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Jeremy Burks competed for the UW-Whitewater men's cross country and track and field programs from 1997-2001. The Racine native was a two-time cross country and four-time track and field All-American, and claimed the national championship in the 10,000-meter run at the 2001 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships. Burks owns the men's cross country program's highest-ever finish at an NCAA Championship, placing seventh in 2000. He was a three-time All-Region and two-time first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honoree during his cross country career. In track and field, Burks was also a three-time WIAC champion in distance events, and was named the WIAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet in 2001. He helped the Warhawks post the program's first-ever top 10 national outdoor finish in 2001. Burks still holds the Rex Foster Track facility record in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 30:29.46 in 2001. A three-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, Burks graduated with a bachelor's in computer systems. |
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Stuart Elzy was a member of the UW-Whitewater men's track and field program from 1996-2000. During his standout career, he garnered two All-America accolades in the 400-meter hurdles, placing fourth in 1996 and third in 2000. Elzy was a seven-time WIAC champion in hurdles events, including three times in the 400-meter hurdles. He is the current school record holder in both the indoor 200-meter hurdles (24.79 – 1999) and the outdoor 400-meter hurdles (52.31 – 2000), and his record in the 110-meter hurdles (14.40 – 2000) stood for 16 years until being broken in May 2016. A Flint, Mich., native, Elzy graduated from UW-Whitewater with a degree in physical education (K-12). |
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Melinda (Erickson) Hoffman was a two-time, first team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American for the Warhawk volleyball team. During her career, which spanned from 1998-2001, Hoffman helped lead UW-Whitewater to four WIAC Tournament championships, three conference regular season titles and four NCAA Tournament appearances, including back-to-back national runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2001. She garnered first team All-WIAC and AVCA All-Region accolades three times each, and was a two-time selection to the NCAA Division III Championship All-Tournament Team (2000, 2001). Hoffman's name is littered throughout the program's record book. She ranks fourth all time in career kills (1,554) and ninth in career digs (1,388). Hoffman holds a program record with six matches of 20 or more kills and digs, and ranks No. 1 in school history in two single match categories – hitting percentage (.875 vs. UW-Stevens Point in 2000) and attacks (85 vs. Puget Sound in 2000). The Ripon native was a three-time WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll member. She graduated with a bachelor's in sociology and a master's in school counseling and is currently a school counselor in the Burlington Area School District. |
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Megan (Kerkman) LeQuesne was a four-year, first team All-WIAC honoree for the UW-Whitewater softball team from 1998-2001. The 2001 WIAC Player of the Year also garnered All-Region accolades four times, including three years on the first team. LeQuesne helped lead the Warhawks to the 1999 WIAC regular season and tournament championships and to a trio of appearances in the NCAA Tournament regional (1998, 1999, 2000). She was a two-time selection to the NCAA Tournament All-Great Lakes Regional Team (1999, 2000) and a two-time team Most Valuable Player and team captain. LeQuesne's name appears in numerous places in the program's career record book. She ranks second in runs scored (159), tied for second in triples (14), third in stolen bases (47), tied for third in at-bats (544), fourth in hits (214), sixth in batting average (.393) and sixth in doubles (35), and was ranked among the top 10 in runs batted in (100) until recently. LeQuesne was a two-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. She graduated with a bachelor's in finance. |
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Kara (Krumenauer) Meissen was a four-year standout for the women's cross country and track and field programs from 1997-2001. She was a six-time All-American in track and field and a 13-time All-WIAC performer, including five individual conference championships, competing primarily in the 800-meter run, 1,500-meter run and mid-distance and distance relays. In 2001, Meissen was tabbed WIAC Women's Indoor Track and Field Judy Kruckman Scholar Athlete and WIAC Women's Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet, and was a recipient of the NCAA Woman of the Year Postgraduate Scholarship. She still holds school records in four events, including the indoor (4:41.84) and outdoor (4:34.30) 1,500-meter run and two relays, and was a three-time United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic honoree. In cross country, Meissen was a two-time national qualifier, helping the Warhawks place 19th at the 1999 NCAA Championships, and was a three-time All-Region honoree. A four-year member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, Meissen was a team captain and the team's Most Valuable Player in 2001. She graduated with a degree in biology. |
