WHITEWATER, WI (09/06/2017)-- Elliot Klim, a native of Bettendorf, IA, and graduate of Bettendorf, will compete for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team during the 2017 season, which began last Saturday.
Klim, a junior at UW-Whitewater, is majoring in Finance.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team enters the 2017 season with experience and talent on offense, defense and special teams, a combination it hopes to ride to the program's 36th Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and 12th in the last 13 years.
The Warhawks, who kick off the regular season Sept. 2, finished the 2016 season with conference title No. 35, the program's 11th trip to the third round of the NCAA Playoffs in 12 years and a 12-1 record, including a 7-0 mark in league play. The team extended its home winning streak to 32 games before it was snapped in the national quarterfinal game.
The WIAC's head coaches and athletic communications personnel tabbed UW-Whitewater as the favorite to bring home another league championship this fall. The team is also ranked third in the nation by D3football.com.
The Warhawks return 10 starters on offense, including 2017 Preseason All-American Nate Trewyn(Janesville, Wis./Milton), a junior offensive lineman. Senior linebacker Matt Seitz (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) and junior linebacker Bryce Leszczynski (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI) return as starters on a defense that makes up for a lack of starting experience with depth at all positions
