2024 Coach of the Year - Mike Maas

The 2024 Gary Sorenson Coach of the Year award was given to Mike Maass of Appleton North. This season, Maass led the Lightning to a fifth-place finish at State, third place in the Fox Valley Association regular season and a 23- 13 record on the year. Maass, a 1995 graduate of UW-Milwaukee, has a record of 547-176 in 24 years at the school. Appleton North finished the season receiving votes in the Badger Region / Frisco Mo Wisconsin Boys High School Top 10 list.