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• Wisconsin finished the season with a 20-13 record, • The 2008–09 Wisconsin squad became the first team including 10-8 in the Big Ten. The Badgers fourth-place finish in college basketball history to overcome a six-game in the Big Ten marked the eighth-consecutive year with a top- conference losing streak and still be selected for the NCAA four finish in the conference and 11th-straight season with a tourney. The Badgers dropped six in a row from Jan. 11- winning percentage of .500 or better in Big Ten play. 31, but rebounded to win their next five games and finish the regular season winning seven of their last nine games. • The Badgers made their 11th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance in 2009. UW is one of just seven • The Badgers won 20 games in 2008–09, their sixth Coaching Staff schools that have an active NCAA tournament streak of at time reaching that milestone in Ryan’s eight seasons at least 11 years. The others are: Arizona (25 years), Kansas UW. Illinois (seven) is the only Big Ten team to post Head Coach: Bo Ryan (20), Duke (14), Michigan State, (12), Gonzaga (11) and more 20-win seasons since 2001–02. Assistant Coaches: Texas (11). Greg Gard, Gary Close, Howard Moore • UW earned a No. 12 seed in the East Region of the Director of Operations: 2009 NCAA Tournament, playing in Taco Bell Arena in Joe Robinson Boise, Idaho. The Badgers upset No. 5-seed Florida State in the first round with a 61-59 overtime thriller. UW then 2008–09 Results fell to No. 4-seed Xavier, 60-49, in round two. Overall: 20–13 Honors and Awards Big Ten: 10-8/T4th NCAA: Second Round Bo Ryan Joe Krabbenhoft • Coach of the 2009 World • Big Ten Co-Player of the Week University Games team • Honorable mention All-Big Ten (media) Morris Cain • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Marcus Landry Kevin Gullikson • Second-team All-Big Ten (coaches) • Academic All-Big Ten • Third-team All-Big Ten (media) Trévon Hughes Jon Leuer • Honorable mention All–Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten (consensus) Brett Valentyn Tim Jarmusz • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Wisconsin extended its streak to 11 consecutive NCAA tournaments in 2008-09.

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• The Badgers fi nished the season 19-15, the second- the tournament. The seventh-seeded Badgers upset No. 2 highest win total in coach Lisa Stone’s six years at the seed Michigan State to reach the semifi nals. UW. It was only the 10th time in program history that the Badgers posted 19 or more wins and gave Wisconsin its • Sophomore Alyssa Karel had a breakout year, leading third-straight winning season. the team in scoring with 12.8 points per game. She scored double fi gures in 26 of Wisconsin’s 31 games. • Wisconsin won 10 games in a row from Nov. 20 through Dec. 13, tying the second-longest winning streak • The Badgers defeated all three Division I state schools this season for the unoffi cial title of best team in the state. Coaching Staff in program history. Included in the 10-game winning streak were the Badgers’ three wins in St. Thomas, Virgin It is the fi rst time that head coach Lisa Stone defeated Head Coach: Lisa Stone Islands, to capture the Paradise Jam Island Division title. Green Bay, Milwaukee and Marquette in the same season. Assistant Coaches: Wisconsin pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school • Defense was the focus of this year’s squad. In the Ty Margenthaler, Kathi history, defeating No. 6/7 Baylor 59-58. The win was team’s 19 wins, opponents averaged just 51.2 points per Bennett, Oties Epps Wisconsin’s fi rst over a top-10 opponent since 2001. game and were held to only 35.4 fi eld goal percentage. Director of Operations: Stephanie Schmitz • Wisconsin made a deep run in the 2009 Big Ten Tournament, winning two games to advance to the semifi nals for just the second time in the 15-year history of 2008–09 Results Overall: 19-15 Honors and Awards Big Ten: 6-12/T7th Postseason: WNIT Sweet 16 Anya Covington • Paradise Jam MVP • Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree • ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Rae Lin D’Alie • Paradise Jam All-Tournament Tara Steinbauer • Community Service Winner • Academic All-Big Ten Teah Gant Alana Trotter • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Caitlin Gibson • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Lin Zastrow Alyssa Karel • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Honorable Mention All-Big Ten The Badgers won 19 games in 2008-09, the second-highest win total under coach Lisa Stone.

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• In coach Mick Byrne’s ﬁ rst season at the helm, Wis- • Wisconsin made it a perfect 10 at the Big Ten cham- consin returned to the podium with a fourth-place finish pionships, winning a record-setting 10th-consecutive title. at the NCAA Championships. The Badgers scored 229 UW scored 40 points, topping runner-up Michigan’s 57. points, marking their 10th-straight top-five finish and Peacock finished second with a time of 24:35, earn- sixth top-four finish in the last seven seasons. Since NCAA ing first-team All-Big Ten honors. Sophomore Jack Bolas regional competition began, UW is the only school to and senior Christian Wagner also earned first-team All- qualify for all 37 national championships. Big Ten selections while Eagon and Craig Miller earned Sophomore Landon Peacock paced the Badgers with second-team honors. Coaching Staff a 21st-place finish, earning All-America honors. Seniors Matt Withrow and Stuart Eagon also earned All-America • UW found its way to the winners’ podium at the Paul Head Coach: honors with 28th and 32nd-place finishes, respectively. Short Invitational, finishing tops among 45 teams. On the Mick Byrne strength of placing two runners in the top five, the Bad- Volunteer Asst. Coach: • The Badgers captured their 24th overall and seventh gers scored 52 points to take the team crown. Micah VanDenend consecutive NCAA Great Lakes Regional title. UW ran away from the field, scoring 39 points by placing four • The Badgers opened the season with a win at the 2008 Results runners in the top-seven finishers. Wisconsin landed five Northern Illinois Huskie Open, recording a perfect score athletes on the all-region team and Mick Bryne earned of 15 points. Big Ten Championships: 1st Region Coach of the Year honors. NCAA Great Lakes Regional: 1st Honors and Awards NCAA Championships: 4th Mick Byrne Craig Miller • Great Lakes Region Coach of the • All-Great Lakes Region Year • Second-team All-Big Ten • Big Ten Coach of the Year Landon Peacock Jack Bolas • All-American • First-team All-Big Ten • All-Great Lakes Region • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • First-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Tim Pierie Ryan Craven • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Phil Thomas Stuart Eagon • Academic All-Big Ten • All-American • All-Great Lakes Region Christian Wagner Big Ten Coach of the Year Mick Byrne (right) and the Badgers accept their record-setting 10th- consecutive Big Ten championship trophy. • Second-team All-Big Ten • All-Great Lakes Region Matt Withrow • First-team All-Big Ten • All-American • Academic All-Big Ten • All-Great Lakes Region

