Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
The Official Athletic Site of ASU
UW-Oshkosh Hall Of Fame Inductee: Mike Gasper

UW-Oshkosh Hall Of Fame Inductee: Mike Gasper

This is the fifth in a 10-part series that introduces the 10 members of the UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame class for 2023. Their inductions will take place Oct. 1 at the Culver Family Welcome Center on the UW-Oshkosh campus. Ticket information for the banquet will be announced Sept. 1.

Mike Gasper, who received All-America Third Team honors when UW-Oshkosh won the 1994 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Baseball World Series, enjoyed a wealth of success while pitching for the Titans.

Gasper, a right-handed thrower, helped UW-Oshkosh to one national title, four World Series appearances, four regional titles, four conference championships and a 132-42 record from 1991-94.

The Sparta High School graduate pitched in 44 contests during his UW-Oshkosh career and compiled a 24-8 record with eight shutouts, 23 complete games, 128 strikeouts and a 2.63 earned run average across 236.1 innings. He currently shares the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference record for career shutouts while ranking fourth in the league in complete games and 10th in victories.

Gasper pitched in 10 NCAA tournament games and tallied a 3-3 record with 33 strikeouts and a 2.77 earned run average in 58.1 innings. He scattered 10 hits while pitching a nine-inning shutout during UW-Oshkosh's 5-0 victory over Ithaca College (N.Y.) in the 1991 Division III World Series and allowed just two hits while pitching a nine-inning shutout during the Titans' 6-0 win over Saint Mary's University of Minnesota in the 1993 Division III Midwest Regional.

Gasper was a major contributor to the UW-Oshkosh baseball program right from the start. In 1991, he helped the Titans to a 27-15 record and a third-place World Series finish by totaling a 6-3 record with three shutouts, 26 strikeouts and a 3.73 earned average in 72.1 innings pitched.

The following year, Gasper helped UW-Oshkosh to a 36-8 record and a fifth-place World Series finish by accumulating a 6-3 record with two shutouts, 33 strikeouts and a 3.05 earned average in 62 innings of duty. Gasper pitched 20.1 consecutive scoreless innings over a five-game span that season, including three against Division I University of Arkansas to earn the save.

Gasper, who was named to the Division III All-Midwest Region Second Team in 1991 and Division III All-Midwest Region First Team in 1992, received All-WIAC South Division Honorable Mention recognition in 1993 when UW-Oshkosh registered a 28-15 record and finished second in the World Series. Gasper tallied a 4-2 record that season with one shutout, 24 strikeouts and a 2.55 earned run average in 42.1 innings pitched.

In 1994, Gasper helped UW-Oshkosh to its 15th WIAC championship in 16 seasons, fifth straight Division III regional title and second Division III national title in program history. The Titans additionally compiled a 41-4 record, including a 6-2 victory over Wesleyan University (Conn.) in the national championship game. Gasper earned All-WIAC South Division First Team, Division III All-Midwest Region First Team and Division III All-America Third Team honors that year after posting an 8-0 record with two shutouts, 45 strikeouts and a nation-leading 0.90 earned run average in 59.2 innings pitched.

Gasper, who received Academic All-America First Team honors from College Sports Communicators in 1994, graduated from UW-Oshkosh in 1995 and earned his master's degree from the school in 2009.

Gasper served as an assistant baseball coach at UW-Oshkosh in 1995 and again from 1999-2006. The Titans compiled a 274-91-1 record during those nine seasons, including a third-place finish in 1999 and a fifth-place finish in 2003 at the Division III World Series.

Gasper held a variety of accounting and financial analyst positions with Schneider National in Green Bay, Jostens in Bloomington, Minn., and UW-Oshkosh before being named the Academic Budget Planner at UW-La Crosse in 2010.

The 2015 Sparta High School Wall of Fame inductee was living in West Salem and serving as the Purchasing Director at UW-La Crosse when he unexpectedly passed away in April 2022.

Gasper is survived by wife Amanda and daughters Emma and Averie and son Colton.