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Prep Mania profile: Quinn Doyle

Editor's note: Dennis Semrau covers prep sports for ESPN Madison 100.5 FM.

Quinn Doyle, Mount Horeb High School

Year: Senior.

Sports: Football, basketball, baseball.

Sports highlights: Bama is a returning letterwinner and a starting defensive back and reserve wide receiver for the Vikings, who advanced to the third round of the WIAA Division 3 playoffs last season. He is a returning letterwinner and starting point guard in basketball. He is a three-time letterwinner and a returning starter in baseball as a center fielder and pitcher. A co-captain as a junior, he earned All-Badger North Conference second-team honors as a junior and sophomore.

Cumulative GPA: 3.0.

Favorite subject/class: Mathematics.

Favorite teacher: Mr. Kleppe.

Quick quote: “Competing in sports taught me don’t let one mistake become two.”

Three words to describe me are: Hard-working, competitive, kind.

I got my start in sports: Checking out the baseball box scores in the newspaper at age 3.

I wish I could play: Tennis.

My most memorable moments in sports: Beating Monona Grove in the playoffs in football my junior year.

I like about high school sports: Very competitive and so much fun.

I enjoy playing baseball because: I love being able to play so many positions.

Advice: “Cherish every moment because time flies.”

My role models are: My dad, Terry, and brother, Jack.

Most inspirational teammate: Cam Krantz.

My family also includes: My mom, Heidi, and sister, Shaye.

Nickname: Bama.

Words to live by: “I’ve failed over and over again in life and that is why I succeed” -– Michael Jordan.

Favorite athlete: Jordy Nelson.

Favorite team: Milwaukee Brewers.

Favorite opponent: DeForest.

Favorite facility/site I have competed in: Helfaer Field in Milwaukee.

Favorite movie: ‘Transformers’.

Favorite TV show: ‘The League’.

Favorite food: Tacos.

Favorite fast food place and/or restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings.

Favorite sport on TV: Football.

Favorite place to visit: Boulder Junction, Wis.

I want to visit: California.

Top five songs on my iPod: ‘Smack that’; ‘Bartender’; ‘All the Way Turnt up’; ‘All the Above’; ‘Whip my Hair’.

Primary news source: WKOW-TV, Chan. 27.

Favorite website: ESPN.com.

Radio preset: Z-104 FM.

I drive: A 2004 Chevy Suburban.

Dream car: A new Camaro.

I can’t live without: My dogs.

I like Mount Horeb High School because: It is pretty small so everyone knows everyone, and we have a tremendous amount of community support.

If I could change anything: I wish that people could get along better.

I wish we could play: The Milwaukee Brewers.

I wish I could meet: Jordy Nelson.

Dream date: Alex Morgan.

Dream gift: A new Chevy Camaro.

My perfect day: Hanging out with Jordy Nelson the whole day.

I like to read: Newspapers.

This and that: Volunteer work includes participating in Youth group at Vermont Lutheran church, working at sports camps for middle school kids … works part-time at the Shoe Box in Black Earth.

Hobbies: Hanging out with friends and family, fantasy football, playing Whiffle ball.

Post-high school plans: Attend college to study Sports Management.

Did you know? I am the best Whiffle ball player in my backyard.

Career goal: Do something that I love doing.