Gunnar Greuel Joins 1000 Point Club

Gunnar Greuel Joins 1000 Point ClubPhoto byExplore Southern Sawyer County

February 1, 2024 is a day that will always be remember for Winter Warriors athlete, Gunnar Greuel. In the second half a home, non-conference game, versus the Frederic Vikings, Gunnar Greuel grabbed an offensive rebound off of a missed free throw, and put it back in to move him into the 1,000 point club.

While most athletes aspire to score 1,000 points in their high school careers, there are even less that can say they also grabbed 1,000 rebounds in their high school career. In fact, there have only been a total of 7 athletes in documented WIAA history to claim this feat. The Wisconsin Sports Network has been contacted to determine if this is in fact true based on the stats in their database - no response has been provided to the date of this post.

Gunnar Greuel of Winter Wisconsin, population of 327 and high school enrollment of 87 students, had just done that. Greuel joins elite company in achieving this particular milestone.

22 Years of 1,000 Points and 1,000 Rebounds

Jacob Ognacevic (Sheboygan Lutheran)
2,501 points and 1,208 rebounds

Jeremy Lorenz (Brillion)
1,992 points and 1,113 rebounds

Brennan Dvoracheck (Reedsville)
1,505 points and 1,109 rebounds

Grant Manke (Bangor)
1,694 points and 1,047 rebounds

Blake Ehrke (Deerfield)
1,604 points and 1047 rebounds

Bennett Vander Plas (Ripon)
1,649 points and 1,033 rebounds

Gunnar Greuel (Winter)
1,029 points (and counting) and 1,167 (and counting)

Elite Company

Jacob Ognacevic currently plays for Lipscomb University in Nashville Tennesse, a Division I NCAA program. Ben Vander Plas played for the Virginia Caveliers, also a Division I NCAA program. Jeremy Lorenz is currently playing for the Wofford Terriers, a Division I NCAA program. Blake Ehrke went on to play at UW-Stevens Point, an NCAA Division III program. Grant Manke committed to play football at Winona State University, a Division II football program. Brennen Dvoracheck has not been found to be playing at the next level. As far as Gunnar Greuel, he has no plans of playing at the next level will will pursue his Commercial Drivers License, and begin his career as an Electrician through an apprenticeship program.

Gunnar Greuel is on pace to set the all-time career rebounding record, based on WIAA documented history, of 1,208 rebounds which was set by Jacob Ognacevic of Sheboygan Lutheran. Greuel is currently 41 rebounds away from that number with 8 regular season games to go in the 2023-2024 season.

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