Reason No. 2: What Milwaukee and Madison area fans should know about UW-Whitewater Football

(Editors Note: The Thursday (9/30) evening, UW-Whitewater at UW-Platteville game will have the KOOL 106.5 Warhawk football broadcast with Gary Douglas, Tom Pattison and Arnie Peck simulcast on 100.5 ESPN Madison and 540 ESPN Milwaukee

This is the second of several blog posts this week that will give Madison and Milwaukee area radio listeners a primer on why UW-Whitewater footall is a regional event, not just a local event)

If you have followed UW-Whitewater football over the past half-decade you have watched former southern Wisconsin high school football players earn national recognition at UW-Whitewater on the way to five consecutive Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships, five straight berths vs. Mount Union (Ohio) in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Boll (NCAA Division III National Championship Games, along with capturing the 2007 and 2009 Division III National Championship.

many of the “headline” players on the Warhawks grew up in the Milwaukee or Madison region. The following are UW-Whitewater All-Americans (2005-2009) from Madison/Milwaukee area:

Justin Beaver RB (Palmyra-Eagle) 2007 Gagliardi Trophy winner/All-Time leading career rusher in WIAC

Brady Ramsier OL (Jefferson)


Robb Widuch LB (Greenfield/Whitnall)


Ryan Kleppe DT (Mount Horeb) D3football.com Defensive Lineman of Year


Justin Jacobs QB (Sun Prairie)


Jim Leszczynski WR (Franklin)


Derek Stanley WR/KR (Verona) 7th round draft pick (20080 of St. Louis Rams


Pete Schmitt TE (Mount Horeb) signed free agent contact with Washington Redskins


Ryan Ogrizovich DE (Burlington)


Ben Farley Safety (Brookfield/East)

Brent Allen Center (Mukwonago) 2007 Remington Award 2007 Top D3 center in the nation


Mike Sherman OT (Oconomowoc/Kettle Moraine)


Jace Rindahl LB (Cambridge) D3football.com National Defensive Player of Year


Anthony White DE (Milwaukee/Bay View)


Troney Schumpert CB (Milwaukee/Bay View)


2000-2004 Warhawk All-Americans from Madison/Milwaukee area
Jake Wolter DB (Wauwatosa/East)
Chad Wurth RB (Monona/Grove)
Trey Bell CB (Racine/Case) first D3 player to play in all-division, postseason, Hula Bowl