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.
