Female Athlete of the Month

Danni Vetesnik, Senior, Richland Center, Track 

Danni capped her senior season by placing 2nd at the WIAA State Track & Field meet with a jump of 10’6”. She did have a season best jump of 11’ this year, just missing 11’7” on several occasions. She won every meet she participated in this year heading into the state meet. She also helped run in various relays throughout the season. Danni will continue her pole vaulting career at UW LaCrosse next year

Male Athlete of the Month

Cameron Magee, Sophomore, Ithaca, Track                                                  

Cameron has done an outstanding job this year for the track team. During the season he finished first  in the high jump, triple jump and long jump at the conference meet. Second in the 4x2 relay. At regionals he finished 2nd in the long jump, first in triple jump at 40'2.75 and end in high jump, and 4th in the 4 x1 relay. This qualified Cameron in all 4 events for the sectionals. Cameron had a new school record in the high jump this year jumping 6'4"at the Ginger Track meet at Riverdale, breaking the previous record he set the week earlier of 6’2” at the Sparky Reynolds meet in Boscobel.. Cameron qualified for the state meet in LaCrosse and brought home the 6th place medal. Great job Cameron!

In order to be considered for the award, student athletes are required to be nominated by a coach or an athletic trainer, be in good academic standing, and be a varsity team member. Further, the school the student attends must be a participant of the Richland Sports Medicine program. Qualifying schools include Richland Center, Riverdale, Ithaca, and UW-Richland. 

Each coach and athletic trainer is asked to submit nominations based on whatever criteria they feel is outstanding about the nominee. Athletic performance can be for an individual game performance (i.e. no hitter in baseball/softball, Triple double in basketball, defensive effort, etc.) or for the entire month. Coaches and athletic trainers can also nominate for leadership, commitment, and work ethic. Any athlete can be nominated for any reason. After all submittals are made, a committee of seven members rank the athletes according to the information provided in the nomination.

All Athletes of the Month are automatically nominated for the Athlete of the Year Award which is presented at the end of the school year. Each Athlete of the Month also receives a plaque created and donated by Main Street Trophy Plus / Jim Greeley Signs & Awnings of Richland Center.

Richland Sports Medicine was pleased to announce the Athletes of the Year for the 2009-2010 school year. Following are the nominations submitted.

Male Athlete of the Year

Ryan Huffar

Ithaca Senior

Football, Basketball, Track and Baseball

Fall Nomination by Head Football Coach, Dan Rice:

I have worked with Ryan the past four years as a student-athlete at Ithaca High School. Ryan is a three sport athlete and a very good student. Ryan participates in football, basketball and baseball. He is an honor student, a class officer and he has a 3.4 GPA. Ryan was recently selected to the Ridge and Valley Football All-Conference team as an End and as a Linebacker. He has a great work ethic, attitude and personality. Ryan is a very talented athlete and an even better student and person.

Additional Information:

2009 – 2010 Basketball: All Conference Honorable Mention

2010 Track and Field: Sectional qualifier 4 x 100 relay

2010 Baseball: All Conference

Female Athlete of the Year

Danni Vetesnik

Richland Center Senior

Volleyball & Track and Field

Spring Nomination by Track Coach: Danni capped her senior season by placing 2nd at the WIAA State Track & Field meet with a jump of 10’6”. She did have a season best jump of 11’ this year, just missing 11’7” on several occasions. She won every meet she participated in this year heading into the state meet. She also helped run in various relays throughout the season. Danni will continue her pole vaulting career in college at UW LaCrosse.

 Danni’s Senior Volleyball Season Information: She helped lead the Hornets to another 20 plus win season. She was a defensive specialist who played the libero position all season. Her defense was key in many of the victories this season. Danni was one of 4 seniors on the team this year. This season proved to be a challenge for Danni as she had to deal with a severe injury to her father. She used this as motivation to prepare herself for the challenges of practice and games