Bio

Michael Neumann was the first UW-Oshkosh thrower to win an NCAA Division III men’s track & field individual title, claiming consecutive discus throw crowns at the 1989 and 1990 Outdoor Championships to cap a four-year career from 1987-90 that included six All-America awards.

Neumann earned four straight All-America citations in the discus throw by producing a third-place effort in 1988 and a seventh-place showing in his freshman season of 1987. He remains one of just two Titans to achieve All-America status four consecutive years in a single event during the outdoor season.

The Germantown High School graduate added a pair of All-America awards in the shot put, placing fourth at the national indoor meet and eighth at the outdoor championship in 1990. 

Neumann’s achievements helped UW-Oshkosh win the 1989 WIAC indoor and 1990 WIAC outdoor titles before going on to finish as the runner-up at the 1990 national outdoor championship.

Neumann claimed the first of his back-to-back Division III discus throw titles with his distance of 176-0 in 1989, which secured the school’s first national championship in a field event. Neumann’s toss of 171-0 at the 1990 national outdoor meet also topped the list of qualifiers. 

Neumann’s collection of outdoor All-America citations in the discus throw also include a third-place finish in 1988 with a distance of 170-2 and a seventh-place effort of 160-11 in 1987.

Neumann finished fourth at the 1990 Division III Indoor Championship with a heave of 51-11 1/4 in the shot put before he achieved his sixth All-America honor by taking eighth with a distance of 51-0 in the shot put at the 1990 Division III outdoor meet.

In 1990, Neumann accounted for 11 of UW-Oshkosh’s 45 points at the Division III Outdoor Championship as the Titans finished as the national runner-up. 

Neumann, who was named to the 54-member WIAC All-Centennial Men’s Track & Field Team in 2012, won consecutive conference outdoor discus titles with tosses of 157-8 in 1989 and 174-5 in 1990. 

Neumann earned his bachelor’s degree from UW-Oshkosh in 1991 and a master’s degree from UW-Milwaukee in 2000. He has been a guidance counselor and track & field coach in the Whitnall School District since 2001. 

Neumann was an assistant track & field coach at Marquette University and Germantown high schools after serving as a personal trainer in Glendale from 1991-94 and as a track & field technician (throws) in the Germantown area from 1995-2000.

Neumann and his wife, Kelly, reside in Southeast Wisconsin.