Preble Boys’ Golf History
Conference Champions
1975, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
WIAA Regional Champions
1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
WIAA Sectional Champions
1977, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010
WIAA State Qualifying Team
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
WIAA State Runner-Up Team
1994, 2006
Individual and Team Scoring Records
Season scoring average
- 1988 Bill Heim 36.5
- 1980 Joe T. Mertens 37.1
- 2006 Jason Johnson 38.1
- 1978 Kelly Denessen 38.2
- 1994 Tom Uutala 38.3
- 1979 Joe T. Mertens 38.4
- 2008 Tom Boockmeier 38.7
Individual 9-hole record
32 (-4) Bill Holm
Individual 18 hole record
65 (-5) Kelly Denessen
Team 9-hole record
148 (+4) Kelly Denessen, Greg Verbeten, Greg Wanner, Dave Karcher, Keith Templin
Team 18-hole record
284 (+4) Kelly Denessen, Lee White, Joe T. Mertens, Ed Harden, Keith Templin
State Meet Participants
Bob Cook ’75
Bill Holm ’75 ’76
Tom Holm ’75
Dave Nicolaus ’75
Kevin Sandmire ’75
Kelly Denessen ’76 ’77 ’78
Scott Denessen ’76
John Gragg ’76
Greg Wanner ’76 ’77
Greg Verbeten ’77
Joe T. Mertens ’77 ’78 ’79
Lee White ’77 ’78
Ed Harden ’78
Keith Templin ’78
Bill Heim ’86 ’87 ’88
Lee Schroeder ’86
Joe Frease ’86
Ed Chestolowski ’86
Brian Bolssen ’86
Chris Gilliam ’90
Tom Uutala ’92 ’93 ’94
Marcus Holtz ’93 ’94
Matt Haefs ’93 ’94
Willie VanderHeyden ’93 ’94 ’95
Kevin VanRossum ’93 ’94 ’95
Nick Gilliam ’94 ’95
Scott Feldhausen ’95
Chris VanIten ’95
P.J. Webster ’98
Grant Wabnitz ’99 ’00
Mark Howe ’99 ’00
Nathan Kollath ’99 ’00 ’01
Chase Solper ’99 ’00
Curt Pelischek ’99 ’00
Shawn VanIten ’00
Alex Verbeten ’03
Chad Weihbrecht ’03
Adam Salmon ’03
Jesse Rosenow ’03
John Howe ’03
Chris Pural ’04 ’06
Will Pural ’04 ’06
Matt VanEss ’04 ’06
Jason Johnson ’04 ’06
Nic Carpiaux ’04 ’06
Kyle Hafeman ’07 ’09 ’10
Trevor Quass ’09
Brandon Chaloupka ’09
Tom Boockmeier ’09 ’10 ’11
Davis Kim ’09 ’10
Max Adams ’10
Trevor Kim ’10
Andy Waselchuk ’10 ’11
Isaac Prefontaine ’15 ’16
Ryan Dessart ’17
Cole Hanke ’19
Team MVP’s
1970 Dan Burkholz
1971 Dan Burkholz
1972 John Birch
1973 John Birch
1974 Jeff McWey
1975 Dave Nicolaus
1976 Bill Holm
1977 Kelly Denessen
1978 Kelly Denessen
1979 Joe T. Mertens
1980 Joe T. Mertens
1981 Mark Schroeder
1982 Mark Schroeder
1983 Scott Renier
1984 Brian Ehlers
1985 Bill Heim
1986 Bill Heim
1987 Bill Heim
1988 Bill Heim
1989 Ken Chestolowski
1990 Chris Gilliam
1991 Brian Pierquet
1992 Tom Uutala
1993 Tom Uutala
1994 Tom Uutala
1995 Nick Gilliam
1996 Kevin VanRossum
1997 Grant Wabnitz
1998 Grant Wabnitz
1999 Grant Wabnitz
2000 Grant Wabnitz
2001 Nathan Kollath
2002 Alex Verbeten
2003 Chad Weihbrecht
2004 Jason Johnson
2005 Matt Van Ess
2006 Jason Johnson
2007 Bryce Pritchard
2008 Tyler Wadzinski
2009 Tom Boockmeier
2010 Tom Boockmeier
2011 Tom Boockmeier
2012 Andy Miske
2013 Michael Gehm
2014 Isaac Prefontaine & Alex Olson
2015 Isaac Prefontaine
2016 Isaac Prefontaine
2017 Quinn Miller & Ryan Dessart
2018 Cole Hanke
2019 Cole Hanke
2021 Izak Wiegman & Connor Novitski
2022 Patrick Kennedy
2023 Austin Soli