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UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame increases its membership to 262 when seven men and women are inducted Sunday, October 5 at the Culver Family Welcome Center (625 Pearl Avenue) on the UW-Oshkosh campus.
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The 51st induction class features former UW-Oshkosh student-athletes Christy Cazzola, Jack Friess, Nazar Kulchytskyy, Tricia (Haralson) Rotering, Kristin (Steckmesser) Stanley, and Jacque (Ray) Strook; and former UW-Oshkosh coach Terry Barth. Jack Borski was originally set to be inducted in October, however he will not be able to attend and will be inducted as a member of the 2026 hall of fame class.
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The event, which is open to the public, features a social at 9:15 a.m., brunch at 10Â a.m. and program at 10:45 a.m. Michael Patton, the public address voice of the Titans, will emcee the event.
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Tickets for the event are $30 each (aged five and older) and can only be purchased from the
ticket portal located on the UW-Oshkosh athletics website. Tickets will be on sale through September 22. Tickets are required to attend and will not be available for purchase at the event.
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The most successful head coach in the history of the UW-Oshkosh men's wrestling program,
Terry Barth trained student-athletes to 10 All-America performances and 17 conference titles during a 13-year career from 1979 to 1991.
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Barth's top award winner was
Rick Gruber, a 1994 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee. Gruber earned four All-America decorations and captured four WIAC titles while wrestling for the Titans from 1981 to 1984. Barth also coached 2017 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee
Duane Fischer to three WIAC titles and both Tim Potratz and Rich Tomaszewski to two each.
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In team competition, Barth led his 1982 UW-Oshkosh squad to the first and only WIAC championship in program history. He also guided the Titans to second place at the conference championship in 1983 and third place in 1986.
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Nationally, Barth coached UW-Oshkosh to sixth place at the NCAA Division III Championship in 1982 and 21st place in both 1983 and 1986. He also led the Titans to 13th place at the 1979 NAIA Championship.
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During his first season at UW-Oshkosh, Barth coached Stan Kellenberger and Joel Stolzman to All-America honors at the 1979 NAIA Championship. Stolzman finished second at 142 pounds and Kellenberger fourth at 134 to lead the Titans to a 13th-place national finish for the third time in five years.
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The 1982 season was one to remember for Barth and the Titans as they compiled a 7-1 dual record, scored 74.25 points to win the WIAC title and tallied 46 points to place sixth at the NCAA Championship. Gruber, Tomaszewski and
Sean McCarthy (Marshfield/Marshfield Columbus Catholic) each earned conference titles while collecting All-America awards at the national meet. UW-Oshkosh's NCAA finish that season remains as the highest in program history.
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The following year, UW-Oshkosh finished second at the WIAC and 21st at the NCAA championships. Gruber, Potratz and Tomaszewski each won conference titles while Gruber and Tomaszewski captured All-America awards.
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Barth coached two major WIAC award winners during his tenure at UW-Oshkosh, Gruber who was named the Wrestler of the Meet at the 1984 Championship and Jeff Matczak who was honored as the 1991 Wrestling Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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Barth joined the UW-Oshkosh faculty in 1978 and was as an instructor in the Health, Physical Education & Recreation Department until 1990.
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Barth also served UW-Oshkosh as an assistant football coach from 1978 to 1988 and assistant baseball coach from 1979 to 1981. During his three seasons as an assistant baseball coach the Titans compiled a 74-21 record while winning a WIAC title each season and advancing to the NCAA World Series twice.
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Barth remained involved with the UW-Oshkosh baseball program after leaving the dugout by serving as the local director for the NCAA Midwest Regional the Titans hosted from 1982 to 1990. He also was the local regional director for NCAA wrestling events hosted by UW-Oshkosh in 1985, 1987 and 1989.
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Barth was the director of UW-Oshkosh's Intramural Sports & Recreation Department from 1990 to his retirement in 2007. Barth continued to support UW-Oshkosh athletics during that time by regularly hiring student-athletes for employment positions.
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Barth was a member of numerous committees at UW-Oshkosh, including the Athletics Hall of Fame Selection Committee and the Student Recreation & Wellness Center Building Committee.
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A graduate of Platteville High School, Barth attended UW-Platteville and was a four-year starter in football from 1965 to 1968. He received All-WIAC First Team honors in 1968 while helping the Pioneers to a share of the league championship.
