Conference Inducts Thirty New Members Into Hall of Fame
WIAC Hall of Fame | Watch the Induction Video (begins at 20 min. mark)
MADISON, Wis.--The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) inducted 30 new members into its Hall of Fame at Robert I. Velzy Commons in Ullsvik Hall on the campus of UW-Platteville on August 1. A crowd of nearly 300 individuals was on hand to welcome the Hall of Fame Class of 2015.
There are now 60 members in the conference’s Hall of Fame and inductees in the 2015 class included: UW-Eau Claire’s Ken Anderson, Dr. Steve Kurth and Sandy Schumacher; UW-La Crosse’s Tori Neubauer-Muesing, Thomas Newberry and Andrew Rock; UW-Oshkosh’s Jim Gantner, Mel Mueller and Dr. Russell G. Tiedemann; UW-Platteville’s John Barth, George H. Chryst and Ben Hoffmann; UW-River Falls’ Byron James, Emogene Nelson and Judy Wilson; UW-Stevens Point’s Randy Boelk, Michelle Jacob and Kari Zdroik; UW-Stout’s Wendy Heineke, Dwain Mintz and John Peterson; UW-Superior’s Dominic Moselle, Lydia C. Thering and Ted Whereatt; UW-Whitewater’s J.P. Fisher, Nancy Nelson and Ed Schwager; and Mark Braden, Otto Puls and Carol Yanna from the WIAC office.
The WIAC established a Hall of Fame to coincide with the conference's celebration of its 100th anniversary, which took place during the 2012-13 academic year. The Hall of Fame is intended to provide for the recognition of those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the conference and to help preserve the storied history of the WIAC and its member institutions. Just as importantly, the WIAC Hall of Fame shall serve as an on-going source of celebration, inspiration and nostalgia, as well as a means of introducing the future to the past.
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