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Allison (Erickson) Tenhagen was a two-time All-American and the 2001 AVCA National Player of the Year during her career with the UW-Whitewater volleyball team from 1998-2001. She was also a two-time Verizon Academic All-America selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America. In 2001, Tenhagen was tabbed first team All-America, second team Academic All-America, WIAC Player of the Year, WIAC Volleyball Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete and the Wisconsin state honoree for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. She was both a four-time AVCA All-Region and first team All-WIAC selection in helping lead the Warhawks to four WIAC Tournament titles, three conference regular season championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances, including back-to-back national runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2001. Tenhagen also garnered NCAA Division III Championship All-Tournament Team and WIAC All-Defensive Team accolades in 2001, and was a recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for the 2001-02 year. She is a staple in the program record book, ranking third in career kills (1,574), seventh in career digs (1,544) and eighth in career blocks (388). Tenhagen holds a school match record with 33 kills against Washington-St. Louis in 2001. A four-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll, Tenhagen graduated with bachelor's, master's and education specialist degrees from the College of Letters and Sciences and is currently employed in the Burlington Area School District. |
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Steve Tenhagen was a member of the UW-Whitewater football team from 1998-2001. He was a member of the 1998 WIAC championship team, and earned first team All-WIAC honors in both 2000 (second team) and 2001 (first team). Tenhagen is ranked among the program's top 10 all time in career receiving touchdowns (19, T-7th), receiving yards (2,056, 8th) and receptions (145, T-8th). He tallied 16 receiving touchdowns in 2001, which is tied for the third most in one season in program history, and his 65 receptions during the same season are good for 10th in the team record book. Tenhagen was named the team's WFAW Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1998, and was the Warhawks' Most Valuable Player and a captain during the 2001 season. A native of Burlington, Tenhagen graduated with a bachelor's in education and is currently a teacher in the Burlington Area School District. |
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Ryan Zelhofer competed for the Warhawk baseball team from 1999-2001. He was named All-Region and first team All-WIAC in both 2000 and 2001, when UW-Whitewater claimed back-to-back WIAC regular season championships and made consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Zelhofer ranks among the top 10 in the conference record book in career triples (14, 4th), stolen bases (65, T-8th) and stolen bases in one season (27 in 2001, T-10th). He is second in program history all time in triples (12) and fifth in stolen bases (55). Zelhofer holds the school record for stolen bases in one game with four in 2001. He won the team's Golden Glove Award in 2000, and was selected the team's Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001. Zelhofer served as a captain in 2001. The Edgerton native graduated with a bachelor's in occupational safety. |
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LaMont Weaver served as assistant men's basketball coach under 2006 UW-Whitewater Hall of Fame inductee Dave "Augie" Vander Meulen from 1980-93. During his tenure, the Warhawks claimed two WIAC regular season championships and made eight appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament, winning national championships in 1984 and 1989, the first two in program history. UW-Whitewater also placed fourth in the nation in 1983. The Warhawks finished with a winning record in all 13 of Weaver's seasons as an assistant coach. After leaving coaching, Weaver continued to work at UW-Whitewater as a counselor until his retirement in 2011, when he earned Emeriti status. |
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Richard and Roni Telfer have been avid supporters of the UW-Whitewater athletic department and its teams for more than 30 years. Under Richard Telfer's chancellorship from 2008-15, the Warhawks won 11 national championships, including four during the 2013-14 academic year, when UW-Whitewater became the first institution at any level of college athletics to win national titles in football, men's basketball and baseball in the same year. Under his leadership, UW-Whitewater made progress on or completed numerous facility renovations, including upgrades to the Kachel Multi-Sport Complex (Rex Foster Track, Fiskum Field, Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium, van Steenderen Softball Complex) and the Williams Center (Kachel Gymnasium, Russell Arena, Kachel Fieldhouse). In each of Telfer's final four years of service, the institution was selected as a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Telfers frequently attend Warhawk athletic events to this day, and their impact continues to be felt on campus and in the Whitewater community. |