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Barth received his bachelor's degree from UW-Platteville in 1969 and master's degree from Winona State University (Minn.) in 1971.
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After retiring from UW-Oshkosh, Barth spent over a decade as a substitute teacher in the Wild Rose School District.
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Barth lives in Wild Rose with his wife Pam. They are the parents of sons Brian and Jason and grandparents of four.
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Barth's father, John, was inducted into the WIAC Hall of Fame in 2015 after a long distinguished administrative and coaching career at UW-Platteville.
When one looks up the definition of the word prolific,
Christy Cazzola's name quickly comes to mind after she accumulated 17 NCAA Division III titles, 21 All-America performances and 27 WIAC championships as a member of the UW-Oshkosh women's cross country and track & field programs from 2008 to 2014.
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A graduate of Kaukauna High School, Cazzola began her collegiate career as a member of the 2008 UW-Oshkosh women's cross country team. She finished 37th at the NCAA Championship that season while placing ninth regionally and fourth in the conference.
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Already a mother of one before enrolling at UW-Oshkosh, Cazzola took a break from athletic competition following the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship to focus on the birth of her second child, her family and her education.
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Cazzola returned to run cross country for the Titans in 2010. She won the WIAC title that season while finishing fourth both regionally and nationally.
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In 2011, Cazzola won conference and regional titles while finishing second at the NCAA Championship hosted by UW-Oshkosh at Winneconne's Lake Breeze Golf Club. She followed those performances by winning conference, regional and national titles in 2012. Cazzola won the 6,000-meter race at the 2012 NCAA Championship with a time of 20:53.
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One of only two athletes to win three WIAC cross country titles, Cazzola was named the league's Athlete of the Year three times. She also was chosen as the 2012 NCAA National Athlete of the Year and the NCAA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year on two occasions.
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An annual force on the track from 2011 to 2014, Cazzola concluded her UW-Oshkosh track & field career with 16 NCAA titles, 18 All-America awards and 24 WIAC championships.
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The 14-time WIAC Track Athlete of the Week selection helped UW-Oshkosh to NCAA indoor titles in 2011, 2013 and 2014 and the NCAA outdoor championship in 2011. The Titans won WIAC indoor and outdoor titles in 2011 and the league indoor championship in 2012.
Competing at the NCAA Indoor Championship, Cazzola was an eight-time champion and nine-time All-American. She is the only athlete to win the mile run three times, capturing the 2012, 2013 and 2014 titles after finishing fourth in the event in 2011. Cazzola also won the 800-meter run in 2012, 3,000-meter run in 2014 and the 5,000-meter run in 2013 while competing on first-place distance medley relay teams in 2013 and 2014.
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In WIAC indoor championship competition, Cazzola won the mile run four times, 800-meter run in 2011 and 2012, 3,000-meter run in 2014 and 5,000-meter run in 2013. She also ran on the first-place distance medley relay team in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the winning 1,600-meter relay squad in 2011.
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Cazzola was an eight-time champion and nine-time All-American while performing at the NCAA Outdoor Championship. She won the 1,500-meter run four times while placing first in both the 800- and 5,000-meter runs in 2013 and 2014.
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Participating at the WIAC Outdoor Championship, Cazzola won 800- and 1,500-meter run titles four times each, a feat accomplished by only one other person in league history. Cazzola won the 5,000-meter run in both 2013 and 2014 while competing on the first-place 3,200-meter relay team each season.
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Cazzola swept the NCAA National Track Athlete of the Year Awards for both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2013 and 2014. She was named the Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year four times and the Indoor Track Athlete of the Year twice for the NCAA's Midwest Region.
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Cazzola also was chosen as the Outstanding Track Performer at the 2013 WIAC Indoor Championship, 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championship and the 2011, 2013 and 2014 WIAC Outdoor Championships.
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Cazzola currently owns five UW-Oshkosh, two WIAC Championship and two Kolf Sports Center records indoors and three UW-Oshkosh, one WIAC Championship and two Oshkosh Sports Complex records outdoors. She presently ranks second in NCAA history in the outdoor 1,500-meter run, second in the indoor distance medley relay, third in the indoor mile run, fourth in the outdoor 800-meter run and fifth in the indoor 5,000-meter run with her fastest event time.
