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Name: Ben Fischer 

School: Crivitz High School

Grade: Senior

Football Honors: Rushed for 1,305 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior for the Wolverines and coach Jeff Ott ... First-team all-league pick in the Marinette & Oconto Conference as a senior at both running back and linebacker ... Back of the Year in 2013 in the conference ... Team Most Valuable Player in each of the past two seasons ... Helped Crivitz to a 6-4 record last fall ... Honorable mention all-state running back as a senior ... Chosen to play in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star game ... A 6-foot-1, 200-pound running back/linebacker.

Basketball Honors: First-team all-league pick in the M&O as a sophomore, junior and senior after earning honorable mention laurels as a freshman ... Finished prep career with 1,013 points ... Helped the Wolverines to a 15-8 record under coach Jeff Baumann as a senior by averaging 14.9 points per contest.

Track and Field Honors: Qualified for the WIAA State Track and Field meet as a sophomore in the high jump and as a junior in the 100-meter dash ... Named Most Valuable Performer of the track team as a freshman.

Favorite Sport: "I’d have to say my favorite sport is football. Over my athletic career there was no better feeling than being out on the field every Friday night in the fall. Another reason football is my favorite sport is because of the brotherhood forged between the team as you work together, not only during the season, but also during the offseason, toward that one common goal."

Best Part of High School Sports: "For me, the best part of high school sports are the life lessons I learned from sports that I applied to all the other areas of my life. For example, my work ethic in the classroom comes directly from how I learned at a very young age that if you want to excel in sports, you have to work extremely hard."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: "You run fast by running fast."

Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: "I’ll never forget the entirety of my senior year of football. I can’t think of a time I’ve ever been happier or more motivated in my life."

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "This would probably have to be just the opportunity to play more than one sport every year. I have really enjoyed every season of every sport all four years of my high school career, and I can’t imagine not having the opportunity to always be in a season."

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "Trying to work on all three of them out of season. It’s hard to do anything football related during basketball season and anything for basketball during football season because the sport which season you’re in usually takes up all your time and energy. The other toughest thing that comes to mind is recovering from injuries, I’ve had some pretty bad injuries in my time and sometimes they have kept me out of multiple sports."

Favorite Opponent: "This is the easiest question to answer, Wausaukee. Our schools have had a rivalry since biblical times (if I remember correctly) and the atmosphere when Crivitz plays Wausaukee in any sport is electric."

Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers

Favorite Professional Athlete: Johnathan Franklin

Favorite College Teams: Wisconsin Badgers (any sport), UWGB Basketball

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: "Jordan Berth from Peshtigo who I’ve been playing against since seventh grade in every sport and have the utmost respect for, or any member of the Dayton Salvation Army eighth grade AAU team of 2010."

Most Admired High School Teammate: AJ Garcia

College Plans: "To attend UW-Madison and play football as a preferred walk-on (crossing my fingers)."

Activities Outside of Sports: Student Council, National Honor Society, class treasurer, academic bowl.

I Find it Relaxing to: "Play video games and listen to music."

Favorite TV show: Breaking Bad is the GOAT TV show.

Favorite Movie: Remember the Titans

Favorite Musical Artists: "Too many to list, but… Frank Ocean, Run the Jewels, Johnny Cash, 50 Cent/G-Unit, Jeremih, Ellie Goulding, anyone from Black Hippy, GZA, RZA, Big L, Big Pun, Notorious BIG, Elliott Smith, Tom Waits, RiFF RAFF, and Lauryn Hill."  

Favorite Subject: Math

Favorite Restaurant: Skaliwags in Algoma.

Favorite Website: "Twitter (@bthefisch) and Instagram (@b_the_fisch). I consider these shameless plugs since I have no shame. In all seriousness, I spend way too much time staring at my twitter timeline."

Other Family Members: Father, Andy; mother, Sandy; older sister, Abby.

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