Marshfield boys basketball player Ethan Posteluk voted WDLB-WOSQ Radio & MarshfieldAreaSports.com January High School Athlete of the Month

Marshfield senior Ethan Posteluk was voted as the WDLB-WOSQ Radio & MarshfieldAreaSports.com January High School Athlete of the Month. (Photo by Paul Lecker/MarshfieldAreaSports.com)

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Marshfield boys basketball player Ethan Posteluk has been voted as the WDLB-WOSQ Radio & MarshfieldAreaSports.com January High School Athlete of the Month.

The High School Athlete of the Month Award is sponsored by Marshfield Clinic, Cost Cutters Family Hair Care and Burt Trophy & Awards.

Varsity athletes from the following high schools are eligible to be nominated for the award: Abbotsford, Athens, Auburndale, Colby, Columbus Catholic, Edgar, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Marathon, Marshfield, Neillsville, Owen-Withee, Pittsville, Spencer, Stratford and Thorp.

Posteluk tallied 348 of the 830 votes cast during voting at MarshfieldAreaSports.com from Feb. 1-7.

Other nominees for the January award were Spencer girls basketball player Lexi Baehr, Stratford wrestler Kamren Bornbach, Loyal boys basketball player Cameron Brussow, and Abbotsford girls basketball player Dylana Schreiner.

Posteluk, Marshfield’s top scorer this season, averaged 15.7 points per game in six games during January. He scored 19 points in a win over D.C. Evereest on Jan. 6, and had a pair of games with 18 against Wausau West on Jan. 13 and Stevens Point on Jan. 24. In the six games, Posteluk, a senior guard, made 12 of 24 3-point attempts.

Posteluk joins Columbus Catholic volleyball player Kendra Baierl (September), Columbus Catholic soccer player Nadim Torbey (October), Abbotsford football player Ethan Kramas (November), and Owen-Withee girls basketball player Jennifer Wendler (December) as winners of the award during the 2016-17 school year.

Nominate someone for the February Athlete of the Month award by emailing paul@marshfieldareasports.com. Voting will take place here from March 1-7.