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Academically, Cazzola was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's NCAA Scholar Athlete of the Year for women's cross country in 2012 and both women's indoor and outdoor track & field in 2013 and 2014. She received three Academic All-America mentions from the College Sports Communicators, including a First Team award in both 2013 and 2014.
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Cazzola, a four-time WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll member, was named the NCAA Division III Track & Field winner of the Collegiate Women's Sports Award in 2014.Â
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A "Faces In The Crowd" honoree in the December 31, 2012, edition of
Sports Illustrated, Cazzola was selected to the WIAC Women's Track & Field All-Centennial Team in 2012.
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Cazzola, who was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's NCAA Division III Track & Field Hall of Fame earlier this year, received her bachelor's and master's degrees from UW-Oshkosh in 2014 and 2016, respectively.
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Following her graduation from UW-Oshkosh, Cazzola represented sporting apparel company Oiselle in 2014 and 2015 and was a professional athlete with the Atlanta Track Club in 2015 and 2016.
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Since 2018, Cazzola has been a teacher at Lassiter High School in Marietta, Ga. She also serves as the school's varsity speech coach. This past February, Cazzola guided the speech team to the Georgia Forensics Coaches Association championship and a runner-up finish in the overall competition. In 2022, Cazzola was named the GFCA's Coach of the Year.
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Cazzola lives in Woodstock, Ga., with her husband Shuma Kuwamoto, son Noah and daughter Kaya. Noah is a member of the men's soccer team at NAIA Reinhardt University (Ga.).
Roaming in the outfield from 1968 to 1971,
Jack Friess started all 126 UW-Oshkosh baseball games to help the Titans begin the rise to conference and national dominance that they would enjoy for the following three decades.
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Noted by local newspapers for his defensive prowess, Friess accumulated a .286 batting average with 22 doubles, five triples and eight home runs. He also drove in 70 runs, scored 76 times and stole 29 bases while striking out just 35 times during his 420 career at-bats.
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Friess helped UW-Oshkosh to an 87-39 record, including an impressive 47-7 mark in WIAC competition, a four-year sweep of both the conference and district championships and a berth in the 1971 NAIA World Series.
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The best season for Friess came in 1971 when he received All-District 14 and All-Area IV First Team honors by the NAIA and All-WIAC Honorable Mention recognition after hitting .345 with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs, 31 runs batted in and 18 stolen bases.
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UW-Oshkosh won conference and district titles that season and advanced to the NAIA World Series for the first time in program history with a 9-0 victory over Missouri Western State University in the championship game of the Area IV Tournament.
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UW-Oshkosh finished fifth with a 1-2 record at the 1971 NAIA World Series in Phoenix, Ariz. Friess was named to the All-World Series Team after counting three hits, including an inside-the-park home run, and two stolen bases during a 9-5, 10-inning loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State University and hitting a two-run triple during a 7-3 victory over Grand Canyon University (Ariz.).
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Friess came to UW-Oshkosh from Cedarburg High School. During his first season with the Titans in 1968 he hit .185 with three doubles, one home run and 12 runs batted in. UW-Oshkosh captured conference and district titles before being eliminated by Winona State University (Minn.) in the NAIA Area IV Tournament.
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The following year, Friess hit .203 with five doubles, two home runs and seven runs batted in. The Titans claimed conference and district titles before being eliminated by Upper Iowa University in the NAIA Area IV Tournament.
Friess enjoyed a stellar season in 1970, earning All-Conference, All-District and All-Area First Team honors after hitting .342 with seven doubles, two triples, three home runs, 23 runs scored and 20 runs batted in. The Titans repeated as conference and district champions before being eliminated by William Jewell College (Mo.) in the NAIA Area IV Tournament.
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UW-Oshkosh won 26 games during the 1970 season for a then-program record. Freiss led the Titans to an 8-4 triumph over NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin that season by belting a first-inning grand slam.
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In addition to playing baseball, Friess appeared in three varsity contests as a member of the 1968 and 1969 UW-Oshkosh men's basketball teams.
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Friess was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 23rd round of the 1971 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He played the 1971 season for the organization in the minor leagues and hit .284 with three doubles, two triples and 13 runs batted in.
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Friess followed his minor league baseball career by teaching in Green Bay for two years. He then taught at Webster Middle School in Cedarburg before returning to Cedarburg High School as its head varsity baseball coach in 1979.
