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Triple Threat of the Week: Benjamin Dunkleberger, Lake Mills

03/08/2018, 2:45pm CST
By Mark Miller

Name: Benjamin Dunkleberger

School: Lake Mills

Grade: Senior

Football Honors: Two-time Capitol North Conference Player of the Year ...First-team All-State pick by the Associated Press as an all-purpose player ... Accounted for 8,413 all-purpose yards as the starting quarterback at Lake Mills during junior and senior seasons ... Also accounted for 115 all-purpose touchdowns ... Helped the L-Cats to consecutive trips to Level 3 of the WIAA playoffs.  

Basketball Honors: Four-year varsity player for coach Steve Hicklin ... Averaging 10.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists as a senior for the L-Cats ... The 6-foot-0 guard played a key role on helping Lake Mills to the WIAA Division 3 State Tournament as a junior ... Helped Lake Mills achieve 80 victories over the past four seasons.

Track & Field Honors: Two-time Capitol Conference Athlete of the Year ... Three-time WIAA state champion -- twice in the triple jump and once in the long jump.

Favorite Sport: "My favorite sport is football. The thing I have the most fun doing is playing quarterback and leading my team. I believe the hardest thing to do in all of sports is playing quarterback. I just have the most fun playing this position."

Best Part of High School Sports: "The best part of playing high school sports is about just playing my favorite games in the world with my teammates and friends. Having fund with my teammates brings me the most joy."

Best Advice from a High School Coach: "To trust the process and stay in the moment under all circumstances."

Most Memorable Moments in High School Sports: "My most memorable moment in high school sports is hearing the triple jump official announce '47 feet' into the loudspeaker at the state track and field meet."  

Best Part of Playing Three Sports: "The best part of playing three sports is developing a very large variety of skill sets and being a versatile athlete because of it."

Toughest Part of Playing Three Sports: "The hardest part of playing three sports is the mental transition from one sport to another. It is really hard emotionally to go from a very devastating loss to end a season to starting a brand new one literally a week later. It is tough on the mind."

Favorite Opponent: "My favorite opponent is Drew Shrader of Belleville."

Favorite Professional Teams: Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks, Tennessee Titans

Favorite Professional Athlete: Marcus Mariota

Favorite College Teams: Wisconsin Badgers, Oregon Ducks, UCLA football, Penn Quakers

Cumulative GPA: 3.934

Toughest Individual You've Competed Against: Jacob Heyroth of Lodi

Most Admired High School Teammate: Brady Wagner

College Plans: "I plan to attend the University of Pennsylvania and run track and field while studying history."
 
Activities Outside of Sports: Link Crew, SCAPE (Student-Citizen Advocates for Public Education)

I Find it Relaxing to: "Do yoga and go road cycling."

Favorite TV show: How I Met Your Mother

Favorite Movie: Step Brothers

Favorite Musical Artists: Kodak Black, Lauv, ARIZONA, Wiz Khalifa, Sleeping at Last, Ed Sheeran, Akon

Favorite Subjects: History

Favorite Restaurant: Red Robin

Favorite Website: Washington Post

Family Members: Father, Harold Jr.; mother, Stacie; brothers, Nick, Harold III; sisters, Briana, Olivia.

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