Bio

At a time when opportunities for women in sports were few and far between, Susan Judge excelled and paved the way for the women of today and the future of women's sports. There were no women's intercollegiate sports at the time, but the Wautoma native took every opportunity she could get her hands on.

These UW-Oshkosh opportunities included four years on the swimming & diving team of which she was captain her senior season, four years on the field hockey and three years on the bowling team. During her three years on the bowling team, Judge was on the ACU championship squad and was the ACU's double champion in 1965. She was a member of all-star teams in basketball, volleyball, softball and field hockey at UW-Oshkosh and set several Albee Hall pool records in relays and individual events.

Since her graduation from UW-Oshkosh in 1967, Judge has taken her love of athletics and helped advance the future of women's sports in the Fox Valley. She has established a very successful and distinguished career as a teacher, coach and administrator. Judge has spent the past 29 years in the Kimberly Area School District, with eight of those years spent as the athletic director, a position she resigned from in 1993.

Before retiring from coaching in 1990, Judge coached high school girls volleyball teams to one state and five conference championship titles. In addition, she was the girls track & field coach for five years, the final being a conference championship season. She coached freshmen girls basketball for 17 years and compiled five conference championships.