Sunflower State standout who was a multi-time all-state selection
In High School: Three-time All-Sunflower League selection, earning third-team honors in 2023 before collecting first-team honors in 2024 and 2025 … played more than 2,000 career snaps as a three-year starter at left tackle … named all-state across all size classifications by the KFCA for 2025 … also named that season to the KSHSAA 6A all-state team and to the organization’s Top 33 team … was a two-time all-state honoree by Sports in Kansas … named to the 2025 All-Simone Team, which honors top players in Kansas and Missouri in the greater Kansas City metro area … helped power his team to three consecutive 6A state playoff berths … rated among the top eight prospects in Kansas by all major outlets … ranked fifth in Kansas by ESPN and eighth by both Rivals and 247Sports … was an All-Central Region pick by PrepStar … played two seasons of basketball, averaging 10 points and seven rebounds as an honorable mention All-Sunflower League center as a junior … coached at Free State by Kevin Stewart … committed to Clemson on Dec. 2, 2024.
Personal: Born Sept. 7, 2007 … plans to enroll at Clemson in January 2026 … accomplished high school student athlete who earned a 3.86 GPA and was both a National Honor Society member and a student council representative … became Clemson’s first signee from Kansas since 2016, when Clemson’s two Kansas signees in the class included 2019 Butkus Award winner Isaiah Simmons out of Olathe … his mother, Kiersten, is a Clemson graduate … his father, Aaron, was an All-Big 12 baseball player at Kansas … his grandfather, Bob Gens, was a team captain and All-East running back at Columbia before later serving Columbia as a graduate assistant … last name pronounced “WILL-mez.”