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• Wisconsin advanced to its 23rd NCAA championship, • Wisconsin took home second place at the 2008 Big including 15 in the last 17 years. The Badgers took home Ten championships with 67 points, the team’s second 21st place in 2008, scoring 530 points and placing two top-two finish in the last three years. Jorgensen’s second- runners among the top 50. place individual finish earned her first-team All-Big Ten Senior Gwen Jorgensen earned All America honors honors. Grinaker and Comfort finished 11th and 12th, after leading the Badgers with a 19th-place individual respectively, to merit second-team All-Big Ten nods. finish, while junior Hanna Grinaker narrowly missed the Comfort was the top freshman finisher, earning Big Ten All-America team with her 44th-place finish. Freshman of the Year honors. Coaching Staff • The Badgers pulled off a second-place finish at the Head Coach: Jim Stintzi • The Badgers swept the top-seven spots, winning the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, just eight points behind Huskie Open to Volunteer Asst. Coach: champion Michigan. UW tallied 80 points and had four Brian Smith begin season, then runners finish among the top 20. finished fourth Jorgensen finished third to lead the all-region honor- out of 43 teams 2008 Results ees. She was joined on the team by Grinaker, who finished at the Paul Short Big Ten Championships: ninth; freshman Ashley Beutler, who was 17th; and fresh- Invitational in 2nd man Caitlin Comfort, who placed 19th. October. NCAA Great Lakes Honors and Awards Regional: 2nd NCAA Championships: Ashley Beutler Karen Greuel Gwen Jorgensen • All-Great Lakes Region • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • All American 21st • Academic All-Big Ten • All-Great Lakes Region Maggie Collison • First-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Hanna Grinaker • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • All-Great Lakes Region • Academic All-Big Ten Caitlin Comfort • Second-team All-Big Ten • All-Great Lakes Region • Academic All-Big Ten Alicia Pabich • Second-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Freshman of the Year Cassie Hintz • Academic All-Big Ten Karyle Wolff Leah Coyle • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Maggie Hippman • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Caroline Ditscheit • Academic All-Big Ten Sarah Hurley • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Senior Gwen Jorgensen • Academic All-Big Ten (left) and junior Hanna Grinaker were the top two ﬁ nishers in every race this season.

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• UW closed the 2008 season with a 7-6 mark, including a 3-5 record in Big Ten play (tied for sixth place). Wisconsin ended the season with an appearance in the Champs Sports Bowl. That was the Badgers’ school-record seventh consecutive bowl appearance, the second-longest current streak in the Big Ten Conference.

• Wisconsin played a school-record six games that were de- Coaching Staff cided by three points or less in 2008, with the Badgers going 3-3 in those games. Head Coach: Bret Bielema Assistant Coaches: • Wisconsin led the Big Ten and ranked 14th in the coun- DelVaughn Alexander, try in rushing offense in 2008, averaging 211.2 yards per Bob Bostad, Paul Chryst, game on the ground. That was UW’s highest rushing average Kerry Cooks, Dave Doeren, for a season since 1999. Randall McCray, Charlie Partridge, Joe Rudolph, John Settle TE Garrett Graham celebrates a touchdown vs. Minnesota. Graduate Assistants: Kevin Honors and Awards Kane, Craig Knoche Travis Beckum Jonathan Casillas Ryan Flasch Will Hartmann Assistant AD for Football • John Mackey Award Watch List • Butkus Award Watch List • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Operations: Bill Nayes • Maxwell Award Watch List • Lott Trophy Watch List • Academic All-Big Ten • Walter Camp Player of the Year • Honorable mention All-Big Ten David Gilreath Watch List (coaches) • Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of P.J. Hill • Lombardi Award Watch List the Week • Walter Camp Player of the Year • Senior CLASS Award ﬁ nalist Jason Chapman • Second-team All-Big Ten Watch List • Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches) • Maxwell Award Watch List Zach Brown (coaches) • Honorable mention sophomore • Honorable mention All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten All-American (consensus) John Clay (CollegeFootballNews.com) Gabe Carimi • Honorable mention freshman Tyler Holland • Honorable mention sophomore All-American Garrett Graham • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar All-American (CollegeFootballNews.com) • First-team All-Big Ten (media) • Academic All-Big Ten (CollegeFootballNews.com) • Second-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Allan Evridge (coaches) Andy Kemp • Academic All-Big Ten • Honorable mention All-Big Ten (consensus) • Academic All-Big Ten

46 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS • Wisconsin’s 16-member senior class of 2008 left having compiled a 38-14 record, posting the second-most victories by a class in school history. As a group they combined to play 678 games, including 412 starts.

• UW has compiled a 47-17 record over the last ﬁ ve seasons. That is the second-best record among Big Ten teams over that span, trailing only Ohio State.

• Since the start of the 2004 season (when head coach Bret Bielema joined the UW coaching staff as defensive coordinator) the Badgers have compiled a 30-3 record in Camp Randall Stadium. That is tied with Texas for the DT Mike Newkirk fourth-best home record over that span, trailing only Boise 2008 Results State (32-1), Oklahoma (30-1) and USC (29-1). Overall: 7-6 Big Ten: 3–5/T6th O’Brien Schoﬁ eld Bowl Game: Champs Sports Bowl (lost to Florida State Honors and Awards 42-13) Allen Langford Mike Newkirk • Academic All-Big Ten Jay Valai Final Rank: USA Today–NR, • First-team All-Big Ten • Big Ten Defensive Player of the • Second-team All-Big Ten Matt Shaughnessy (media) Week (coaches) Associated Press–NR • Ted Hendricks Award Watch List • Second-team All-Big Ten • Second-team All-Big Ten • Honorable mention sophomore • Bronko Nagurski Award Watch (coaches) (coaches) All-American List • Honorable mention All-Big Ten (CollegeFootballNews.com) • Honorable mention All-Big Ten DeAndre Levy (media) • Bronko Nagurski National De- (consensus) Eric Vanden Heuvel fensive Player of the Week Brad Nortman • Honorable mention All-Big Ten Blake Sorensen • Big Ten Defensive Player of the • Big Ten Special Teams Player of (consensus) • Academic All-Big Ten Week the Week Philip Welch • Honorable mention All-Big Ten Mickey Turner Louis Nzegwu • Lou Groza Award semiﬁ nalist (consensus) • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • First-team freshman All-Amer- Prince Moody Kraig Urbik ican (FWAA, Sporting News, Chris Pressley • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Outland Trophy Watch List CollegeFootballNews.com) • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award • Academic All-Big Ten • Second-team All-Big Ten (con- • Honorable mention All-Big Ten Honoree sensus) (consensus) • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

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• Senior Dan Woltman just missed qualifying for his • UW placed 10th at the Big Ten championship. Wolt- third consecutive NCAA Championship, finishing sixth at man led the way with his best conference ﬁ nish, earning a the NCAA Northeast Regional, one stroke out of a playoff tie for 10th-place. Woltman was later named second-team for the lone individual qualifying spot. All-Big Ten for the second consecutive season.

• Woltman led the Badgers throughout the season, • Wisconsin fi nished the year with the fourth-best season pacing the squad in seven of their 11 tournaments, scoring average in school his- recording five top-10 finishes. His best finish came when tory at 295.53 per round. Coaching Staff he tied for first at the Boilermaker Invitational in April. His scoring average of 72.68 was a Badger single-season • The Badgers recorded Head Coach: Jim Schuman record as is his 73.26 career scoring average. their best fi nish of the Assistant Coach: season at the St. Mary’s Brian Brodell • The Badgers were a senior-dominated Invitational during the squad as the quartet of Woltman, Danny fall, placing second out 2008–09 Results Zimmerman, Tyler Obermueller and of 16 teams. Elsen, Ober- Pat Duffy combined to play 115 of mueller and Woltman all Big Ten: 10th the team’s 151 rounds (76.2 percent). fi nished among the top Junior Jordan Elsen was the only non- 11. senior to play in more than one event this season.

