Bio

UW-Oshkosh has had plenty of highly decorated pass receivers in the 125-year history of its football program, but when forming a list of the school's best, Rob Stoltz's name is near the top.

Stoltz appeared in 39 football games for UW-Oshkosh from 1992-95 and caught 155 passes for 2,691 yards and 24 touchdowns. He currently ranks second for the Titans in career receiving yards and third in both career receptions and career receiving touchdowns after holding the top listing in each category upon graduation.

Stoltz's best season with the Titans was in 1996 when he was named the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association's Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year after catching 69 passes for 1,179 yards and 10 touchdowns. Stoltz, who also received All-WIAC First Team accolades that season, surpassed 100 receiving yards in seven of UW-Oshkosh's 10 games in 1996, including 206 yards on 11 receptions against St. Ambrose University (Iowa).

The Greendale High School graduate additionally received All-WIAC Second Team honors in 1994 and all-league First Team mention in 1995.

Stoltz played one season of baseball at UW-Oshkosh and was a member of the Titans' 1994 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III national championship team. He started all 45 games in center field and helped UW-Oshkosh to a 41-4 record by hitting .307 with four home runs, nine doubles, 37 runs scored and 29 runs batted in.

Stoltz played professional football in Germany during the 1997 and 1998 seasons and led the Franken Knights in every receiving category both years.

Stoltz was also exceptional in the classroom. He was named an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America, the WIAC's Football Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1996 and the male winner of UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Senior Scholar-Athlete Award in 1997.

Stoltz was recognized as a Burger King Football Scholar-Athlete of the Week prior to UW-Oshkosh's 1996 football game against UW-La Crosse. UW-Oshkosh benefited from Stoltz's selection as it received a $10,000 donation from Burger King to the school's general scholarship fund. Stoltz was the first WIAC football player to receive the award.

Stoltz, a 1999 UW-Oshkosh graduate, recently retired as the head football coach at Greendale High School. His 20 years of coaching the Panthers included 159 wins, a .742 winning percentage, 15 consecutive Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association playoff appearances, 11 conference titles and a pair of trips to Madison for the state championship final.

Stoltz lives in New Berlin with his wife, Jenny, and their children, Ellery and Anderson.