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•  Head coach of the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets and Chicago Bulls from 1980-86
• Assistant coach for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers
• Head coach of the American Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets and assistant for two other teams
• 178-77 record in 11 seasons as head coach of NMU men's basketball

Football

Track & Field 

• Coached high school football, basketball and track for over 30 years
• Registered official in all three sports
• For 20 years he served as coaches representative on the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Upper Peninsula athletic comitee
• Former president of the NMU alumni association
• Served on the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame Council 

Football

Track & Field

• Starting running back for 1956 football team that finished the season undefeated
• Named a Little (now NCAA Division II) All-American after leading the team in rushing (386 yards) and scoring (36 points) 
• Four-year letter winner in Track & Field

• Captain of the NMU's undefeated 1967 football team
• All-American
• High school football coach and assistant athletic director at Fenwick High School

Basketball

Football

• First Eight-Letter Athlete at NMU
• Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame
• Four Letterman in Football
• Four Letterman in Basketball

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Four letters in football
• Three letters in basketball
• Four letters in track
• Co-captain of the 1953 football team

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Won three Michigan Class "E" state championships
• Upper Peninsula Coach-of-the-year in 1959
• 192-70 Nahma High School basketball record

• 1,257 career points
• 1962 team Most Valuable Player
• 1963 captain
• 3 time All-American 1962-64

• 1987 All-American honorable mention
• Led team in rushing 85-86-87-88
• Led team in scoring 86-87-88
• NMU record for career yards rushing (3842)

•  MVP of 1975 national championship game
• Four year letter winner
• Head coach of undefeated Lakeland College football team in 1997
• All-time winningest football coach in Saginaw Valley State University history
• 2008-11 NMU defensive coordinator

• Set a then record of points by a freshman in 1970 with 387 total points
• Left NMU as team's third all-time leading scorer with 1,575 career points
• Three-time team MVP
• Averaged 14.1 points per game as a senior

• 1991 & 1992 Hobey Baker Award Finalist
• 1991 NCAA Tournament MVP
• 1991 WCHA MVP
• 1st in goals in a season(48); 3rd points in a season (89)
• 1st on all-time NMU game-winning goals in a season list (7)

• Orthopedic Surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
• University of North Dakota associate professor in surgery and football team physician
• Played three positions for the NMU football team

•  Member of the 1975 National Championship Team
• Named outstanding defensive lineman on the 1975 team
• 1976 All-American Defensive Tackle and NMU team captain

• 1981 All-America Honorable Mention QB
• 1983 All-America Second Team QB
• NCAA Division II single-game playoff passing record (443 yards)
• Two-Time MVP

• Three-year letter winner on NMU's football squads in 1973, '74 and '75
• Led the team in total offense in 1974 and was named MVP
• Drafted by the New England Patriots and later signed with the Dallas Cowboys

• Contributor to the NMU hockey and volleyball programs both on the radio and spreading the goodwill throughout the community
• Play-by-play announcer for the NMU hockey program from 1979-1996
• Broadcasted three Northern Michigan NCAA National Championships and three NCAA National Championship runners-up

• 1960 All-American
• 1958 and 1960 NMU team MVP
• 1959 and 1960 NMU team captain

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

•  Won the Great Lakes Conference Championships as head coach for Manistique High School in 1952, 1958, 1959, 1964 and 1967
• Lettered in Football and Track at NMU
• Named Coach of the Year in 1958
• Class B State Champion Coach in 1959

Basketball

Football 

• Four Year Letterman in Basketball at NMU
• Basketball Team Captain
• Lettered in Football
• Former Assistant Basketball Coach at University of Michigan
• Won National AAU Championship with the 1972 Flint AAU team

• Played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for four teams
• First All-American in program history in 1981
• Left NMU as team's third all-time leading scorer
• 1981 CCHA scoring leader
• 1981 NCAA All-Tournament Team member

