Brenton Wenzl Optimist Student for the Month of March

Three trips to the State basketball tournament and three trips to the state football playoffs, including a one point victory over a favored Ashland Greenwood team in the 2024 Quarterfinal game. Those are some of the experience of  the March Optimist Youth of the Month. Brenton Wenzl, a Senior at Auburn High School, has a 3.85 Grade Point average, has been inducted into the National Honor Society and received Academic All-State honors in Football and Basketball.
In football, Wenzl had 889 passing yards, including 10 touchdowns. As a receiver, he had 189 yards and a touchdown, he also had 114 rushing yards for two touchdowns. On defense, he recorded 118 total tackles, had eight interceptions, forced a fumble and recovered another. On special teams he recorded 187 yards in kickoff returns and when a rugby style punter was needed he supplied 247 yards in punts.  The four year letter winner was team captain his senior year. He was football Allstate honorable mention, first team all district, ACC NC award winner, and the football teams MVP.  His sophomore and junior seasons, he was all district honorable mention.
As the team captain of the basketball team, his junior and senior year, Wenzl scored 388 points his senior year including 73 three-pointers on defense he averaged 1.4 steals per game and .5 blocks.  He received ECNC honors both his junior and senior season and was all state honorable mention his sophomore and Junior seasons.  This years State honors are yet to be announced.  He was named to the tournament team following the state tournament is senior season.
Wenzl was Homecoming Royalty.  He is a flag football volunteer coach, a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He volunteers at Calvert Elementary, the Nemaha County Wellness Center, basketball camps, AHS blood drives, City football coach and volunteers at youth football camps.  He is a member of St Paul Lutheran Church.
He is the son of Matt and Bristol Wenzl of Auburn.  After graduation he plans to attend Northeast Community College majoring in Utility Line.  When speaking of his memories of High School he responded…” high school is full of many impactful moments that I’ll remember for the rest of my life. If I have to choose one, it would have to be placing at the state basketball tournament three of my four years of high school. I would say this is at the top of my list because it’s a once in a lifetime experience that I had the opportunity to experience three times. The endless amount of memories made at state and the chance to play multiple games on the big stage in front of many different people from many different places, is something that can’t be replicated. With all that being said, I am very grateful for my coaches, teammates, and community because none of that would have been impossible without them.”