Badger2004-05 Athletics Diary THE 2004-05 BADGERS

August, 2004—Several hun- dred staff moved into new e’ve come to expect the best in athletic performance from our Badger offices at Kellner Hall, a five- women and men student-athletes, and 2004-05 was a year full of exemplary story building at Camp Randall. Wperformances on the playing field. The department’s overall excellence is September—ESPN’s football probably best demonstrated by its 19th place finish in the Directors’ Cup (national all- road show, Game Day, made its sports ranking). The finish was the UW’s best in six years and was just the second third appearance in Madison. time in nine seasons that was in the Top 20. October—Robert Brooks u Two men’s runners— (cross country) and (indoor and Scott Starks teamed up for 3,000 meters)—claimed individual NCAA titles. They were the first Badgers in four the game-winning fumble- years to win a national crown. turned-TD at Purdue. The play u On the team front, the men’s cross country unit was the NCAA runner-up for was chosen the Pontiac Game- the third season in a row and indoor track placed third nationally, Changing Play of the Year. UW equalling the school’s best finish (1971). received $100,000 and used it u Three teams—men’s cross country (their sixth in a row), to endow a scholarship in their men’s indoor track (fifth consecutively) and men’s outdoor track names. (second in a row)—earned Big Ten team titles. Capturing the triple November—Simon Bairu crown used to be considered rare and seldom accomplished. became the first Badger in 20 That’s before the UW men’s cross country and track teams set years to win the NCAA cross their sights on it. For the fourth time in six years, UW won Big Ten country meet. team titles in all three sports. December—Olympic hero u In conference competition, the Badgers won 15 event Mark Johnson earned an NCAA titles. Swimmer Carly Piper (500 and 1,650 freestyles) and track Silver Anniversary award. star (5,000 January, 2005—More than indoors and 1,500 outdoors) 300 athletes celebrated the 30th were multiple time Big Ten Simon Bairu anniversary of women’s sports champs. The other league The Year At A Glance on the UW campus. titlists were Simon Bairu February—UW won its fifth (cross country), Susan SPORT (‘04-05 record, Big Ten/WCHA) Special notations straight Big Ten Indoor Men’s Johnson (200 backstroke), Track title, led by its 1-2-5-8 fin- Paul Check (110 hurdles), M-BASKETBALL (25-9 overall, 3rd) ish in the 5,000 meters. Matt Demi Omole (100), Darren Tied UW win record, Elite Eight berth Tegenkamp was the Badgers’ Niedermeyer (), Alando lone champion. W-BASKETBALL (12-16 overall, 8th) Tucker (10,000), March—The indoor track Melissa Talbot (heptathlon), Anderson Big Ten Frosh of the Year team equalled its best-ever fin- Katrina Rundhaug (10,000) ish (third) at the NCAA Meet and the second Varsity 4 M-CROSS COUNTRY (1st) 2nd at NCAAs, Bairu national champ and Chris Solinsky (3,000 and second Novice 8 meters) won a national title. women’s rowing boats. The W-CROSS COUNTRY (8th) April—Pat Klingelhoets, who 400-meter relay for men’s Four sophomores in lineup won 291 duals as head men’s track rounds out the list. tennis coach over 23 years, CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 FOOTBALL (9-3 overall, 3rd) resigned his position after the Outback Bowl, 17th in poll, 9-0 start Big Ten Championships. May—University Ridge host- M-GOLF (7th) Won two meets; set UW scoring mark ed the Big Ten Men’s Golf Meet for the first time since 1995. W-GOLF (8th) June—For the second McMillan—low avg & academic honors straight year, the women’s light- weight rowing team (Eva Payne, M-HOCKEY (23-14-4 overall, T3rd) Lindsey Rongstad, Katie Sweet, 8 wins vs. ranked teams, Final Five Sarah Liefke, Erin Specht, Mary Higgins, Andrea Ryan, Anaya W-HOCKEY (28-9-1 overall, 3rd) Winningest season in school history Drew and Suzie Sagues) won its national championship. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 July—Wisconsin placed 30th Anniversary of Women’s Athletics 19th in the Directors’ Cup, its best finish in six years. From the Director