• Three-time team captain
• All-American accolades in 1974, 1975 and 1976 in distance races and medley relays
• Pool records in the 1,650 freestyle and 500 freestyle and school records in the 1,650 freestyle, 1,000 freestyle and 500 freestyle 

Basketball

Track & Field

• Earned three varsity letters in basketball and one in track
• Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force
• Developed and operated Camp Roy-El for physically disable children

• 1959 team leader in receptions
• One of the founders of the NMU East Coast Alumni Chapter
• One of initial organizers of the F.L. "Frosty" Ferzacca Scholarship Fund

• Served as head men's basketball coach for 18 years at NMU
• Took NMU to the NCAA Division II playoffs five times and reached the national quarterfinals twice
• Career coaching record of 516-290
• NMU coaching record of 300-188

• 1976 NMU Offensive Lineman of the Year
• 1976 Tri-Captain
• Starting Strong Guard on the 1975 National Championship Team

• Four year letterman in basketball
• Starting guard on the 1964-65 team that led the nation in scoring
• Played a total of 96 games and scored a total of 706 points and played on two NAIA District 23 Championship Teams
• Upper Peninsula Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1987 and Class B State Coach of the Year
• Inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1997

• 1984 national champion in floor exercise
• Four time All-American in uneven bars, floor exercise, vault and all-around
• 1,864.82 career points

Football

Track & Field 

• Lettered in football and track
• Coached high school football, basketball and track for 16 years
• For 11 years he was the Director of Athletics at Avondale High School
• The firld at Avondale High School is named in his honor
• Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame

• MVP on Northern's 1963-64 basketball team
• Scored 788 points in 88 games
• Eight NAIA national tournament appearances
• Former Michigan Tech basketball coach

• Four time All-American selection
• 1982 AIAW champion in 50m breaststroke, 200m medley relay, 200m freestyle relay and the 400m freestyle relay

Administrator

Coach

• Former athletic director at NMU
• Athletic trainer at NMU for 25 years
• Former director of intramurals, golf coach and assistant athletic director
• Served as director of Michigan High School Athletic Association

Football

Basketball

• 1927 and 1928 captain of the basketball team
• 1926 captain of the football team

• Head coach of the University of Michigan Wolverines football program from 1995-07
• 1997 AP National Champion of Division I football
• 122–40 overall head coaching record and 5 conference championships, all at Michigan
• Quarterback of the 1967 undefeated NMU football team 

• 19 66-69 Associated Press All-American honorable mention
• Member of the 1967 playoff team
• Four year letter winner

• Co-Captain 1967-1968
• Four year letter winner
• Recipient of NMU's 1st Thoroughbred Award in 1967

• Earned three varsity letters in basketball
• Member of the first NMU team to compete in the NAIA national tournament

• Coach of NMU 1991 National Championship Team
• Director of Athletics 1987-2000
• National Coach of the Year 1980-1991
• NMU Hockey Coach 1976-2002
• Ranked Among Top 10 Winningest College Hockey Coaches

• Four-time All-American in cross country and an All-American in skiing 
•  First NMU women’s cross country runner to become an All-American
• Member of first cross country team to advance to NCAA Division II Championships
• GLIAC Cross Country Champion in 2001
• Placed sixth in the 15-kilometer freestyle at the 2002 NCAA Skiing Championships
• Competed in the 2010 Olympics with the U.S. Ski Team

• Master Professional Certification by the United States Processional Tennis Associate
• Found of the Contardi Tennis Camp and Cartardi Tennis Academy
• Noted nation-wide for his development of junior level tennis players

• 2000, 2001 and 2003 All-American
• 2003 National Champion 20k
• 2006 US Olympic Team member

• Competed in all sports at NMU before embarking on a coaching and teaching career in 1936
• One of the founders of the former Upper Peninsula Coaches Association and U.P. Athletic Directors Association
• Served as an athletic official for 14 years and was selected twice to work state basketball finals
• Inducted into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1978

• Named an Honorable Mention All-American in 1998
• Finished her career with second most points (1,605) and seventh most rebounds (649)
• Named First-Team All-GLIAC in 1997 and 1998

