2019 INDUCTION BANQUET May 10, 2019 WWW.OASD.ORG/HALLOFFAME WWW.OASD.ORG/HALLOFFAME Welcome & Opening Remarks Master of Ceremonies Hall of Fame Inductees Closing Remarks We hope you will support our many business partners and sponsors listed throughout this program. It is their generosity, along with that of our guests this evening, that contributes to the continued development of our athletic community and to the lives of our student-athletes. A special thank you to the following partners who helped make tonight’s event special. Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Mike Miller Photography: Lifetouch Photography Audio-Video Production: OHS Digital Communications, Instructor Michael Krill & OHS Digital Communications Students HONORING OUR PAST AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE Welcome Tonight we have the opportunity to celebrate and honor individuals who have coached, supported, or participated in the athletics program at Oconomowoc High School. Your body of work and dedication while at Oconomowoc High School has inspired many and helped shape the Athletic 2018-19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Department into what it is today. Our goal is to induct many individuals into the OHS Athletic Hall CHAIRPERSON: Kevin Flegner of Fame over the coming years, but this class of inductees will stand out as our inaugural class. VICE CHAIR: Carrie Vande Zande While on your athletics journey, there were many TREASURER: people who had the opportunity to watch and Beth Loppnow support you. This celebration allows the time COMMUNICATIONS/SECRETARY: necessary to rekindle some old friendships, relive Jenni Holland the glory days, but most importantly thank those COMMUNICATIONS/SECRETARY: who helped you along the way. Kelly Ellifson HISTORIAN/BOARD MEMBER: I would like to personally thank the OHS Athletic Mark Hutchinson Hall of Fame committee for their dedicated and BOARD MEMBER: superb work over the past seven months. Without John Griswold them, this event would not be possible. I would BOARD MEMBER: also like to thank the support shown by our Jim O’Leary District Administrative team and the Board of BOARD MEMBER: Education. In closing, thank you to all our sponsors, Arno Kirchenwitz families, alumni, and community for supporting BOARD MEMBER: and attending tonight’s banquet. Jamie May Fraundorf BOARD MEMBER: Congratulations Scott Raduka OHS Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees! Kevin Flegner OHS Athletic Director Athletic Hall of Fame Chairperson HONORING OUR PAST AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE PROUDLY SUPPORTS THE OHS ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME 2019 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE John Kleinschmidt ATHLETE: 1956–1959 COACH: 1977–1999 It is quite an honor to be inducted into Oconomowoc High School’s Inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame. Back in the mid-1950s, I had the honor of playing football and baseball for Mr. Virgil Licht and Mr. Bill Martin. Along with basketball and our State Baseball Championship. OHS sports provided me with tremendous experiences that prepared me for a rather full life. Wow! How fortunate was I to be able to begin at Cooney and end my career here in at Cooney! - John Kleinschmidt OHS GRADUATION YEAR: 1959 OHS COACHING: O OHS Football Coach: 1990-1999 OHS TEAMS PARTICIPATED: O Football: 1956-1958, O OHS Track Coach: 1990-1999 3-year varsity letter winner O OHS Head Boys Tennis Coach: O Basketball: 1956-1959, 1990-1999 3-year varsity letter winner O OHS Head Girls Tennis Coach: O Baseball: 1956-1959, 1995-1999 3-year varsity letter winner SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS: OHS AWARDS & CHAMPIONSHIPS: O Peace Corp in Indonesia and Malawi: O Wisconsin Little Ten All-Conference 1964-1965 selection in all three sports as O Served in Vietnam: 1969-1970 a junior and senior O OHS Physical Education Teacher and O Played on the 1959 WIAA State Adaptive Physical Education Teacher: Baseball Championship team as 1977-1999 a first baseman and pitcher POST-HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS: O Received a partial football/baseball scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Madison O Played football and basketball as a UW-Madison Freshman O Played baseball for four years at UW-Madison O A 3-year Letter winner at UW-Madison in baseball HONORING OUR PAST AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE 2019 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE Arno Kirchenwitz ATHLETE: 1970–1974 COACH: 1988–Present Coach Kirchenwitz is so deserving to be inducted into the inaugural class of the OHS Athletic Hall of Fame. He is one of the hardest working coaches I have ever seen. He has dedicated his life work as a teacher and coach, always teaching life lessons and sharing his knowledge with our future student-athletes. - Kevin Flegner, OHS Athletic Director and Associate Principal OHS GRADUATION YEAR: 1974 OHS COACHING AWARDS & CHAMPIONSHIPS: O Won 4 basketball Little Ten OHS TEAMS PARTICIPATED: Conference Championships O Baseball O Won 5 basketball WIAA O Basketball Regional Championships OHS AWARDS & CHAMPIONSHIPS: O 35 student-athletes went O Earned 6 varsity letters at OHS on to play college basketball O All-Conference in basketball O Coached in 2 Wisconsin Basketball and baseball Coaches Association All-Star games POST-HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS: O Coached in the 2017 Wisconsin O Played baseball at Mesa College Baseball Coaches Association in Arizona All-Star game OHS COACHING: O Won 5 Regional and 2 Sectional O Head Girls Basketball Coach: 1991-2011 WIAA Baseball Championships O Varsity Girls Basketball record O Won 3 Wisconsin Little Ten/ of 285-163 Classic Eight Baseball Conference O Head Baseball Coach: 2011-present Championships O Varsity Baseball record of 141-68 SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS: O O 17 years as Assistant Baseball Coach Finished degree at UW-Milwaukee to Hall of Fame Coach Pat Neary O Signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in O Assistant Boys Soccer Coach: 1976 and played in the organization for 1989-2000 5 years O O Assistant Boys Soccer Coach under Teacher and coach at OHS for 31 years Hall of Fame Soccer Coach Alex Marlis O Teacher for a total of 36 years O Assistant Softball Coach for two years under Fred Maas HONORING OUR PAST AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE 2019 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE Virgil Licht COACH: 1936-1962 DECEASED: 1979 “Hells bells, what kind of play was that?” - A quote from Coach Licht often heard during a game, provided by his son, Jim Licht OHS COACHING: SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS: O OHS Football Coach for 25 years O Attended Baraboo High School playing football, basketball, and baseball O OHS Basketball Coach for 17 years O University of Minnesota, All-Big Ten O OHS Golf Coach for 10 years Honor and All American in basketball OHS COACHING AWARDS & CHAMPIONSHIPS: O OHS Athletic Director for 30 years O Career Record 143-49-15 O Athletic Director of the Year in 1977 O 10 Conference Championships in football O Inducted into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame on O 6 Undefeated football seasons April 5, 1986 O 5 Conference Championships in golf HONORING OUR PAST AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE 2019 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE Gale Douglas COACH: 1967- 1991 Coaching Wrestling and Football at OHS was a dream that came true. I was rewarded many times by the efforts that so many young athletes worked too hard to make our teams winners. I’m very thankful to be chosen for this great award. Well Dang’er, it’s been one heck of a journey! - Gale Douglas OHS COACHING: SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS: O OHS Varsity Wrestling Coach: 1967-1991 O Inducted into the George Martin Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1995 O OHS Assistant Varsity Football Coach: 1965-1980 O OHS Fieldhouse Named in Honor of Coach Douglas in 2018 OHS COACHING AWARDS & CHAMPIONSHIPS: O 292-49-2 Dual Meet Record O Webb High School Athletic Hall in wrestling of Fame, Reedsburg, WI O 84 Individual State Qualifiers O Served in the U.S. Army National in wrestling Guard: 1965-1971 O 43 Invitational 1st Place Finishes O South Dakota State University in wrestling Football Captain: 1964 O 14 Regional Championships in wrestling O Played semi-professional football for the Madison Mustangs: 1965-1971 O 5 Sectional Team Championships in wrestling O 11 Wisconsin Little Ten Team Championships in wrestling O 7 Top 5 Team Finishes at State Tournaments in wrestling O 6 Individual State Champions in wrestling O 6 Individual State Runner-ups in wrestling O 1 Second Place Team Finish at State Finals in wrestling O 14 straight years of qualifying an individual athlete for the State Tournament in wrestling HONORING OUR PAST AND SHAPING OUR FUTURE Proudly Supports The OHS Athletic Hall of Fame 2019 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE Bill Martin COACH: 1959-1983 DECEASED: 2000 Coach Martin was competitive to the core and had a thorough understanding of the game that helped him maximize his player’s talents. Not one to sugarcoat player performance, his players knew where to focus on improvements. Coach Martin understood that a majority of baseball is mental, both in personal discipline and knowing where the play is at all times, knowing what the count is at all times, knowing where you are at in the lineup if you are on the mound. He kept paper in his back pocket for only one reason, to record mental errors. Bad throws or a missed catch were unfortunate. Throwing to the wrong base, missing a sign, not knowing where to be on a back up were inexcusable. The mental errors were the ones that led to opponent runs and lost ballgames and were preventable in his view. Coach Martin had a lasting impact on many of his players, like Max Weibel, a member of the 1976 and 1977 state tournament teams, who said, “He developed my coaching style by holding his players accountable for their actions. You knew where you stood as a player because he didn’t mince any words.