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Friess went on to coach 41 seasons at Cedarburg High School. The Bulldogs won 600 contests during his leadership and appeared in six WIAA State Summer Baseball Tournaments, including visits to the championship game in both 1997 and 1998. Cedarburg High School named its baseball field after Friess in 2014.
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Friess, a 1971 UW-Oshkosh graduate, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association in 1999 and the Old Time Ballplayers' Association of Wisconsin in 2012. He was inducted into the Cedarburg High School Hall of Fame twice, as an athlete in 2012 and a coach in 2024.
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Friess retired from Cedarburg High School in 2019, but remains involved with the school by working on the chain gang at football games and operating the scoreboard at basketball contests.
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Friess lives in Cedarburg with his wife Karen. They are the parents of sons Andy, Billy and Danny.
A three-time national champion,
Nazar Kulchytskyy is one of just 16 wrestlers to win three or more titles at the NCAA Division III Championship.
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Competing for the Titans from 2011 to 2014, Kulchytskyy compiled a remarkable 142-5 record with 67 pins while losing to an NCAA Division III opponent just once. His victory and pin totals are both UW-Oshkosh career records and rank as the fifth- and fourth-highest totals in WIAC history, respectively.
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A Sosnivka, Ukraine native, Kulchytskyy began wrestling at a young age, winning five national titles and collecting a bronze medal at the 2008 European Cadets Wrestling Championships in Latvia before emigrating to the United States with his parents and settling down in Prairie du Chien.
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After graduating from Prairie du Chien High School, Kulchytskyy enrolled at UW-Oshkosh and made his debut wrestling for the Titans in 2011. Kulchytskyy won all 12 of his 157-pound matches, including seven by fall, before suffering a season-ending injury.
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Kulchytskyy recovered from his injury and registered a 45-2 record with 17 pins the next season. He won 34 consecutive matches from November 12, 2011 to February 3, 2012, before losing 9-4 to Orlando Ponce of Augsburg University (Minn.) on February 10.
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Kulchytskyy claimed the 157-pound title at the 2012 WIAC Championship and the first of three straight WIAC Wrestler of the Year Awards. He won all four of his contests at the NCAA Championship, including a 10-9 victory over Ponce in the title match. The victory allowed Kulchytskyy to become the first NCAA wresting champion in UW-Oshkosh history.
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Kulchytskyy won 44 of his 45 matches, including 22 by fall, in 2013 to earn NCAA Wrestler of the Year honors by D3wrestle.com. He won all four contests in the 165-pound category at the NCAA Championship, including a 5-3 victory over The College of New Jersey's John Darling in the title bout, to end the season with 39 consecutive victories. Kulchytskyy advanced to the final with a 7-2 win over Joey Favia of Stevens Institute of Technology (N.Y.). The victory over Favia was the 100th career win for Kulchytskyy.
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Kulchytskyy returned to 157-pound competition during the 2014 season and posted a 41-2 record with 22 pins. Kulchytskyy increased his winning streak on the mat to a school-record 45 contests before suffering a 5-2 setback to Isaac Jordan of NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin on November 16, 2013.
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The WIAC went to a team dual format for its championship competition during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Thus, no individual champions were crowned for those two seasons. Kulchytskyy did win his third WIAC Wrestler of the Year Award and was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet at the 2014 WIAC Team Championship.
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Kulchytskyy was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the 2014 NCAA West Regional after winning all four matches, including three by fall. Kulchytskyy stuck Carson French of Pacific University (Ore.) to the mat in 13 seconds during the tournament for the quickest pin of his career.
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Kulchytskyy then won all five of his matches, including a pin in 4:20 of Coe College's (Iowa) Dimitri Boyer in the title bout, to be a three-time champion at the NCAA Championship. He was named the Most Dominant Wrestler at the 2014 NCAA Championship and received a pair of National Wrestler of the Year Awards.
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Kulchytskyy helped UW-Oshkosh finish 14th in the team competition at the NCAA Championship in 2012, 17th in 2013 and 10th in 2014. The national finish for the Titans in 2014 was their highest since 1982.
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A seven-time WIAC Athlete of the Week selection, Kulchytskyy was a member of the league's Scholastic Honor Roll three times. He was named a Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches Association in 2014.
