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Prep profile: Spencer Lorrig

Dennis Semrau  —  6/18/2008 5:44 am

Spencer Lorrig

School: Madison Memorial

Year: senior

Sports: baseball, football, basketball

Baseball highlights: Lorrig was a three-time letterwinner and a three-year starter -- at designated hitter as a sophomore and at first base as a junior and senior -- for the Spartans. Memorial won the Big Eight Conference title his senior year and advanced to the WIAA Division 1 state tournament the last three years in a row. As a senior, he batted .397 (29-for-73) with 22 runs scored, two home runs and 19 RBIs, and earned All-Conference first-team and Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-State third-team honors.

Other sports honors: Lorrig was a two-time letterwinner and a two-year starter at tight end in football. As a senior, he earned All-Conference honors at tight end. As the team's starting punter, he earned All-District honors after averaging 42.3 yards per punt and setting a school record for most attempts in a season (37).

Cumulative grade-point average: 3.0

Favorite classes: engineering, foods

Three words to describe me are: active, quiet, leader

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

I wish I could play: hockey

My most memorable moment in sports was: hitting a home run to center field at Beloit my junior year to help beat Verona 11-0 in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal game

My role model is: my father, Tom

The rest of my immediate family includes: my mom, Nancy, and my brother, Brandon

Favorite athlete: Chipper Jones

Favorite teams: Atlanta Braves, Green Bay Packers

Favorite food: my grandma's porcupine meatballs

Favorite sport to watch on TV: college basketball

Favorite place to visit: Badlands in South Dakota

I want to visit: Europe

I wish: I could win a state title

I listen to: country and classic rock

I can't live without: TV

I wish I could meet: Abraham Lincoln

I like to read: Sports Illustrated

I like Madison Memorial High School because: of the diversity we share

Favorite opponents: Middleton, Sun Prairie

My perfect day would be: playing Frisbee golf, going out on a lake on my boat for a while and playing a baseball game under the lights

If I could change anything: There would be fewer cars on the road, and we would take better care of the environment

This and that: will compete in the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Classic in Oshkosh plans to work part-time this summer for Smart Motors works part-time as a stage crew member helping to set up for concerts hobbies include playing Frisbee golf, fishing, boating, wakeboarding and tubing.

Post-high school plans: attend UW-La Crosse to study liberal arts and play football and possibly baseball

Career goal: undecided

Dennis Semrau  —  6/18/2008 5:44 am