Hall of Fame

TJ Van Wie

T.J. Van Wie

  • Class
  • Induction
    2025
  • Sport(s)
    UW-Platteville
Induction Video

(Written: July 2025)

T.J. Van Wie was a member of the UW-Platteville men’s basketball team from 1990-93 and helped the Pioneers win the 1991 NCAA Division III Championship – the first national title in program history. During his four-year career, the Pioneers compiled an 105-14 record, added a third-place national finish in 1992 and won conference titles in 1990 and 1993.

In 1992, he earned a spot on the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America First Team. Van Wie was tabbed the conference’s Player of the Year in 1993 and received the Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete Award in 1992 and 1993 – the only individual in conference history to receive the award in men’s basketball twice. He was the first UW-Platteville student-athlete to earn All-America and GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America honors in the same year, and he did it twice. Van Wie concluded his career by winning a prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship.

He is tied for ninth on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,466 career points, and at the time of his graduation, owned the career mark with 118 games played.

Van Wie was inducted into the UW-Platteville Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008 as an individual, and in 2011 as a member of the 1990-91 men’s basketball team.

Van Wie earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from UW-Platteville. He resides in Sun Prairie, Wis., with his partner Kelly Dallman. They have three daughters Paige, McKensey and Madison, and two grandchildren.