Name: Zach Lorbeck
School: Bay Port
Grade: Senior
Football Honors
Starting wide receiver for the Bay Port football team that is currently 6-0 under coach Gary Westerman ... Averaging 19.5 yards per catch and has 160 yards receiving through games of September 26 ... Listed at 6-foot-4 and 185 pounds.
Basketball Honors
Enters senior season as a two-year varsity letter winner for coach Nate Rykal ... Started as a junior and averaged 6.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per a Bay Port squad that finished 16-9 ... One of the better defenders in the Fox River Classic Conference and is often assigned to guard the opponent's top player.
Track & Field Honors
Finished sixth in the high jump at the WIAA Division 1 State Meet in La Crosse as a sophomore and junior ... Cleared 6-7 as a junior ... Finished eighth at state in the high hurdles and earned first-team all-conference honors in that event as a junior ... Best time in the high hurdles is :14.78 seconds ... Advanced to sectionals in the long jump as a junior and has a personal best jump of 21-8.
Favorite Sport
"I would have to say track, even though I love football and basketball, too. I pick track because of the multiple events you can do like high jump and hurdles or even long jump. I love chilling with the track guys and girls in the long meets. It is actually really fun."
Best Part of High School Sports
"the coaches are awesome and fun to be around and it is a really memorable experience being with your teammates on and off the floor/field/track."
Best Advice from a High School Coach
"Give it your all because there will come a time when you will never put another helmet on or lace your shoes up with your teammates again. High school is only once ... enjoy it."
Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports
"Beating De Pere last year in basketball. I was the first time I personally have ever beaten De Pere with some of the best teammates I've ever had."
Best Part of Playing Three Sports
"Always being a part of a team and never being bored."
Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports
"Balancing sports with the three AP classes and just balancing it with homework and finding time to hang with friends and play my PS4."
Favorite Opponent
De Pere
Favorite Professional Teams
NBA -- Cleveland Cavaliers because of Kyrie Irving. NFL -- Green Bay Packers.
Favorite Professional Athlete
Kyrie Irving
Favorite College Teams
Wisconsin and Duke
Cumulative GPA
3.6889
Toughest Individual You've Competed Against
"In basketball last year I had to guard Sandy Cohen of Seymour. He is so quick and smooth with the ball and is almost impossible to guard."
Most Admired High School Teammate
"Ty Sagal. He graduated last year and has been my best friend since we were three years old."
College Plans
"Run track at either Minnesota, Wisconsin or Milwaukee and get a degree in kinesiology."
I Find it Relaxing to
"Play my PS4 and listen to music."
Favorite TV Show
24
Favorite Movie
Transformers 4 Age of Extinction
Favorite Musical Artists
Eminem and Kid Ink
Favorite Subject
Science
Favorite Restaurant
Olive Garden
Favorite Website
ESPN
Other Family Members
Father, Jim; mother, Colleen; younger siblings, Matt, Hunter, Abby.
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