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Triple Play Triple Threat -- Jessi Marti, Cuba City

02/11/2016, 11:45am CST
By Norbert Durst

Name: Jessica Marti
School: Cuba City
Year: Senior 

Volleyball Honors: As a senior led team with 420 digs and finished second in kills (249) and aces (57) for coach Keri Lawson...Three-year First Team All-SWAL..Helped Cubans to three SWAL titles and three Regional Titles...As a senior was named to Cougar-Viking All-Tournament Team that featured 16 teams. 

Basketball Honors: Is averaging 19.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 4.8 steals per game for coach Jeff Pustina and the 19-1 Cubans so far this season...Shooting nearly 70 percent on two-point field goals this season...Became Cuba City's all-time leading scorer on February 4, 2016, surpassing Aimee (Tranel) Richard's previous mark of 1,466 career points...Currently has 1,506 career points, including 389 this season...Scored a career-high 34 points in a victory over Platteville...Four-year starter and has helped Cuba City to a 99-4 record with three Division 4 State Tournament Appearance, including winning the past to D4 State Titles...Division 4 WBCA All-State as s junior and Honorable Mention as a sophomore...SWAL Player of the Year as a junior...Three-time SWAL First Team All-Conference...Wisconsin State Journal Second Team All-Area...Committed to Northern State, a NCAA Division II program in Aberdeen, South Dakota that competes in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). 

Softball Honors: Three-year varsity starter for coach Steve Kaiser and the Cubans...Started at third base as a freshman and shortstop the past two years...First Team All-SWAL as a junior...Compiled a .543 batting average and finished with 31 stolen bases in 32 attempts, including stealing home four times as a junior...Committed just three errors at shortstop...Helped the Cubans to the SWAL title and Regional title as a junior.

Favorite Sport (and why): "Basketball because it teaches you how to be a team player and to never give up on your goals. You always have something to get better at. It teaches you to always give it your all and work hard because nobody else is going to do it for you."

Best Part of High School Sports: "Spending everyday with my second family. You learn through sports that your teammates will always be there for you no matter what you’re going through."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: "Walk into every practice with the drive and passion that you are going to get better at at least one thing. Never end a practice without knowing that you gave 110% because you never know when the last time you play will be." 

Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: "Winning back-to-back state championships in basketball!"

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "Every sport allows you to do something different and bring your own role to the team. You never get bored and each teaches you different aspects about your life that you didn’t know." 

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "Balancing practice and games with homework and other commitments."

Favorite Opponent: Mineral Point

Favorite Professional Team: Golden State Warriors 

Favorite Professional Athlete: Stephen Curry

Favorite College Team: Iowa Hawkeyes

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: Hannah Whitish (Barneveld)

Most Admired High School Teammate: "Kaitlyn Kaiser. We have played together since 4th grade and she always knows how to keep the team going."  

College Plans: "Play basketball at Northern State University and study Human Performance and Fitness. Then go to Grad School to become an Occupational Therapist."

Activities Outside of Sports: "I love to go hunting with my family and be out in the woods."

I Find it Relaxing to: "Listen to music and hang with friends."

Favorite TV Show: One Tree Hill

Favorite Movie: Little Rascals

Favorite Musical Artist: Thomas Rhett 

Favorite Subject: History

Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden

Favorite Website: Instagram

Other Family Members: Dad-Shane. Mom-Tammy. Sisters- Sam and Kayla. Brother-Ben.

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