Wisconsin Badgers

Honors and Awards
2016 Preseason: Outland Trophy watch list
2015: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten
2014: Second-team All-Big Ten (media), honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches), Capital One Academic All-District, Academic All-Big Ten
2013: First-team All-Freshman (Athlon, College Football News), Academic All-Big Ten

Notable: Announced retirement from football on Aug. 23, 2016 ... was expected to play guard upon return from knee injury that shortened 2015 season .. played center in each of first three seasons

Career: Played in 32 games, with 27 starts at center ... part of offensive line that paved way for school-record 320.1 rushing yards per game in 2014

2015 Season: Earned third letter, starting 7 games at center ... missed 6 full games with knee injury, including final five games of season

2014 Season: Earned second letter, starting all 14 games at center ... helped Badgers post school-record rushing performance of 320.1 yards per game, which ranked No. 3 nationally ... Wisconsin averaged 6.91 yards per carry, the fourth-best rushing average in FBS history ... Badgers' 468.9 yards of total offense per game ranked third-best in school history ... helped UW post the two most prolific rushing performances in the FBS with 644 yards vs. Bowling Green (Sept. 20) and 581 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 15) ... UW's offensive line allowed just 13 sacks in 14 games ... helped Heisman Trophy runner-up Melvin Gordon rush for 2,587 yards, the second-most in FBS history

2013 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 11 games with 6 starts at center ... part of offensive line that paved the way for UW's offense to set school records for total offense (480.8 yards per game), rushing yards (3,689) and rushing average (6.62 yards per carry) ... Badgers also posted the third-best scoring mark in school history by averaging 34.8 points per game ... started at center vs. South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, vs. Penn State on Nov. 30, at Minnesota on Nov. 23, vs. Indiana on Nov. 16, vs. BYU on Nov. 9 ... saw action at Iowa on Nov. 2, at Illinois on Oct. 19 ... made first career start at center at Ohio State on Sept. 28 ... saw action vs. Purdue on Sept. 21, vs. Tennessee Tech on Sept. 7 and against UMass on Aug. 31

2012 Season: Redshirt season ... enrolled in spring semester to take part in spring practice

High School: Four-star recruit by Rivals, Scout and ESPN ... seventh-ranked guard in the nation by Scout and No. 8 by Rivals, No. 19 offensive tackle in the nation by ESPN ... third-ranked player in Illinois by ESPN and fourth-ranked in Illinois by Rivals ... named all-state as a senior by Illinois High School Association Coaches Association, Illinois News-Gazette and Chicago Tribune, also named Mid-Suburban All-Conference and Daily Herald All-Area ... IHSA All-State Academic Team member ... team captain as a senior ... as a junior, named all-state by the IHSA Coaches Association and the Illinois News-Gazette, MSL All-Conference and all-area by the Daily Herald ... lettered in football, wrestling and track and field ... head coach was Joe Sanchez

Personal:Parents are Robert and Beth Voltz ... volunteered with Relay for Life, Barrington Food Drive and at Barrington Area Giving Day ... graduated with bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in December 2015 ... pursuing master’s degree in kinesiology