2004 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame
The UW-Oshkosh Athletic Hall of Fame increased its membership to 134 with the May 2 inductions of five former athletes at a ceremony held at UW-Oshkosh's Reeve Memorial Union.
The 2004 inductees were Jim Adams, Susan (Burke) Richter, Ron Hanson, Maurya McClintock and Scott Steuernagel.
The UW-Oshkosh Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1974 to give tribute and deserved recognition to former athletes, coaches and friends of the university. It is also intended to enhance school tradition by honoring those people who have shown exceptional ability while on the UW-Oshkosh campus and since graduation.
Jim Adams had a stellar men's basketball career at UW-Oshkosh, helping the Titans to consecutive WIAC championships in 1947 and 1948.
Adams played basketball at UW-Oshkosh from 1947-50. In 1998, Adams' performance on the hardwood was saluted by UW-Oshkosh when he was named to the school's All-Decade Team of the 1940s, a 10-member honor squad.
Adams and the Titans compiled an 11-4 record in 1947 to share the WIAC title with UW-River Falls. UW-Oshkosh had its championship season end when UW-River Falls topped the Titans by a 67-55 count for the right to advance to the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
In 1948, Adams helped UW-Oshkosh to a 10-7 record and a share of the WIAC championship, tying with UW-Milwaukee, UW-Platteville and UW-Stevens Point. The Titans forced a four-way tie for the league title by defeating UW-Whitewater, 61-50, in the regular season finale. In UW-Oshkosh's 61-55 win over UW-Stevens Point that year, Adams made his first collegiate start and responded to the assignment with 10 points.
UW-Oshkosh posted a 6-10 record in 1949, finishing in a tie for seventh place in the WIAC standings with UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point. Season highlights for Adams included a team-best 20 points in a 67-57 win over UW-Milwaukee and a game-high 15 points in a 58-56 loss to UW-Whitewater.
In 1950, UW-Oshkosh won 11 of its 18 games, including eight of 12 in WIAC play to tie UW-Milwaukee for second place in the league standings. Season highlights for Adams included 13 points in a 75-58 win over UW-Eau Claire. Adams finished the year leading the Titans in rebounding for the third consecutive season.
Adams also participated in football in 1946 and in track & field in 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950 at UW-Oshkosh. He was a member of UW-Oshkosh teams that finished third at the WIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship three times.
Since graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 1950, Adams has held teaching, coaching and administrative positions in the Omro, Cedarburg and Mayville school districts. Adams coached boys basketball at Omro High School from 1953-57, leading the Foxes to the conference title in 1955. He also coached boys basketball at Cedarburg High School from 1964-68, leading the Bulldogs to the league championship in 1967.
Gathering a total of nine NCAA Division III All-America awards and 10 WIAC event championships, Susan Burke did more than just participate in women's track & field at UW-Oshkosh, she excelled at it.
Burke was a member of the UW-Oshkosh track & field program from 1988-91, competing both indoors and outdoors. During that time, she helped the Titans to NCAA Division III outdoor championships in 1990 and 1991 and WIAC indoor and outdoor titles in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991.
A graduate of Little Chute High School, Burke mainly competed in the high jump, 55-meter hurdles and pentathlon indoors and the high jump, heptathlon, 100-meter hurdles and javelin outdoors. She is a two-time All-American in the high jump indoors and a three-time All-American in both the high jump and heptathlon outdoors. Burke also gained All-America honors in the 55-meter hurdles indoors once.
Burke's performance at the WIAC indoor and outdoor championships was also impressive. Indoors, she won the pentathlon three times and the 55-meter hurdles once. Outdoors, she was victorious in the heptathlon four times and the high jump twice. Burke is currently one of only six people in the history of the WIAC to win an indoor or outdoor event four consecutive seasons, including one of only two outdoors.
In 1988, her first season with the Titans, Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to the WIAC indoor title by winning the pentathlon with 2,953 points. She also assisted the Titans to the league's outdoor championship that season by winning the heptathlon with 4,272 points.
The following year, Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to a pair of WIAC championships by finishing second in the pentathlon with 2,910 points indoors, and first in the heptathlon with 4,299 points and second in the javelin with a throw of 106-11 1/2 outdoors. Burke was named Field Athlete of the Meet after her effort at the WIAC Outdoor Championship. She concluded the year by finishing third in the high jump with a leap of 5-5 and third in the heptathlon with 4,551 points to gain All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship.
