Danielle Case, Mayville
Name: Danielle Case
School: Mayville
Grade: Senior
Cross Country Honors: A two-four varsity letter winner for the Cardinals … Earned honorable mention all-league honors in the Wisconsin Flyway Conference as a freshman, sophomore and junior and second-team laurels as a senior … A member of Mayville teams that ran at the WIAA State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids as a freshman and junior.
Basketball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coaches Brent Ellington and Aaron Lehner … Averaged 19.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game as a senior while helping the Cardinals 10-14 record … Named unanimous first-team all-conference as a junior and senior ... Scored more than 1,000 points during her prep career … A 5-foot-10 combination guard … Earned honorable mention all-state honors among Division 3 players from the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association as a senior ... Scored a career-high 33 points in a non-league loss to New Holstein on December 14.
Softball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coaches Mel Flynn and Marv Youngbeck … Played first base as a freshman, shortstop as a senior and pitched as a sophomore, junior and senior … Earned honorable mention all-league honors as a sophomore and first-team all-conference laurels as a junior.
Favorite Sport: “I would say basketball. I really enjoy the team effort that it takes to get somewhere. I have a lot of friends in that sport so that makes it a lot of fun.”
Best Part of High School Sports: “The competitiveness. The like the drive to succeed.”
Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “I’d have to say when I scored my 1,000th point in basketball this year. It came against Columbus in our second regional game. We lost 60-20 and it was my final high school game. It was a bad game overall, but it was still memorable because I scored my 1,000th point.”
Best Advice Received from High School Coach: “I’d have to say when my coaches told me I was a leader. All of my teammates kind of followed after me and how I felt about a game. I tried to take charge and tried to be a motivator.”
Best Part of Playing Three Sports: “Meeting new people … both in terms of our opponents and my own teammates.”
Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: “Time management. I do a lot of things within the city in terms of some community service. Finding time for things like that along with finding time for my homework and spending time with my family can be a challenge at times.”
Favorite Opponents: “Horicon. It’s our biggest rival. Everyone knows everyone from the two schools. It’s a huge rivalry when we play and it’s usually a full house.”
Favorite College Team: Arizona in softball.
Favorite Professional Teams: Los Angeles Lakers.
Cumulative GPA: 3.40.
Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: “I’d have to say Emily Neitzel of Lomira in all three sports. She is really, really, really competitive and a very good athlete.”
College Plans: “I am going to UW-Whitewater to study accounting. I don’t have plans to play any sports at this point.”
Activities Outside of Sports: Catechism class for St. Mary’s Church in Mayville, volunteer for Audubon Days in Mayville, Spanish Club.
I Find it Relaxing to: “Listen to music and hang out with friends … nothing too special.”
Favorite TV show: Greek.
Favorite Movie: Cruel Intentions.
Favorite Musical Artists: Kid CuDi, Kesha.
Favorite Subject: Math.
Favorite Website: www.facebook.com, www.youtube.com.
Other Family Members: Father, Ross; mother, Michele; older brother, Nick; younger brother, Eric.
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