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"Dugout Chatter" is a behind the scenes look at your favorite prep baseball player.

 

Name: Parker Schrage

School: New Holstein

Year: Senior

GPA: 3.3

Favorite subject: Biology

Position: Pitcher/SS

Other sports: football, basketball, track & field

I got my start in sports: when I was four years old playing coach pitch baseball. I also played youth basketball and football.

I wish I could play: hockey.

Baseball highlights: Named 2009 Eastern Wisconsin Conference Player of Year and first-team all-conference at pitcher … also first team all-district selection … earned Eastern Wisconsin Conference second team honors at pitcher as a junior … two-time letterwinner and two-year starter as a pitcher and shortstop.

2009 stats: Batted .440 (40-for-91) with 25 runs scored, six doubles, four home runs and 28 RBI … 13-of-13 in stolen bases … recorded .514 on-base percentage … pitching stats: 11-1 record (only loss was in state quarterfinals)  with 1.11 ERA in 16 appearances, including 11 starts, covering 81 2/3 innings with 108 strikeouts … tossed nine complete games, including three shutouts and posted one save … recorded .979 fielding percentage at shortstop.

2009 team stats: Finished 23-5 overall, 15-3 in Eastern Wisconsin Conference (first place) … advanced to WIAA Summer State quarterfinals

Other sports honors: two-time letterwinner and two-year starter at wide receiver and safety in football … Eastern Wisconsin Conference Defensive Back of the year as a senior and a two-time all-conference first team pick at DB … earned honorable mention all-conference at wide receiver as a senior … three-time letterwinner and two-year starter at forward in basketball … competed in track and field as a freshman and was an alternate at state in the 3,200-meter relay.

I like playing baseball because: of the tradition of the game, its competitiveness and how much fun it is to play the game.

Team bonding moment: hanging out at coach s house after first sectional game.

Baseball superstitions: I wear a pair of lucky socks that are falling apart and always did stretching exercises with the same partner, Joey Nelson, every day.

Favorite athlete: Manny Ramirez

Favorite team: Milwaukee Brewers

Favorite Brewer: Yovani Gallardo

Favorite movie: Scarface

Favorite baseball movie: The Rookie

Favorite TV show: ESPN SportsCenter

Favorite meal: brats and burgers

Favorite fast food: Culver s

Favorite opponent: Kewaskum

Favorite sports to watch on TV: baseball.

Favorite web sites: Facebook; wissports.net

Favorite author: James Patterson

I get my news: Internet

On my IPod: King of Leon; Dave Matthews Band; anything but country

Favorite place to visit: Jamaica

I want to visit: New York

Baseball Stadium to visit: Jacob s Field in Cleveland

One word to describe me: determined

I want to meet: Chad Ochocinco (formerly Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson)

Dream date: Halle Berry

Role model: my brothers, Aaron and Tyler.

My family includes: my parents, Mark and Lori.

Nickname: Dog

I drive: a 2003 Taurus

Dream car: a Shelby GT 500

Dream gift: buy a baseball stadium.

I like New Holstein High School because: it is small enough to get to know everybody and become close to your teachers.

Fantasy: play professional baseball

Talent I wish I had: photographic memory

I can t live without: food, my cell phone, IPod and computer.

Hobbies: playing video games

Post-high school plans: attend Madison Area Technical College to study Liberal Arts and play baseball and then to attend a four-year college.

Career goal: undecided

Outlook on life: "Go hard or don t go at all."

 

Did you know? Parker is a baseball umpire and basketball referee.

 

If you have a prep baseball player you would like to read about, send your nomination to Dennis Semrau at: [email=dsemrau@madison.com]dsemrau@madison.com[/email] or (608) 513-5550.