Honors and Awards

Pat Duffy • Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree Nick Engen • Academic All-Big Ten Dan Woltman • Big Ten Golfer of the Week • Second-team All-Big Ten

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• The Badgers competed in 11 tournaments and fi n- • Junior Kelsey Verbeten was the only player to com- ished in the top 10 eight times. UW placed second when pete for Wisconsin in each event this season and led the it hosted the Badger Invitational in the fall, fi nishing Badgers with a 77.94 scoring average. Her career scoring behind only then-No. 1 California. average of 78.03 is good for fi fth best in school history. Freshman Jessie Gerry, who was competing as an individual, won the event, tying both the Wisconsin and • Verbeten (T3rd) and sophomore Carly Werwie Badger Invitational records with a three-round score of (T5th) each fi nished in the top fi ve at 215. the Duramed Collegiate Invitational, Coaching Staff the best fi nishes of their • The Big Ten championships brought stiff competi- careers. Head Coach: Todd Oehrlein tion in 2009 with four of the 11 teams ranked in the top Assistant Coach: 50. The Badgers fi nished with a total four-round score of Lori Murphy 1,275 to put them in the eighth-place spot. Junior Molly Schemm was the top fi nisher at 15th place. 2008–09 Results • Wisconsin’s team scoring average of 312.21 for the Big Ten: 8th season was the fourth-best in school history. UW has recorded three of the top four scoring averages in the last three seasons.

Honors and Awards

Isabel Alvarez AnnMarie Szutkowski • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Jeana Dahl Kelsey Verbeten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Beth Weinstein • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Jessie Gerry • Academic All-Big Ten • Badger Invitational medalist Heather Herrick • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten

Kelsey Verbeten

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 49 HHockeyM ENoc’ S k ey

• Wisconsin’s 32nd 20-win campaign helped the team nation’s second-leading scorer on defense, he was named to a share of third place in the WCHA regular-season WCHA Player of the Year, a top-10 fi nalist for the Hobey standings and a third-place fi nish at the 2009 WCHA Baker Memorial Award, a 2009 West First-Team Ameri- Final Five in St. Paul, Minn. It marked the fourth time can Hockey Coaches in seven seasons under head coach Mike Eaves the team Association/Reebok fi nished in at least third place during the regular season. All-American and to the All-WCHA First • Wisconsin led the nation in attendance for the 11th Coaching Staff Team. consecutive season. The Badgers recorded fi ve Kohl He anchored a Head Coach: Mike Eaves Center sell outs and averaged 13,785 per game, the third- defense that ranked Assistant Coaches: highest single-season average in UW and NCAA history. second in the nation Mark Osiecki The season total of 303,261 broke its own NCAA record. in scoring and that Kevin Patrick featured fi ve players Director of Operations: • Junior defenseman Jamie McBain led the team with drafted in the fi rst or Mike Cerniglia 37 points from the blue line to become the fi fth rear guard in school history to lead the team in scoring. The second round of the NHL draft. 2008–09 Results Honors and Awards

Overall: 20-16-4 Shane Connelly • WCHA All-Academic Team • INCH.com First Team All- Jordy Murray WCHA: 14–11–3/T3rd • WCHA Defensive Player of the • Academic All-Big Ten American • WCHA Final Five All-Tourney Final Rank: NR Week • Athletic Board Scholar • Badger Hockey Showdown All- Team • Badger Hockey Showdown Most Tourney Team Patrick Johnson (USA Today) Outstanding Player • INCH.com Defenseman of the Ryan McDonagh • WCHA Rookie of the Week Year • WCHA All-Academic Blake Geoffrion • Academic All-Big Ten Jake Gardiner • INCH.com National Player of • WCHA Offensive Player of the • WCHA All-Rookie Team the Week Week Derek Stepan • Two-time WCHA Co-Offensive • Two-Time WCHA Rookie of the Jeff Henderson Tom Gorowsky Player of the Week Week • WCHA All-Academic Team • WCHA All-Academic Team • Preseason All-CHN.com First • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Team Ben Street • WCHA All-Academic Jamie McBain • The Capital Times Preseason Cody Goloubef • Academic All-Big Ten • WCHA Player of the Year Media Poll All-WCHA First Team • WCHA Defensive Player of the • Top-10 Hobey Baker Finalist Week John Mitchell Wisconsin • AHCA/Reebok West First-Team • Badger Hockey Showdown All- • CHN.com Team of the Week Ryan Jeffery All-American Tourney Team • WCHA Scholar-Athlete • All-WCHA First Team

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• No. 1 Wisconsin won its third NCAA championship • Head coach Mark Johnson improves to 11-2 in in four years, defeating No. 3 Mercyhurst 5-0 in the title NCAA tournament games for an .846 winning percent- game. age, the best in NCAA women’s hockey history. Johnson is 7-1 in Frozen Four games. • The Badgers finished the season with a 34-2-5 record also capturing the WCHA Final Face-off title. Wis- • The Badgers started the season unbeaten in their consin was one point short of capturing the regular-sea- first 20 games. The UW went 18-0-2 the first half of the son title from Minnesota to complete the sweep. The 34 season, the longest unbeaten stretch to start a season for Coaching Staff wins were the third most in school history. UW ended the UW. the 2008–09 campaign winning its last nine games and • Johnson earned his 200th career win Feb. 1 against Head Coach: Mark Johnson going unbeaten in its last 12. Assistant Coaches: Ohio State. In only seven seasons, Johnson has estab- Tracey Cornell, Dan Koch • Wisconsin was the ﬁ rst team to ever advance to lished a standard of excellence and has recorded at least Volunteer Assistant Coach: the NCAA title game four years in a row. The Badgers 29 victories for four consecutive seasons. For only the Mark Greenhalgh outscored their opponents 17-1 in NCAA play, with wins third time in school history, the Badgers recorded 30- Director of Operations: Paul over Dartmouth, Minnesota-Duluth and Mercyhurst on plus wins in a season, all NCAA championship seasons. Hickman their way to the title. Honors and Awards 2008-09 Results Mark Johnson Meghan Duggan Olivia Jakiel Overall: 34-2-5 • WCHA Co-Coach of the Year • Third-Team All-WCHA • WCHA Defensive Player of the WCHA: 21–2–5/2nd • AHCA Division I Coach of the • WCHA All-Academic Team Week Year • WCHA Offensive Player of the Week NCAA: 1st • Named 2010 U.S. Women's Olym- Angie Keseley pic Coach Maria Evans • WCHA All-Academic Team Final Rank: 1st • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • WCHA Defensive Player of the Brooke Ammerman • WCHA Scholar-Athlete Week • Third-Team All-WCHA • WCHA All-Academic Team • WCHA All-Rookie Team Hilary Knight • WCHA Final Face-off Jasmine Giles • Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award All-Tournament Team • WCHA Final Face-off Top 10 Finalist • WCHA Rookie of the Week All-Tournament Team • First-Team All-American • Frozen Four All-Tournament Team Rachel Bible Kayla Hagen • WCHA Player of the Year • WCHA All-Academic Team • WCHA All-Academic Team • First-Team All-WCHA Brittany Haverstock • WCHA Offensive Player of the Mallory Deluce Week • WCHA All-Academic Team • WCHA All-Rookie Team

