Hall of Fame

Karen (Guckenberger) Mulligan

  • Class
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    UW-Stevens Point
Induction Video

(Written: July 2025)

Karen (Guckenberger) Mulligan was a member of UW-Stevens Point’s softball team from 2000-03 and collected four National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region awards – the only individual in program history to accomplish the feat. She was a first team selection in 2001 and 2002, a second team honoree in 2000, and third team choice in 2003.

Mulligan received all-conference first team recognition all four years, including Pitcher of the Year accolades in 2002. She owns numerous program career records, including 573.1 innings pitched, 58 victories, 69 complete games, 504 strikeouts and 115 appearances. At the time of her graduation, Mulligan’s 16 career saves were the most in NCAA Division III history. Her career 1.05 ERA ranks second in program archives. Mulligan holds two of the top-six single-season ERA marks in conference history with 0.73 (fifth) in 2002 and 0.78 (sixth) in 2001.

Mulligan tossed a pair of no-hitters and contributed to a third. The first 33.1 innings pitched of her collegiate career were scoreless innings and she added 32.0 scoreless innings pitched during the 2002 campaign. In 2001, Mulligan recorded the most saves in the NCAA Division III with five, as UW-Stevens Point won the conference regular season and tournament championships for the second time in program history.

In 2003, Mulligan was tabbed the UW-Stevens Point Female Team Athlete of the Year. She was inducted into the UW-Stevens Point Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

Mulligan earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education with a minor in health education from UW-Stevens Point, and master’s degree in reading and learning disabilities from Cardinal Strich University (Wis.). She resides in Muskego, Wis., with her husband Mark. They have two daughters Payton and Reagan, and a son Luke.