Dugout Chatter from West Salem
posted by Dennis Semrau at 8/26/2009
Dennis Semrau Wissports.net "Dugout Chatter" is a behind the scenes look at your favorite prep baseball player.
Name: Dan Schneider
School: West Salem
Year: Senior
GPA: 3.4
Position: LHP/OF
Other sports: football, basketball
I got my start in sports: playing with and watching my older brothers. I played tee-ball, youth football and basketball.
I wish I could play: hockey.
Baseball highlights: a four-time letterwinner, he was a four-year starting pitcher and key hitter for three years … West Salem won 86 games during his prep career … posted a 30-3 career record with six saves … 2009 Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association second team all-state as a pitcher … WBCA District Seven Player of Year … also earned all-academic district honors … Dairyland Large Conference four-time first-team selection … went 8-1 with a 2.22 ERA in 52 2’3 innings as a freshman … batted . 372 (94-for-253) with 24 doubles, six triples, six home runs, 74 runs scored and 85 RBI in 83 career games.
2009 stats: batted .433 (39-for-90) with 10 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 27 runs scored, and 37 RBI … drew 20 walks and had one sacrifice and four sacrifice flies … had nine stolen bases … posted .526 on-base percentage and .722 slugging percentage… pitching stats: 8-1 record with four saves, two shutouts and 2.59 ERA in 14 appearances … posted 77 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings pitched.
2009 team highlights: Panthers advanced to state quarterfinals, finishing with a 28-2 overall record. That included 16-0 record to win Dairyland Large Conference championship.
Other sports honors: two-year letterwinner in football and two-year starter at quarterback and safety … co-captain as a senior … two-time Associated Press All-State quarterback … Wisconsin Football Coaches Association all-state quarterback as a junior and honorable all-state defensive back as a senior … played forward in basketball as a freshman and sophomore.
I like playing baseball because: the game is never over until the final out is made. You can’t stall. You have to keep playing until the game is finished.
Team bonding moments: hanging out with the guys during batting practice
Favorite athlete: Brett Favre
Favorite baseball players: Tampa Bay 2B Ben Zobrist; Toronto pitcher Roy Halliday
Favorite teams: Milwaukee Brewers
Favorite Brewer: Corey Hart
Favorite movies: Into the Wild; The Guardian
Favorite baseball movie: Field of Dreams
Favorite TV show: That 70s Show
Favorite sports on TV: baseball, football, hockey
Favorite food: burritos
Favorite fast food: Burrachos in Onalaska
Favorite opponent: Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau
Favorite web sites: Facebook; espn.com
Baseball Stadium to visit: Fenway Park in Boston
I want to visit: Europe
I can't live without: my family
One word to describe me: loyal
I want to meet: Jesus
Dream date: Taylor Swift
Role models: my dad, Robert; football coach Wayne Sackett; baseball coach Chuck Ihle
My family includes: my mom, Phyllis, brothers, Tim and Greg, and sisters, Amanda and Sarah.
I drive: a Toyota Camry.
Dream car: a Mercedes Benz
Dream gift: a Major League baseball team
Talent I wish I had: ability to skate well enough to play hockey
I like West Salem High School because: we have a lot of good coaches.
On my IPod: country; Incubus
I get my news: Internet
I like to read: Into the Wild
Fantasy: to play baseball in the Major Leagues
My perfect day: playing pro baseball
Hobbies: fishing; youth baseball coach, hanging out with friends
Post-high school plans: attend NAIA Division I Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill. to study Political Science and Spanish and play baseball.
Career goal: work in the front office of a Major League baseball team
Outlook on life: “Strive to be the best person you can be.”
Did you know? Dan led West Salem to a 13-1 record and the 2007 WIAA Division 4 state football title his junior year.
If you have a prep baseball player you would like to read about, send your nomination to Dennis Semrau at:
dsemrau@madison.com or (608) 513-5550.
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