Hilary Knight

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 51 HHockeyW oOMENck’eS y • The Badgers have more wins than any team in the na- The award annually recognizes the top player in NCAA tion dating back to 2005–06 with 135 wins. Division I women’s ice hockey. Vetter became only the second Badger to win the award. • Wisconsin led the nation in attendance for the third straight year, drawing an average of 1,654 fans per game. • Vetter is the only athlete to be named the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player for the second time, once in • Following a preseason No. 2 ranking, Wisconsin never her freshman campaign and again in her senior year. She dropped below second in either the USCHO.com ranking is also the first player to win the national championship, or theUSA Today/USA Hockey Magazine poll. UW was Champions the Patty Kazmaier Award and be named the Frozen Four ranked at No. 1 for 16 weeks this season and only claimed Most Outstanding Player all in the same year. the No. 2 spot for eight weeks in the USA Today/USA 2009 NCAA Champions Hockey Magazine poll. 2009 WCHA Tournament Champions • For the first time in school history and only the second 2008 NCAA Runners-up time ever, three Badgers were named Patty Kazmaier Me- 2007 NCAA Champions morial Award top-10 finalists. Sophomore Hilary Knight 2007 WCHA Tournament and seniors Erika Lawler and Jessie Vetter were chosen. Champions 2007 WCHA Regular Season Honors and Awards Champions Erika Lawler Jessie Vetter 2006 NCAA Champions • Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top • Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award 2006 WCHA Tournament 10 Finalist Winner • Frozen Four All-Tournament Team • First-Team All-American Champions • Second-Team All-WCHA • Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player 2006 WCHA Regular Season • WCHA All-Academic Team • First-Team All-WCHA Champions • WCHA Offensive Player of the Week • WCHA Final Face-off MVP • WCHA All-Academic Team Alycia Matthews • WCHA Defensive Player of the Week • Frozen Four All-Tournament Team • USCHO Defensive Player of the Week • Third-Team All-WCHA • Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year • WCHA Final Face-off All-Tournament • UW Female Athlete of the Year Team • WCHA All-Academic Team Malee Windmeier • Frozen Four All-Tournament Team

Jessie Vetter

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• Wisconsin took fi fth as a team at the 2009 IRA Na- • The Badgers swept their regular-season cup races, tional Championships in the race for the Ten Eyck Tro- winning the W Cup over Washington, the Jablonic Cup phy. Entering as the defending champions, UW’s varsity over Boston University, as well as the Cochrane Cup eight placed seventh. Leading the way for the Badgers over Dartmouth and MIT. Wisconsin did not race for was the open four, which placed second. The varsity four the Walsh Cup as it did not take part in what has been an took fourth in its fi rst fi nal since 2003. The freshmen annual race at Navy. eight took fi fth in its best fi nish since 2000. The UW’s second varsity eight placed sixth. • Wisconsin opened the season ranked No. 2 in the CoachingCoaching Staff Staff country and eventually spent two weeks during the mid- • Early in the spring, the Badgers were unbeaten with dle of the season as the top-ranked crew in the country. Head Coach: Chris Clark impressive varsity eight victories over eventual national Assistant Coaches: champion Washington as well as national third-place fi n- Matt Boyle, Eric Mueller isher Stanford before an injury to senior Ross James. The varsity eight took third at Eastern Sprints, the program’s 2008–09 Results conference championships, behind Brown and Harvard, then missed the IRA national championship grand fi nal Franzen Zach Photo by IRA: Varsity Eight: 7th; by 0.9 seconds, dropping behind Boston University. Ten Eyck Trophy: 5th EARC: Varsity Eight: 3rd; HonorsHonors and and Awards Awards Rowe Cup: 3rd Louis Bien Ed Newman Final Rank: 5th • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten (USRowing) • Academic All-Big Ten Kenneth Rueden Cody Carlin • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Dan Stevens Darren Gary • Remington Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Max Goff • Academic All-Big Ten Paul Williams • Academic All-Big Ten Peter Helfer • Academic All-Big Ten

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• The Badgers qualifi ed for their sixth NCAA champi- • Wisconsin took fourth at the Big Ten Conference onship, which was their fi fth in the last six years and their rowing championships, capturing titles in the second fourth in fi ve years under head coach Bebe Bryans. The varsity eight, novice and second novice eight. team placed 13th in the fi rst NCAA rowing championships in which 16 teams were invited. • Wisconsin’s varsity eight placed third at the San Diego Crew Classic, the school’s best fi nish since taking • Wisconsin’s varsity four placed second at NCAAs, second in 1996. the highest boat fi nish for a UW crew in NCAA history, CoachingCoaching Staff Staff besting the 2006 second varsity eight’s third-place result. The second varsity eight was 13th and the varsity eight Head Coach: Bebe Bryans took 16th at the event. Assistant Coaches: Karen Rigsby • The Badgers varsity eight took fourth as Wisconsin Megan Cooke placed fi fth as a team at the NCAA Central/South Re- Graduate Assistant Coach: gional in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to seal an NCAA bid. The novice eight took second for UW’s highest fi nish. Kevin Luecke The second-place varsity four squad of Molly Evjen, Kirsten Morelli, Bronwyn Knaebe, Briana Pittman and Brittany Rapp posted the best NCAA fi nish in UW history.

2008–09 Results Honors and Awards NCAA: 13th Sarah Bootsma Katy Haver Grace Latz Theresa Shields • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • First-Team Pocock All-American Big Ten: 4th • First-Team CRCA All-Region Final Rank: 16th Meryl Chaffee Katie Helmrick Lynn Maher • First-Team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten (CRCA/USRowing) • CRCA Scholar-Athlete Rebekah Foelker Sarah Obernauer Bailey Thompson • Academic All-Big Ten Katie Hurtis • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Maggie Galloway • Academic All-Big Ten Ahna Olson • First-Team CRCA All-Region • CRCA Scholar-Athlete • Academic All-Big Ten Sarah Wrenshall • Second-Team All-Big Ten • CRCA Scholar-Athlete • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Kristi Johnson • Academic All-Big Ten • Remington Scholar Brittany Rapp Varsity Eight • CRCA Scholar-Athlete • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Boat of the Week • Academic All-Big Ten Brittany Renault Claire Geiger • CRCA Scholar-Athlete • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Vanessa Kleiss • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award • CRCA Scholar-Athlete • Academic All-Big Ten

54 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS RRowingW oOMENwi’nS LgIGHTWEIGHT

• Wisconsin women’s lightweight varsity eight won its IRA runner-up Bucknell’s lightweight varsity eight during second consecutive national championship and the ﬁ fth a race in Columbus, Ohio, during the spring. in six years for the program. Since the Badgers broke through and won the title in 2004, they’ve won titles in 2005, 2006, 2008 and now 2009. This year’s event took place on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif.

• Wisconsin continued its dominance at the conference Franzen by Zach Photo level as well, winning its ﬁ fth consecutive varsity light- Coaching Staff weight eight title at the Eastern Association of Women’s Head Coach: Erik Miller Rowing Colleges Championships. The team also captured Assistant Coach: its third Konrad Ulrich Trophy as team champion. The Dusty Darley team championship has been held for three years.

