Athletics Hall of Fame

Kane

Pam Kane

  • Class
  • Induction
    2005
  • Sport(s)
    Volleyball

Her first year at UW-Whitewater Pam Kane helped the Warhawks win 37 matches – and that was the worst any team she played on ever did.  The win total jumped to 51-7 in 1987, 57-4 in 1988, and 47-3 in 1989.  The Warhawks won WIAC championships in 1988 and 1989, and earned NCAA III championship tournament berths in 1987,'88 and '89.  The 1988 team advanced to the final four.  Kane earned First Team All-WIAC honors in 1988 and 1989, and added first team all-region both year.  She was named a First Team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 1988, then repeated that honor and added second team honors from Volleyball magazine in 1989.  Kane's name is found throughout the Warhawk record book.  She holds the school record with 12 service aces in a match (vs. Platteville, 1989) and her .762 versus UW-Green Bay that same year is the fourth best performance in a match.  She served 80 aces in 1989, fourth in the record book, and her hitting percentage of .402 in 1989 is also the best ever.  She had 549 kills in 1988, second on the list, and 507 in l989, seventh.  Kane compiled a .353 career hitting percentage, also number one in the UW-W annals.  She had 1,393 kills, sixth, and 112 aces, fifteenth.  In addition to being a top front line performer, ranking eighteenth in career blocks, Kane is also twenty-second on the school's assist list.  She had sixty matches with double figure kills, and five with twenty or more kills.  Kane, a resident of Onalaska, Wisconsin, is a middle school health and physical education teacher in the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau school district.

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