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The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Department of Intercollegiate Athletics participated in the annual NCAA Division III Week, which ran from April 13-19.
 
Throughout the week, Warhawk student-athletes offered their thoughts on why they chose to become student-athletes at the Division III level and at UW-Whitewater. All submitted video testimonials were shared on UW-W Athletics social media channels throughout the week.
 
"I'd like to thank our Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and all our student-athletes who helped share their experiences of being Division III student-athletes at UW-Whitewater," Interim Director of Athletics Ryan Callahan said. "It takes a special person to commit to the relentless pursuit of excellence in competition, in the classroom and in their communities that our coaches expect here.
 
"While we wish we had been able to celebrate Division III Week here on campus, it was a testament to our dedicated student-athletes that they took time to submit their own videos to offer our fans an inside look into their choice to compete in college athletics."
 
See below for links to each video submission by sport:
 
Baseball – Nick Santoro (Naperville, Ill./Waubonsie Valley), Matt Korman (Waterford, Wis./Waterford Union)
Men's Basketball – Will Pytleski (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest)
Women's Basketball – Rebekah Schumacher (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater), Johanna Taylor (Wauwatosa, Wis./East)
Bowling – Karlee Barton (Joliet, Ill./Joliet West), Kylie Wright (Dickeyville, Wis./Cuba City), Peyton Attig (Oak Lawn, Ill./Harold L. Richards)
Golf – CheyAnn Knudsen (Milton, Wis./Milton), Kelly Storti (Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield)
Men's Soccer – Jake King (McHenry, Ill./McHenry West), Jake Farley (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North), Joey Pumo (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North)
Women's Soccer – Jenel Karow (Franklin, Wis./Franklin), Katy Kusswurm (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North), Anna Boyd (De Pere, Wis./De Pere)
Tennis – Rory Calabria (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove) (M), Madeline Slicker (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) (W)
Track and Field – Maddie Keifer (Maple Park, Ill./Kaneland) (W), Curtis Pfeil (West Bend, Wis./West) (M)
Volleyball – Hailey Mackenthun (Webster, Minn./Northfield), Chloe Buescher (Janesville, Wis./Milton), Emily Gillen (Richfield, Wis./Slinger)
 
Check out other great content from the recent weeks:
 
David Fassbender (Slinger, Wis./Slinger) of the Warhawk men's cross country and track and field programs was featured on WKOW in Madison after outstanding performances in both sports in 2019-20.
 
The gymnastics team's three seniors were featured by College Gym News earlier this month, sharing their memories from their careers after last month's NCGA Championship was canceled.
 
Over the past month, all members of the softball team shared their favorite experiences in the program on the team's Twitter and Facebook pages.
 
Ten members of the football team were named to the Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame for their outstanding performances on the field and in the classroom.
 
Earlier this year, Warhawk Athletics released a look at the numbers from the 2010-19 decade, one of the most successful in the department's history.
 
Last summer, Warhawk Athletics celebrated the fifth anniversary of the 2013-14 year, when the department finished second in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings and claimed four national championships.