• UW’s lightweight eight went undefeated over the 2008–09 Results course of the season and even saw their second light- Wisconsin made it two straight titles and ﬁ ve in six years when it won the 2009 IRA IRA: Varsity Eight: 1st weight eight post impressive results, defeating eventual National Championship on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. EAWRC: Varsity Eight: 1st; Konrad Ulrich Trophy: Honors and Awards 1st Erik Miller Taylor Fries Breanne Lynch Grace Tran Final Rank: 1st • CRCA Lightweight Coach of the • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • CRCA Scholar-Athlete Year • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (USRowing) Sarah Padway Gabrielle Waclawik Lane Benes Heidi Hunsberger • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • First-Team Pocock All-American • First-Team Pocock All-American • CRCA Scholar-Athlete • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Kelley Kowitz • CRCA Scholar-Athlete Mia Cava • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Kaela Erickson Grace Lautman • First-Team Pocock All-American • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Kate Ludwig • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 55 SSoccerM oEN c’ Sc er

• The Badgers finished the 2008 season with a record of • The Badgers swept their three in-state 9-7-3, including a 1-4-1 mark in Big Ten Conference play, rivals (Marquette, UW-Green Bay and placing seventh in the regular-season league standings. UW-Milwaukee) by a combined score of 7-0. • UW hosted the 2008 Big Ten Tournament at the McClimon Complex and bowed out of the event in a • Senior Victor Diaz 0-0 draw with Michigan, with the Wolverines advancing moved into fourth place on penalty kicks. all-time at UW in shots Coaching Staff with 159 for his career, • The Badgers were ranked 21st in the Soccer America while junior goalkeeper Head Coach: Jeff Rohrman Top 25 after a 3-0-1 start to the season and also received Alex Horwath tallied six Assistant Coaches: votes in the NSCAA, SoccerTimes.com and Top Drawer shutouts to move into a tie for sixth Jon Szczepanski Soccer polls during the season. all-time with 12 for his career. Horwath Nick Pasquarello • Junior Scott Lorenz led the Badgers and was third also is now ninth all-time in saves (134) Volunteer Assistant Coach: and 10th all-time in wins (15) at UW. Lee Ferderer in the Big Ten with 23 points on the season, the most for a UW player since Nick Van Sicklen had 31 in 2004. Scott Lorenz Lorenz scored a team-high 10 goals on the year. 2008 Results Honors and Awards

Overall: 9-7-3 Brian Bultman Victor Diaz Andy Miller Taylor Waspi Big Ten: 1-4-1/7th • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Second team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Player of the Week • Middleton Sports & Fitness Brandon Miller All-Tournament Team Eric Conklin Kenny Dix • Middleton Sports & Fitness • Dayton Flyer Classic • Second-team All-Big Ten • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award All-Tournament Team All-Tournament Team • Big Ten All-Tournament Team • UW-Milwaukee Panther Classic • UW-Milwaukee Panther Classic Cale Cooper All-Tournament Team • Academic All-Big Ten Alex Horwath All-Tournament Team • Dayton Flyer Classic Colin Monasterio Pablo Delgado Max Wilson All-Tournament Team • Big Ten All-Freshman Team • Academic All-Big Ten • Middleton Sports & Fitness • Academic All-Big Ten Tournament MVP Austin Spohn • Dayton Flyer Classic Scott Lorenz • Academic All-Big Ten All-Tournament Team • Second-team All-Big Ten • Big Ten Player of the Week • Middleton Sports & Fitness All-Tournament Team

56 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS SSoccerW oOMENcce’ S r

• Wisconsin ﬁ nished the 2008 season with a 9-9-1 • The Badgers played best at home, going 7-3-0 at the record, a dramatic improvement from the previous year. McClimon Soccer Complex, which is also an improve- Under second-year head coach Paula Wilkins, the Bad- ment from the 2007 season. gers had a three-game improvement overall and a one- game improvement in the Big Ten Conference. • Goalkeeper Jamie Klages recorded a 1.31 goals against average for the season and made 75 total saves, • A young team with 11 freshmen on the roster, the surpassing her 60 saves from last season. Badgers battled throughout the season. Five of Wiscon- • Against Vermont on Sept. 7, senior Coaching Staff sin’s nine losses were by only one goal, as the Badgers narrowly missed a berth into the Big Ten tournament. Taylor Walsh recorded her ﬁ rst ca- Head Coach: Paula Wilkins reer hat trick and added an assist to Associate Coach: • Freshmen Laurie Nosbusch and Erin Jacobsen each total seven points in the game. Tim Rosenfeld garnered a spot on the 2008 Big Ten All-Freshman team Nosbusch netted two goals Assistant Coach: for their outstanding performances all season. Nosbusch and had two assists for Patrick Farmer was the team’s leading scorer with seven goals and seven six points as Wisconsin assists for 21 points. Nosbusch also had a .500 shot on defeated Vermont 7-1. goal percentage. Jacobsen was the third-leading scorer 2008 Results with four goals and four assists. Overall: 9-9-1 Honors and Awards Big Ten: 3–7–0/10th Michele Dalton Laurie Nosbusch • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten All-Freshman Team • Big Ten Offensive Player of the Sheri Ferron Week • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the • Academic All-Big Ten Week Dani Fischer Darcy Riley • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award • Academic All-Big Ten Taylor Walsh Erin Jacobsen • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten All-Freshman Team • Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Stephanie Krombach • Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the • Academic All-Big Ten Week Laurie Nosbusch

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 57 SSoftballoftball

• Sophomore Jennifer Krueger led the Badgers in eight • With 323 putouts during the season, senior Alexis offensive categories during the season: batting average Garcia set a new school record for career putouts with (.323), at bats (158), runs (21), hits (51), triples (3), total 1,322. bases (57), on-base percentage (.385) and stolen bases (18). • The Badgers’ best stretch of the season came in mid- February when they won fi ve of six games. • Krueger vaulted from tied for 10th up to fi fth on the career stolen bases list at UW. Sitting at 26, Krueger is • Senior Leah Vanevenhoven and junior Letty Olivarez combined for a 3.41 earned run average, with 257 strike- CoachingCoaching Staff Staff just 16 away from the school record with two seasons remaining. outs in 351 innings. Head Coach: Chandelle Schulte • With three stolen bases against Boise State on Feb. 8, Associate Head Coach: Krueger established a new school record for stolen bases Julie Wright in a single game. Assistant Coach: Roanna Brazier • Senior Theresa Boruta fi nished her career with 43 sacrifi ce hits, the most in school history.

