OSHKOSH, Wis.- An evening of athletic achievements, academic accomplishments and community service was celebrated when the UW-Oshkosh Athletics Department hosted the eighth annual Oshcars awards ceremony on Monday (April 28) at the Culver Family Welcome Center on the campus of UW-Oshkosh. Over 400 votes were cast as the athletics department handed out awards and celebrated the success of the past year.
The event saw UW-Oshkosh student-athletes from all 20 sports as well as coaches, support staff, and administrators come together to celebrate the department's accomplishments from the 2024 spring season through the 2024-25 winter campaign. Student-athletes introduced the awards and announced the award winners. The 20 awards ranged from Picture of the Year to Individual Performance of the Year to the announcement of the prestigious John Taylor Senior Scholar-Athletes of the Year winners. The emcee for the evening was Michael Patton, a professor in the College of Business, who also serves as the public address announcer at UW-Oshkosh home sporting events and head coaches volunteered to come on stage to make dad jokes, lead a game of heads or tails, and welcome their student-athletes to the podium. At the beginning of the night, those in attendance saw the debut of this year's "Year in Review" video, made by UW-Oshkosh alumnus Jamyle Brantley.
2025 Oshcars Award Recipients
Picture of the Year Award: Women's Volleyball
Women's volleyball's celebration photo after defeating UW-Platteville in the semifinal round of the WIAC Tournament was named the Photo of the Year.
Female Newcomer of the Year Award: Paige Seckar (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West), Women's Basketball
Seckar came off the bench in every game during women's basketball's historic season. She averaged six points and 3.8 rebounds in 16.6 minutes while recording 35 assists, 21 steals, and 27 blocks on the season on her way to WIAC Kwik Trip Newcomer of the Year and D3hoops.com Region 9 Co-Rookie of the Year honors. She reached double-digit scoring six times and recorded back-to-back double-doubles against UW-La Crosse and UW-Stevens Point on January 18 and 22.
Male Newcomer of the Year Award: Joey LaChapell (Appleton/Appleton East), Men's Basketball
LaChapell, who played in all 26 games with 25 starts, topped the WIAC with a .421 three-point field goal percentage this season and led all three divisions of the NCAA with a 95.5 percent clip from the free throw line. His 29.6 points per WIAC game and .425 percentage from the field ranked second on the team and he made a WIAC contest record 48 consecutive free throws during the Titans' conference slate. LaChapell scored double-digit points 17 times across his freshman campaign, including a 30-point effort at UW-Platteville on January 11 on his way to WIAC Kwik Trip Newcomer of the Year honors.
Resilience Award: Rosie Rojewski (Cary, Ill./Prairie Ridge), Women's Soccer
Rojewski was nominated by her peers for her unwavering commitment to her program, her leadership skills, and the ability to lift up her teammates while dealing with adversity off the field.
Female Black and Gold Award: Brenna Masloroff (Franklin/Franklin), Women's Track & Field
A fifth year from Franklin, Masloroff continues to lead and elevate the track & field program. Masloroff's energy and enthusiasm reinforces the reputation of the throws athletes on track & field being one of the most supportive and competitive athletes in the program. The four-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll was also named the 2025 WIAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete after capturing her fourth All-America First Team nod at the 2025 Division III Indoor Championship.
Male Black and Gold Award: Londyn Little (Columbia, Ill./Columbia), Football/Men's Track & Field
A senior from Columbia, Illinois, Little brings a high level of competitiveness to both the track & field and football programs. Little played in nine games for football recording two receiving touchdowns and a rushing touchdown with a total of 672 yards on receptions, rushing, and returning. During the 2024-25 indoor season, Little broke his own program 200-meter dash record multiple times and finished third at the Division III Indoor Championship in the same event in March. Little's willingness to push himself and his teammates continues to elevate both the track & field and football programs at UW-Oshkosh.
Titan Give Back Award: Women's Volleyball
During women's volleyball's trip to Costa Rica, the team brought equipment and hosted volleyball clinics for the Santa Barabara and San Carlos Volleyball Clubs. The team donated notebooks, pens, pencils, erasers, glue, markers, and crayons for the Hogarcito San Juan Bosco orphanage and single moms group in San Carlos. They also volunteered at Two Little Monkeys, planting trees in San Isidro. At the team's Play for a Cause Night, they raised funds for underprivileged kids with the Asociacon Obras del Espiritu Santo and Huella del Futuro to help reforestation.
Team GPA Award: Women's Basketball
Women's basketball earned the Team GPA Award as the program with the highest combined GPA in the department.
UW-Oshkosh Athletics Appreciation Award: UW-Oshkosh Athletic Training Staff
Titan Athletics would not be the highly competitive and nationally known athletics program without the hard work of our award winning athletic trainers keeping our athletes healthy and safe. Our team of Wade Peitersen (Director), Jack Johnsen, Jennifer Zuberbier, Megan Butke, Kayla Crockett, and Grace Stevens oversee all 20 athletics programs at UW-Oshkosh.
Individual Female Performance of the Year Award: Brianna Bougie (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West), Softball
Bougie helped softball win its first Super Regional in program history by recording two wins on the same day over the previous season's national champion Trine University on May 24, 2024. She pitched 14 total innings allowing only three runs, 12 hits and two walks against six strikeouts. Bougie was named the Most Outstanding Pitcher of the Angola Super Regional.
