Today is Thursday, March 6, 2025
Brock Grosinske, an accounting and finance major from Whitewater, WI, and graduate of Whitewater High School, is a member of the 2024 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team, which started its 2024 season last Saturday with a 34-7 victory against John Carroll (Ohio).
The Warhawks are ranked third in the nation by D3football.com and the American Football Coaches Association.
UW-Whitewater will be led by three Preseason All-Americans on offense including center John Pekar (Franklin, Wis./Franklin), lineman Alex Pethan (Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek) and running back Tamir Thomas (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls). The Warhawks return breakout returner and wide receiver Tyler Vasey (Crystal Lake, Ill/Prairie Ridge) – the 2023 WIAC Newcomer of the Year – to the team this season. Kyle Koelblinger (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) returns to help lead the defense after claiming Newcomer of the Year honors in 2021 as a defensive back.
UWW returns a number of all-league players to the squad this season. Running back Drake Martin (Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander) and wide receiver Steven Hein (St. Charles, Ill./North) join Pekar, Pethan and Thomas offensively. Defensive lineman Matt Burba (Lake in the Hills, Ill./Huntley) and Nehemiah Lomax (Park Forest, Ill./Crete-Monee) are joined by linebacker Ethan Gallagher (Homer Glen, Ill./Lockport Township) in addition to Koelblinger on the defense. Mason Stepanski (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) and Vasey head the all-conference earners returning on special teams.
UW-Whitewater finished second in the league a season ago after securing a 6-1 mark against Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference competition. The Warhawks made a run to the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals before capping the season with an 11-2 record. UWW has secured at least a share of the conference title in 14 of the last 18 seasons. The Warhawks have claimed more WIAC championships than any other team in the league — 39.
UW-La Crosse has been picked to win the title in 2024 followed in order by the Warhawks, UW-River Falls, UW-Platteville, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stout, UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stevens Point.
The first road game of the season is set for September 14th at Roosevelt University in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
UW-Whitewater returns to The Perk for the final non-conference game of the season – a September 21 matchup against Mary Hardin-Baylor (Alumni Day presented by Mercyhealth). The Warhawks will host UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC opener on October 5 for UW-Whitewater’s annual Family Fest and Shriners Day presented by PremierBank.
Back on the road on October 12, the Warhawks will be in Menomonie for a meeting with UW-Stout. Kickoff against the Blue Devils is slated for 2 p.m. UWW will host UW-Stevens Point on Military Appreciation Day presented by the UW-Whitewater ROTC under the lights on Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m. Following an October 26 match-up at UW-Platteville, the Warhawks return to Perkins Stadium to take on UW-River Falls for Homecoming and the annual Hall of Fame Game presented by Educators Credit Union on November 2.
The final two games of the 2024 regular season are set for November 9 at UW-La Crosse and November 16 at UW-Eau Claire.
Whitewater’s Girls’ Tennis Team continued its Rock Valley season by beating host Big Foot 6-1 on Tuesday, September 10. The Whippets host Monroe on Thursday, September 12, at 4:30 pm.
Here are the results of the match:
- No 1 Singles Taryn Rothwell 6-0, 6-3
- No 2 Singles Jackie Franco 6-2, 6-0
- No 3 Singles Liz Servin 6-0, 6-0
- No 4 Singles Lilian Navejas 6-2, 6-2
- No 1 Doubles Maritza Vidales and Stephanie Wence 6-2, 6-4
- No 3 Doubles Madeline Joseph and Berma Vubumuh 6-3, 6-1
The WHG Girls’ Tennis Team would like to thank Stacey Joseph for the photo she included in this story.
Article Submitted by Greg Stewart
Whitewater High School Assistant Tennis Coach
gstewart@wwusd.org
The Whippet Football Team fell to McFarland 35-6 on Friday, September 6.
Coach Sam Bartlett stated, “This game was a situation where we got off the ball to attack very well; we just did not play disciplined football. We had penalties, turnovers, and other mistakes that held us back. The exciting part is that they are all things we can fix and that we will fix. Every day is a new opportunity to get better, and we will be a better team after facing off against McFarland. We are learning how to continuously compete every second of the game.
Offensively, it was our best game moving the ball, but untimely penalties and turnovers kept us from finding the end zone. We will correct those mistakes and become a team that finishes consistently in the end zone.
Defensively, we played hard and played a lot of the game very well. There was a coverage bust we will fix, and we were put in a bad position from a blocked punt. Overall, we will be a better team in Week 4 and look forward to the opportunity to keep competing!”
Article Submitted by Sam Bartlett
Whitewater High School Head Football Coach
barsa01@wwusd.org
Photo Credit Olivia Kowalski
By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information
St. Paul, Minn. – The No. 7 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater volleyball team topped a pair of ranked opponents to wrap up play in the KTIS Classic in St. Paul, Minnesota Saturday. The Warhawks opened the day with a 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-15, 25-22) win over No. 22 Cornell before sweeping No. 12 Northwestern-St. Paul 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-13).
Cornell Box Score | UNW Box Score
The Warhawks have now won three consecutive matches against teams ranked among the top 25 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III poll. UWW swept No. 20 Berry College in the team’s first match of the invitational Friday.
UW-Whitewater’s tandem of outside hitters led the offense against Cornell. Alayna Jansky hammered down 17 kills while Jenna Weinfurt registered 15. The pair notched double-doubles with 17 and 14 digs respectively. Middle hitter Abbie Dix added nine kills in the contest.
Setter Aubrie Krzus was active in all facets of the match. In addition to dishing out 44 assists, the sophomore tallied 6 kills in 10 attempts, 6 digs, a solo and four assist blocks.
Jaedynn Evans rounded out the Warhawks in double figures with 16 digs against the Rams.
The UWW defense was phenomenal against the Eagles in the second match of the day. The Warhawks registered 13 blocks and held UNW to a negative attack percentage for the match. Meanwhile, the UW-Whitewater offense was efficient posting an attack percentage of .316 bolstered a fantastic third set. In the final set of the tournament, UWW pounded down 11 kills in 19 attempts while committing just two errors – an attack percentage of .474.
Jansky was nearly unstoppable in the match with 12 kills in 17 attempts with just a single error – an attack percentage of .647. Weinfurt added 10 kills in the three-setter.
Dix was a force at the net defensively. The sophomore tallied a solo and seven assist blocks in the match. Six Warhawks registered at least one block in the contest. In addition to Dix’s eight, fellow middle Hannah Proctor and Weinfurt each posted five assist blocks.
Krzus notched 26 assists adding three aces and three assist blocks in the match.
Evans was the lone Warhawk to post double digit digs with 10.
In the three matches against three ranked opponents in the classic, Jansky hit .417 with 50 kills — an average of 5 kills per set to lead the offense. Krzus totaled 103 assists averaging 10.30 per set. Dix led the blockers with one solo and eleven assisted – an average of 1.20 blocks per set. Evans averaged 4.30 digs per set with a three-match total of 43 on the weekend.
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