2009 Results Honors and Awards

Overall: 15-40 Theresa Boruta Letty Olivarez Big Ten: 3-17/11th • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Valyncia Raphael Ashley Hanewich • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Leah Vanevenhoven Kristyn Hansen • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Jennifer Krueger • Third-Team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten

Jennifer Krueger

58 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS M EN ’ S SSwimmingwimming & DivingDiving

• The Badgers improved their fi nish at the Big Ten • Rice’s performance at the NCAA championships Conference championships for the second-consecutive gave UW a total of three team points, placing the Bad- season by fi nishing fi fth in the fi nal standings with 405 gers in a tie for 39th place. points. UW was seventh last season after fi nishing eighth in 2007. • The Badgers set a total of six school records on the season, with Rice recording three of those in the 100 • Senior Scott Rice became the Badgers’ fi rst Big Ten fl y, the 200 fl y and the 200 IM. He also joined with Phil champion since 1999 when he won the 200-yard butter- Davies, Kyle Sorensen and Brett Nagle to set a school Coaching Staff fl y crown at this year’s Big Ten championships. record of 6:28.04 in the 800-yard freestyle relay. Head Coach: Eric Hansen • Rice went on to earn honorable mention All-America • UW scored a third-place fi nish at the highly-compet- Assistant Coaches: honors by fi nishing 14th in the 200 fl y at the NCAA itive Texas Invitational in December. Geoff Hanson championships. He also qualifi ed for the national meet Carrie Nixon in the 100-yard butterfl y and the 200-yard individual • Out of the pool, senior Nick Fulton was elected vice- Robert Pinter medley. chair of the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Diving Coach: Tom Michaël Committee and will chair the group next year.

2008-09 Results Honors and Awards

Overall: 5-4 Nick Fulton Big Ten: 1-3 • Academic All-Big Ten Big Ten Championships: • Vice chair of NCAA DI SAAC 5th (405 pts) Mike Hopkins NCAA Championships: • Academic All-Big Ten T39th (3 pts) Caleb Percevecz • Big Ten Diver of the Week Scott Rice • Honorable mention All-American • Big Ten Champion • First-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten

Scott Rice

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 59 W OMEN ’ S SSwimmingwimming & DivingDiving

• Wisconsin made its 16th consecutive appearance at the events, including individual titles by freshmen Beckie Thomp- NCAA championships, fi nishing 14th with 105.5 points son (50 freestyle) and Ashley Wanland (200 breaststroke) for its eighth top-15 fi nish in 10 years under coach Eric and a championship in the 200 medley relay by Thompson, Hansen. The Badgers saw six athletes earn a total of nine Wanland, Maggie Meyer and Christine Zwiegers. All-America honors, in addition to seven honorable mention All-America awards. • Wanland was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and went on to fi nish third in the 100 breaststroke at the • Hansen coached his 100th dual meet with the Badger NCAA championships. Coaching Staff women on Jan. 24, 2009, a 174-65 win over UW-Green Bay. Hansen owns a 91-12 dual-meet record, including a • The Badgers matched their best-ever fi nish in an event at Head Coach: Eric Hansen perfect 39-0 mark in home meets. the NCAA championships with Thompson, Meyer, Zwiegers Assistant Coaches: and Wanland taking second in the 200 medley relay. Geoff Hanson • The Badgers set a total of 10 school records on the Carrie Nixon season while also setting new Big Ten records in the 50 Robert Pinter freestyle, the 200 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay. Diving Coach: Tom Michaël • The Badgers claimed Big Ten championships in three

2008-09 Results Honors and Awards

Overall: 7-2 Lauren Borja Karlyn Hougan Big Ten: 4-1 • Academic All-Big Ten • All-American Big Ten Championships: • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Second-team All-Big Ten 5th (405 pts) Libby Brooks Maggie Meyer • Academic All-Big Ten • All-American NCAA Championships: • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Honorable mention All-AmericanAshley Wanland, Christine Zwiegers, Maggie Meyer and Beckie Thompson ﬁ nished second in the 200 medley relay at the NCAA championships. 14th (105.5 pts) • Big Ten Champion Anna Chang • First-team All-Big Ten Beckie Thompson Christine Zweigers • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award • All-American • All-American Rosie Morahan • Honorable mention All-American • Honorable mention All-American Emily Chefﬁ ns • All-American • Big Ten Champion • Big Ten Champion • Big Ten Diver of the Week • Second-team All-Big Ten • First-team All-Big Ten • First-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Kelsey Gergen Ashley Wanland • Honorable mention All-American Molly Southworth • All-American • Second-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Honorable mention All-American • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Big Ten Champion • Academic All-Big Ten • First-team All-Big Ten

60 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS M EN ’ S Swimming & Diving TTennisennis

• The Badgers advanced to the NCAA championships The Badgers earned a spot in all 16 weeks of the national for the third consecutive year under coach Greg Van Em- poll, fi nishing the season ranked No. 36. burgh. The Badgers fell in the fi rst round of the NCAA tournament, losing in a thriller to No. 21 Louisville, 4-3. • Wisconsin defeated No. 21 Wake Forest 4-3 in its biggest upset of the year. The Badgers swept all three • Moritz Baumann and Marek Michalicka earned bids doubles matches, highlighted by the No. 18 pair of Bau- to the NCAA singles championship, the fi rst time since mann and Michalicka defeating the No. 1-ranked duo of 1975 that Wisconsin sent at least two players to NCAA Cory Parr and Steven Forman. competition. Both lost in the fi rst round with Baumann Coaching Staff falling to Mississippi’s Devin Britton, who went on to • The No. 39 Badgers defeated No. 25 Notre Dame 4-3 to end an 18-match losing streak to the Fighting Head Coach: win the singles championship. Michalicka dropped his Greg Van Emburgh match to Jay Weinacker of N.C. State. Irish. The losing streak dated back to April 23, 1999. Assistant Coach: The upset wrapped up non-conference play nicely, as the Evan Austin • On March 3, the Badgers earned their highest rank- team improved to 9-2. ing in more than 32 years, coming in at No. 19. It was the fi rst time UW cracked the top 20, dating back to • Wisconsin played best at home, going 10-2 at the 2008–09 Results March 5, 1977, when the Badgers were ranked No. 20. Nielsen Tennis Stadium. Overall: 16-11 Big Ten: 4–6/T7th Honors and Awards

NCAA Team and Singles Moritz Baumann Championships: First • All-Big Ten Round • Four-time Big Ten Athlete of Final Rank: 36th the Week Marek Michalicka • All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Peter Marrack • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

Moritz Baumann

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 61 WTTenniseOMENnn’ iS s

• The women’s tennis team finished the season with a • Playing a majority of 2009 together at first doubles, 9-15 overall record after advancing past the first round senior Elizabeth Carpenter and freshman Angela Chupa of the Big Ten Conference championship for the second- finished the season ranked No. 63, marking the first indi- consecutive year with a 4-2 victory over Iowa. vidual national ranking for Wisconsin since 2006.

• The Badgers ended the season on a winning note, • Junior Katya Mirnova was 5-3 on the year at third claiming three of its final four games in the Big Ten. Each singles, with a 12-12 overall dual record, leading the team year, the Badgers have improved under second-year head in wins. She won seven of her last nine matches, including Coaching Staff coach Brian Fleishman, earning one more conference win five Big Ten wins. than the previous season. Head Coach: • Carpenter finished the season with a 6-4 record in Brian Fleishman • Wisconsin notched wins over three ranked opponents the Big Ten at first singles. She was the only member of Assistant Coach: this season, starting the year with a preseason ranking of the team to have a winning conference record in singles. Katie Dougherty No. 66. The Badgers were also ranked No. 68, where they In doubles, Carpenter and her partners picked up three stayed for three straight weeks. upsets over duos ranked in the top 40. 2008–09 Results Overall: 9-15 Big Ten: 3-7/T7th Honors and Awards

Elizabeth Carpenter • All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Jessica Seyferth • Academic All-Big Ten Erin Jobe • Academic All-Big Ten • Athletic Board Scholar Katya Mirnova • Big Ten Sportmanship Award

Angela Chupa and Katya Mirnova

62 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS IIndoorMnENd’oS or TrackTrack

• Wisconsin saw its record run of eight consecutive Big finishing runner-up in the mile run at the NCAA indoor Ten Conference indoor championships come to an end championships. Just a week earlier, Miller set a UW record with a fifth-place finish at the league meet. of 3:59.09 in the mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational.

