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Honors and Awards:
2011: Rimington Trophy finalist ... named first-team All-American by AFCA and Pro Football Weekly ... second-team All-American according to Yahoo! Sports and SI.com ... third-team All-American by Phil Steele ... first-team All-Big Ten by the media and honorable mention All-Big Ten by coaches ... Academic All-Big Ten ... invited to NFL scouting combine
2010: Consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... ESPN Academic All-District ... Preseason: Named third-team All-Big Ten by Athlon ... placed on watch list for Rimington Trophy
2009: First-team Freshman All-American by The Sporting News ... Academic All-Big Ten

2011: Started at center in 11 of 14 games ... injured his ankle during Minnesota game and missed the games vs. Illinois, Penn State and the Big Ten championship game ... returned to start at center in the Rose Bowl

2010: Earned second letter ... started at center in 11 of 13 games, missing Indiana and Michigan games due to injury ... did not play in second half at Iowa on Oct. 23 due to injury ... along with rest of starting offensive line and Bill Nagy, named UW's co-offensive player of the week for the Minnesota game ... named UW offensive player of the week after starting at center at UNLV on Sept. 4

2009: Earned first letter ... played in 10 games, starting nine ... did not play in final two games of season due to injury ... started nine straight games at center during the season ... had first-career start when he lined up at center against Wofford on Sept. 19 ... made Badger debut when he took over for injured Travis Frederick at center against Fresno State on Sept. 12

2008: Redshirt season ... named UW's offensive scout team player of the week of Fresno State

High School: Rated as the 30th-best offensive lineman in the nation and the No. 3 player in Wisconsin by Rivals.com ... Scout.com ranked him as the second-best player in the state and the No. 38 offensive lineman in the nation ... first-team all-state, all-region and all-conference offensive and defensive lineman as a senior ... first-team all-state offense, first-team all-region, first-team all-conference, honorable mention all-conference defense and team's most valuable lineman as a junior ... first-team all-conference and team's most improved lineman as a sophomore ... team captain as a senior ... played both ways and totaled 34 tackles and 10 QB sacks in his career ... three-year letterwinner in football ... two-time letterwinner in basketball and track and field ... academic letter ... head coach was Steve Mentzel

Personal: Parents are Tony and Margaret Konz ... relative, Robert Ferriani, played football at University of Massachusetts ... enjoys watching movies, playing video games and sports ... majoring in communication arts ... last name pronounced "kahnz"