Daniel Petkau, Rib Lake
Name: Daniel Petkau
School: Rib Lake
Grade: Senior
Football Honors: A member of the varsity football team for three seasons at Rib Lake-Prentice ... Plays wide receiver on offense and safety on defense … Also punted and handled the place-kicking duties as a junior … Earned first-team all-conference honors in the Marawood Conference in each of the past two seasons as a wide receiver … Earned second-team all-league recognition in each of the past two years as a defensive back.
Basketball Honors: Four-year letter winner for coach Terry Voltz … Scored a career-high 37 points in a victory over Loyal earlier this season … Chosen as the Player of the Year in the Northern Division of the Marawood Conference as a junior … Earned honorable mention all-league honors as a sophomore … A versatile and athletic 6-foot-6 forward who is closing in on 1,000 points for his prep career.
Track and Field Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for the Rib Lake track … Participates in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, 4x400 relay and 400 run … First-team all-league in the high jump and triple jump in each of the last two seasons … Placed third at the WIAA Division 3 State Meet in the triple jump as a junior at 43 feet, 8 inches … Personal bests include 6-foot-2 in the high jump, 19-8 in the long jump and 44-4 in the triple jump.
Favorite Sport: “It really depends on what season it is. When I am in football season, football is my favorite. If I had to rank them, I would probably go basketball first and then football and track. But they all have their unique qualities that make them fun.”
Best Part of High School Sports: “All the friendships you make, not only with the players on your own team, but also the players from opposing teams. It’s fun to meet a bunch of new people.”
Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “Sophomore year, we were playing in a Marawood North-South crossover game. We played against the No. 2 team in the state at the time, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption. We beat them and I also had my first dunk. It was cool to win that game in front of everybody from the conference.”
Best Advice Received from High School Coach: “To never get down. If you miss a shot in basketball, you can’t stop taking shots. You can’t hang you head over something that went wrong.”
Best Part of Playing Three Sports: “It’s the friendships because you meet different people in all three sports. Also, I enjoy staying busy and playing fun sports.”
Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: “Definitely, the wear and tear it can take on your body. You go constantly from August to June, so you don’t have much down time. It gets hard always doing something, but it’s worth it.”
Favorite Opponents: “In basketball, it would definitely be Prentice. We combine with them for football, and then go up against them in basketball.”
Favorite College Team: Wisconsin Badgers.
Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers.
Cumulative GPA: 3.8.
Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: “Cody Hanke of Marathon. He’s a very good athlete in everything he does. In football and basketball, he’s a very good competitor.”
College Plans: “Right now, I am looking at UW-La Crosse. He would like to study sports management. I would like to possibly play any of the three sports. Not sure yet if that will be football, basketball or track. I’ve also looked at Northwestern in Minnesota and possibly basketball there.”
Activities Outside of Sports: National Honor Society member, play the trumpet for the Rib Lake High School band.
I Find it Relaxing to: “I like to sit and watch the Packers or Badgers if they are on. I also like to go bowling or out to a movie with friends.”
Favorite TV show: The Office.
Favorite Movie: Inception.
Favorite Subjects: Social Problems, Band.
Favorite Website: www.espn.com, www.wissports.net.
What’s On Your Ipod: Lots of different things, rock, rap, basically everything.
Other Family Members: Father, Pat; mother, Karen; younger sister, Sarah; younger brother, Steven.
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