Baseball: Zahn's first-team selection headlines Fort's five all-conference picks

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