Friday, May 9, 2014
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Brad's High School Honors
Here is a list of all of Brad's high school football honors. He will play in two all-star games this summer, including the Kansas-Missouri all-star game June 13 and the Kansas Shrine Game July 28. He will head to Northwest Missouri State in mid-August.
Brad Strauss
Brad Strauss
Quarterback/Safety,
6-1, 180
Lawrence (Kan.) High
School
Career Honors
Senior (2012)
State Honors
Top 11 All-State First Team (Kansas Football Coaches Assn.,
Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital Journal)
All-Class First Team Defensive Back (Kansas-Sports.com)
All-State Defensive Back (Hovpen.Rivals.com)
6A Offensive Player of the Year (Kansas-Sports.com)
6A First Team (Kansas Football Coaches Association)
6A First Team Quarterback (Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital
Journal and Kansas-Sports.com)
6A Honorable Mention Defensive Back (Topeka Capital Journal)
League Honors
All-Sunflower League First Team Quarterback and Defensive
Back
Sunflower League Offensive Player of the Year
(Sunflowerleagueblogspot.com)
Metro and Area Honors
Simone Award Finalist (top player in Kansas City Metro area)
Simone all-Kansas City Metro Team
All-Metro First Team Quarterback (Kansas City Star)
All-Area Player of the Year (Lawrence Journal World)
All-Area Team (Lawrence Journal World)
Other
Kansas Shrine All-Star Game Selection
Kansas-Missouri All-Star Game Selection
Dylan Meier Get Busy Livin’ Award
National Football Foundation, Sunflower Chapter
Scholar-Athlete
Greater Kansas City Football Coaches Association
Scholar-Athlete Scholarship
Kansas City - Kansas Metro Player of the Week (Kansas City
Star, Nov. 9)
Signed Letter of Intent to play football at Northwest
Missouri State
Junior (2011)
State Honors
Top 11 Second Team (Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital
Journal)
6A First Team Defensive Back (Wichita Eagle and Topeka
Capital Journal)
6A Honorable Mention Quarterback (Wichita Eagle)
League Honors
All-Sunflower League First Team Quarterback and Defensive
Back
Sunflower League Offensive Player of the Year
(Sunflowerleagueblogspot.com)
Metro and Area Honors
Simone Award semifinalist (top player in Kansas City area)
Simone all-Kansas City Metro Team
All-Metro Team (Kansas City Star)
All-Area Player of the Year (Lawrence Journal World)
All-Area Team (Lawrence Journal World)
Sophomore (2010)
State Honors
6A Honorable Mention Back (Topeka Capital Journal)
League Honors
All-Sunflower League Honorable Mention
Area Honors
All-Area Team (Lawrence Journal World)
Career Offensive
Statistics (29 games)
Passing: 5,123 yards, 47 Touchdowns
Rushing: 1,972 yards, 30 Touchdowns
Totals Offense: 7,095 yards, 77 Touchdowns
Year By Year
Offensive Statistics
Sophomore: 1,249 yards, 10 TD passing; 603 yards, 5 TD
rushing; 1,852 total yards, 15 TD
Junior: 1,596 yards, 13 TD passing; 626 yards, 11 TD
rushing; 2,222 total yards, 24 TD
Senior: 2,278 yards, 24 TD passing; 743 yards, 14 TD
rushing; 3,021 total yards, 38 TD
Monday, February 18, 2013
Dear Cancer
Dear Cancer,
Pow. You hit me unexpectedly in August. Blindsided me. Knocked 15-20 pounds right off me. I didn’t even know what you were yet. Slowly, steadily you chipped away at my strength and energy through September, October and into November. Visits to doctors in Kansas came up empty. I was told to go to the Mayo Clinic. They were just as confused as to who you were. Finally on the third visit over New Year’s Eve, they confirmed it. You were PTLD – Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder. Fairly rare, apparently hard to diagnose, but easy to treat.
By then I was struggling to get out of bed each day. Showers consumed my energy to the point I
could barely stand afterwards and would lay down before even drying off. Walking from my bedroom to the kitchen to get
something to eat required a rest before starting to find food. Then it was back in bed.
