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Name: D.J. Mlachnik
 
School: St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy
 
Grade: Senior
 
Football Honors: Passed for 885 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior while helping the Lancers to a 4-6 record … Also ran the ball 66 times for 159 yards and three touchdowns for coach Gary Richert … Chosen first-team all-conference in punter … Missed the last three games with an injury.
 
Basketball Honors: A talented 6-foot-2 combination guard and two-year varsity starter for the Lancers … Played varsity basketball at Muskego as a freshman and sophomore … Averaging 16.5 points, 7.1 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game for coach Tim Richert as a senior while also helping the Lancers to a 12-1 record … Averaged 11.9 ppg as a junior and earned second-team all-league honors in the Central Division of the Midwest Classic Conference … Scored a career-high 26 points in a victory at Milwaukee Messmer as a junior.
 
Baseball Honors: One of the most dominating left-handed pitchers in the Midwest Classic Conference over the past two seasons … Earned first-team all-league honors as a starting pitcher in each of the past two years while also helping the Lancers to a pair of league championships.
 
Favorite Sport: “Basketball is my favorite. When I was little, it was all three at the same time, but right now its basketball. I’d like to keep playing basketball in college. It’s what I wanted to do since I was a little kid.”
 
Best Part of High School Sports: “The big games with the big crowds. That is the most enjoyable experience for me.”
 
Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “It’s definitely still to come. I’ll make sure of that.”
 
Best Advice Received from High School Coach: “Use the game and don’t let the game use you. I’ve heard that from one of my coaches when I was at Muskego.”
 
Best Part of Playing Three Sports: “The competition. All three sports, I have the ball in the hand as a pitcher, quarterback and point guard. I like taking charge of my team and leading my team.”
 
Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: “Managing my schedule, especially in the spring. I had to miss one baseball game because of an AAU basketball game. I try to maintain working out all the time, even during the sports seasons, so it’s kind of like having two practices in a day.”
 
Favorite Opponents: “Probably Racine St. Catherine’s. They are always tough and it is always a battle.”
 
Favorite College Team: North Carolina.
 
Favorite Professional Team/Individual: Miami Heat and Dwyane Wade.
 
Cumulative GPA: 3.90.
 
Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: “I always enjoyed playing against Racine Horlick my freshman and sophomore years when I was at Muskego. It was fun going up against Jamil Wilson and Antwon Oliver. Even though I was an underclassman, I usually had some of my better games against them.”
 
College Plans: “I want to play basketball, but I’m not really sure right now about college. I just want to finish my season strong and then let things take care of themselves. I will probably study business or communications in college.”
 
Activities Outside of Sports: Work the St. John’s Military Academy and Muskego youth basketball camps.
 
I Find it Relaxing to: “Hang out with friends and play video games. Sleep as well.”
 
Favorite TV show: SportsCenter.
 
Favorite Movie: The Town.
 
Favorite Subject: Math.
 
Favorite Websites: www.facebook.com, www.wissports.net.
 
What’s On Your Ipod: “A lot of R&B and some rap.”
 
Other Family Members: Father, Duane; mother, Kathy; older brother, Anthony; older sisters, Erica, Aubrey, Marla, Angela.
 
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