EM football team named academic all-stars by WFCA

By Cara L. Dempski

The Elk Mound Football team earned another honor from its 2016 season.

The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association announced on November 9 that the Mounders were one of the teams selected for an academic all-state award.

Mounder head coach, Dave Lew, said he is proud of the team for this accomplishment.

“I like to show others that we were not just a good football team, but successful in our classes too,” Lew said.

The WFCA awards team academic all-state honors to teams who average a cumulative grade point average of 3.33 or higher among all seniors on the team. There must be at least five seniors on the team in order for the team to be considered for the award.

In addition to the team award, three Elk Mound seniors were honored as individuals. Dane Lew, Chandler Schreiber and Noah Zurbuchen made the individual academic all-state team.

The senior trio are letter winners who have maintained a 3.75 cumulative GPA or higher.