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After graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 2014, Kulchytskyy trained and competed at the Wisconsin Regional Training Center until 2019 and the Minnesota Regional Training Center in 2020. He won World Cup crowns with the Titan Mercury Wrestling Club in 2016 and Team USA in 2018. Kulchytskyy was a member of the USA National Freestyle Team and ranked as high as 11th internationally.
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Kulchytskyy, who was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association's NCAA Division III Hall of Fame in 2024, lives in Sun Prairie with his wife Katie.
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Kulchytskyy founded the Team Nazar Training Center in 2020 and now operates wrestling facilities in Madison, Mauston and Neenah.
Tricia (Haralson) Rotering was an integral part of UW-Oshkosh women's track & field teams that earned two NCAA Division III and five WIAC championships from 1991 to 1994.
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Rotering was a national champion in the shot put and a nine-time All-American. She also won four conference titles and was named the Outstanding Field Performer at the league championship twice.
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Rotering, a Whitehall High School graduate, began her UW-Oshkosh career by finishing fourth in the shot put as the Titans captured the team title at the 1991 WIAC Indoor Championship. She then earned All-America honors with her fourth-place finish in the shot put as UW-Oshkosh finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championship.
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Rotering's first outdoor season resulted in conference and national team championships for the Titans. Rotering finished fifth in the shot put at the WIAC Championship before collecting All-America recognition with her sixth-place ranking in the event at the NCAA Championship.
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Rotering helped UW-Oshkosh to another WIAC indoor title in 1992 by finishing fourth in the shot put. She then earned All-America status with her sixth-place finish in the shot put as UW-Oshkosh placed second at the NCAA Indoor Championship for the third straight year.
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Moving to the 1992 outdoor season, Rotering finished fourth in the shot put as UW-Oshkosh placed second at the WIAC Championship. She later earned All-America recognition with her second-place listing in the shot put as the Titans finished second at the NCAA Championship.
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Rotering was named the Outstanding Field Performer at the 1993 WIAC Indoor Championship after winning the shot put with a toss of 47-11 3/4. Her performance led the Titans to their sixth straight WIAC indoor title. She then earned All-America status with her fourth-place finish in the shot put as UW-Oshkosh placed fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championship.
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The 1993 outdoor season had Rotering win the shot put as UW-Oshkosh placed second at the WIAC Championship. She then finished second in the shot put to receive All-America honors as the Titans placed third at the NCAA Championship.
During the 1994 indoor season, Rotering finished second in the shot put as UW-Oshkosh placed second at the WIAC Championship. She then helped the Titans to the team title at the NCAA Championship held in UW-Oshkosh's Kolf Sports Center by winning the shot put with a measurement of 45-2 1/4.
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Rotering had a stellar 1994 outdoor season for the Titans. She was named the Outstanding Field Performer at the WIAC Championship after winning the hammer throw and shot put with distances of 144-3 and 45-1 3/4, respectively, and placing fourth in the discus with a mark of 130-7. Rotering's efforts led the Titans to a first-place finish in the team competition.
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Rotering concluded her UW-Oshkosh career with a pair of All-America awards at the 1994 NCAA Outdoor Championship. She finished second in the shot put and fifth in the hammer throw as the Titans placed second in the team category.
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Rotering remained involved in track & field following her final season at UW-Oshkosh by serving as an assistant coach at Whitehall High School from 1996 to 2000 and Independence High School from 2012 to 2015.
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Rotering, who was selected to the WIAC Women's Track & Field All-Centennial Team in 2012, earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Capella University (Minn.) in 2019 and 2022, respectively.
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Rotering, who currently works as a dementia care specialist for the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Trempealeau County, lives in Whitehall with her partner Stacy. Rotering is the mother of daughter Mikayla and sons Mitchel and Preston and the grandmother of three.
A three-time All-WIAC award winner,
Kristin (Steckmesser) Stanley helped the UW-Oshkosh women's basketball program to a 115-24 record, three national tournaments and a trio of league championships while playing guard across five seasons from 1998 to 2002.
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Stanley's 115-game career featured 83 contests in which she was a starter. Stanley received All-WIAC Honorable Mention recognition in 1999 before earning First Team honors from the league in both 2001 and 2002.
