Port Edwards, Rosholt, Spencer, Stratford, Stevens Point, Waupaca, Newman Catholic, Wild Rose, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln and Wittenberg-Birnamwood.
Schurk received 2,408 of the 5,619 votes cast during voting from Jan. 3-10 at MarshfieldAreaSports.com.
Other nominees for the December award were: Auburndale boys basketball player Kaden Anderson, Athens girls basketball player Sophia Coker, Assumption girls basketball player Sarah Shaw and Marshfield wrestler Caleb Dennee.
Schurk, a junior guard, put up double figures in each of the Cardinals’ six games in December as they went 5-1. He scored a season-high 30 points in a win over Assumption on Dec. 30 where he shot 14-for-18 from the field, and also had a 28-point game in a rout of Pittsville on Dec. 14. Schurk entered January averaging 20.6 points, six rebounds and nearly three steals per game for the Cardinals.
Other winners of the award during the 2023-24 school sports year include: Marshfield volleyball player Abby Ongna (August), Stevens Point football player Jackson Spees (September), Edgar football player Karter Butt (October) and Amherst girls basketball player Scout Spadoni (November).
To nominate someone for the January award, email publisher Paul Lecker with relevant statistics and accomplishments for that student-athlete prior to Jan. 28. Voting will take place from Feb. 1-8 at MarshfieldAreaSports.com.