WHS HALL OF FAME

INDUCTED 2024

CLASS OF 2009

High School: Four year varsity football punter, kicker, defensive back

and receiver.

Football – Junior year: 4th in St. Louis area in kickoff avg. 56.75 yds

3rd in area punt avg 41.95

1st team All-State punter and kicker junior year

honorable mention senior year

Junior and Senior year 1st team all MVC punter and kicker

College: Full Scholarship to the University of New Mexico for 2011-14 2014 was 7th in the nation for all FBS Div. 1 punter avg

First Team All-Mountain West. Was one of 25 punters named to the Ray Guy Award Preseason watch list that goes annually to the nation's top collegiate punter. Ben broke a 59-year old school record for single-season punting average by recording 45.8 yards per kick on 47 punts, owns the first and sixth best punting seasons in school history now (43.9 avg. in 2012), placed fifth in the country in yards per kick, and helped the Lobos place 15th in the nation in net punting at 39.44