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Name: Jenna Orr

School: Rice Lake

Grade: Senior

Volleyball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coaches Gerri Cowley, Duane Hanson and Katie Effertz … Earned first-team all-league honors in the Big Rivers Conference as a senior and sophomore and second-team laurels as a junior … Outside hitter for the Warriors. 

Basketball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coaches Gary Larson and Tim Lipke … A talented 5-foot-7 guard who is ranked No. 35 among seniors in Wisconsin by WisSports.net … Chosen as the Player of the Year in the Big Rivers Conference as a junior  … Earned first-team all-league as a senior … Chosen second-team all-conference recognition as a freshman and sophomore … Scored more than 1,000 points during prep career … Averaged a league-best 16.6 points per game as a senior and scored a career-high 28 points against Northwestern during the 2012-13 season.

Softball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coach Gary Haus … Selected first-team all-conference as a junior and second team all-conference as a sophomore … Shortstop and third baseman for the Warriors … Helped the Warriors to a 9-3 league mark and 21-8 overall record as a junior.

Favorite Sport: “My favorite sport would be basketball. The reason I like basketball is because it’s a team sport. I grew up playing basketball. My father is the boys’ varsity coach at Rice Lake so I always had a basketball in my hands.”

Best Part of High School Sports: “I think it’s the friendships and memories you make. You meet a lot of people and make a lot of new friends. Athletics also teaches you hard work and perseverance, life skills that will be used other than just in sports.”

Best Advice from a High School Coach: “The first thing that comes to mind is that our basketball coach always said ‘no regrets.” Do all things to your full potential and never walk off the court with regrets.”

Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “One of my most memorable moments took place my sophomore year when I hit a half-court shot to send the game against Hayward into overtime. That was a WIAA regional final game. Another memory is playing with my sister, McKenzie, who is a freshman, in both volleyball and basketball.”

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: “One of the best parts of being a three-sport athlete is that you get to experience different sports. Things in volleyball can help you in basketball and the things you do in basketball help you in softball. You learn different skills in each sport, but all the skills help you in the different sports. Also, being a three-sport athlete has taught me how to budget my time.”

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: “Balancing your time is a challenge. Every sport wants you to put time in so getting a balance between the sports, school and your family is the biggest challenge."

Favorite Opponent: “Eau Claire North within the Big Rivers Conference. Chippewa Falls is another one. Both always have solid programs with really good teams. Every year, you can expect a really good game.”

Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers, Oklahoma City Thunder.

Favorite College Teams: Wisconsin Badgers.

Cumulative GPA: 4.0.

Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: “I play a lot of AAU basketball so I come up against a lot of really good players in the summer. Within our conference, I would say Kayonna Lee of Eau Claire North in both volleyball and basketball. She is a very good athlete and brings a big presence to the games because of her height.”

College Plans: “I’ll be attending Minnesota-Duluth and will be playing basketball. I’m pursuing a career in the medical field.”

Activities Outside of Sports: National Honor Society, Vice President of Future Business Leaders of America, Student Council, volunteer time with youth at St. Joseph Parish in Rice Lake, visit elderly in nursing homes in the Rice Lake area, volunteer time with youth basketball leagues in Rice Lake.

I Find it Relaxing to: “I have a big family so I like to spend time with my family and also with my friends.”

Favorite TV show: “The Bachelor.”

Favorite Movie: “The Notebook,” and “How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days.”

Favorite Musical Artists: “I’m kind of all over the place with music. I don’t really have a favorite, though I do like country music.”

Favorite Subject: Science.

Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden in Eau Claire.

Favorite Websites: www.wissports.net.

Other Family Members: Father, Kevin; mother, Kelly; younger sisters, McKenzie and Alexis; younger brothers, Tyler and Zach. Another child is expected within the next couple of months.       

If you would like to nominate a senior, three-sport athlete for Triple Play Triple Threat, contact Mark Miller at mark (at) wissports.net