Dennis Semrau covers prep sports for 100.5 ESPN and ESPNWisconsin.com

Jon Zobel, Reedsburg High School

Year: Senior.

Sports: Football, hockey, baseball, track and field.

Sports highlights: Jon is a three-time letterwinner and three-year starter in football, competing at cornerback and safety. A co-captain as a senior, he finished with 45 tackles, including three for loss, and earned Badger North Conference honorable mention honors as a junior.

He is a three-time letterwinner and three-year starter in hockey, competing as a defenseman. He will serve as a team captain his senior year. The Beavers won the Badger North Conference title his junior year and advanced to the sectional championship game his sophomore season.

Jon played baseball as a freshman and sophomore as a center fielder and catcher. He switched to track and field his junior year and competed in the pole vault and 400-meter relay on the JV team.

Pre-game ritual or superstition: I eat the same pre-game meal, a Milio’s No. 14 with bacon, then go into the locker room and lay out all my equipment to make sure I have everything. I tend to not listen to music because it gets me a little to hyped, then I put my equipment on in this order: right sock, left sock, girdle, pants, right cleat, left cleat, t-shirt, shoulder pads, jersey, and then my helmet.

Cumulative GPA: 3.45.

Favorite subject/class: History.

Favorite teacher: Mr. Kevin Runde.

Quick quote: “Competing in sports has taught me about working together to accomplish a goal.”

Three words to describe me are: Active, enthusiastic, humorous.

I got my start in sports: When I was three years old playing hockey and eight years old playing football.

I wish I could play: Lacrosse.

My most memorable moment in sports: Winning the Badger North Conference title in hockey.

I like about high school sports: Making friends and memories, and learning life lessons.

I enjoy playing hockey because: It’s fast paced and physical

Advice: “Cherish every moment and don't wish that it's over because it flies by.”

My role model is: JJ Watt.

Most inspirational teammate: Ben Horzewski.

My family includes: My parents, Lori and Mark, sister, Hannah, and brother, Zach.

Nickname: Jon Jon.

Words to live by: “When you take that field today, you’ve got to lay that heart on the line, men. From the souls of your feet, with every ounce of blood you’ve got in your body, lay it on the line until the final whistle blows. And if you do that, if you do that, we cannot lose. We may be behind on the scoreboard at the end of the game, but if you play like that we cannot be defeated.” -- From the 2006 movie, ‘We Are Marshall’.

Favorite athlete: Alex Ovechkin; Mark Barron.

Favorite team: Washington Capitals.

Favorite opponent: Baraboo Thunderbirds.

Favorite facility/site to compete in: DeForest’s DMB stadium.

Favorite movie: ‘Django Unchained’.

Favorite TV show: ‘That 70’s show’.

Favorite food: Prime rib.

Favorite fast food place and/or restaurant: Cancun restaurant in Reedsburg.

Favorite sport on TV: Football.

Favorite place to visit: Somewhere outdoors.

I want to visit: Europe.

Top three favorite songs: ‘Boy’ -- Lee Brice; ‘Better Now’ -- Post Malone; ‘Yeah!’ – Usher.

Primary news source: Fox News.

Favorite website: YouTube.

I drive: A 2003 Chevy truck.

Dream car: A 240z Datsun.

I can’t live without: Burgers.

I like Reedsburg High School because: I have fun learning new things.

If I could change anything: I’d make myself faster.

I wish we could play: University of Wisconsin

I wish I could meet: My late grandpa, George Duren.

Dream date: Go on a nice date with Carrie Underwood.

Dream gift: A 240z Datsun.

Preferred brand of shoe: Nike.

My perfect day: A day on a lake or river and then taking a ride on a motorcycle.

I like to read: Non-fiction.

This and that: Member of History Club … volunteer work includes youth football camps and Mites hockey program, Metal Drive for football program, Blood Drives and filling sandbags to help with recent flood relief … works at Ray Zobel & Son’s during the summer … participated in American Showcase hockey tournament in St. Louis last summer.

Hobbies: Boating, motorcycling, playing sports.

Post-high school plans: Attend college to earn a degree in Criminal Justice and hopefully play hockey.

Did you know? I can whistle and hum at the same time and have some pretty good dance moves.

Career goal: FBI agent.