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Name: Tyler Ketz
 
School: Clayton
 
Grade: Senior
 
Football Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coach Chris Berghammer …Two-time all-conference selection in the Lakeland Conference at quarterback … Earned all-district first-team honors at quarterback as a junior … Named Most Valuable Player of the football squad as a junior … Passed for more than 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns during his outstanding prep career … Threw for 507 yards and six touchdowns in a 47-46 victory over Elmwood in the homecoming game as a senior … Helped the Bears to a 7-3 record and a second-place finish in the Lakeland South as a senior.  
 
Basketball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coaches Mike and Nick Schradle … Recently surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his prep career … Earned first-team all-state honors among Division 4 players from the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association as a junior … Three-time all-conference performer for Clayton … Averaging just over 18 points per game as a senior while leading Clayton to a 21-1 record, a spot in the WIAA Division 5 sectionals and the Lakeland Central league championship … Averaged 17.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game as a junior while helping Clayton to a 25-2 record and a spot in the WIAA Division 4 State Tournament.
 
Baseball Honors: Three-year varsity letter winner entering his senior season for coach Chris Berghammer … Chosen as the Clayton High School Male Athlete of the Year as a sophomore and junior … Named the Most Valuable Pitcher for the Clayton baseball team as a junior … Owns a 16-3 varsity record in three years of pitching for the Bears … Nominated for the WIAA Scholar-Athlete award as a senior.
 
Favorite Sport: “Growing up as a younger kid, it was always baseball because I was better at that. But now that I’ve grown and gotten stronger and my skills have gotten better, I think basketball is my favorite sport. I just enjoy basketball the most out of the three.”
 
Best Part of High School Sports: “These are the three things I love doing the most. It’s a huge part of my life. I enjoy sharing it with my friends and teammates. Going to state in basketball … not everybody gets to experience that. Sharing that with your friends is a one-in-a-lifetime thing.”
 
Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “Two things that fit together … winning the Spooner Sectional last year and being able to play at the Kohl Center in Madison. Being able to experience the atmosphere at the Spooner Sectional was cool and then being able to play on the floor in Madison and meet everybody was awesome.”
 
Best Advice Received from High School Coach: “All of my coaches told me, as far as goals, no matter what it is, if you care about it and work hard enough at it, you are very capable of achieving them.”
 
Best Part of Playing Three Sports: “Other than having fun with the sports and playing with my teammates, I think the experiences you have in one sport help with the other two sports. The physical toughness required in football helps in basketball and the mental toughness you need in baseball also helps with the other two sports. They really compliment each other well.”
 
Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: “Definitely, the wear and tear on your body. At the end of the full year, it’s nice to have a break and heal up and get ready for next year.”
 
Favorite Opponents: “For basketball, it’s definitely Turtle Lake and Cameron. They really bring a good atmosphere. Those are the games everybody comes to watch.”
 
Favorite College Team: Wisconsin Badgers.
 
Favorite Professional Team: Atlanta Braves.
 
Cumulative GPA: 3.8275.
 
Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: “I’ve played against a lot of good players, but Matt O’Connell of Clear Lake is a very good athlete. He is very fast and very strong. His physical attributes make him tough to control on the football field.”
 
College Plans: “As of right now, I am planning to attend Ripon College. As far as a major, I’m kind of undecided right now. I plan on playing both baseball and basketball at Ripon.”
 
Activities Outside of Sports: Works as a ball handler instructor for youth football, basketball and baseball camps, Leadership Group member, usher at Faith Lutheran Church in Clayton.
 
I Find it Relaxing to: “I hang out with my friends a lot on the weekends. We play a lot of X Box.”
 
Favorite TV show: SportsCenter on ESPN.
 
Favorite Movie: Documentary, “More Than A Game” on LeBron James.
 
Favorite Subject: “Social Studies.”  
 
Favorite Websites: www.wissports.net, www.facebook.com.
 
What’s On Your Ipod: “A lot of rap and hip-hop. I listen to that before games to get focused.”
 
Other Family Members: Father, Barry; mother, Brenda; younger sisters, Abby, Cammie, Kailey.
 
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