Gatorade 2014 - 2015: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - South Dakota

Will Lauer

DIS

LINCOLN HS

SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

SENIOR

Height: 5-FOOT-10

Press Release

Peak Performance

15:13.0

Won the Class AA individual state championship

15:07.0

Placed second at the Nike Cross Nationals Heartland Regional championships

“Will Lauer has a unique skill set of intelligence, motivation and a passion for running that has fueled his success. He is becoming one of the best distance runners in South Dakota history." ”

Eric Pooley

Head Coach

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 130-pound senior raced to the Class AA individual state championship this past season with a time of 15:13.2, leading the Patriots to a state title as a team. Also a 2014 South Dakota Cross Country and Track & Field Coaches Association All-

Academic Achievement

Lauer has maintained a 3.93 GPA in the classroom.

Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society and his school's jazz band, he has volunteered locally with FIRST Robotics.