In January, the day before I was scheduled to meet with
doctors at KU Medical Center and get my treatments started, I was told to get a
blood test. Lisa and I went to Lawrence
Memorial Hospital to get the work done.
Afterwards we stopped in the hospital cafeteria for breakfast. After breakfast, I knew something was wrong. I told Lisa we needed to go to the emergency
room. We decided to make the 45-minute
drive to KU Med since that was where I was going to be treated anyway. She got a wheelchair and led me to the car.
On the way to the hospital I noticed my fingers were turning
blue. Then my lower lip and chin went
numb. My vision became extremely blurry
to where I couldn’t make out cars and could barely see traffic lights. Then my legs began shaking
uncontrollably. I became extremely
thirsty and wanted to throw up.
As luck would have it there was a terrible accident on the
highway with cars on fire. We came to a
complete stop for exactly one hour.
After we started moving, Lisa was able to get me some water and my symptoms
regressed it seemed. We rushed to the
hospital where they pumped me full of four bags of IV fluid and three units of
blood. I was told I was nearly in septic
shock.
After 11 hours in the emergency room they admitted me into
the hospital where I would spend the next 10 days. I started my cancer treatments (one infusion a
week for four weeks) and started to feel better.
A few days after my fourth, and hopefully final, infusion on
Feb. 8, I started to feel pretty good. I
still need to put on about 15 pounds and I am still very weak, but am making
progress. I will be scanned in early
March to see if the treatments were successful and I fully believe they were.
My family and I have been overwhelmed and touched by the
support of people who have reached out to us during this time. Their generosity to help us with dinners,
gift cards and financially has been extremely humbling. We are very thankful to everyone who even
just asks how we are doing. That has
meant a lot to all of us. Please know I
am getting better and it won’t be long until all of this is just a memory.
Sincerely,
Mike
Sincerely,
Mike
Friday, November 30, 2012
Cole Heading To First High School Wrestling Match
After going undefeated as a seventh and eighth-grader, Cole gets his first taste of high school wrestling this Saturday when he goes to a junior varsity tournament at Emporia. The tournament starts at 9 a.m. and is probably only 75 minutes away, yet he has to report to Lawrence High School at 4:45 a.m. to weigh in, get gear and get on the bus. Really? 4:45 a.m.? My thought right now is Ridiculous. Maybe there is method to this madness, but I don't see it right now. This makes for an extremely long day.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Brad Postseason Awards Update
So far Brad has been named:
Top 11 by Wichita Eagle
Wichita Eagle interview link: http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/blog/2012/11/27/the-wichita-eaglevarsitykansas-com-2012-top-11-football-team/
Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital Journal will have their teams announced Sunday.
Simone Award Finalist for top player in Kansas City Metro area. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the high school of the winner.
All-Sunflower League First Team as Quarterback and Defensive Back (second straight year he accomplished this)
Sunflower Leage Offensive Player of the Year by Sunflower League Blog (second straight year for this award)
Coming up in the next week (maybe), will be:
All-state honors by class from the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital Journal
(Brad was first-team all-state safety as a junior and honorable mention quarterback as a sophomore and junior)
All-metro team by the Kansas City Star
(Brad was on this last year)
Gatorade Kansas Player of the Year
(he is a candidate this year, but no idea)
Lawrence Journal World all-area team
(Brad was on this team as a sophomore and junior and was the all-area player of the year as a junior)
Hopefully he will be on some of these lists.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Football Season Ends In Second Round
The dream of a state championship ended Friday, Nov. 9 when Lawrence High fell 21-14 to Shawnee Mission West in the second round of the Kansas playoffs. Missed opportunities in the red zone once again did in the Lions against the Vikings. This team was extremely fun to watch and though physically over-matched all season long, played with so much heart. They finished the year 8-3 with the three losses coming to two teams playing in the state semifinal. They created great memories for their families and fans, but most importantly for themselves. Thank you guys.
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