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Dennis Semrau 
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"Dugout Chatter" is a behind the scenes look at your favorite prep baseball player. 
  
Name: Skyler Bohn 

School: Grafton 

GPA: 3.62 

Favorite subject: History 

Position: Catcher 

Other sports: football, basketball, tennis 

I got my start in sports: playing tee-ball when I was three years old. I started playing basketball in fourth grade, soccer in sixth grade, football as a freshman and tennis as a junior. 

Baseball highlights: three-year starter at catcher and two-time co-captain as a senior and junior … earned North Shore Conference honorable mention honors as a senior …earned the team’s Coaches’ Award as a senior and sophomore … received the Best Teammate Award voted on by his peers as a senior. 

2010 stats: batted .338 (25-for-74) with three doubles, two triples, 17 RBI … had 10 walks and posted a .432 slugging percentage and .430 on-base percentage … drew two walks in the WIAA Summer State Baseball state quarterfinals. 

2010 team highlights: Black Hawks finished third in the North Shore Conference with an 11-7 record and finished 21-10 overall. Grafton lost to West Bend West 9-7 in a state quarterfinal game. 

Football honors: two-time letterwinner and two-year starter as a placekicker in football as a senior and junior ... also was a reserve linebacker on defense … received the team’s Black Hawk award in football as a senior, presented by the coaches to the player who best represents the program. 
  
Other sports honors: lettered in basketball as a senior as a reserve guard … scored 18 points in his first varsity game … two-time letterwinner in tennis playing No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles ... was a co-captain in tennis as a senior, advancing to WIAA regional play in No. 1 doubles. 

This and that: member of military history book club ... volunteer work includes coaching at Little League baseball camps and youth middle school basketball camps … member of High Honor Roll … earned Academic Letter … works part-time at Tomaso’s Italian American restaurant in Cedarburg. 

I like playing baseball because: catcher is the only position that has a view of the whole field. It’s a mind game as well as a physical game. There are so many aspects of the game you have to put together in order to achieve the best you can do 

Most memorable moment in sports: playing in the WIAA state baseball tournament my senior year.

Team bonding moments: We went to a benefit for the Malkowski family and were sitting by a fountain and we came up with baseball chants and cheers as a team that we were going to do before or during games. 

Favorite athlete: Joe Mauer. 

Favorite team: Texas Longhorns 

Favorite Brewer: Casey McGehee 

Favorite movie: Billy Madison 

Favorite baseball movie: The Natural 

Favorite TV show: ESPN’s Baseball Tonight 

Favorite meal: my mom’s homemade spaghetti 

Favorite fast food: Taco Bell 

Favorite opponent: Cedarburg Bulldogs 

Favorite web site: Facebook 

Favorite place to visit: camping in Two Rivers, Wis. at Point Beach State Forest 

I want to visit: Madrid, Spain 

Baseball Stadium to visit: Boston’s Fenway Park 

One word to describe me: motivated 

I can’t live without: my catcher’s mitt 

I wish I could meet: Shoeless Joe Jackson 

Dream date: Keira Knightley 

Dream gift: a mansion 

Role model: all of my coaches and my brother, Scott. 

My family also includes: my parents, Scott and Sandra, and my sisters, Sarah and Sunshine. 

Nickname: Sky Dog 

I drive: a green 1994 Honda Accord 

Dream car: a Ferrari 

I like Grafton High School because: the teachers are real cool, the classes aren’t too big, everyone was friendly and it was just a great atmosphere. 

On my iPod: Linkin Park and the Dropkick Murphys 

I get my news: newspaper headlines; Internet headlines 

I like to read: Jocks in Socks: Inside Stories From A Major-League Locker Room 

Advice: “Stay focused, do what you have to do to be successful and always try your best “ 

My perfect day: in town playing softball and baseball with my friends. 

Hobbies: golfing, camping with my family 

Post-high school plans: attend UW-Oshkosh to study history education and play baseball. 

Career goal: secondary school history teacher 

Outlook on life: “With hard work and determination any obstacle can be overcome.” 
  
Did you know? I got a hole-in-one on Aug. 17 at Mee-Kwon Golf Course in Mequon. It was on hole No. 14 and I used an 8-iron. 
  
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.