INSIDE MEN'S BASKETBALL
BY PATRICK HERB
On deck: UW completes
2013 class with walk-on
Badgers add in-state prep star to 2013 roster
W
ith the 2012-13 season in the books, the
Badgers are looking ahead
to next season and have
solidified their 2013 class
with one final addition.
Aaron Moesch, a forward
from Green Bay, Wis., has
been admitted to the University of Wisconsin and
will walk on to the men's
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basketball team beginning
in the fall of 2013, head
coach Bo Ryan has announced.
Moesch (6-8, 200) led
Green Bay Southwest to
the state regional finals
this season after finishing
second in the Fox River
Valley Conference in scoring at 18.4 points per game,
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while adding 12.1 boards per contest. Moesch ended his career with
more than 1,000 points, scoring a
game-high 15 in his final prep outing against De Pere.
Moesch earned honorable mention WBCA Division 1 all-state honors and was named first-team allconference as a senior.
"We're excited to have Aaron join
the Badgers program," Ryan said.
"He is a terrific young man, fantastic
student, and comes from a very supportive family.
"I've always had an admiration for
student-athletes that want to challenge themselves at the highest level
both on the court and in the classroom and Aaron is ready and anxious to attack those challenges.
"Aaron will be an excellent addition to our program and the University of Wisconsin in general."
Moesch will join Bronson Koenig
(La Crosse, Wis., Aquinas), Nigel
Hayes (Toledo, Ohio, Whitmer), Vitto Brown (Bowling Green, Ohio, HS),
Jordan Hill (Pasadena, Calif., Exeter
Academy) and Riley Dearring (Minnetonka, Minn., HS). as the sixth
member of the class of 2013.
Hill and Koenig win titles
»A pair of incoming Badgers ended their prep careers with team
championships. Jordan Hill (Pasadena, Calif.) led Exeter Academy
to its first NEPSAC Class A title,
while Aquinas' Bronson Koenig
(La Crosse, Wis.) helped the Blugolds earn their second Wisconsin
state title in three years.