UW-Oshkosh swept both WIAC titles in 1990, with Burke winning the pentathlon with 3,223 points indoors and winning the heptathlon with 4,466 points and the high jump with a height of 5-6 outdoors. She was named Field Athlete of the Meet at both WIAC championships. Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to a first-place finish at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship that year by placing second in the heptathlon with 4,783 points and sixth in the high jump with a leap of 5-5 to gain All-America honors. She also received All-America honors at the national indoor meet that season by finishing fifth in the high jump with a leap of 5-5 1/4.
Burke was named Field Athlete of the Meet at both of the WIAC championships in 1991. Leading the Titans to the indoor crown, Burke won the pentathlon with 3,128 points and the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.63 seconds while placing second in the high jump with a leap of 5-3 3/4. Outdoors, she helped the Titans to the conference title by winning the heptathlon with 4,318 points and the high jump with a leap of 5-7 1/4 while placing second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15 seconds.
Burke helped UW-Oshkosh to the NCAA Division III outdoor title that year by finishing second in the high jump with a leap of 5-7 3/4 and third in the heptathlon with 4,691 points to gain All-America honors. She also placed second in the high jump with a leap of 5-6 1/2 and fourth in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.56 seconds to achieve All-America status at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship held that year.
Burke, a 1991 UW-Oshkosh graduate, lives in Neenah with her husband, Ken, and their two children. She is currently employed by the Appleton Police Department.
With exceptional creativity, unusual power and effortless twisting abilities, Ron Hanson was a striking personality on UW-Oshkosh men's gymnastics teams from 1973-76.
Specializing in the floor exercise and the vault, Hanson captured three NAIA and three WIAC event championships. He also performed to a total of five NCAA Division II All-America awards and four NAIA All-America medals.
A graduate of Menomonee Falls East High School, Hanson began his UW-Oshkosh career in 1973 by helping the Titans to WIAC and NAIA titles. At the WIAC Championship, Hanson finished second in the floor exercise with a score of 8.925. The following weekend at the NAIA Championship, Hanson gained All-America status in the floor exercise by placing third with a score of 8.95. The national title won by UW-Oshkosh was the first in school and WIAC history.
In 1974, Hanson again helped UW-Oshkosh to championships at the conference and national level. At the WIAC Championship, Hanson finished first in the floor exercise with a score of 9.06 and second on the vault with a mark of 8.825. At the NAIA Championship, Hanson won the floor exercise with a score of 9.08 and received All-America status on the vault by finishing fourth with a mark of 8.72.
Hanson seized a pair of league titles in 1975 as the Titans finished second to UW-La Crosse at the last WIAC Championship held. Hanson won competitions in the floor exercise with a score of 8.86 and on the vault with a mark of 8.65. At the NAIA Championship, Hanson helped UW-Oshkosh to a second-place finish by gaining All-America honors in both the floor exercise and on the vault. He took first place in the floor exercise with a score of 9.25 and second on the vault with a number of 8.96. Hanson also competed at the NCAA Division II Championship, gaining All-America accolades with a third-place score of 9.40 in the floor exercise and a fourth-place mark of 9.20 on the vault. The Titans finished fifth at the 1975 NCAA Division II Championship to conclude their first year of NCAA Division II competition.
In 1976, Hanson captured the floor exercise title at the NAIA Championship with a score of 9.35. He also received All-America awards in both the floor exercise and vault at the NCAA Division II Championship with a second-place score of 9.40 and a fifth-place mark of 9.10, respectively. The Titans finished second in the team standings at the NAIA Championship and fifth in the team rankings at the NCAA Division II Championship. Hanson also qualified for the NCAA Division I Championship that year, placing 11th with a score of 9.40 in the floor exercise.
Hanson lives in Menasha with his wife, Gail, and two daughters. Hanson is a physical education teacher in Appleton, where he recently helped develop a national pilot program "Education For Healthy Kids" for the Appleton Area School District.
Maurya McClintock has rebounding in her blood and her accomplishments collecting missed shots are listed often in the UW-Oshkosh women's basketball records book.
McClintock's uncle, Bill McClintock, was one of the top rebounders on the 1959 University of California NCAA Division I championship basketball team, while her father, John, set several rebounding marks while playing basketball at Milwaukee West High School in the 1960s.
McClintock grabbed a school-record 963 rebounds at UW-Oshkosh from 1988-91, helping the Titans to a 71-27 record, two appearances in the NCAA Division III Championship and one WIAC title. Her career rebounding count is currently the sixth-highest in WIAC history.
McClintock honed her basketball skills at Milwaukee Pius XI High School under head coach and 1994 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee Joel Claassen.
