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The Triple Threat Athlete of the Week is an honor given on WisSports.net to the top senior boys and girls three-sport athletes in the state. Players are recognized each week on WSN, with a boys and girls winner of the Pat Richter Award at the end of the season to the best three-sport athlete of the year.

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Name: Gabe Bockhop

School: Brodhead High School, Class of 2025

Football Honors: four-year letter winner... three-year starting quarterback and placekicker... senior captain... honorable mention all-SWC quarterback as a sophomore; passed for 1,145 yards and 13 touchdowns on 57.8% completion, 71 rush yards, 9 of 15 on extra points... honorable mention all-conference quarterback as a junior; passed for 1,212 yards and 12 touchdowns on 57.9% completion, 341 rush yards and 7 touchdowns, 4 of 7 on extra points... honorable mention all-conference quarterback as a senior; passed for 1,964 yards and 14 touchdowns on 61% completion, 110 rush yards and 1 touchdown, 5 of 7 on extra points... 4,321 pass yards and 39 touchdowns, 522 rush yards and 8 touchdowns, 18 of 29 extra points in career... Brodhead/Juda all-time passing leader.

Basketball Honors: four-year letter winner, three-year starting point guard, two-year captain... averaged 5.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists per game as sophomore... honorable mention all-Rock Valley-Rock as a junior; averaged 10.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game... averaging 12.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game through 12 games of senior year.

Baseball Honors: three-year letter winner and starting catcher coming into senior year; captain during junior year... batted .324 as a freshman... batted .341 as a sophomore... batted .353 as a junior; first-team all-Rock Valley-Rock catcher, Rock Valley-Rock Player of the Year, honorable mention all-district... holds career doubles record, and single season triples record for Brodhead/Juda.

Favorite Sport (and why): "Football. The feelings before every game, having the whole town show up to your game, playing under the lights, to me you just can't beat it. I have spent my whole life with the Brodhead-Juda football program, as I was a manager growing up. Playing quarterback in our program was a dream come true."

Best Part of High School Sports (and why): "Being a part of something that is bigger than myself. Knowing that little kids look up to me, I hope I demonstrate how to handle yourself on and off the field. People in the community fully support high school athletics."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: “No one can make you better. You can have the world’s best coaches and mentors advising you, but in the end, it’s all on you.”

Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: "Winning conference in baseball last season for the first time since 1989. It was an unbelievable season with my teammates and coaches that I will remember for the rest of my life."

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "Having the opportunity to compete with different teammates is very rewarding. The change of pace with different sports really helps being a well rounded athlete."

Most Difficult Part of Playing Three Sports: "You are always busy being a three sport athlete. There are a lot of late nights after practices where you are going to have to put more time into another sport that is not in season. But having the opportunity to compete with different groups is more rewarding."

Favorite Opponent (and why): "I always look forward to playing Edgerton. Ever since playing youth ball against them, we have always had a friendly rivalry. It makes it fun that whoever wins has bragging rights until the next sport."

Favorite Professional Team: Packers

Favorite Professional Athlete: William Contreras

Favorite College Team: Wisconsin Badgers 

Cumulative GPA: 3.4

Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against (and why): "Blake Thiry from Prairie du Chien. As I have learned about him, it has been fun watching him in everything he does in high school. He is the best high school football player I have played against."

Most Admired High School Teammate (and why): "Brady Malkow. Brady is a pitcher at the University of Whitewater and was a great leader in all three sports my freshman year. He helped give me confidence starting on the baseball team as a freshman and was always willing to work with me. He always led by example and is a great athlete. It will be fun to play against him in college."

College Plans: "I plan on going to the University of La Crosse to continue my journey of playing baseball. Although I am undecided on what I want to major in, I know I found my home of playing baseball at a high level, at such a great program, with great Coaches."

Activities Outside of Sports: "I love to workout, hunt, fish, hang out with friends, and most of all just doing things outside. I also spend my summers playing travel baseball with Team Heat."

Favorite TV Show: Ted Lasso

Favorite Movie: “The Week Of” by Adam Sandler. 

Favorite Musical Artist: Drake. 

Favorite Subject: History.

Favorite Restaurant: Texas Roadhouse. 

Favorite Website/App: Snapchat. 

Other Family Members: BJ (Dad), Annie (Mom), Bryce (Brother)