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Name: Grace Mueller 
School: Verona
Year: Senior 

Volleyball Honors: Three-year letterwinner playing Middle Blocker for coach Kelly Annen…Team Captain (‘15) … First Team All Big 8 Conference (’15)…Key role leading Verona to Back-to-Back Big 8 Conference Championships (’14 & ’15)...Back-to-Back WIAA Regional Championships (’14 & ’15) … WIAA Sectional Semi-Finalist (’14)...State Semi-Finalist (’15)

Basketball Honors: Four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for Coach Angie Murphy. Averaging 16.1 points per game and has 852 career points entering the postseason. Team leader in scoring and rebounding (‘14-’15) … First Team All-Big 8 Conference and Second Team All Area (‘14-’15) … Led Verona to Back-to-Back Big 8 Conference Championships (‘14-‘15) and (‘15-‘16)… WIAA Regional Championship (‘14-’15)…WIAA Sectional Semi-Finalist(‘14-’15)…Ranked ninth in the state in the class of 2016 by WisSports.net, Post Award Semi-finalist and signed to play Division I Basketball for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Track & Field Honors: Distance runner, specifically the 4x800m Relay and the 800m...Two-year letterwinner entering her senior year for coaches Mark Happel and Dave Nelson...4x800m relay team has reached the WIAA Sectional Meet her sophomore and junior years. 

Soccer Honors: Letterwinner as a freshman playing goalkeeper. 

Favorite Sport (and why): "Basketball because I love the pace of the game as well as constantly being able to improve my game. Basketball teaches you to be a team player and work hard to achieve your goals."

Best Part of High School Sports: "I love my teammates and getting to spend 20 plus hours a week with them is something I will always treasure. I would consider my teammates not only some of my closest friends, but also my second family."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: “Work smarter not harder” and “You will miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: "Winning conference back-to-back in both volleyball and basketball my junior and senior year. Also, winning our quarter-final volleyball game at state against #1 ranked Burlington."

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "You never get bored and each sport teaches you something different. You get to use different parts of your body and each sport has a different mental game.

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "Balancing all aspects of my life: sports every season, homework, spending time with family and friends, and staying focused and committed so that I can keep improving in all my sports."

Favorite Opponent: Middleton

Favorite Professional Team: Green Bay Packers

Favorite Professional Athlete: Aaron Rodgers

Favorite College Team: Wisconsin Badgers

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: Estella Moschkau (Edgewood)

Most Admired High School Teammate: "Alex Luehring (basketball) and Victoria Brisack (volleyball)."

College Plans: "Play basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and study psychology and law with hopes of becoming an FBI Agent."

Activities Outside of Sports: I love to play board games and do puzzles with my family.

I Find it Relaxing to: "Spend time with my family and friends."

Favorite TV Show: The Walking Dead

Favorite Movie: The Proposal

Favorite Musical Artist: Demi Lovato

Favorite Subject: Math or Social Studies

Favorite Restaurant: Noodles and Company

Favorite Website: Instagram

Other Family Members: Dad-Scott. Mom-Gina. Sister-Josie. Brother-Joe. Brother-Max. Dog-Honey.

(If you'd like to nominate a senior three-sport female athlete from Wisconsin for the Triple Play Triple Threat feature, please contact Norbert Durst at norbert.durst@sportngin.com).