Individual Male Performance of the Year Award: Joshua Rivers (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook), Men's Track & Field
Rivers set the NCAA Division III record in the long jump with a 8.13-meter jump at the UW-Oshkosh Early Bird Multi/Invite on December 7, becoming the first athlete in DIII history to jump over eight meters. Rivers also finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.24 seconds. His performances earned him USTFCCCA Division III Athlete of the Week honors.
Team Performance of the Year Award: Women's Basketball
The Titans defeated Baldwin Wallace, 60-53, in the Elite 8 round of the Division III Championship, qualifying for their first Final Four since 1996.
Moment of the Year Award: Joshua Rivers (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) and Davian Willems (De Pere/West De Pere)
Rivers and Willems represented UW-Oshkosh at the 2025 U.S. Track & Field Indoor Championship in Staten Island, New York on February 23. Rivers competed in the long jump and finished fifth with a mark of 7.96 meters while Willems raced in the 60-meter dash, finishing with a time of 6.76 seconds.
Best Student Section Award: Men's Basketball
Men's basketball was named the best student section for their energy and presence at games.
The Phyllis Roney and Jim Flood Senior Coaches Awards go to a graduating student-athlete who shows leadership qualities, skill, character, attitude, courage, achievement, service to the community, contribution to the team, sportsmanship, dedication, and loyalty to the athletics program and the University.
Phyllis Roney Senior Coaches Award: Olivia Breunig (Sauk Prairie/Sauk Prairie), Women's Volleyball
Breunig is a three-time WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll member and 2024 CSC Academic All-District selection as a rehabilitation science major. She is a four-year member of the women's volleyball program, helping the Titans to WIAC regular season championships in 2024 and 2025 and the NCAA Championship in each of the last three years including the Elite Eight the last two years. Breunig was named to the WIAC All-Sportsmanship Team in 2024. A team captain, she leads the Titans by example at practice, during matches, and outside the gym.
Jim Flood Senior Coaches Award: Zach Taylor (Long Grove, Ill./Stevenson), Baseball
Taylor is a four-time WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll member and a 2023 CSC Academic All-District selection as a graduate student pursuing a master's degree in finance and cyber security. A five-year starter at first base for the baseball program, he has led the Titans to the WIAC Tournament in each of the last four years. Taylor embodies what it means to be a Titan on and off the field and displays the utmost sportsmanship to his opponents while wearing black and gold. His play and leadership is an example for his teammates to look up to on a daily basis
Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year Award: Megan Hunt (Lemont, Ill./Lemont), Women's Track & Field
Hunt added two All-America First Team finishes to her legacy with a third-place finish in the long jump and a sixth-place position in the pentathlon at the 2025 Division III Indoor Championship. She claimed bronze in the long jump with a jump of 5.92 meters, which tied her program record. In the pentathlon, she shattered her own program record mark for the third time during the indoor season with 3,649 points for sixth place while winning the multi long jump. Hunt also repeated as the WIAC Indoor Championship Field Performer of the Meet in the 2025 Indoor season after winning the pentathlon and individual long jump events.
Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year Award: Davian Willems (De Pere/West De Pere), Men's Track & Field
Willems set the program record in the 60-meter dash final at the 2025 WIAC Indoor Championship with a time of 6.63 seconds, earning him a second place finish. His time currently sits second all-time in Division III history. Willems also captured second place at the DIII Indoor Championship on March 15 with a time of 6.64 seconds which earned him All-America honors. The 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier also competed in the U.S. Track & Field Indoor Championship this winter.
The John Taylor Scholar-Athlete award is given to student-athletes who own a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher. The award reflects not only individual athletic accomplishments but also embodies the ideals of team contribution, scholastic endeavor, and community involvement. This is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards a student-athlete can win. The men's award began in 1976 and the women's in 1981.
John Taylor Female Senior Scholar-Athlete Award: Kayce Vaile (Greendale/Greendale), Women's Basketball
Vaile, a five-year member of the women's basketball team, is a three-time All-American and first team All-WIAC selection. The 2025 WIAC All-Defensive honoree helped the Titans to conference regular season titles in 2021, 2024, and 2025 and the 2021 conference tournament crown. UW-Oshkosh made NCAA Championship appearances every year from 2022 to 2025 after the 2021 tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and advanced to the first Final Four since 1996 in 2025. UW-Oshkosh's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee president for the last three years, Vaile is a two-time CSC Academic All-District® selection and has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll four times. By the time the elementary education major played in her final game for UW-Oshkosh at the Final Four in Salem, Virginia on March 20, she ranked 17th in program history with 1,094 points. She held additional top-five positions in games started (fifth, 91), rebounds (third, 824), blocked shots (third, 120), and games played (first, 119).
John Taylor Male Senior Scholar-Athlete Award: John Schirger (Grafton/Living Word Lutheran), Football
Schirger, who is a three-year starter for UW-Oshkosh's football program, was named an All-American by three organizations this fall including first team honors from the American Football Coaches Association and the Walter Camp Foundation. The graduate student is currently pursuing his master's degree in business administration and has been selected for the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll four straight years and CSC Academic All-District three times. Schirger has earned first team All-WIAC status in each of the last three seasons as the anchor of the Titans' offensive line. He was also a finalist for the Walter Camp Award in 2024.
