Bio

With nine national championships, women’s outdoor track & field is UW-Oshkosh’s most successful program. Vicki Drewa was a key factor in putting the Titans on the map, helping the school to its first titles in 1990 and 1991.

Drewa attained 10 All-America plaques in the throwing events from 1990-93. UW-Oshkosh won the WIAC Indoor Track & Field Championship during all four of her years.

The Titans won both WIAC crowns and the outdoor national title in 1990. Drewa contributed seven points at the NCAA Outdoor Championship with her fifth-place distance of 42-4.75 in the shot put and a sixth-place mark of 137-9 with the discus. Indoors, she finished second with a shot put of 43-9.75.

Drewa launched the discus 145-7 to earn gold at the 1991 WIAC Championship. She then secured fourth place (144-6) at nationals as UW-Oshkosh earned its second consecutive outdoor title. Drewa also took fifth in the outdoor shot put with a distance of 45-0.25.

In 1992, Drewa posted another WIAC crown and three All-America awards. With a throw of 127-2, she took the league javelin title. Drewa eventually placed fourth nationally in the indoor shot put (43-2.5), sixth in the outdoor shot put (43-4.5) and eighth in the discus (138-5).

During her senior season, Drewa received UW-Oshkosh’s John Taylor Scholar-Athlete Award. She concluded her NCAA Division III Championship career by placing second at the indoor shot put (44-2) and third in the discus (140-10).

Drewa, from Kaukauna High School, was named to the WIAC All-Centennial Women’s Track & Field Team in 2012.

Drewa earned her master’s degree from National Louis University in 1999. Since then, she’s been an elementary school teacher in Chicago, Ill.