Athletics Hall of Fame
Mary Jo Weberpal was a major contributor to the Warhawk softball team during her four years at UW-W. She was a four-year starter, helping the team to at least 24 wins all four years, and winning WIAC championships in 1986, 1988 and 1989. In addition to the league titles, Weberpal played a key role in UW-W receiving NCAA III championship tournament bids those same years. The Warhawks finished fifth in the 1986 national championship, and topped that with a second place finish in 1987. She was named to the regional all-tournament team in 1986. She was also UW-W's Defensive Player of the Year in 1988, team MVP in '88, a co-captain in '88 and '89, and the softball team's Sportswoman of the Year her junior and senior years. Weberpal batted .311 with a team high 24 runs batted in for the 1989 squad, when she also earned All-WIAC honors. She is tied for second in career triples, tied for fifteenth in career home runs, and tied for nineteenth in career doubles in the UW-W record book. Weberpal was also a standout in the classroom, earning a spot on the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll all four years, receiving the WIAC's Judy Kruckman Scholar Athlete Award in 1989, and capping her academic accomplishments with Third Team Academic All-American honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America. She is a resident of Bloomington, Illinois where she works at Saint Mary's School as a learning resource teacher.