July, 2005 Dear Friends of Badger Athletics,

On behalf of the staff and student-athletes in the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department, I want to offer a personal thank you for all that you do on behalf of the Badgers. Whether it’s purchasing tickets to one game or several sports on a sea- son basis, leasing a suite, attending a kids’ event, donating to athletics, send- ing your child to a sports camp, endowing a scholarship, or simply watching games on TV ... we thank you for your support! The 2004-05 season was full of magical moments and special memories. Rather than offering a long list of such events, I’ll mention three of them that were particularly gratifying: • 30th anniversary of women’s athletics. As the grandfather of two young girls, who will have the opportunity to play sports, it was inspiring to meet and shake the hands of the women sports pioneers on this campus. Their January celebration was one for the ages. • Camp Randall renovation. I was bursting with excitement in early September when we opened the 2004 season vs. UCF in our fabulously remodeled facility. For all of the folks who made it happen, thank you! Badger teams and fans will benefit for years to come. • Kids’ days. Whether it is Badger Family Fun Day or Kids Day at the Kohl, seeing the smiles on little boys and girls when they meet Bucky or get a player’s autograph can’t help but make you feel good. I hope that the 2004-05 season saw many of your best dreams for Badger Athletics come true. Thank you for helping give our student-athletes an inter- collegiate experience they’ll treasure for a lifetime. On, Wisconsin!

Sincerely,

Barry Alvarez Head Football Coach and Director of Athletics

University of Wisconsin • Intercollegiate Athletics Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, Wisconsin 53711 (608) 262-1866 • www.uwbadgers.com

Facility upgrades in 2004-05 included the Camp Randall Stadium renovation, the Porter Boathouse and the video board at the Kohl Center.

2 2004-05 ACADEMIC Academic Report ALL-AMERICANS

First Team The UW’s annual Jim Leonhard, senior, football Student-Athlete 2004-05 Grade-point Averages Leah Gordon, senior, women’s rowing Recognition Banquet Nathan Brown, junior, men’s track honored nearly 300 # Athletes 4.0 3.5-3.99 3.0-3.49 2.5-2.99 <2.49 Badgers in April. w/ fall GPA 4% 20% 26% 29% 21% Third Team Three student- Joe Detmer, junior, men’s track # Athletes 4.0 3.5-3.99 3.0-3.49 2.5-2.99 <2.49 Yael Peled, senior, women’s track athletes received the top w/ spring GPA 5% 21% 31% 24% 19% Jessica Ring, senior, women’s soccer honor—4.0 Leadership Awards— based upon Teams with GPAs higher than 3.0 in the 2005 spring their perfect grade-point semester—women’s tennis (3.32), women’s swimming averages. The trio was (3.31), men’s soccer (3.30), women’s soccer (3.25), volley- Leah Gordon (women’s ball (3.24), women’s rowing (3.24), women’s cross country rowing), Yael Peled (3.22), women’s golf (3.13), women’s hockey (3.12), 2004-05 BIG TEN women’s track (3.12), men’s swimming (3.11), men’s golf (women’s track) and (3.08), men’s track (3.05), men’s rowing (3.05), men’s cross MEDAL OF HONOR Jessica Ring (women’s country (3.03) soccer). Academic recog- The presents the nition for registering a grade-point aver- (women’s rowing), Garrett Jones (men’s Medal of Honor annually to the male and age of better than 3.50 was given to 186 golf), Clayton Hansen (men’s basketball), female senior student-athlete at each institu- Badger student-athletes. Lachezar Kasarov (men’s tennis), Luke tion who has the best combination of aca- Kohtala (men’s hockey), Katie Lorenzen demic and athletic achievement. Wisconsin’s Nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of (volleyball), Lindsay McMillan (women’s honorees were Jim Leonhard, a senior foot- Badger student-athletes were Academic ball player from Tony, Wis. and Carla All-Big Ten honorees in 2004-05. golf), Teddy O’Reilly (men’s cross coun- MacLeod, a senior women’s hockey player Two national academic honor try), Eva Payne (women’s rowing), Yael from Calgary. societies—Chi Alpha Sigma (22 Badger Peled (women’s track), Natalie Phillips Leonhard completed his football career honorees) and Phi Beta Kappa (two hon- (softball), Jason Pociask (football), Brady as the Big Ten’s all-time leader orees)—selected Badger athletes in 2005. Reinke (wrestling), Jessica Ring in punt return yardage and tied (women’s soccer), Mike Triebwasser as the UW’s career leading Twelve student-athletes were interceptor. He earned First- recipients of Academic Improvement (men’s rowing) and Andrea Wiesner team Academic All-America Awards and 23 Badgers were noted as (women’s swimming). honors and was awarded an Athletic Board Scholars (given to the ath- Football player Matt Gajda and $18,000 post-graduate scholar- lete with the top GPA in every sport). women’s track athlete Julie Stefan were ship by the National Football Leonhard Honorees were (women’s named Remington Scholars. Remington Foundation. was a former Faculty Representative. MacCleod, a finalist for the Patty hockey), Nate Brown (men’s track), Joe Kazmaier Award (top player in Ebinger (men’s swimming), Chris Ede UW student-athletes registered a women’s college hockey), also (men’s soccer), Amanda Ganser 68 percent graduation rate, six percent- made the conference honor roll (women’s cross country), Ebba Gebisa age points above the Division I-A nation- in legal studies. The two-time (women’s basketball), Lexi Goldin al average. All-American won a silver medal (women’s tennis), Leah Gordon at the 2005 World Championships (Canada), and MacLeod she was also the UW leader in community service hours. What’s the APR? The Wisconsin APRs

