MarshfieldAreaSports.com
Stevens Point football player Jackson Spees has been voted the Grassland Dairy High School Athlete of the Month for September.
MarshfieldAreaSports.com & Zaleski Sports co-sponsor the award, which is in its 15th year. Grassland Dairy is the new main sponsor for the 2023-24 school year.
Varsity athletes from the following high schools are eligible to be nominated for the award: Abbotsford, Amherst, Athens, Assumption, Auburndale, Colby, Columbus Catholic, D.C. Everest, Edgar, Granton, Greenwood, Iola-Scandinavia, Loyal, Marathon, Marshfield, Mosinee, Neillsville, Pacelli, Pittsville, Port Edwards, Rosholt, Spencer, Stratford, Stevens Point, Waupaca, Wausau Newman Catholic, Wild Rose, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln and Wittenberg-Birnamwood.
Spees received 1,819 of the nearly 4,350 votes cast during voting from Oct. 2-9 at MarshfieldAreaSports.com.
Other nominees for the September award were: Auburndale football player Kaden Anderson, Marshfield Columbus Catholic soccer player Alex Edwards, Marshfield girls tennis player Ashley Grancorvitz, Wittenberg-Birnamwood volleyball player London Metropulos and Wausau Newman Catholic volleyball player Camille Sobolewski.
Spees, a junior defensive back, had four interceptions in a win over Wausau West on Sept. 22, and picked off a pair of passes in another victory over Hortonville on Sept. 1. Spees has nine interceptions this season for the Panthers, who are a perfect 6-0 in the Valley Football Association this season.
Other winners of the award during the 2023-24 school sports year include: Marshfield volleyball player Abby Ongna (August).
To nominate someone for the October award, email publisher Paul Lecker with relevant statistics and accomplishments for that student-athlete prior to Oct. 25.