OWEN FROHMADER NAMED OCTOBER ROTARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Cedarburg High School senior Owen Frohmader was recognized as the October Student of the Month by the Rotary Club of Cedarburg-Grafton at its weekly lunch meeting on Oct. 17 at the Peter Wollner American Legion Post.Principal Casey Bowe said that Frohmader’s talents represent the diversity of C.H.S. students and called him a technical education “standout” who has completed and excelled in every carpentry and metalworking class offered in high school while taking advanced and college-level math courses. His skills are showcased in a sign he built for the C.H.S. Bulldog Café for which he created a welded metal frame and precision-cut metal graphic. The sign is backlit by LED lighting and layered in front of rough, weathered barn wood.
“He is known for being driven, kind, hardworking, broadly intelligent, and immensely talented,” Bowe said.
Frohmader is one of the top high school competitive archers in the nation, earning the title of Wisconsin Shooter of the Year three times and National Shooter of the Year twice. He plans to graduate from high school at the end of this semester and work in the family business while continuing to shoot archery locally and nationally. He will then attend the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky in the fall of 2025, which is currently ranked #1 in collegiate archery.
The Rotary award is given monthly, alternating between Cedarburg and Grafton High Schools, to students who demonstrate hard work through school, employment or other activities. The students receive a $50 chamber gift check for their own use, and the Club makes a $50 donation to a charity of the student’s choice.
Frohmader chose the Kniestedt Foundation to receive his donation. The Foundation is a program that supports veterans and empowers them to have a connection to nature through hunting and shooting.
The above photo shows Owen Frohmader after receiving the Rotary Student of the Month Award from Rotary President-Elect Dave Stern, left. Also in the photo is C.H.S. Principal Casey Bowe, right.
Photo Credit: Gail Ostermann