The acronym stands for Academic Sport Men’s Women’s Progress Rate. It’s a new statistic cal- Basketball 962 929 2004-05 BIG TEN culated by the NCAA to measure the Cross Country 1000 968 SPORTSMANSHIP success of athletes in the classroom. Football 916 — For sports that don’t measure up to Golf 950 1000 WINNERS the minimum standards (‘cutoff score’ 957 1000 of 925) for an extended period, penal- Rowing — 979 Soccer 967 980 ties may be applied. The UW’s all- Basketball—Ebba Gebisa, Mike Wilkinson Softball — 941 sports APR was 961. Cross Country—’A Havahla Haynes, Matt Swimming 971 1000 Tegenkamp The NCAA released figures last win- Tennis 1000 1000 Football—Scott Starks ter (based upon 2002-03 data) to give Indoor Track 913 980 Golf—Jill Ries, Garrett Jones schools a real-time snapshot of how Outdoor Track 913 979 Rowing—Colleen Gosa, John Dyerby, Diane their teams scored in the APR even Volleyball — 981 Martins (lightweight) though penalties won’t be applied until Wrestling 983 — Soccer—Jessica Ring, Eric Hanson 2006 when more data is collected. Softball—Boo Gillette The APR is a plus/minus point sys- Swimming—Andrea Wiesner, Joe Ebinger Tennis—Katie McGaffigan, Lachezar Kasarov tem for academic eligibility and retention. Each student-athlete receiving aid can In. Track—Courtney Bauer, Jvontai Hanserd earn two points per semester (one for eligibility, one for retention). A team’s APR Out. Track—Linsey Blaisdell, Nathan Brown equals the total points scored divided by total points available. That quotient is Volleyball—Jill Odenthal multiplied by 1,000. Wrestling—Brady Reinke

3 Athletic Successes

Big Ten and WCHA Athletes and Coaches of the Year

Jolene Anderson Simon Bairu Erasmus James Ed Nuttycombe Carly Piper Women’s Basketball Men’s Cross Country Women’s Hockey Football Men’s Indoor and Women’s Swimming Men’s Cross Country Freshman of the Athlete of the Year Defensive Player of Defensive Player of Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year Coach of the Year Year the Year the Year Coach of the Year

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Directors’ M-ROWING (12th) [2004-2005 2nd Vars. 8 earns bronze at nationals Cup Ranking] W-ROWING (3rd) 12th at nationals, first All-Americans s g

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M-SOCCER (9-10-0 overall, T4th) Men’s Sports 3rd S

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track (85), men’s basketball (73),volleyball (73), 4

W-SOCCER (16-6-1 overall, T5th) Combined Sports 3rd 0 T32nd in NCAAs, losing to champion women’s swimming (66), wrestling (59.25), men’s 0 swimming (55), women’s soccer (50), football (38), 2 SOFTBALL (31-24 overall, 5th) women’s rowing (26), men’s hockey (25), women’s 3rd NCAA berth, 18-2 stretch late in yr tennis (25), softball (25), women’s hockey (12.5).

