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Name: Nate Erickson
 
School: Prentice
 
Grade: Senior
 
Football Honors: Three-time varsity letter winner for coach Jerry Shoup and the Rib Lake/Prentice coop team … Earned first-team all-Marawood Conference honors as a defensive back as a senior and second-team all-league laurels as a wide receiver … Had 34 receptions for 560 yards and five touchdowns in 2011 while helping Rib Lake/Prentice to a 7-3 record.
 
Basketball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coach Jerry Shoup ... A versatile 6-foot-4 forward who earned first-team all-league honors in the Northern Division of the Marawood Conference in each of the past two seasons … Played on the Buccaneers’ conference championship teams in each of the past four seasons … Scored more than 1,000 points during his prep career … Averaged 14.3 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest as a senior while helping Prentice to a 24-2 record … Honorable mention all-state pick among Division 5 athletes by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association as a junior and senior.
 
Baseball Honors: Four-year varsity letter winner for coach Joe Parisi … A pitcher, center fielder and first baseman for the Buccaneers … Earned second-team all-league honors as a junior and honorable mention all-conference status as a sophomore.
 
Favorite Sport: “Basketball, mainly because Prentice is a basketball school. We have always been very successful in basketball. I always dreamed of playing at the Kohl Center in the WIAA State Tournament so it’s the sport I always worked on the most.”
 
Best Part of High School Sports: “Just being with my friends and playing all the sports with them. I also like the competition. I’ve gotten to know other athletes from other towns. Being successful is also a good feeling. It also gives me something to do besides just sitting around.”
 
Best Advice from a High School Coach: “Just to always be a role model and leader to the younger guys, whether it’s being a leader in practice or taking stuff we work on in practice over to the games. Also being a good sport. Taking the losses as losses while also celebrating the wins.”
 
Most Memorable Moment in High School Sports: “Scoring 1,000 points in basketball during our regional game this year against Owen-Withee. Also, beating Auburndale this year in the Marawood Conference cross-over game. That was a very good game and Auburndale was a very good team.”
 
Best Part of Playing Three Sports: “Probably not having any time to sit around and be lazy. I think it helps with my grades in school. Time management is a big key. Improving myself in one sport to make myself better in the next is always good. I just enjoy competing with my friends and attempting to make our team better each season.”
 
Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: “The physical stress it puts on your body. You don’t have a lot of time to relax.”
 
Favorite Opponents: “Rib Lake for basketball and baseball. We coop in football so we know all of those guys. It’s fun competing against them. In football, it’s Edgar, even though it’s not always enjoyable. Trying to beat the best is fun.”
 
Favorite College Team: Wisconsin Badgers.
 
Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, Oklahoma City Thunder.
 
Cumulative GPA: 4.0.
 
Toughest Individual You’ve Competed Against: “Cody Hanke of Marathon in basketball or Tyler Ketz from Clayton in basketball. Daniel Petkau from Rib Lake is another one. Those three stick out.”
 
College Plans: “I will be attending UW-Eau Claire. I am thinking about studying criminal justice. Not sure if I am going to try to play basketball or football. I’m kind of on the fence about that right now.”
 
Activities Outside of Sports: National Honor Society, Student Council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Prentice Athletic Club, Youth Group at Ogema Baptist Church.
 
I Find it Relaxing to: “Play X Box, hang out with my friends on weekends, go fishing and hunting. I also like to go to the gym and play basketball or football with my friends.”
 
Favorite TV show: “SportsCenter.”
 
Favorite Movie: “Remember The Titans.”  
 
Favorite Musical Artists: “M&M, Three Days Grace.”
 
Favorite Subject: History.
 
Favorite Restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings in Wausau.
 
Favorite Websites: www.WisSports.com, www.facebook.com.  
 
Other Family Members: Father, Doug; mother, Kaye; older brother, Nick; older sister, Kassie; younger sister, Karolyn.
 
If you would like to nominate a senior, three-sport athlete for Triple Play Triple Threat, contact Mark Miller at mark (at) wissports.net