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Triple Threat is an honor given on WisSports.net to the top senior boys and girls three sport athletes in the state.

Name: Osy Ekwueme

School: Medford Area High School

Grade: Senior

Soccer Honors: A four-time varsity letter winner for the Raiders ... Earned first-team all-league honors in the Great Northern Conference as a junior and senior, and second-team laurels as a sophomore ... Two-time Player of the Year in the Great Northern ... Established a single-season school scoring record with 44 goals as a senior, helping Medford to a 9-10-3 record under coach Dan Felix.

Basketball Honors: A versatile 6-foot-0 backcourt performer who earned second-team all-league honors as a junior when he averaged 15.3 points and 2.0 rebounds per contest while helping the Raiders to a 10-12 record under coach Ryan Brown ... Earned varsity letters in each of the past three seasons ... Scored 26 points in a victory over Rice Lake as a junior ... Teams with returning starters Garrett Strebig (5-9), Cam Wenzel (6-1) and Jake Sullivan (5-9) to give Medford a solid base to build around for the 2016-17 campaign.

Track & Field Honors: Qualified for the WIAA Division 2 State Track & Field Meet in the long jump, triple jump and 4x200 relay as a junior ... Finished sixth in the state in triple jump with an effort of 43 feet, 4 inches ... Also placed 16th in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 8.75 inches ... Three-time varsity letter winner entering senior season ... Regional and sectional champion in the triple jump. 

Favorite Sport: "Track and field or basketball. Basketball has always been my favorite sport, but track and field is definitely starting to catch up."

Best Part of High School Sports: "Participating with my friends and competing against friends from other schools."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: "Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard."

Most Memorable Moments in High School Sports: "Winning the Division 3 boys' soccer regional title my junior year. We were underdogs going into the game against Baldwin-Woodville, but ended up winning and giving Medford soccer its first soccer regional championship."

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "Constantly being around friends and the sports I love never gets old."

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "Not having much free time for homework or anything else. Plus, the strain on your body gets tough."

Favorite Opponent: "Mosinee. They are our biggest rivals and any time we play them in any sport, it is a good game."

Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks

Favorite Professional Athletes: "Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City Thunder. He is my idol of a basketball player. The way he attacks the rim is fun to watch."

Favorite College Teams: Wisconsin, Notre Dame

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Toughest Individual You've Competed Against: "Jordan Budnik of Mosinee. He is a great competitor and finds a way to get things done on the court."

Most Admired High School Teammate: "Ben Meier. He is, by far, the hardest-working athlete I have played with along with being one of my close friends."

College Plans: "I plan to study Biomedical Engineering while playing either basketball or track in college."

Activities Outside of Sports: Band, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society.

I Find it Relaxing to: "Watch Netflix."

Favorite TV show: Friday Night Lights

Favorite Movie: Coach Carter

Favorite Musical Artists: Childish Gambino, Kanye, Kendrick Lamar

Favorite Subject: "Math. I enjoy solving problems."

Favorite Restaurant: "Buffalo Wild Wings. Every time we drive through Wausau, I make it a point that we eat there."

Favorite Website: Youtube.com

Family Members: Osmond, father; Jackie, mother; Onyi, brother; Oby, sister.

(If you'd like to nominate a senior three-sport athlete from Wisconsin for the Triple Play Triple Threat feature, please contact Mark Miller at wbnews@yahoo.com)