M-SWIMMING (5-6 overall, 7th) Wisconsin’s 2004-05 19th at NCAAs with two qualifiers 2004-05 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Stanford 11. Arizona State Athletes of the Year 2. Texas 12. Ohio State W-SWIMMING (10-1 overall, 3rd) 11th at NCAAs, 2nd-best in UW history 3. UCLA 13. Virginia 4. Michigan 14. Washington A national champion cross country 5. Duke 15. Cal M-TENNIS (8-14 overall, T9th) runner and the Big Ten Women’s Coach Klingelhoets retires after 23 yrs 6. Florida 16. Notre Dame Swimmer of the Year were named 7. Georgia 17. Auburn 8. Tennessee 18. Arizona Wisconsin’s Athletes of the Year. W-TENNIS (15-9 overall, T5th) Wisconsin Simon Bairu NCAA participant, ranked 34th 9. North Carolina 19. Junior fought his 10. USC 20. Penn State way through a muddy course in Terre M-INDOOR TRACK (1st) Haute, Ind., joining Walter Mehl (1939) 3rd at NCAAs, Solinsky champ (3,000) and Tim Hacker (1985) as Badger W-INDOOR TRACK (8th) NCAA cross country champions. His Set 3 UW records, 25th in Power Rank time was 30:38 for 10,000 meters. Bairu also won the 2004 Big Ten Meet in cross M-OUTDOOR TRACK (1st) Set Big Ten scoring mark, 26th NCAAs country (his second). Senior Carly Piper was named the W-OUTDOOR TRACK (6th) league’s Swimmer of the Year, the same Three-place improvement at Big Tens honor she won as a freshman. Piper VOLLEYBALL (22-10 overall, 4th) concluded her career with 13 Big Ten T5th at NCAAs, 14th in final poll titles (10 individual and three relays). The 13-time All-American set six school WRESTLING (11-3-2 overall, T5th) T15th at NCAAs, two All-Americans The 2005 Intercollegiate Rowing Association records along with the Big Ten’s all- Women’s Lightweight National Champions time best time in four races.

4 A Season To Celebrate!

One year ago, the Wisconsin in six years and was an improvement of 10.1% higher than the incoming under- Athletic Department conducted an in- seven places over 2003-04. In addition, UW graduate population. Athletics remains a depth review of where it stood, where it was third in all-sport rankings in the Big Ten leader in creating a more diverse cam- wanted to go and created a roadmap and won conference titles in men’s cross pus through its enrollment practices. for the ensuing journey. That process country, indoor track and outdoor track. The established a set of values, identified women’s lightweight rowing squad won a OUTREACH priorities and detailed measurable national title as did Simon Bairu (cross benchmarks to gauge progress. How country) and Chris Solinsky (3,000 indoors). [Community Service]—Badger did we perform in 2004-05? Athletics continues to have a dominant INTEGRITY presence in the community. The econo- EXCELLENCE my gets a boost when UW hosts athletic [Finance]—Athletics recorded a positive contests, concerts or WIAA playoffs. Being good in the classroom and on net margin financially for the fifth time in six Badger athletes participate actively in the field is a lofty challenge, but one years largely due to strong ticket sales (six countless community service projects that the Badgers achieved with distinc- sports ranked nationally in attendance) and and the department takes great pride in tion last year. increases in total gift dollars to UW Athletics providing kids’ days and sports camps [Academics]—More than half (school-record $17.7 million). for area youth. UW-Madison won the (52.3%) of the student-athletes regis- [Compliance]—For the fifth straight year, Augie Faulkner “Spirit of Tourism” Award tered a grade-point average above 3.0 the UW registered no major rules violations, this year largely because of the positive and nearly one-quarter were Academic and it continued to practice diligent compli- tourism impact that Athletics has. All-Big Ten honorees. Additionally, 15 ance training to a number of constituents [Athlete Development]—An empha- Badger teams recorded a GPA above both internal and external to the division. sis on the CHAMPS / Life Skills program 3.0—including women’s tennis, swim- [Equity]—Just over half of the athletes and the Student-Athlete Advisory ming and soccer and men’s soccer that (51%) at UW are female, and they receive Committee (SAAC) were terrific benefits were above 3.25—in at least one 44% of the athletically related aid. The UW to athletes through various development semester. also provided the maximum allowable num- seminars. Growth in the membership of [Athletics]—The Badgers placed ber of scholarships and coaches for all the W Club helped reunite the division 19th in the Directors’ Cup (the most women’s and men’s sports. with former players and improved com- comprehensive all-sports ranking of its [Diversity]—The diversity rate for ath- munication and development programs kind). That finish was the school’s best letes who enrolled at UW in 2004 was aided internal department staff.

Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track Champions Big Ten Men’s Outdoor Track Champions Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Champions

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 second time) earned individual recognition. u Men’s hockey recorded its best win u All-Big Ten pick Mike Wilkinson total (23) of the millennium and qualified for u Carly Piper was named the 2005 left UW after playing in more victories (93) the WCHA Final Five. Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Year for than any prior men’s basketball player. u Led by All-Americans Tom Clum the second time. u Jolene Anderson earned Big Ten and Ryan Flaherty, the wrestling team tied u A pair of UW teams—women’s Freshman of the Year honors for women’s for 15th at nationals. That was a 14-place hockey (28-9-1) and men’s basketball (25- basketball after averaging 17.8 points. improvement over a year ago. 9)—established school records for wins in a u The women’s soccer team made it u Women’s tennis made the national season. The hockey team earned its first-ever to the second round of the NCAA Tourney, tournament for the second straight season, NCAA Tourney appearance and the basket- before losing to the eventual champion. led by senior Katie McGaffigan and sopho- ball squad made the Elite Eight of the u Volleyball got on a late-season roll more Caitlin Burke, who both earned national championship. and ended one win shy of the Final Four. national rankings in singles. u The football team won its opening The Badgers beat undefeated and second- u Softball won 18 of 20 games during nine games on the way to the Outback Bowl. ranked Hawaii before dropping their final one stretch to earn its third-ever berth in the Erasmus James (first-round draft pick of match to eventual NCAA champ Stanford. NCAA Championship. Vikings) and Jim Leonhard (an Academic Jill Odenthal earned All-America honors. u The Badger men’s golf team won All-American, too) were All-Americans. u Both the women’s (11th at NCAAs) two fall tournaments and set a school team u The women’s hockey team had the and men’s (19th at NCAAs) swimming record for season scoring average. nation’s third-best scoring defense and Carla teams had great seasons. The women’s fin- u In the inaugural Border Battle spon- MacLeod (USCHO National Defensive ish was the second-highest in school history sored the TDS, Wisconsin defeated Player of the Year) and Molly Engstrom and the men’s national meet point total was Minnesota 235-205 in an 11-sport competi- (WCHA Defensive Player of the Year for the built by only two swimmers. tion between the rival athletic programs.

5 Members of the Badger football team pitch in on a landscaping project for The WIAA conducts 14 championships annually in Madison, including the Habitat for Humanity last spring. individual state wrestling championships.

on campus and in the ATHLETICS community

Community All-Americans

Twenty-one Badgers were honored as Community All-Americans at the Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet last spring. These athletes were nomi- nated by their coaches as outstanding contributors in the community.

Elliot Bisnow Candice Hansey Nathan Brown Garrett Jones Caitlin Burke Katie Lorenzen Adam Burish Malika McCormick Andrew Cardona Carla MacLeod Sharif Chambliss Lindsey McMillan John Dyerby Joel Nellis Joe Ebinger Danika Styza Marla Froelich Tyler Turner Ebba Gebisa Amanda Witte Boo Gillette Stephanie Rich talks to kids at a basketball clinic. Chancellor John Wiley speaks at the Welcome Week Convocation in the Kohl Center.

