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Dugout Chatter is a behind the scenes look at your favorite prep baseball player. 

 

Name: Nick Nalbach



School: Stevens Point Pacelli



Year: Senior



GPA: 3.9



Favorite subject: web development



Position: SS/RHP



Other sports: football, ski jumping



I got my start in sports: in ski jumping when I was six years old, playing coach-pitch baseball and football when I was seven and in basketball in middle school..



Baseball highlights: four-time letterwinner and four-year starter … co-captain as a senior … played American Legion for two years … received 2009 batting award for AAA Plover Black Sox Legion team after batting .490, the third-highest average in the conference.



2009 stats: hit .324 (24-for-74) with 19 runs scored, four doubles, one home run and 25 RBI and three stolen bases in 26 games.



2009 team highlights: Pacelli is the three-time defending Central Wisconsin Conference Eight champion … the Cardinals were 13-1 in conference play last season and finished 19-8 overall.



Other sports honors: three-time letterwinner and two-year starter in football at wide receiver and safety … two-time competitor in Junior Olympics in ski jumping – in Park City, Utah and in Ishpeming, Michigan, where he won two gold medals in the Junior Olympics in 2008.



This and that: member of National Honor Society … member of Tri Norse Ski Club since he was seven years old … volunteer work includes bell ringing for Salvation Army, Senior Citizen prom, Cystic Fibrosis walk, summer baseball coach for Stevens Point Youth Baseball Association, coaching 13-14 year old fall baseball team and summer football camps … member of High Honor Roll … three-time academic all-conference selection … Little League umpire.



I like playing baseball because: it s my favorite sport.



Team bonding moments: taco party; sitting around a campfire, watching movies



Baseball superstitions: Before every game, instead of using normal eye black we light a cork and use the ashes from that as eye black. It s usually done by the same guys every game.



Favorite athlete: Derek Jeter.



Favorite team: Milwaukee Brewers



Favorite Brewer: Ryan Braun



Favorite movie: Stepbrothers



Favorite baseball movie: Major League.



Favorite sports on TV: hockey, baseball



Favorite food: Polito s Pizza



Favorite fast food: McDonald s



Favorite opponent: Marathon



I wish we could play: SPASH



Favorite web sites: espn.com; wissports.net



Favorite place to visit: Florida



I want to visit: Europe



Baseball Stadium to visit: Yankee Stadium



One word to describe me: easy-going



I can t live without: baseball



I wish I could meet: Derek Jeter



Dream date: Jessica Alba



Role model: Pacelli baseball coach Wayne Sankey



My family also includes: my parents, Mark and Mandy, and my brother, Tyler.



Nickname: Nals



I drive: a Pontiac Grand Prix



Dream car: a Lamborghini



I like Pacelli High School because: it s nice being a small school because you know everybody

and you get more individual attention from your teachers. In sports, you get an opportunity to play earlier on because there are fewer students.



If I could change anything: build an indoor baseball park to practice all year round



I get my news: radio; TV



I like to read: Sports Illustrated; ESPN the Magazine



My perfect day: ski jumping in Europe and playing baseball



Talent I wish I had: I could play hockey.



Hobbies: playing the guitar



Post-high school plans: attend St. Olaf s College to study physical therapy or pharmacy and play baseball.



Outlook on life: "It s not how you win or lose its how you play the game."



Did you know? I ve had the honor of running with the Calgary torch for opening ceremonies and have competed at multiple Olympic facilities such as Park City, Utah and Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

 

If you have a prep baseball player you would like to read about, send your nomination to Dennis Semrau at: [email=dsemrau@madison.com]dsemrau@madison.com[/email] or (608) 513-5550.