• Junior Rayme Mackinson led the charge at the Big • The Badgers also saw the team of Gasper, Quinn Ten meet, winning the conference title in the long jump Evans, Steve Ludwig and Bolas run a school-record time to lead a 1-2 finish by the Badgers. Junior Victor Dupuy of 9:30.57 in the distance medley relay at the Alex Wilson finished second to earn second-team All-Big Ten honors. Invitational to qualify for the NCAA indoor championships. Coaching Staff Coaching Staff • The Badgers enjoyed four other podium finishes, with • UW sent seven athletes to the NCAA championships, Head Coach: junior Craig Miller finishing second in the 3,000 meters with sophomore Zach Beth (800 meters) and Larkin (60- Ed Nuttycombe while senior Christian Wagner (5,000 meters), junior meter hurdles) joining Miller and the distance medley relay. Nate Larkin (60-meter hurdles) and the distance medley Assistant Coaches: • Junior Craig Miller earned the sixth All-America relay team of Ryan Gasper, Barry Gill, Martin Moe and Mark Guthrie honor of his career by finishing ninth in the 1,500 meters Mick Byrne Jack Bolas all finished third. at the NCAA outdoor meet Will Wabaunsee after running the top time in Volunteer Assistants: • Miller earned his fifth All-America honor by the preliminaries. Micah VanDenend Joe Samaniuk Honors and Awards

Zach Beth • USTFCCCA All-Academic Jake Fritz • All-Mideast Region • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • USTFCCCA All-Academic 2009 Results • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Brennan Boettcher • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Mickey DeFilippo Big Ten Indoor • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award • All-Mideast Region Ryan Gasper Championships: 5th • Academic All-Big Ten • All-Mideast Region Jack Bolas • Big Ten Champion NCAA Indoor Robert Dehn • All-Mideast Region • First-team All-Big Ten Championships: T29th • Second-team All-Big Ten • Regional Champion Big Ten Outdoor • Big Ten Athlete of the Week • All-Mideast Region Barry Gill • ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA • Second-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Championships: 6th Second Team Academic All- • Big Ten Athlete of the Week NCAA Mideast American Ian Jansen Victor Dupuy • ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA • Academic All-Big Ten Regional: 6th • Second-team All-Big Ten Academic All-District NCAA Outdoor Championships: DNS

Craig Miller

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 63 MOOutdoorENu’tS d oor TrackTrack

• Wisconsin sent a total of seven athletes to the NCAA • The Badgers also had third-place finishes from championships, including four first-time qualifiers. Mickey DeFilippo in the pole vault and the 1600-meter relay team of Brady Hammon, Chas Demers, Kyle • Individual conference titles by Miller in the 1,500 Jefferson and Quinn Evans. meters and Ryan Gasper in the 3,000-meter steeplechase highlighted the Badgers' sixth-place finish at the Big Ten • The Badgers sent 12 athletes to the NCAA Mideast Outdoor Championships. Gasper won the steeplechase for Regional with seven earning all-region honors. Dehn the second-consecutive season, while Miller picked up his posted a school-record throw of 231 feet, 10 inches earning Coaching Staff first Big Ten title in an individual event. him a regional title in the javelin, while Beth (800 meters) and Miller (1,500 meters) earned second-place finishes. • Also on the podium for UW at the Big Ten meet was Jack Bolas, who was second to Miller in the 1,500, • Following the end of the collegiate season, the as well as 110-meter hurdles runner-up Nate Larkin and Badgers sent four athletes — Bolas, Miller, Gasper and Ryan Gasper School Records sophomore Robert Dehn, who took second in the javelin. Dehn — to the USA The Badgers had five All-Big Ten honors in all. Outdoor Track & Rob Dehn Javelin Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. Craig Miller Mile Distance medley relay HonorsHonors and and Awards Awards (Ryan Gasper, Nate Larkin • First-team All-Big Ten Quinn Evans, • All-Mideast Region • Second-team All-Big Ten Steve Ludwig, • Second-team All-Big Ten Pat Nichols • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award • Academic All-Big Ten Jack Bolas) • Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Seth Pelock • Academic All-Big Ten Rory Linder • USTFCCCA All-Academic Tim Pierie • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Ryan Gasper Rayme Mackinson Pat Plank • Big Ten Champion • Big Ten Athlete of the Week • First-team All-Big Ten Luke Rucks Craig Miller • Academic All-Big Ten • All-American • All-Mideast Region Christian Wagner • Big Ten Champion • Academic All-Big Ten Rob Dehn

64 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS IIndoorWnOMENdoo’ Sr TrackTrack

• Wisconsin finished seventh at the Big Ten indoor • Akinniyi earned a podium spot at championships with 36 points, led by a pair of individual her first Big Ten championships, titles by senior Gwen Jorgensen. Jorgensen swept the finishing third in the pentathlon conference titles in the distance events, winning the with a personal-best score of 3,998 3,000 meters on the first day of the championships and points. She posted personal-best taking the 5,000 meters title on the final day. marks in four of the five events that comprise the pentathlon. • For her performance at the Big Ten meet, Jorgensen Coaching Staff was named Great Lakes Region Track Athlete of the Year • Junior Johanne Verpil by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches also earned a place on the Head Coach: Jim Stintzi Association. podium by claiming third Assistant Coaches: place in the 20-pound Will Wabaunsee • The Badgers sent a pair of athletes to the 2009 weight throw, smashing Nate Davis NCAA Indoor Championships. Jorgensen competed in Mark Guthrie her previous personal-best both the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters, while freshman performance with a mark of 58 Volunteer Assistants: Dorcas Akinniyi competed in the pentathlon. Ann Detmer feet, ¼ inch. Cheri Farha Gwen Jorgensen HonorsHonors and and Awards Awards

2009 Results Akaila Cabell Kate Flood • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • USTFCCCA All-Academic • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Big Ten Indoor Maggie Collison Rebecca Fritz Jessica Jeremiah Championships: 7th • USTFCCCA All-Academic • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Jamie Klages • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten NCAA Indoor Karen Greuel Gwen Jorgensen Championships: -- Amy Dahlin • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Great Lakes Regional Indoor Amy Lewis Big Ten Outdoor • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year • Academic All-Big Ten • Big Ten Medal of Honor • USTFCCCA All-Academic Championships: 9th Caitlin Dodge Maggie Hippman • Big Ten Champion • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award NCAA Mideast • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • First-team All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Sunni Massop Regional: 21st • All-Mideast Region • ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA • Academic All-Big Ten NCAA Outdoor Carly Ducharme Sarah Hurley • Academic All-Big Ten • All-Mideast Region Academic All-District Championships: -- • ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA • ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Trina Dusso Academic All-District Second Team Academic All- • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award • USTFCCCA All-Academic American