A holiday clothes drive by Youngsters enjoying the balloon sculptor at Kids Day at the Amy Grant performed at the Bucky goes to school as SAAC helped Porchlight. Kohl Center. Kohl Center in December. part of Bookin’ It with Bucky.

6 Financial Responsibility

SEASON TICKETS SOLD Sponsorship Athletic Department: to UW football, men’s basketball Support Revenues & Expenses and men’s hockey in 2004-05 The Wisconsin Division of 102,000 Badger Sports Intercollegiate Athletics is required, by Properties manages definition as an auxiliary unit of state the multi-media government, to be self-supporting. 99,500 rights for UW Shown below is the 2003-04 income Athletics. BSP offers statement for Athletics The net operat- corporate customers ing margin figure does not include many marketing and capital revenues and expenses. 97,000 sponsorship oppor- tunities including Athletic Revenues FY04 signage, advertising, Ticket Sales $19,114,515 VIP hospitality, game Conference Revenue $10,678,395 94,500 sponsorships and Fundraising & Suites $7,466,096 promotions. The top Concessions & Catering $5,234,108 sponsors for UW Multi-media Rights $3,191,084 Athletics in 2004: 92,000 Other Revenues $4,833,076 Total Operating Revenues $50,517,274 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Athletic Expenses FY04 Sports $17,094,260 Facilities / Operations $11,197,248 Debt Service $5,245,968 A Great Year in the Administration $7,926,291 Other Team Costs $4,857,239 Badger Fund! Net Athletic Scholarships $3,619,895 Total Operating Expenses $49,940,901 Supporters of Wisconsin Athletics continued their record pace of donations during 2004. Donations surpassed the $17 million mark, the high- est amount since the Kohl Center Campaign in NET OPER. MARGIN $576,373 1996 and 1997. The total number of donors to athletics in 2004 reached an all-time high of 14,832, up from approxi- mately 9,000 donors in 2000. Two major building projects were recently com- pleted due in great part to the generosity of Badger TOTAL GIFT DOLLARS to UW Athletics donors. Ben and Lee Porter contributed $1 million toward the building of our crew team’s new home – $18,000,000 the Porter Boathouse. Nearly $3.25 million was $17.7m raised toward construction of the $8.5 million facility $17,000,000 on the shore of Lake Mendota, which opened in April, 2005. $16,000,000 The $109.5 million renovation of historic Camp Randall Stadium is nearing completion, thanks in $15,000,000 part to the generosity of donors to Wisconsin Athletics. $14,000,000 That facility’s new suites and club seats sold out well in advance of the 2004 season. $13,000,000 Approximately 75 donors pledged $10,000 or more $13.2m for the renovation. The Ted and Jack W. Kellner $12,000,000 $12.5m families pledged $6 million. The William T. Evjue Foundation, Ron and Diane Leafblad, and an anonymous donor each contributed $1 million. $11,000,000 Robert McGinnis and Jennifer Latwesen pledged $500,000. $10,000,000 $10.2m Finally, the department’s endowment program continued to grow, as the amount of funds ear- $9.6m $9,000,000 marked toward endowed scholarships for student- athletes reached $20 million in 2004. $8,000,000 Thank you to all our donors. We appreciate your record-setting support! $7,000,000

For a complete list of every donor to UW Athletics, see www.uwbadgers.com (Badger Fund section) FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04

7 THANK YOU

Wisconsin Fans Are #1!

More than one million fans attended 2004-05 Badger home games for football (494,209), men’s basketball (274,272) and men’s hockey (274,979). No other school in the nation can make that claim. The UW had 27 sellouts (16 men’s basketball, six football and five men’s hockey) in 2004-05. The Badgers had season ticket sellouts in both football and men’s basketball for the first time in school history, while men’s hockey had the second- best home average in NCAA history (11,956). Additionally, the women’s hockey (2nd), volleyball (3rd) and women’s basketball (15th) teams were ranked among the national leaders. for supporting Badger Athletics!

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