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Hall of Fame

Chris Hansman

  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Swimming & Diving

A six-time All-American and seven-time league champion, Chris Hansman established a diving resume that ranks among the finest in WIAC history.

Hansman, a Neenah High School graduate, performed for the UW-Oshkosh men's swimming & diving team during the 2002, 2003 and 2004 seasons after competing for UW-Stevens Point in 2001.

Hansman helped Uthe Pointers to the 2001 WIAC title after taking first place off the three-meter diving board and third off the one-meter plank at the league championship. He also earned All-America honors with his 14th-place finish in the three-meter diving at the NCAA Division III Championship.

Hansman transferred to UW-Oshkosh the following season and claimed WIAC one- and three-meter diving titles for the Titans while collecting All-America recognition with his fifth-place finish in the three-meter bracket at the Division III Championship.

In 2003, Hansman was named Diver of the Meet at the WIAC Championship after winning the one- and three-meter events with scores of 464.75 and 480.55, respectively. He also placed seventh in the three- and eighth in the one-meter diving categories to pick up All-America accolades at the Division III Championship.

Hansman repeated as Diver of the Meet at the 2004 WIAC Championship. He won the one-meter event with a score of 485.70 and the three-meter classification with a result of 508.45. Hansman additionally acquired a pair of All-America awards by finishing fourth in the three- and 13th in the one-meter diving competitions at the Division III Championship.

Hansman, a nine-time WIAC Athlete of the Week award winner, helped UW-Oshkosh finish 25th in the team standings at the 2002 Division III Championship, 22nd in 2003 and 18th in 2004.

Hansman was selected to the WIAC Men's Swimming & Diving All-Centennial Team in 2012. He is currently one of only three athletes to win the WIAC three-meter diving title four times and one of only seven athletes to capture the league's one-meter diving championship on three occasions.

Hansman went into coaching during the 2004-05 season and worked with the divers at both UW-Oshkosh and Oshkosh North High School. He then served as the head men's and women's diving coach at the University of South Dakota from 2006-09 and again from 2011-14. Hansman was named the Division II Diving Coach of the Year in 2008 and the North Central Conference Diving Coach of the Year in both 2007 and 2008.

Hansman earned a bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 2004 and a master's degree from the University of South Dakota in 2007. Following employment positions for Pearson Education and TinkRworks, Inc., Hansman currently works as a regional sales manager for Satchel Pulse.

Hansman and wife Sara live in Neenah with their daughter Sydney and sons Steve, Chase and Ryan.

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