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Name: Joe Poshepny  



School: Viroqua  



Grade: Senior  



Football Honors: Three-year varsity letter winner for Viroqua … Played wide receiver and defensive back as a sophomore and junior, played defensive back exclusively as a senior … Member of teams at Viroqua that missed the WIAA playoffs in 2008 and 2010 by one game.  



Basketball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner … First-team all-league in the Coulee Conference as a junior and second-team all-conference as a senior … Just short of 1,000 points for prep career … Earned second-team all-area from the La Crosse Tribune as a junior and honorable mention as a senior … Coulee Conference champions as a junior … Lost in the WIAA Division 3 regional finals as a junior and senior.    



Track and Field Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner … Competes in the triple jump, long jump, 200, 400, 4x400 and 4x800 … Earned first-team all-league honors in triple jump and long jump as well as second-team all-league laurels in the 200 and 400 … Established a school record in the triple jump (43-5) and 400 (:51.4) … Advanced to sectional meets in all four events as a senior.  



Golf Honors: Two-year varsity letter winner … Honorable mention all-conference as a junior and senior playing in half the matches due to track and field scheduling conflicts … Advanced to the sectional meet as a junior, missed going to state by two strokes.  



Favorite Sport: “Basketball. I think basketball has the best combination of mental and physical challenges. It’s a big team sport compared to the more individual sports of track and field and golf.”  



Best Part of High School Sports: “I’d have to say getting to meet people. I’ve made tons of friends through sports. I’ve gotten to know a lot of people I would never have met without sports. I’ve made friendships I will be able to hold on to for a long time.”  



Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “A moment I’ll always remember was my freshman year before my first varsity basketball game. My coach came up to me and told me I was going to play for the varsity team. I remember going into my first game and going up for a rebound right after I got in during our game against Richland Center. That’s something I’ll always remember.”  



Best Advice Received from High School Coach: “Our JV basketball coach who also helps with football and baseball is Ernie Betts. His quote that I’ve heard him say many times is ‘The more you do, the more you can do.’ I’m able to handle four sports in part because of his comments and his encouragement.”  



Best Part of Playing Four Sports: “It’s nice doing all the different sports because it gives you a lot of things to work on. If you concentrate on one thing, I think you can get burned out. Having so many different things going, you don’t need to do the same thing all the time. One sport helps out in another sport. Whatever you are doing, you are training for another sport as well.”  



Toughest Part of Playing Four Sports: “The physical toll it takes on your body after a full year. I still feel things from the football season. It’s continual so you never really get a break. It’s great and it keeps you busy, but it can also take a toll on your body.”  



Favorite Opponent: Westby.  



Favorite College Team: Wisconsin Badgers.  



Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee Brewers, watching Usain Bolt run, watching Tiger Woods play golf.  



Cumulative GPA: 4.05.  



College Plans: I will attend Beloit College to play basketball and compete in golf.  



Activities Outside of Sports: Member of the Youth Group at St. Mary’s Church in Viroqua; coach golf, basketball and baseball for the Viroqua Parks and Rec Department; officiate games for the Viroqua Club Basketball Program; officiate Special Olympic basketball; National Honor Society member; Badger Boys State representative.  



I Find it Relaxing to: “Play golf. Shoot hoops.”  



Favorite TV show: The Office  



Favorite Movie: The Hangover  



Favorite Website: www.youtube.com  



Favorite Radio Station: 105.9 FM (WKPO)  



Other Family Members: Father, Craig; mother, Cathryn; younger brother, Jack.