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Prep profile: Drew Moen, Pecatonica

Compiled by Dennis Semrau  —  5/14/2008 8:58 am

Prep Profiles run every Wednesday in the new weekly Cap Times. If you would like to nominate a student-athlete who excels competitively and in the classroom, contact preps coordinator Dennis Semrau at 252-6490 or dsemrau@madison.com

Name: Drew Moen

School: Pecatonica

Year: Senior.

Sports: baseball, football, basketball.

Fast facts: Moen is a two-time letterwinner and three-year starter in baseball for the Vikings. He started at second base as a sophomore and earned the team's Best Defense award. He has been the starting catcher as a junior and senior and earned Six Rivers Conference first team honors as a junior. Moen was a three-time letterwinner in football, starting at wide receiver and defensive back as a senior for the Pecatonica-Argyle co-op program. The Vikings won Six Rivers Conference titles his sophomore and junior seasons and he earned honorable mention all-league honors at wide receiver as a senior. Moen was a three-time letterwinner in basketball, starting at guard as a senior. A co-captain as a senior, he earned all-conference honorable mention honors and the team's Best Offense award when he averaged nearly 11 points per game.

Cumulative grade-point average: 3.88.

Favorite subject: anatomy and physiology.

Quick quote: "Competing in sports teaches you about working as a team, working with other people and relying on other people."

Three words to describe me are: laid-back, entertaining, sarcastic.

How I got started in sports: I started playing tee-ball and basketball in kindergarten, football in second grade and golf in seventh grade.

I wish I could play: hockey.

My most memorable moment in sports was: scoring a career-high 27 points in a basketball victory over Highland my senior year.

I enjoy high school sports because: of the friendships you make and the competition.

I enjoy playing baseball because: it's a laid-back sport where you can fail 70 percent of the time and still be good.

Advice: "Never look too far ahead. Take it one day at a time and enjoy it while you can."

My role models are: my parents, Lance and Connie.

My family also includes: my younger sisters, Katie and Clara.

Favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant.

Favorite team: North Carolina men's basketball.

Favorite movie: Rush Hour 2.

Favorite TV show: CSI Miami.

Favorite food: Chinese.

Favorite sport to watch on TV: college basketball.

Favorite place to visit: Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

I want to visit: Jamaica.

Favorite fast food: Taco Bell.

I drive: a 2001 Ford Escort.

I listen to: rap; country.

Radio pre-set: 106.7 FM.

I can't live without: my cell phone.

I wish I could meet: Michael Jordan.

Words to live by: "The road to success is always under construction."

I like to read: Sports Illustrated.

I like Pecatonica High School because: of the atmosphere with the students and teachers where everyone is close.

Favorite opponent: Barneveld.

My perfect day would be: sleeping until 10 a.m., playing a basketball game and getting in a round of golf before hanging out with my friends.

I wish: to play a professional sport.

Nickname: Flash.

I will remember most about high school: the sports that I played and the friendships I made and the lessons I learned.

If I could change anything: people wouldn't be so money-hungry.

This and that: member of National Honor Society and Student Council … former member of FFA … plans to work part-time this summer for the Bruce Co. in Middleton in landscaping … member of High Honor Roll throughout high school … earned an Academic Letter … received a 2001 Honda Shadow motorcycle for his 18th birthday … volunteer work includes assisting at youth basketball and baseball camps … was a youth baseball coach and assistant with Little Vikings basketball program … referee for community league basketball program … hobbies include hunting, fishing, boating, jet-skiing, riding a motorcycle.

Post-high school plans: attend University of Wisconsin to study physical therapy or business.

Career: Sports agent.

Compiled by Dennis Semrau  —  5/14/2008 8:58 am