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2017-18 Highlights by Sport

Fall 

Men's Cross Country

     7th at Nationals

     4th at Regionals

     3rd in WIAC

     NCAA National Champion - Darin Lau (USTFCCCA Athlete of the Year)

     All-Americans - Darin Lau

     All-Region - Darin Lau (Midwest Regional Champion & Athlete of the Year), Riley Huffman, Kyler Lueck, Brendon Paucek

     All-Conference - Darin Lau (First Team; WIAC Champion & Athlete of the Year), Riley Huffman (Second Team)

     2018 Google Cloud NCAA Division III Academic All-District® Six Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Team - Darin Lau

     Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete - Darin Lau

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Darin Lau)

Women's Cross Country

     2nd at Nationals

     Midwest Regional Champions

     WIAC Champions

     All-Americans - Mel Becker, Callie Fischer, Sam Slattery

     All-Region - Mel Becker, Callie Fischer, Sam Slattery, Morgan Marek, Liz Cisewski

     All-Conference - Mel Becker (First Team), Callie Fischer (First Team), Sam Slattery (First Team), Morgan Marek (Second Team), Liz Cisewski (Second Team)

     Dan Schwamberger named Midwest Region Coach of the Year & WIAC Coach of the Year

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Sam Slattery)

Women's Golf

     4th in WIAC

     All-Conference - Allison Chomniak (Second Team)

Men's Golf

      All-American - Ryan Isaacson

      2018 Division III Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award Finalist - Ryan Isaacson

Football (1-9, 0-7 WIAC)

     8th in WIAC     

     All-Conference - Kaeleb Stangler (Honorable Mention), Ryan Ames (Honorable Mention), Victor Martinelli (Honorable Mention)

Soccer (5-11-1, 2-5 WIAC)

     7th in WIAC        

     All-Conference - Emily Sullivan

     Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete - Lauren Lenz       

Women's Tennis (7-1, 5-1 WIAC)

     2nd in WIAC     

     All-Conference - Kendra Berry (First Team, #4 Singles), Molly Stewart (Second Team, #3 Singles)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Kendra Berry, Molly Sanvik, Hannah Zevenbergen)

Volleyball (17-11, 6-1 WIAC)

     2nd in WIAC     

     AVCA All-American - Mady Pashibin (Honorable Mention)

     AVCA Midwest All-Region - Mady Pashibin

     All-Conference - Mady Pashibin, Madi Surprise, Jessica Coyne (Honorable Mention), Talia Jaskulske (All-Defensive)      

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Jessica Coyne, Mady Pashibin)

 

Winter

Men's Basketball (12-13, 4-10 WIAC)

     7th in WIAC

     All-Conference - George Diekelman, Chris Duff (Honorable Mention)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (George Diekelman)

Women's Basketball (18-9, 9-5 WIAC)

     Tied for 2nd in WIAC

     All-Conference - Anna Graaskamp, Kelsey Bakken (Honorable Mention & All-Defensive)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Anna Graaskamp)

Men's Indoor Track & Field

     4th at Nationals   

     4th at WIAC Championships

     All-American - Brandon Christnovich, Dylan Cooper, Hunter Henk, David Kornack, Darin Lau (X2), Jordan Lijewski, Dylan Lueck, KJ Munn, Brendon Paucek, Dietrich Schwoerer, Patrick Treacy

     All-Region - David Kornack, Darin Lau, Dylan Cooper, Aaron Zmolek, KJ Munn, Dietrich Schwoerer, Hunter Henk, Brendon Paucek, Brandon Christnovich, Dylan Lueck, Patrick Treacy

     2018 Google Cloud NCAA Division III Academic All-District® Six Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Team - Darin Lau

     WIAC Champions

      - Darin Lau (3000m Run)

      - Dylan Cooper (Heptathlon)

      - Aaron Zmolek, KJ Munn, Dietrich Schwoerer, Hunter Henk (4x400m Relay)

      - Patrick Treacy, Brandon Christnovich, Bailey Wilson, Darin Lau (Distance Medley Relay)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Darin Lau, Aaron Zmolek, KJ Munn, Dietrich Schwoerer, Hunter Henk)

Women's Indoor Track & Field

     4th at Nationals

     2nd at WIAC Championships

     NCAA National Champion - Sarah Glidden (Pentathlon)

     All-American - Ashleigh Buergi, Sarah Glidden (X2), Glory Hecker, Lizzy Keena, Erica Oawster, JoHannah Theisen

     All-Region - Sarah Glidden, JoHannah Theisen, Erica Oawster, Mel Becker, Ashleigh Buergi, Lizzy Keena, Glory Hecker

    WIAC Champions

     - Sarah Glidden (400m Dash, 60m Hurdles, & High Jump)

     - Hanna Reed (800m Run)

     - JoHannah Theisen (Shot Put)

     - Ashleigh Buergi, Lizzy Keena, Glory Hecker, Sarah Glidden (4x400m Relay)

