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Name: Andie Varsho  



School: Marshfield  



Grade: Senior  



Tennis Honors: Four-year varsity player for the Tigers … Earned first-team all-league honors in the Wisconsin Valley Conference at No. 3 singles as a freshman … Chosen first-team all-conference as a sophomore at No. 2 singles … Selected first-team all-league as a junior at No. 1 doubles with playing alongside Haley Ott .. Received second-team all-league honors and first-team all-state laurels as a senior year while playing No. 1 singles … Advanced to the WIAA State Tennis Meet in each of the past three years … Advanced to the quarterfinal round in singles play at state as a senior.  



Basketball Honors: A three-year varsity player for the Tigers … Starting point guard for coach Heidi Michaelis the past three season … Helped Marshfield advance to the WIAA Division 1 State Tournament as a sophomore and junior … Earned first-team all-league honors as a senior and second-team all-conference honors as a junior …Averaged 8.8 points per game as a senior while leading the team in both assists and steals.  



Softball Honors: Four-year varsity performer for Marshfield … One of the elite centerfield players in all of Wisconsin … Three-time first-team all-conference pick in the Wisconsin Valley Conference, including Player of the Year as a junior … Three-time first-team all-state pick as well … Led league in batting average and on-base percentage in each of the past three seasons … Batted .500 as frosh, .522 as a sophomore, .543 as a junior … Earned a scholarship to play softball in college at Purdue University.  



Favorite Sport: “I like softball and basketball probably the same. I like softball in the summer because it is much more competitive. I compete for the Wisconsin Bandits travel team. You see better teams and better pitching, which will help prepare me for college.”  



Best Part of High School Sports: “I think it’s the fact that you are surrounded by all your peers. You can experience the moments of high school sports with your friends. You get to share in the memories and I also get to compete with my sister (Taylor), which is very special for me.”  



Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “Playing against Eau Claire North in the sectionals my junior year. Coming out for the game, we saw all the fans for Eau Claire North and then turned around and saw all the fans from Marshfield. There were fans everywhere from both teams. The atmosphere was awesome and we won the game to get to the state tournament.”  



Best Advice Received from High School Coach: “My basketball coach, Heidi Michaelis, always gives me good advice. She tells me to hold my head up and to be a leader. She likes to tell me to focus on the positives. I’ve learned so much from her. She gives us a quote every day. She gets me through the season with her support and positive attitude.”  



Best Part of Playing Three Sports: “I like it because it always keeps me busy and I never have down time. After school, I always look forward to my practices. I just love being busy and not being lazy and just sitting around. That’s just who I am as a person. I have to do something all the time.”  



Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: “Definitely, juggling all the time for athletics with school. There are also times I get sore and wish I could rest my body. For me, it’s basically juggling school and sports. It gets tough for me with all my AP classes, but I do manage to get it done.”  



Favorite Opponents: Rhinelander in tennis, Wausau West in basketball and Stevens Point in softball.  



Favorite College Teams: Purdue for all sports, Tennessee in women’s basketball and Arizona State in softball.  



Favorite Professional Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates and Green Bay Packers.  



Cumulative GPA: 4.30 (on 5.0 scale).  



College Plans: Earned scholarship to play softball at Purdue.  



Activities Outside of Sports: Volunteer for the Tigers Hoops Club, and the Gary Varsho Baseball League in Marshfield, play piano and sing.  



I Find it Relaxing to: “I like to listen to my ipod and read Twilight.”  



Favorite TV Show: One Tree Hill.  



Favorite Movie: Twilight Saga New Moon.  



Favorite Radio Station: 95.5 FM is the only station I listen to.  



Other Family Members: Father, Gary; mother, Kay; younger brother, Daulton; younger sister, Taylor.