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

Caden Blum, Baraboo High School

Year:Senior.

Sports: Football, basketball, baseball.

Sports highlights: Caden is a three-time letterwinner and a three-year starter in football for the Thunderbirds, who qualified for the playoffs this season for the first time since 2006. A co-captain as a senior, he is a starter at tight end and defensive end. He started at tight end and defensive end as a junior and at wide receiver and defensive end as a sophomore.

He is a three-time letterwinner and a returning starter as a forward and center in basketball. He is a two-time letterwinner in baseball and is a returning starter at third base and is also a pitcher.

Pre-game ritual or superstition: Wings on Wednesday.

Cumulative GPA: 3.5.

Favorite subject/class: Chemistry.

Favorite teacher: Mr. Roth.

Quick quote: “Competing in sports has taught me to give everything you have when an opportunity presents itself.

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

I got my start in sports: Saturday mornings at youth basketball.

I wish I could play: Hockey.

My most memorable moments in sports: Beating Reedsburg in football my junior and senior years, especially senior year to go to the playoffs.

I like about high school sports: The aspect of competing with and against your friends.

I enjoy playing football because: It is the ultimate team game. Everyone needs to execute their job for a successful play to happen.

Advice: “It does not last forever, do not procrastinate.”

My role models are: My mother, Chris, and my dad, Gordie.

Most inspirational teammate: Gabe Larson.

My family also includes: My sister, Jovanna.

Words to live by: “TPW.”

Favorite athlete: Rob Gronkowski.

Favorite team: Air Force Fightin’ Falcons.

Favorite opponent: Reedsburg.

Favorite facility/site to compete in: Autzen Stadium.

Favorite movie: ‘Shutter Island’.

Favorite TV show: ‘The Office’.

Favorite food: Yellow Curry.

Favorite fast food place and/or restaurant: Taco Bell.

Favorite sport on TV: College basketball.

Favorite place to visit: Three Pools.

I want to visit: Italy.

Top three favorite songs: I like a lot of music, I cannot name a top three.

Primary news source: Twitter.

Favorite website: 247Sports.

I drive: A 1997 Honda CRV.

Dream car: Mercedes G Wagon

I can’t live without: The people close to me.

I like Baraboo High School because: I have a sense of togetherness that other schools I have attended have not had.

I wish we could play: Waukesha Catholic Memorial.

I wish I could meet: Martin Luther King Jr.

Dream date: Take a hike on a fall day followed by a movie with recliners for chairs.

Dream gift: A new car.

Preferred brand of shoe: Nike.

My perfect day: Waking up with 10 hours of sleep in my system, eating waffles for breakfast, spending time with my family and friends, ending the day with a good movie.

I like to read: Sports magazines, fiction novels.

This and that: Member of Baraboo Leadership Council …volunteer work includes youth football, basketball and baseball camps, Youth Group for Immanuel Methodist Church in Baraboo … worked part-time at Culver’s, umpired youth baseball games, part-time babysitter … played American Legion baseball for three years and AAU basketball for Wisconsin Swing program for one year … member of Honor Roll.

Hobbies: Being with friends, watching movies, fishing.

Post-high school plans: Serve my country and play football for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Did you know? I have been to 39 states. I was born in Baraboo and lived in Washington DC and Eugene, Oregon before moving back to Baraboo my freshman year.

Career goal: To retire when I am 45 after serving 20 years as a pilot.