     - Emma Drangstveit, Kelsey Worachek, Sara Moen, Lizzy Cisewski (Distance Medley Relay)

    WIAC Athlete of the Week (Sarah Glidden, Erica Oawster)

Men's Swimming & Diving 

     2nd in WIAC

     All-American - Collin Miller

     National Qualifiers - Collin Miller, Dylan Glumac-Berberich

     WIAC Champions

       - Collin Miller (100-Yard Breaststroke, 200-Yard IM)

       - Dayton Miller (200-Yard Breaststroke, 400-Yard IM)

       - Dylan Glumac-Berberich (One-Meter Diving; Diver of the Meet)

     Annie Ryder named WIAC Coach of the Year

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Dylan Glumac-Berberich, Collin Miller, Nicholas Meints, Dayton Miller)

Women's Swimming & Diving

     3rd in WIAC

     WIAC Champions

      - Jessica Short (100-Yard Freestyle, 100-Yard Backstroke)

      - Sari Mailey (1,650-Yard Freestyle)

      - Jessica Short, Brittany Farr, Olivia Hanzak, Emily Ries (400-Yard Freestyle Relay)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Jessica Short, Bailei Hughes)

Gymnastics (4-6, 3-3 WIAC)

     4th in WIAC

     National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) Division III Gymnast of the Year (Tori Erickson)

     Tori Erickson qualifies for National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Regional

     All-American - Tori Erickson (All-Around, Vault - 2nd team, Floor Exercise - 2nd team, Bars - 2nd team), Hannah Lewis (Uneven Parallel Bars)

     Academic All-American - Tori Erickson, Destiny Cobbs, Becca Wilcox, Maly Krajco

     All-Conference - Ashley Benes, Tori Erickson

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Kiya Bjorge, Tori Erickson, Hannah Lewis)

Men's Ice Hockey (17-10-1, 5-2-1 WIAC)

     WIAC Champions (Commissioner's Cup)

     Finished regular season 2nd in WIAC

     All-Conference - Jake Hopfner, Lucas Kohls, Adam Parsells, Colton Wolter, Jake Bresser (Honorable Mention)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Camden Haugenoe, Mac Jensen)

Women's Ice Hockey (19-7-4, 6-3-2 WIAC)

     First NCAA Tournament victory in program history (3OT thriller over Gustavus Adolphus)

     National Qualifiers (First time in program history)

     WIAC Champions (O'Brien Cup - First in program history)

     Finished regular season 2nd in WIAC

     All-Conference - Elizabeth Bauer, Erin Connolly, Holly Turnbull, Courtney Wittig, Kelly Knetter (Honorable Mention), Sami Meister (Honorable Mention), Jaedyn Walz (Honorable Mention)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Courtney Wittig, Mariah Czech, Erin Connolly)

Wrestling (11-6, 2-3 WIAC)

     3 National Qualifiers (most in school history) - Ramsey Bloy (Regional Champion), Seth Vosters, Tyler Demo

     Tied for 4th in WIAC

     NWCA Division III All-Academic Team - Seth Vosters, Cecil Philson, Chase Schmidt

     Ramsey Bloy - Don Parker Open Champion (first Blugold since 2012)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Ramsey Bloy)

Spring

Softball (21-18, 7-7 WIAC)

     4th in WIAC

     All-Conference - Mikayla McEnery, Sarah Peka (First Team), Gretchen Arneson, Stephanie Wilczynski (Honorable Mention)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Sarah Peka, Stephanie Wilczynski, Katelyn Yute)

Men's Outdoor Track & Field

     6th at WIAC Championships

     All-American - David Kornack 

     All-Region - Michael Amerlan, David Kornack, KJ Munn, Dietrich Schwoerer

     WIAC Champions

      - David Kornack (Shot Put)

      - Dietrich Schwoerer, Brandon Christnovich, Kyle Groven, KJ Munn (4x400m Relay)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (David Kornack)

Women's Outdoor Track & Field

      2nd at WIAC Championships

      Team ranked first in the nation for first time in UWEC outdoor history, regardless of gender on May 15

      All-American - Erica Oawster, Megan Wallace

      USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week - Erica Oawster (First-ever in UWEC outdoor history, regardless of gender)

      All-Region - Erica Oawster (Midwest Region Athlete of the Year), Mel Becker, Tommie Brenner, Ashleigh Buergi, Amy Chen, Sarah Glidden, Lakyn Kummer, Sam Slattery, JoHannah Theisen, Megan Wallace, Kelsey Worachek

      WIAC Champions

       - Sam Slattery (10,000m Run)

       - Ashleigh Buergi (400m Hurdles)

       - Erica Oawster (Shot Put & Discus; Field Performer of the Meet)

       - Megan Wallace (Heptathlon)

     WIAC Athlete of the Week (Sarah Glidden) 

Updated: 6/13/2018