Todd D. Milewski writes in the Capital Times, "Derek Stepan visited the University of Wisconsin two weekends ago with Shattuck-St. Mary's linemate and Badgers recruit Brock Montpetit, not needing an extra push toward the school of his choice. 'He knew that's where I wanted to be,' Stepan said. 'I guess if I would have been iffy, he would have been like, Hey, come on to Wisconsin.' But I told him at the get-go when we first met that the Badgers is where I wanted to be.' Stepan, a 16-year-old forward from Hastings, Minn., took a step toward that goal when he gave Badgers coaches a verbal commitment late last week. He said he'd like to enter school right out of high school, in the fall of 2008, but that decision has yet to be made."