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Triple Threat Athlete of the Week: Will Fuhrmann, Reedsburg

12/12/2019, 12:30pm CST
By Mark Miller

Will Furhmann

Name: Will Fuhrmann

School: Reedsburg  

Grade: Senior

Soccer Honors: Fou-year varsity letter winner ... Honorable mention all-Badger North Conference as a sophomore and junior ... Second-team all conference as a senior ... Team Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior.

Basketball Honors: Three-year varsity letter winner ... Honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore ... Unanimous first-team all-conference in the Badger North as a junior ... Team MVP as a junior ... Averaged 16.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists as a junior. 

Golf Honors: Three-year varsity letter winner ... Second-team all-conference in the Badger North as a sophomore and junior ... Team MVP as a junior.

Favorite Sport: "Basketball has always been my favorite because I grew up around basketball with my older brother, Ben, and my dad, who had played at UW-Platteville."

Best Part of High School Sports: "The best part of high school sports is the bond that I’ve had with all my teammates from all three sports, which is something very special."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: "The best advice that I've gotten from a coach is, 'Don’t overthink it, just let it come to you. That’s when you are at your best.'”

Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: "My most memorable moment is beating McFarland in basketball at their place as the underdogs."

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "The best part is meeting all the new people and challenging myself in different ways."

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "The toughest part of playing three sports is that there isn’t much free time between the seasons, so you are constantly going from one to the other." 

Favorite Opponent: Mount Horeb 

Favorite Professional Teams: Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors

Favorite Professional Athlete: Michael Jordan

Favorite College Team: University of Wisconsin

Cumulative GPA: 3.6

Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: Jalen Green 

Most Admired High School Teammate: "My brother, Ben Fuhrmann. Ever since I was young, he and I were always playing together and it was just awesome to be able to play with him for two years on varsity."

College Plans: "I would like to continue my basketball career in college, but am undecided as to where."

Activities Outside of Sports: "I volunteer at the Reedsburg Intermediate School, help kids at youth basketball clinics, and am active in National Honors Society." 

I Find it Relaxing to: "Go to the gym and get shots up."

Favorite TV show: Prison Break

Favorite Movie: Talladega Nights

Favorite Musical Artists: Lil Wayne, Travis Scott

Favorite Subject: Math or Science

Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden

Favorite Website: Nike 

Other Family Members: Nickie, mother; Ryan, father;  Ben and Gabe, brothers.

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