Honors and Awards
2023: Academic All-Big Ten, CSC Academic All-District
2022: Academic All-Big Ten
2021: Academic All-Big Ten
2020: Academic All-Big Ten, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
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2023 Season: Voted a team captain by his teammates … played in 13 games on special teams … earned head coach Luke Fickell’s special teams player of the game versus Rutgers (Oct. 7) and Illinois (Oct. 21) … returned one kick for 11 yards versus Northwestern (Nov. 11)Â
2022 Season: Did not see any game action
2021 Season:Â Appeared in 6 games
2020 Season:Â Appeared in 5 games
2019 Season:Â Saw action in 1 game ... made UW debut against Kent State on Oct. 5
2018 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Helped team reach Wisconsin Division 1 championship game as a senior … finalist for John Anderson Award presented to state’s top senior linebacker… first-team all-state by Wisconsin Football Coaches Association as a junior and senior … first-team all-state as a senior and honorable mention all-state as a junior by Associated Press … selected for WFCA All-Star Game … Big Eight Conference Linebacker of the Year and first-team all-conference as a junior and senior … finished career with 247 tackles, 48.0 TFLs, 20.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 4 interceptions, 7 pass breakups and 2 defensive touchdowns … recorded 93 tackles, 20.0 TFLs and 2 defensive touchdowns as a senior … notched 72 tackles, 22.0 TFLs and 3 forced fumbles as a junior … had 82 tackles, 6.0 TFLs and 2 interceptions as a sophomore … two-year team captain … also lettered in basketball … WFCA Academic All-State … four-year honor roll student … National Honor Society … coach was Brian Kaminski
Personal: Parents are Erica and Jeff Strey … father played football at UW-Whitewater … mother Erica (Handelman) Strey played soccer at Wisconsin from 1990-93 … aunt Cathy (Strey) Hartjoy played soccer at Wisconsin from 1994-97