In 1988, her first season with the Titans, McClintock helped UW-Oshkosh to a 17-7 record by averaging 11.8 points and a team-leading 10.2 rebounds per contest. She had double-digit scoring and rebounding totals in the same game 11 times that year, including 30 points and 17 rebounds in a 77-75 loss to UW-La Crosse and 24 points and 15 rebounds in a 100-43 win over Lakeland College.
In 1989, McClintock helped UW-Oshkosh to a 16-8 record by averaging 17.2 points and a team-best 11.3 rebounds per game. McClintock played in only 15 contests that year due to an injury but still managed to record eight double-doubles. Her efforts included 30 points and 17 rebounds in a 77-66 victory over UW-Whitewater and 25 points and 15 rebounds in a 74-65 loss to UW-Parkside.
McClintock returned to play every game for UW-Oshkosh in 1990, helping the Titans to a 17-7 record and their first appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship. McClintock received All-WIAC first team recognition that season after averaging 13.9 points and a team-leading 10.8 rebounds per game. She had 16 double-doubles for the Titans that year, including 22 points and 21 rebounds in a 90-72 win over UW-River Falls and 25 points and 19 rebounds in a 68-65 NCAA Division III postseason victory over UW-Eau Claire.
In 1991, UW-Oshkosh captured its first WIAC title since 1985 and returned to the NCAA Division III Championship for the second straight season. McClintock played a huge role in the Titans' 21-5 record that year by averaging 14.8 points and a WIAC-best 11.2 rebounds per game. She also shot 55.1 percent from the field, blocked 19 shots and recorded 48 steals to gain All-WIAC and NCAA Division III All-Great Lakes Region first team accolades. McClintock registered 15 double-doubles that year, with 23 points and 16 rebounds in a 79-63 win over UW-River Falls and 17 points and 19 rebounds in a 76-63 loss to Northern Michigan University.
In all, McClintock participated in 89 games for the Titans, with her 1,260 career points being the sixth-highest total in UW-Oshkosh history.
The 1992 UW-Oshkosh graduate lives in Mukwonago with her husband, Danny, and their two children. McClintock is employed by the Milwaukee Fire Department.
With four All-America performances in cross country and five All-America efforts in track & field, including one individual national title, from 1987-92, Scott Steuernagel is still recognized as one of the finest distance runners in NCAA Division III history.
Steuernagel, a Tomahawk High School graduate, competed for the men's cross country team at UW-Oshkosh from 1987-90 and for the men's track & field team at the university from 1988-90 and again in 1992. His tireless running strides helped UW-Oshkosh to three NCAA Division III men's cross country titles, one WIAC indoor track & field championship title and one WIAC outdoor track & field crown.
Steuernagel gained cross country All-America honors at the NCAA Division III Championship by finishing 18th in 1987, ninth in 1988, eighth in 1989 and second in 1990. Today, Steuernagel is listed as one of just seven four-time All-Americans in the history of the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship.
Steuernagel's success on the rugged terrain also benefited UW-Oshkosh as the Titans captured NCAA Division III cross country titles in 1988, 1989 and 1990 and WIAC cross country titles in 1989 and 1990. The Titans also placed third at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship in 1987.
After finishing 10th in 1987 and fourth in 1988 at the WIAC Cross Country Championships, Steuernagel ran to individual titles at the league event in 1989 and 1990. He is the only two-time WIAC men's cross country champion in UW-Oshkosh history.
Steuernagel was a versatile distance runner for the UW-Oshkosh track & field team as he raced in events ranging from the 1,500-meter run to the 10,000-meter run to the 3,000-meter steeplechase. In 1989, Steuernagel won the 3,000-meter run with a time 8:38.94 to help the Titans to its first WIAC Indoor Track & Field Championship since 1973. In 1990, he captured the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:07.93 to help UW-Oshkosh win its first WIAC outdoor track & field title since 1971.
In 1992, Steuernagel stole the individual headline at the WIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship when he won three distance running events – the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:15.93, the 10,000-meter run with a time of 30:58.05 and the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:13.41.
Steuernagel also ran to three other WIAC track & field titles – the indoor 1,500-meter run in 1990, the indoor 3,000-meter run in 1992 and the outdoor 10,000-meter run in 1989.
Steuernagel also received All-America accolades in the 1,500-meter run at the 1989 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship, the 5,000-meter run at the 1992 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship and the 10,000-meter run at the 1989 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
Since graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 1992, Steuernagel has coached cross country and track & field teams at the University of Dubuque (Iowa), Minnesota State University Mankato and UW-Eau Claire. He presently resides in Eau Claire with his wife, Marni, and their two children. He is employed by Hoveround, Inc.