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 65 OOutdoorW uOMENtd’oS or TrackTrack

• The Badgers sent distance standouts Gwen Jorgensen second in the long jump, earning second-team All-Big and Hanna Grinaker to the NCAA championships, with Ten honors. She also was fourth in the triple jump. Jorgensen competing in the 5,000 meters and Grinaker running the 10,000 meters. • Redshirting senior Jenny Soceka broke the McClimon Complex record in the pole vault at the • Wisconsin had four athletes earn all-region honors Wisconsin Twilight on May 9, clearing 13 feet, 11 ¼ at the NCAA Mideast Regional, led by senior Gwen inches to qualify for the USA Outdoor Championships Jorgensen's runner-up finish in the 5,000 meters. in the process. Sophomore Egle Staisiunaite took seventh place in the Coaching Staff 400-meter hurdles, senior Sarah Hurley was seventh in the • The Badgers saw a total of 21 athletes earn Academic 3,000-meter steeplechase and junior Chavon Robinson All-Big Ten honors in the spring, with Hurley and finished eighth in the triple jump. Jorgensen also picking up ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades. • The Badgers finished ninth at the Big Ten outdoor • Jorgensen, a graduate student in accounting, was Dorcas Akinniyi championships, amassing 38.25 points. named UW's female recipient of the Big Ten Medal of • After redshirting the indoor season, Robinson led Honor. The award honors one senior male and female the way for the Badgers at the Big Ten meet by finishing for excellence in athletics, academics and leadership.

Honors and Awards

Alicia Pabich Karlye Wolff • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Chavon Robinson Carrie Woltman • All-Mideast Region • Big Ten Distinguished • Second-team All-Big Ten Scholar • USTFCCCA All-Academic • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten Nicole Slaby • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Academic All-Big Ten Egle Staisiunaite • All-Mideast Region Chavon Robinson • USTFCCCA All-Academic • Academic All-Big Ten

66 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS VVolleyballolleyball

• Wisconsin posted its 16th-consecutive winning • The Badgers saw strong play out of freshmen Janelle season, ﬁ nishing with a 17-15 overall mark. The Badgers Gabrielsen and Elle Ohlander. Both were named to the tied for seventh in the Big Ten Conference at 7-13. Big Ten All-Freshman team. It was the first time in school history that two Badgers landed on the rookie team. • Wisconsin led the Big Ten in attendance for the third straight season and for the 11th time in confer- • Gabrielsen became just the third player in UW his- ence history. The Badgers ranked third in the national tory, and first since 1998, to record a triple double. The attendance rankings with an average of 4,349 spectators 6-0 setter/outside hitter put up 13 kills, 10 digs and 15 Coaching Staff per match. UW drew a season-high crowd of 6,296 vs. assists at Michigan on Nov. 8. Penn State on Oct. 24, which ranks 11th on the UW Head Coach: Pete Waite single-match attendance list. • The Badgers Assistant Coaches: started the season Colleen Bayer, Brian • Head coach Pete Waite reached a signiﬁ cant coach- strong, winning the Heffernan ing milestone in 2008. The 21-year coaching veteran Kentucky Classic and Volunteer Assistant Coach: registered career win No. 500 with a sweep of Central the InnTowner Invi- Dave Bayer Michigan during the InnTowner Invitational. Waite has tational in Madison. Director of Operations: 511 career wins and 245 wins in 10 years at Wisconsin. Stephanie Schultz Honors and Awards

Brittney Dolgner Janelle Gabrielsen Kim Kuzma 2008 Results • Preseason All-Big Ten • Big Ten All-Freshman Team • Big Ten Defensive Player • Kentucky Classic MVP of the Week Overall: 17-15 • UNLV Invitational Audra Jeffers • Academic All-Big Ten Big Ten: 7-13/T7th All-Tournament Team • Preseason All-Big Ten • InnTowner Invitational • Academic All-Big Ten Faye McCormack All-Tournament Team • Kentucky Classic • Academic All-Big Ten All-Tournament Team Caity DuPont • InnTowner Invitational Elle Ohlander • Academic All-Big Ten All-Tournament Team • Big Ten All-Freshman • Marquette Cheese Bowl • Marquette Cheese Bowl Team All-Tournament Team All-Tournament Team Allison Wack • Community Service Winner Nikki Klingsporn • Academic All-Big Ten Katherine Dykstra • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar • Kentucky Classic • Academic All-Big Ten All-Tournament Team • InnTowner Invitational MVP Janelle Gabrielsen and Elle Ohlander • UNLV Invitational All-Tournament Team

2008–09 ANNUAL REPORT 67 WWrestlingrestling

• Five Badgers qualifi ed for the 2009 NCAA Champi- 1998. Howe was also the fi rst true freshman to win a Big onships with three of them bringing home All-America Ten title under Davis. He fi nished the year 30-5 overall, honors to help the team place ninth. True freshman An- including a perfect 13-0 mark in dual action. Howe’s Big drew Howe made it all the way to the fi nals at 165 lbs., Ten title at 165 lbs. earned him 2009 Big Ten Freshman fi nishing second. Junior Kyle Ruschell placed third at of the Year honors. 149 lbs. while senior Zach Tanelli capped off his Badger career as an All-American by taking fourth at 141 lbs. Se- • Herbst cemented his name in the UW record books niors Dallas Herbst (197 lbs.) and Kyle Massey (heavy- as the school’s pin leader. In the season-opening Big weight) also competed. Ten/ACC Clash, Herbst tied, then broke Lee Kemp’s Coaching Staff 30-year-old pin record. Herbst leaves Wisconsin with 58 Head Coach: Barry Davis • Wisconsin’s ninth-place fi nish at NCAAs ties for the career pins and 108 wins. He is just the fourth wrestler Assistant Coaches: best fi nish under head coach Barry Davis. The Badgers under Davis to reach the 100-win milestone. Bart Chelesvig started the post-season strong, placing fourth at the 2009 Big Ten Championships with four individual fi nalists. • Tanelli had a strong season and was ranked No. 1 at Donny Pritzlaff 141 lbs. for fi ve weeks. Aside from becoming a fi rst-time Cory Wallman • Howe had a remarkable rookie season, becoming All-American, Tanelli also captured the Midlands title the fi rst Badger true freshman All-American since cur- at 141 lbs. as a No. 8 seed and was recognized as the 2008–09 Results rent UW assistant coach Donny Pritzlaff took sixth in “Champion of Champions”. Overall: 9-8-0 Honors and Awards Big Ten: 3-5 Mike Felling Justin Peterson Big Ten Championship: • Academic All-Big Ten • Academic All-Big Ten 4th Drew Hammen Kyle Ruschell NCAA Championship: • Academic All-Big Ten • All-American 9th • Athletic Board Scholar • Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree Erik Senescu • Academic All-Big Ten Dallas Herbst • Big Ten Wrestler of the Week Zach Tanelli • UW record holder in career pins • Big Ten Wrestler of the Week • Midlands Champion • All-American • Midlands Champion Andrew Howe • Midlands "Champion of • All-American Champions" • Big Ten Champion • Big Ten Freshman of the Year • First-Team All Big Ten • Amateur Wrestling News Rookie of the Year

Andrew Howe

68 WISCONSIN ATHLETICS