Article by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org

Brianna Staebler finished in 4th place this weekend at the National Women’s NAIA Wrestling Tournament representing Campbellsville University, earning All-American honors.

She went 5-2 on the weekend with two wins (11-0, 6-0) and 3 pins. Her losses came to the young lady who took 3rd and to the eventual National Champion. As a team, the Campbellsville University Tigers claimed the National Championship.

Brianna started competing for the Tigers at Campbellsville, Kentucky, in mid-January and has transitioned well from being home in Wisconsin to her new home for the next four years of college in Kentucky. 

Brianna is a member of the Whitewater High School Class of 2020.

Emme Bullis was chosen as the MaxPreps/AVCA Wisconsin High School Volleyball Player of the Week for March 1st-March 7th.

Go, Emme, and Go, Whippets! 

https://www.maxpreps.com/news/NjXUJ8ZXXkO9ypo_3Iavfw/maxpreps-avca-players-of-the-week.htm

About the MaxPreps/AVCA High School Player of the Week Program:
The MaxPreps/AVCA High School Player of the Week Program is a partnership between the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and CBS MaxPreps, Inc. Each week MaxPreps and the AVCA recognize deserving student-athletes at the high school level who have demonstrated outstanding play on the court throughout the week of competition. Coaches must submit statistics to MaxPreps in order for their athletes to be considered for the program.

Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka

Whitewater Volleyball defeated Beloit Turner 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-13) on Thursday night during the annual Play for Trey event.

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Kindyl Kilar and Emme Bullis led the team in hitting, each with 16 kills. Three players, Emme Bullis, Cora Linos, and Kindyl Kilar, had double-digit digs defensively, with 12, 11, and 10 respectively.

Play for Trey is an annual event for the volleyball team, asking spectators to donate to Treyton’s Field of Dreams, built in honor of Treyton Kilar, a young baseball fan who perished in a drunk driving accident following a Whippet volleyball game in 2010.

“Mighty Quinn – How a D3 Longshot Turned into a Top Prospect”

A lengthy article about “The Gut” on nfl.com starts with this statement, “Facing an uphill battle to the NFL with a cancelled college season, an incomplete D-III resume and a ballooning belly, Quinn Meinerz was at a crossroads. Then fate, hard work and a little luck intervened.”

Kevin Bullis is quoted as saying, “”I’ve coached 33 years now and been around a lot of motivated human beings,” said Bullis, the Whitewater head coach. “He might be the most intrinsically motivated person I’ve ever known.”

Though the article’s byline says March 9, 2019, that’s obviously a typo — it should be 2021. Check it out here.

Here’s a link to “2021 NFL Draft Player Profiles: Wisconsin-Whitewater C Quinn Meinerz” on steelersdepot.com.