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Triple Play Triple Threat -- Zack Baun, Brown Deer

06/30/2015, 9:00pm CDT
By Mark Miller

Name: Zack Baun

School: Brown Deer

Year: Senior

Football Honors: Two-year varsity letter winner for coach Rob Green at Brown Deer ... Passed for 1,936 yards and 20 touchdowns while rushing for 1,837 yards and 39 touchdowns as a senior, leading Brown Deer to an 8-3 record ... As a junior, rushed for 2,086 yards and 28 touchdowns ... Unanimous Offensive Player of the Year in the Woodland Conference as a senior ... First-team all-state selection and Offensive Player of the Year by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association ... A 6-foot-3, 210-pound quarterback/linebacker/punter.

Basketball Honors: Two-year starter and top defender for coach Kelly Appleby at Brown Deer ... Played key roles on teams that won the WIAA Division 3 state title in each of the past two seasons ... Averaged 9.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a senior, helping Brown Deer to a 25-4 record ... Earned first-team all-league recognition in the Eastern Division of the Woodland Conference as a senior ... Averaged 7.2 ppg as a sophomore while playing varsity basketball for coach Ryan Tomczyk at West Bend East.

Track & Field Honors: Finished in third place in the 100-meter dash at the WIAA Division 2 State Track & Field Meet as a senior in :11.27 ... Also a member of the Brown Deer 400-meter relay squad that finished second ... Also advanced to the state meet in the 200 and ran a :21.53 in the preliminaries before suffering an injury in the finals.

Favorite Sport: "Football because it really takes the entire team to be on the same page for the team to be successful. One player's own personal success can only take the team so far. That encourages everyone to push each other to do their best."

Best Part of High School Sports: "High school sports really help develop life skills such as hard work, discipline, working as a team and time management. Those are skills that can be applied later in life in the work place, family setting and in college. The friendships I was able to obtain while working toward a common goal is another great part of high school sports."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: "The best advice I have ever received from a high school coach was my senior year of track and one of the assistant coaches told me, 'best selfish.' After saying that, he just walked away and never explained to me what I meant. Throughout the season I continued to think about it and I found the meaning. I needed to stop worrying about everyone else and what they think about me. I had to focus on myself and my own personal success." 

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "For each sport there is something else I learn, either from just playing that sport or from the many coaches I've had. Each coach I have had has had a different style and different ways they go about achieving success."

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "It gets very frustrating to find time for myself. I can't always go out and have fun with my friends because I may have practice or a game the next day. It is also sometimes hard to stay up on my academics."

Favorite Opponent: "South Milwaukee. Hands down. It was always a battle competing against them."

Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks

Favorite Professional Athlete: "Russell Wilson. Not only because of his success of the field, but because of what he stands for off the field as well. A very personable and caring person that is always worried about more than just himself."

Favorite College Team: Wisconsin Badgers

Cumulative GPA: 2.8

Most Admired High School Teammate: "Nick Coleman. He was the biggest grinder on the team. I have not met a person who wanted anything more than he did. He did his time and continued to work hard until he got where he wanted. He does that in the classroom as well and I cannot wait to spend the next four years with him as he will be attending the University of Wisconsin in the fall."

College Plans: "Attend the University of Wisconsin, play football and major in kinesiology."

I Find it Relaxing to: "Just hang with my friends. Doing so, you do not really have to worry about school and even sports as it is sometimes nice to do."

Favorite TV show: Chopped

Favorite Movie: American Sniper

Favorite Musical Artist: J. Cole

Favorite Subject: Science

Favorite Restaurant: Ian's Pizza

Favorite Website: Twitter

Other Family Members: Genell, mother; Nick, older brother; Brittany, older sister; Savannah, Camden, younger sisters; Jabari, younger brother.
 

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