Hall of Fame

Ralph Sims

Ralph Sims

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    UW-Oshkosh
Induction Video

(Written: July 2022)

Ralph Sims was a member of UW-Oshkosh’s men’s basketball team from 1975-78, collecting NAIA All-America First Team honors in 1978 after receiving third team recognition in 1977. He was a three-time all-conference first team recipient and named conference Player of the Year in 1977 and 1978.

Sims finished his career as the program’s leading scorer with 2,303 points – the third-highest mark on the conference’s all-time list. He ranks first in conference history with 963 career field goals made, third with 1,784 career field goals attempted and fifth with a 22.3 scoring average. His 44 points against Northland College on March 6, 1978, is the third-highest single-game mark in program archives, and he scored at least 20 points in 29 straight games.

In 1978, Sims was named to the NCAA Pizza Hut All-Star Game Ballot and received Academic All-America Second Team distinction from the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Sims was inducted into UW-Oshkosh’s Hall of Fame in 1990 and the NAIA District 14 Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2012, he was selected to the WIAC Men’s Basketball All-Time Team in conjunction with the conference’s Centennial Celebration.

Sims earned a bachelor’s degree in radio-tv-film and master’s degree in counselor education from UW-Oshkosh. He married Tina and has a daughter Brook.

Sims passed away in April 1995.