As a starting tight end for the Knights last season, Wiza finished second on the team with two catches for 31 yards. He was also, according to Koch, Oak Creek's most aggressive and best blocking offensive lineman. But it was a chance appearance by a Western Michigan coach in the Knights' weight room one fall day that wound up netting him a Division I scholarship. Expected to play offensive tackle for the Broncos, Wiza said he is likely to redshirt his freshman year. But a year off the field won't be enough to keep Wiza down, not after all he's gone through to get to this point.
People have near-death experiences and overcome that.
I've worked so hard and used all my talents to get to where I am right now. I'm not going to sell myself short. Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Feb. 1, 2001. Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved.