Wednesday, December 21, 2011

All WIAC Football Team

Hot off the presses out of the WIAC home page:

MADISON, Wis.--The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) announced today the Football All-Time Team that will be recognized in conjunction with the conference’s upcoming Centennial Celebration. All-Time Teams are being selected in those men’s and women’s sports that have been classified as “championship” sports at some point during the conference’s 100-year history. Additional teams will be released on a weekly basis throughout much of the 2011-12 academic year. 
Football All-Time Team
NameSchoolYears ParticipatedHometown (High School)*
Brent AllenUW-Whitewater2004-07Mukwonago, Wis.
Bill BarwickUW-Whitewater1973-75Beloit, Wis. (Memorial)
Kirk BaumgartnerUW-Stevens Point1986-89Colby, Wis.
Justin BeaverUW-Whitewater2004-07Palmyra, Wis. (Palmyra-Eagle)
Tony BeckhamUW-Stout1998-2001Ocala, Fla. (Forest)
Wil BeechUW-Eau Claire1984-87Milwaukee, Wis. (Pius)
Willie BerzinskiUW-La Crosse1952-55Arcadia, Wis.
Chuck BraunUW-Stevens Point1978-81Athens, Wis.
Joe BullisUW-Stout1975-76, 78-79Lake Geneva, Wis. (Badger)
Jim ByrneUW-La Crosse1980-83Brooklyn, N.Y.
Luke BundgaardUW-Stout2000-03Weyerhaeuser, Wis. (Bruce)
Chris CharnishUW-Platteville1967-70Milwaukee, Wis. (Pius)
Levell CoppageUW-Whitewater2008-11Oak Park, Ill.
Greg CorningUW-River Falls1984-87McFarland, Wis.
Al EquiUW-Whitewater1966-67Glenbard, Ill. (East)
Reed GiordanaUW-Stevens Point1974-77Kaukauna, Wis.
Eric HalversonUW-La Crosse1993-96Tomahawk, Wis.
Mike HintzUW-Platteville1984-87Waukesha, Wis. (South)
Justin JacobsUW-Whitewater2002-05Sun Prairie, Wis.
Jared JenkinsUW-Stevens Point2007-10Milwaukee, Wis. (Rufus King)
Spencer JohnsonUW-Whitewater1992-94Madison, Wis. (Memorial)
Ryan KleppeUW-Whitewater2003-06Mount Horeb, Wis.
Ben KnepperUW-Stout2000-03Rice Lake, Wis.
Scott KrauseUW-Stevens Point2000-03Waunakee, Wis.
Clint KriewaldtUW-Stevens Point1995-98Shiocton, Wis.
Craig KusickUW-La Crosse1993-95Apple Valley, Minn. (Eagan)
Derrick LeVakeUW-Whitewater1995-97West Allis, Wis. (Central)
Mike MarchUW-Eau Claire1979-82Antigo, Wis.
Mike MaslowskiUW-La Crosse1993-96Thorp, Wis.
Mike MillerUW-Whitewater1982-84Madison, Wis. (Memorial)
Andy MoriartyUW-Oshkosh2003-07Mequon, Wis. (Homestead)
Tom NewberryUW-La Crosse1982-85Onalaska, Wis.
Ted PretaskyUW-La Crosse1985-88Holmen, Wis.
A.J. RaebelUW-Whitewater2003-06Cary Grove, Ill.
Claire RasmussenUW-Oshkosh1966-69Green Lake, Wis.
Jace RindahlUW-Whitewater2005-08Cambridge, Wis.
Barry RoseUW-Stevens Point1988-91Baldwin, Wis. (Baldwin-Woodville)
Aaron RuschUW-Whitewater2008-10Hartford, Wis.
Max SakellarisUW-Whitewater2003-06Oak Park, Ill.
Jeff ScheblerUW-Whitewater2006-09Davenport, Iowa (Assumption)
Bill SchroederUW-La Crosse1993Sheboygan, Wis. (South)
Randy SimpsonUW-Stevens Point1991-94Phillips, Wis.
Gerard SonsallaUW-River Falls1978-81Arcadia, Wis.
Darrell SouhradaUW-Eau Claire1998-2001Riceville, Iowa
John StanekUW-La Crosse1972-75La Crosse, Wis. (Aquinas)
Derek StanleyUW-Whitewater2003-06Verona, Wis.
Doug SutherlandUW-Superior1966-69Superior, Wis. (Central)
Jim Van GordenUW-Eau Claire1961-64Eau Claire, Wis. (Memorial)
Roger VannUW-Eau Claire1978-81South Bend, Ind. (La Salle)
Jim WaltersUW-Whitewater1969-73Pottsville, Pa.
Matt WeberUW-Whitewater2008-10Oregon, Wis.
Lee WeigelUW-Eau Claire1982-85Marshfield, Wis.
Joel WilliamsUW-La Crosse1976-78Miami, Fla. (North)
    
Football All-Time Coach:  Roger Harring (UW-La Crosse) (1969-99)
*Indicates hometown and high school while attending school

WIAC Commissioner Gary Karner remarked that this has been an extremely difficult process given the 100-year span and incomparable success the conference has experienced in most of its sports. Karner noted that in some sports, even achieving All-American status didn’t necessarily guarantee an athlete a spot on the team. He also acknowledged that while disagreement is inherent and expected whenever there is a selection of an all-time anything (be it a team, restaurant or movie), the conference nonetheless felt it important to recognize student-athletes and coaches who have contributed to the success of the most accomplished Division III conference in NCAA history.
The student-athlete representation on each team has relied heavily on input provided by the sports information director from each of the nine WIAC campuses, while the process for selecting the head coach(es) for each team also includes input from a panel of media representatives. The number of individuals selected per team varies depending upon the nature of the sport itself as well as the number of years the sport has/had been sponsored within the conference.
The conference has also elected to establish a special “legacy” category to recognize those student-athletes and coaches who had extremely accomplished careers but competed during an era(s) when the compilation of statistical data was spotty at best and/or the style of play at that time does not translate for comparative purposes to the stats prevalent in the modern era. The WIAC “Legacy Team” will also be named at a later date.
All-Time Team members will receive certificates from the conference and it is hoped that most, if not all, of the recipients will be in attendance or represented at the WIAC Centennial Banquet to be held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison on August 4, 2012.

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