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Marshfield junior Luke Zuiker was one of four players unanimously picked to the first-team of the 2012-13 All-Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Basketball Team.
Zuiker joins D.C. Everest senior Zach Finnegan, Merrill senior David Jesperson and Stevens Point freshman Trevor Anderson as unanimous first-team selections.
D.C. Everest senior Jared Gjertson was also named to the first team.
Jesperson is a two-time first-team choice, while Zuiker was a second-team pick in 2011-12.
Jesperson led the conference in scoring (20.5 points per game) and rebounding (11.3 per game).
Zuiker finished fourth in scoring at 14.6 points a game and seventh in rebounding (4.8 per game).
Finnegan finished third in scoring (16.3 per game) and led the conference in assists (3.1 per game).
Anderson was also named Player of the Year and becomes the first freshman to be named to the first team since Johnny Kotz of Rhinelander in 1936. Anderson was second in the Wisconsin Valley in scoring (19.8 points per game), second in 3-point percentage (47.3 percent) and first in free throw percentage (89 percent).
Marshfield also had two honorable mention choices in seniors Luke Olson and Isaac Accola.
Scott Anderson of champion Stevens Point was named WVC Coach of the Year.
2012-13 All-Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Basketball Team
First team: *Zach Finnegan, sr., D.C. Everest; *Luke Zuiker, jr., Marshfield; *David Jesperson, sr., Merrill; *Trevor Anderson, fr., Stevens Point; Jared Gjertson, sr., D.C. Everest. (*Unanimous selection)
Second team: George Diekelman, jr., Stevens Point; Sam Hauser, fr., Stevens Point; Conrad Felten, sr., Wausau East; Alex Bassuener, so., Wisconsin Rapids; Taylor Penn, so., Wausau West.
Honorable mention: Josh Nielsen, sr., D.C. Everest; Luke Olson, sr., Marshfield; Isaac Accola, sr., Marshfield; Riley Presley, so., Wisconsin Rapids.
Coach of the Year: Scott Anderson, Stevens Point.
Player of the Year: Trevor Anderson, Stevens Point.