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Stanley and the Titans dominated their opponents on the court, posting season records of 26-2 in 1998, 27-2 in 1999, 22-7 in 2000, 19-6 in 2001 and 21-7 in 2002. UW-Oshkosh won WIAC championships in 1998 and 1999 and shared the league crown in 2001. The Titans also advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division III Championship in both 1998 and 1999 and the national tournament's second round in 2000.
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Stanley currently ranks among the top seven in six school and two conference career categories after compiling 1,274 points, 391 rebounds, 348 assists, 190 3-point field goals, 173 steals, 75 blocked shots and a 3-point field goal percentage of 40.3.
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In UW-Oshkosh history, Stanley ranks first in 3-point field goals, third in both assists and 3-point field goal percentage, fifth in blocked shots, sixth in steals and seventh in scoring. The Two Rivers High School graduate ranks sixth in the WIAC in 3-point field goal percentage and seventh in 3-point field goals.
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Stanley played in all 28 games for the Titans in 1998. She averaged 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds per game while compiling 41 assists, 36 steals and 25 3-point baskets. Stanley, who helped UW-Oshkosh go unbeaten in all 16 WIAC contests, scored a season-high 12 points during wins of 78-34 and 85-45 over UW-La Crosse. She collected a career-best nine rebounds during a 71-56 victory over UW-Stout.
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In 1999, Stanley started 26 of the 29 games that she played in and received All-WIAC Honorable Mention recognition after averaging 11.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per contest. She also tallied a team-high 106 assists, a team-best 65 3-point field goals, 34 steals and 26 blocked shots while shooting 42.2 percent behind the 3-point arc and 76.1 percent from the free throw line. Stanley scored a season-high 22 points during a 67-48 triumph over UW-Whitewater and tallied 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists during a 79-60 win over UW-Eau Claire in the championship game of the WIAC Tournament.
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Five games into the 2000 campaign and averaging 12.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per contest, Stanley suffered a knee injury against Viterbo University that would sideline her for the remainder of the season.
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Stanley returned to action in 2001 and started 24 of the 25 games that she played in. She earned All-WIAC First Team status after averaging a team-high 12.4 points, 3.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds per contest. Stanley also counted 41 steals and 41 3-point baskets, both team bests, while shooting 77.1 percent from the free throw line. Stanley scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds, both season bests, during a 78-63 win over UW-Stout.
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Stanley was granted a fifth season of basketball in 2002 after missing the majority of the 2000 campaign due to her knee injury. She started all 28 games for the Titans during her extra season and received All-WIAC First Team honors after averaging a team-high 14.6 points, 3.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds per contest. Stanley also recorded 55 steals and 48 3-point baskets, both team bests, while shooting 39.7 percent behind the 3-point arc and a WIAC-high 84.7 percent from the free throw stripe. She scored in double figures 25 times in 2002, including a career-best 25 points during an 88-60 win over UW-Stout.
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Stanley, a four-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, earned her bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 2002 and master's degree from Butler University (Ind.) in 2005.
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Stanley was a member of the NCAA's Postgraduate Internship Program during the 2002-03 academic year before serving six years as the Assistant Director of Championships for the NCAA. Following employment positions at Ohio University and UW-La Crosse, Stanley currently works as the Financial Manager for Children's Hospital in Minnesota.
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Stanley, who was inducted into the Two Rivers High School Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Lakeshore All-Sports Hall of Fame in 2018, lives in Onalaska with her husband Derek and sons Alex and Luke.
A two-time All-America selection and the 2009 WIAC Player of the Year,
Jacque (Ray) Strook stamped her legacy into the storied history of the UW-Oshkosh women's volleyball program.
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Strook played middle blocker for UW-Oshkosh from 2006 to 2009 and helped the Titans register an astonishing 143-18 record, including an 28-4 mark against WIAC opponents. UW-Oshkosh compiled 32-6 records during each of the 2006 and 2007 seasons and marks of 40-3 in 2008 and 39-3 in 2009.
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Strook was a member of UW-Oshkosh teams that shared the WIAC championship with UW-Eau Claire in both 2006 and 2008 and captured the outright league title in 2009. The Titans also won the WIAC Tournament championship in 2008.
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UW-Oshkosh made trips to the NCAA Division III Championship each season of Strook's career. After being eliminated in the first round of the national tournament in 2006, the Titans advanced to the second round in 2006, the quarterfinals in 2008 and the semifinals in 2009.
