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Triple Threat Athlete of the Week: Danny Perdzock, Milwaukee Lutheran

05/14/2020, 1:00pm CDT
By Mark Miller

Name: Danny Perdzock

School: Milwaukee Lutheran High School

Grade: Senior
 
Football Honors:
First-team all-league quarterback in the Woodland Conference as a senior ... Missed three games due to injury, but still threw for 807 yards and 10 touchdowns in six games ... Finished prep career throwing for 1,689 yards and 21 touchdowns ... Three-year varsity performer and team captain.

Basketball Honors: Two-time all-league performer in the Eastern Division of the Woodland Conference, earning honorable mention laurels as a junior and second-team honors as a senior ... Helped the Red Knights to WIAA regional crowns as a junior and senior under coach Marcus Jackson ... Averaged 11.3 points and 8.3 rebounds while helping Milwaukee Lutheran earn its first conference title in 25 years ... Scored a career-high 24 points in a victory over Milwaukee Madison ... Three-year varsity performer and team captain.

Baseball Honors: Honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore and first-team all-league as a junior ... Honorable mention all-WBCA District as a junior ... Batted .486 as a junior and had 47 strikeouts in 50 innings pitched.  

Favorite Sport : "Baseball because I've loved the game for as long as I could remember and it teaches you more life lessons than any other sport."

Best Part of High School Sports: "Competing between my friends and teammates in practices and playing in front of big crowds of people."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: "Control what you can control from coach Barth. And, 'being soft will get you no where,' from coach Jackson."

Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: "When we won regionals for basketball my junior year by beating Wisconsin Lutheran."

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "The bonds you get to make with all my teammates from all the different sports."

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "Balancing life outside of school and sports."

Favorite Opponent: "Wisconsin Lutheran because every game felt personal against them no matter what sport."

Favorite Professional Teams: Milwaukee Brewers, Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Lakers

Favorite Professional Athlete: LeBron James

Favorite College Teams: Wisconsin Badgers

Cumulative GPA: 3.3
 
Toughest Individuals You’ve Competed Against:
"Luke Fox of Catholic Memorial in baseball or Xavier Watson of South Milwaukee in baseball."

Most Admired High School Teammate: "James Jurss. He never complained and always worked hard. He was a leader by his actions."

College Plans: "I'm going to attend McHenry County College to play baseball."

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

Favorite TV Show: How I Met Your Mother

Favorite Movie: Avengers: Endgame

Favorite Musical Artists: Drake and Chance the Rapper

Favorite Subject: Science

Favorite Restaurant: Butler Inn

Favorite Website: WisSports.net

Other Family Members: Pete, father; Jeannette, mother; Justin, Romell, David, brothers.

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