December 27, 2019 – West Bend, WI – The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has released its Top 100 High School Athletes of the Decade in southeast Wisconsin and there are some familiar names from Washington County that made the cut. The list was compiled by reporter Christopher Kuhagen
Tennis standout Lexi Keberle of West Bend is ranked No. 39. Keberle won two state titles for West Bend East (Fall 2013 of her freshman year and Fall 2014 of her sophomore year).
Her dad Doug Keberle wrote:
She never lost a match in High School and was 61-0. She did not compete her junior and senior years because she wanted to keep moving up in the USTA National junior rankings (the writer for Journal Sentinel wrote she no longer played HS tennis due to club tennis, but there is no club tennis, it is USTA, United States Tennis Association) as the WIAA at that time would NOT let her play in any USTA tourneys during the high school season, so she would lose her ranking during the high school seasons. So, that is the reason why she couldn’t play HS tennis her junior and senior years.
As a high school player she was a “blue chip” ranked No. 23 in the Country and she was the highest ranked recruit to ever attend the University of Wisconsin in tennis as a male or female player.
Since graduating in 2017:
- Lexi Keberle was ranked as high as No. 46 in the NCAA rankings for 2018 while playing for the Badgers.
- Keberle was Unanimous ALL BIG TEN – Her freshman year as a Wisconsin Badger.
- Keberle helped the Badgers get to its first NCAA appearance in 14 years, last year, and helped the Badger Team get ranked in the Top 40 last year.
Lexi transferred to North Carolina State this past summer and now plays for the NC STATE Wolfpack. NC State is one of the best college teams in the country. The Wolfpack was ranked No. 11 in the country at the end of the 2019 season. Lexi hopes to help the Wolfpack win the NCAA National Championship.
Other Washington County athletes highlighted in the Journal Sentinel Top 100 in southeast Wisconsin are posted below:
4. Jesse Thielke: Germantown, 2007-11. Went on to wrestle at Wisconsin and competed in the Olympics in 2016.
20. Luke Fischer: Germantown, 2009-13. Anchored the middle for the Germantown boys basketball team
27. Beau Breske: Hartford Union, 2012-16. State wrestling champion his senior, sophomore and freshman seasons,
31. Zak Showalter: Germantown, 2008-12. Set the foundation for Germantown’s boys basketball dynasty
97. Anthony Schlass: West Bend West, 2013-17. Led baseball team to 2017 state title and an undefeated season.