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Strook, a Richland Center High School graduate, concluded her career by playing in 151 of UW-Oshkosh's 161 matches. She combined to hit .263 during those contests played with 1,127 kills, 481 blocks, 161 digs, 21 service aces and 20 assists. Strook, who had 46 matches with double-digit kill totals, currently ranks fourth in UW-Oshkosh history in career blocks.
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Strook started 22 of the 29 matches that she played in during the 2006 season and hit .222 with 117 kills, 81 blocks and 20 digs. She tallied a season-best 12 kills during UW-Oshkosh's 3-1 victory over Mount St. Joseph University (Ohio) and counted three kills and six blocks during the Titans' 3-2 loss to the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) in the first round of the NCAA Championship.
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In 2007, Strook started 31 of the 37 matches that she appeared in. She hit .228 with 250 kills, a team-best 112 blocks and 40 digs. Strook helped UW-Oshkosh to a 3-0 victory over UW-La Crosse by hitting .414 with a season-best 16 kills. She had 13 kills in four other matches and compiled 12 during the Titans' 3-2 loss to Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) in the second round of the NCAA Championship.
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In 2008, Strook received NCAA All-America Third Team and both NCAA All-Midwest Region and All-WIAC First Team accolades as UW-Oshkosh finished fifth nationally with its 40-3 record.
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Strook played in all 43 UW-Oshkosh matches that season, including 41 as a starter, and hit .241 with 317 kills, a team-best 112 blocks, 47 digs and 13 service aces. She hit .370 with 16 kills and four blocks during a 3-2 victory over Elmhurst College (Ill.), counted 14 kills with four blocks during a 3-2 triumph over UW-Superior and registered 13 kills and three blocks during a 3-2 win over Carthage College in the third round of the NCAA Championship.
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The 2009 season was Strook's most notable campaign as she received NCAA All-America, NCAA All-Midwest Region and All-WIAC First Team honors while being named the WIAC's Player of the Year. Her performance helped the Titans capture the outright WIAC championship and finish third nationally with their 39-3 record.
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Strook played in all 42 UW-Oshkosh matches in 2009, including 41 as a starter. She hit a team-best .316 with a team-high 431 kills, a WIAC-leading 174 blocks and 53 digs.
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Strook was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association's NCAA National Player of the Week for matches played October 26 through November 1 of the 2009 season. She led UW-Oshkosh to 3-0 victories over Wittenberg University (Ohio) and Trinity University (Texas) and a 3-2 win over Juniata College (Pa.) by hitting .410 with 43 kills and 14 blocks. Strook hit .421 with 18 kills and five blocks against Juniata College, .391 with 13 kills and five blocks against Trinity University and .409 with 12 kills and four blocks against Wittenberg University.
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Strook's senior season also featured her hitting .417 with a career-best 19 kills during a 3-2 victory over UW-Platteville in the third-place match of the WIAC Tournament and .375 with 17 kills and a career-best nine blocks during a 3-1 triumph over Christopher Newport University (Va.) in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship.
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Strook, a three-time WIAC Women's Volleyball Athlete of the Week Selection, graduated from UW-Oshkosh in 2010.
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Following employment with Festival Foods and DoubleTree by Hilton, Strook has held a human resource position with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services since 2012.
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Strook lives in Arena with her husband Justin, son Jaxon and daughter Jayde.
The UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 1974 to enhance school tradition and give lasting recognition to those student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and friends of the university who distinguished themselves at an exemplary level.
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Each hall of fame member represents greatness, with their accomplishments built on campus, after graduation or through meritorious efforts that benefit the UW-Oshkosh athletics program.
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The hall of fame will help preserve the storied history of the UW-Oshkosh athletics program while creating a unique connection between the decades of celebrated inductees who represented and continue to represent Titan Nation.
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The first UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held April 28, 1974, at The Pioneer Inn & Marina. The five inductees were
Edward Boguski,
Edward Hall,
Burton Karges,
Robert Kolf and
Robert Williams.
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Four venues have hosted the UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony – The Pioneer Inn & Marina (1974-2001), Hilton Garden Inn Oshkosh (2002), UW-Oshkosh's Reeve Memorial Union (2003-13) and UW-Oshkosh's Culver Family Welcome Center (2014-19, 2021-Present).