Athletics Hall of Fame
Andreas Klotz was a top thrower on the men's track and field team from 1987-1990. As a freshman in 1987, he received the team's Top Thrower Award, an honor he would repeat in 1988 and 1989. He competed in six NCAA Division III Championships, earning All-America honors four times. Outdoors, Klotz was the national runner-up in the discus in 1990 and was fifth in the discus in 1989. Klotz earned two All-America accolades in indoor championships with a third place finish in the shot put in 1990 and a fourth place finish in the same event in 1989. He bested the competition in the 1990 Wisconsin State University Conference Indoor Championship to win the shot put with a toss of 16.78 meters (55-0.75). In 1988, Klotz posted the top marks on the team in the shot put both indoors and outdoors and added the best discus mark during the outdoor season. As a captain in 1989, he was named the team's Most Valuable Player for his performance during the indoor season. Klotz is currently the vice president of sales at Noble Medical, Inc., in Brookfield.
