Who was the top performer in the area last week? You tell us.
You can vote for this week’s high school athlete by Saturday, March 21 at 3 p.m. You don’t have to be a subscriber to vote.
De Pere basketball player Will Krueger was last week’s winner with 21,198 votes.
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He is the third De Pere athlete to win Player of the Week honors for the 2025-26 school year, joining football player Cayden Cavanaugh in Week 10 and lacrosse player Elliana Memken in Week 21.
Bay Area Ice Bears hockey star Faye Brunk was the runner-up. The Pulaski senior received 17,737 votes, while Ice Bears teammate and Bay Harbor sophomore Aisling Buchan was third with 2,283 votes.
Here are this week’s nominees. Be sure to vote in the poll below.
Cellcom Athlete Logo of the Week.
Jake Bookett, De Pere Basketball
The senior guard had several standout conference performances, helping the Redbirds reach the WIAA Division I state tournament.
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Bookett scored 22 points in a 79-64 semifinal victory over Germantown and scored a game-high 24 points in a 97-74 championship game victory over Brookfield East.
Teach Cornell, Seymour Basketball
The sophomore guard helped lead the Thunder to the D3 state tournament.
He scored 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists on 2-for-4 shooting in a 56-49 victory over Liberty in the conference semifinals.
Cornell followed suit, scoring a game-high 21 points and hitting five 3-pointers in the conference championship game against Appleton Xavier.
Ryan Westridge, Bondur Basketball
The senior played a key role in the Bears’ run to the D4 state tournament.
In the semifinals, he scored 27 points and 12 rebounds on 12-for-17 shooting, helping the Storm defeat Kewaunee 73-62, the Storm’s only loss of the season.
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Westridge made 6 of 11 shots and scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks to help the team beat Marathon 78-68.
Kaia Waldrop, Green Bay Notre Dame basketball
The senior forward capped off her prep career with a double-double in the D1 state tournament, finishing with 16 points and 13 rebounds in a semifinal loss to No. 1 Wauwatosa East.
2025-26 Winners
Week 1: Jaxson Beaumia, Ashwaubenon (11,898 votes)
Week 2: Aiden Bruce, Green Bay Preble (7,587 votes)
Week 3: Seneca Nooyen, Ashwaubenon (37,894 votes)
Week 4: Jacob Nuthals, Green Bay Preble (40,530 votes)
Week 5: Parker Marshall, Pulaski (1,378 votes)
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Week 6: Gavin Sullivan, Green Bay Preble (4,428 votes)
Week 7: Ella Van Elman, Coleman (20,356 votes)
Week 8: Emma Cunningham, Southwest Green Bay (18,008 votes)
Week 9: Liam Letizia, Green Bay West (48,213 votes)
Week 10: Cayden Cavanaugh, De Pere (1,392 votes)
Week 11: Hannah Miller, Kewaunee (36,394 votes)
Week 12: Brock Gauthier, Bay Harbor (5,976 votes)
Week 13: Joey Macy, Notre Dame Green Bay (21,794 votes)
Week 14: Camille Konkel, Green Bay Preble (44,354 votes)
Week 15: Cade DeLarwelle, Denmark (471 votes)
Week 16: Brooklyn Lucason, Green Bay Preble (8,067 votes)
Week 17: Kiya Brand, Krivits (14,133 votes)
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Week 18: Natalie Rudnick, Seymour (645 votes)
Week 19: Hayden Schultz, Lutheran Church of Northeast Wisconsin (18,382 votes)
Week 20: Isaiah Faulkner, Providence College (27,163 votes)
Week 21: Elliana Memken, Bay Area Ice Bears (36,080 votes)
Week 22: Pulaski Konrad Kreuzberg (61,871 votes)
Week 23: Reagan Snyder, Algoma (18,253 votes)
Week 24: Jack Falk, Pulaski (23,288 votes)
Week 25: Quinn Weisenberg, Bondur (12,150 votes)
Week 26: Carter Tebon, Bay Harbor (13,510 votes)
Week 27: Skylyn Baxter, Peshtigo (14,611 votes)
Week 28: Andrew Wiesner, Sevastopol (22,015 votes)
Week 29: Will Krueger, De Pere (21,198 votes)
This article originally appeared in the Green Bay Press-Gazette: Vote for the Cellcom Press-Gazette High School Athlete of the Week for March 9-14