Name: William "Wildman" Thanholt
Sport(s) to be played at UW-Whitewater: Swimming
Height: 6'00"
Weight: 205
Year: Junior
High School: Germantown
Hometown: Germantown, Wisconsin
Mom's Name: Kyla
Dad's Name: Bill
College Athletic Accomplishments: Conference finalist in the 100 breaststroke in 2009, made it on the conference team both freshmen and sophomore years
College Academic Accomplishments: above a 3.0gpa
High School Athletic Accomplishments: 3 year letter winner in swimming, 2 year letter winner in football, state qualifier senior year
High School Academic Accomplishments: above a 3.0 gpa, North Shore Scholar Athlete, member of NHS
FAVORITE THINGS
Favorite Class: Physics
Favorite Food: Kung Pao meatballs
Favorite Book: Ender's Game
Favorite Movie: 300 or Transformers
Favorite Quote: "We chose to do things not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win”
Favorite Card/Board Game: Egyptian Rat Race
Favorite High School Athletics Memory: Either the nice jammer run through the parking lot in the middle of winter while everyone was leaving in their cars and throwing snowballs at us or going from a 100 degree pool hall to a -20 degree outside during practice just to do it
Favorite Warhawk Athletics Memory: Beating the Eau Claire kid in the 200 breaststroke B-finals because Joel told to me beat him no matter what
Favorite College Team (other than UW-W): Eau Claire
Favorite Spot on Campus: Williams Center or Upham
FUN FACTS
What TV show would you like to guest star on?: A really cool one
If you could be on a reality show, which would you pick?: Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
If you could have dinner with one famous person, dead or alive, who would it be? Wyndham Fairchild Gary III
Who would play you in a movie about your life?: Me
What is your dream job?: Roller Coaster Designer
If you could bring 3 things from your hometown to Whitewater what would they be?: computer, suit, and goggles
When you are not participating in your sport what do you like to do?: Do physics homework, swim, workout, eat, and sleep
SPORT FUN FACTS
What did you work on this off-season?: Worked at Scout summer camp, and did as much dryland training as I could
What are your expectations for this year?: To do better than I did last year
What is the significance of your jersey number (if you have one)?: it represents the self-confidence I have
What is your pre-competition ritual?: listening to music and visualizing a good race, then getting behind the block and stretching
Who is your sports hero?: Joel Rollings and The Nighthawk
