Five Fort Atkinson baseball players were honored in Badger Large all-conference voting held recently.
Junior Jordan Zahn, who pitched and played first base, was a first team all-league selection. He pitched 46 innings across nine games, posting an ERA of 2.13 with a WHIP of 1.217 while striking out 21 against eight walks. At the dish, Zahn hit .307 with an on-base percentage of .402 and drove in 12 runs.
Senior Cam Haagensen, who will play collegiately at Bryant & Stratton College, was a second-team honoree. Haagensen hit .299 and drove in nine runs while scoring on nine occasions.
Juniors Trent Wilson, Brogan Bosch, Braden Hausen, Braeden Hoth and Gavin Kanters were honorable mention picks.
Wilson hit .324 with nine RBIs, Bosch hit .288 with 10 RBIs, Hausen hit .324, stole nine bases and drove in eight runs, Hoth hit .338 scored 16 times and drove in 13 runs and Kanters hit .320 with a team-high 12 extra-base knocks and team-best 25 RBIs.
Monona Grove won the Badger Large with a record of 12-2, followed by Watertown and Milton each at 8-6, Waunakee at 7-7, Beaver Dam and Oregon at 6-8, DeForest at 5-9 and Fort Atkinson at 4-10.
2024 BADGER LARGE BASEBALL ALL CONFERENCEFIRST TEAM
NAME SCHOOL YEAR
Eli Bryant Beaver Dam 11
Jordan Zahn Fort Atkinson 11
Broden Jackson Milton 12 (unanimous)
Terek Verhage Monona Grove 11 (unanimous)
Cal Moreau Monona Grove 10
Kaden Connor Monona Grove 11
Brock Buskager Oregon 12
Jacob Hurtgen Watertown 11
Eliot Roethle Watertown 11
Cal Hurtgen Watertown 11
Tate Schmidt Waunakee 12
Danny Cotter Waunakee 12
CO-PITCHER OF THE YEAR: ELIOT ROETHLE, WATERTOWN and CAL MOREAU, MG
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: TEREK VERHAGE, MONONA GROVE
COACH OF THE YEAR: KEVIN CONNOR, MONONA GROVE
SECOND TEAM
Jeffrey Freund Beaver Dam 11
Eli Galvin DeForest 11
Cam Haagensen Fort Atkinson 12
Jack Spielmann Milton 9
Trey Jones Milton 11
Braylen Vande Berg Milton 12
Nick Guidici Monona Grove 12
Noah Schaller Monona Grove 11
Carson Coyle Monona Grove 11
Luke Chynoweth Monona Grove 9
Hayden Derlein Oregon 12
Cameron Kranz Watertown 11
HONORABLE MENTION
Beaver Dam–Jake Julka, Boston Damon, Jerek Westover, Zach Schave
DeForest–Connor Giese, Adam Carr, Cullen Kirchberg, Kyle Ugalde, Nick Hermansen
Fort Atkinson–Trent Wilson, Brogan Bosch, Braden Hausen, Braeden Hoth, Gavin Kanters
Milton–Charlie Fitzke, Charlie Kober, Jordan Bundy
Monona Grove–Reece Chynoweth, Dom Najacht
Oregon–Luke Kupcho, Peyton Soule, Gavin Kupcho, Ryan Dins
Watertown–Jayden Ninmann, Landon Fendt, Owin Walsh
Waunakee–Wes DuCharme, Oliver Lee, Zach King, Brady Barman
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