School Career
At Oconto Falls High School, Wickman played football, baseball and basketball, swimming, horseback riding, tennis, table tennis, and most famously, pocket pool, being named an All-State pick in basketball. After high school, he attended University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, and was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft (2nd round) and signed by area scout Mike Rizzo. In 1992, he was sent by Chicago to the New York Yankees in the same trade that brought Steve Sax to the White Sox.
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