Wauwatosa West High School football player Barry Ballinger and soccer player Sam Krenzien signed national letters of intent in ceremonies at the school Feb. 3.
Ballinger, a linebacker, signed to play football at Minnesota State University Mankato, a Division II school that plays in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Krenzien signed to play soccer at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a Division I school that plays in the Horizon League.
As a senior, Ballinger, a first-team all-Woodland Conference player, was named an honorable mention all-suburban by NOW Newspapers for his play at linebacker.
NOW Newspapers also named him an honorable-mention all-suburban as a junior, and he also earned second-team all-conference as a junior and an honorable-mention all-conference as a sophomore at linebacker. As a junior, the versatile Ballinger also earned honorable-mention all-conference honors as an offensive lineman.
Following the 2009 season, Krenzien, a multiple all-Woodland Conference selection, received all-state first-team honors as a midfielder by the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association. He received all-state honorable-mention honors as a junior.
Krenzien was chosen to take part in the NOW Newspapers/Milwaukee Wave Senior All-Star Game on Jan. 23.
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