Wrestling

Football

• NMU's first NCAA champion
• Heavyweight crown in 1973
• 2 letters in football and 2 letters in wrestling
• Wrestling record of 37-7
• MVP in 1973

• Quarterback of the 1929 undefeated team
• 1974 Distinguished Alumni Award winner from NMU

• Led the Wildcats to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 1995-96 
• Led the team is scoring as a freshman with 474 points
• Scored 532 points as a sophomore en route to first-time All-America,  first-team All-GLIAC, and GLIAC Player of the Year honors

• Three-time letter winner 
•  Member of the Wildcats' 1993 NCAA Division II Volleyball National Championship team
• First team All-American in 1992 and 1993
• Named all-conference, all-region and NCAA Elite 8 All-Tournament in 1992 and 1993

• Four year letter-winner in swimming
• NMU's first NCAA Division II swimming runner-up and first two-time All-American in the sport
• Served as co-captain his junior and senior years
• Listed in the NMU swimming record books among the top ten for total career points
• In 1969, his 2nd place NCAA Division II Championship finish was the highest of any Michigan college entry 

Coach

Administrator 

• Member of the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XIII and XIV winning teams as assistant coach
• Served as assistant coach for the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings
• Head coach of the United States Football League's Birmingham Stallions from 1983-86
• Served as assistant coach at the University of Colorado and University of Missouri
• Head Football Coach during 1967 undefeated team; assistant 1958-60

• Four year hockey letterwinner
• Honorable mention all-league choice in each of his first three seasons before gaining first-team All-Western Collegiate Hockey Association honors as a senior and Named WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
• WCHA's leading goal-scorer in 1991-92 and tied the school career record for short-handed goals with nine and was team MVP in 1992
• Game winning goal in the 1991 NCAA Tournament semi-final victory over Maine
• Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings and played for the St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes

• Defensive coordinator that helped lead the Wildcats to the Division II playoffs in 1980, 1981 and 1982
• 1980 defense was ranked fifth in the nation in scoring and run defense

• 1976 Great Lakes Conference Champion
• 1978, 1979 Michigan State Invitational Champion
• 1980 Mid-Continent Conference Champion
• Three Time All-American

• Named Adjunct Professor of Sports Medicine in 1975
• Received the President's Award for Distinguished Citizenship in 1976
• Dedicated 20 years of service to NMU as an orthapaedic surgeon

• Holds NMU record for six goals in one game
• Ranks First in Career Goals
• Ranks First in Most Power Play Goals in One Season (21)
• Ranks Second in Career Scoring
• Two Time Hobey Baker Finalist

Football

Basketball

Baseball

• Lettered in football (3 years), basketball (4 years) and baseball (2 years)
• Member of the U.S. Naval Air Corps legendary "Wildcat Squadron"
• Former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Michigan

• 1973 draft pick of the Baltimore Colts
• Earned an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship
• Academic All-American second team
• Earned three varsity letters

Coach

Administrator

• 1965 Associated Press and NAIA Coach of the Year
• 55-19-2 Career Record at NMU
• Association of Mid Continent University Athletic Director 1982-1988
• Eastern Michigan University Athletic Director 1965-1972
• NMU Head Football Coach from 1957-1963

• All-American football player in 1965
• Three-year letterman
• 2,530 all-purpose yards
• Competed in the semi-pro Ontario Rugby Football Union
• Led the team in total offense, rushing, scoring, kickoff returns, and punt returns his senior year

• 1977 A.P. All-American Honorable Mention Split End
• Led 1975 National Championship Team in yards receiving (675 regular season, 136 playoffs)
• Played in three NCAA Playoffs

Nordic Skiing

Football

• Member of the 1952 Oslo, Norway Olympic Ski Team
• Set a then-North American record for ski jumping distance of 281 feet in 1948
• 1950 Class "B" Skiing National Champion
• 1951 football team captain
• Four year starting quarterback of the football team

Cross Country

Track & Field 

• Earned eight combined letters
• All-American after finishing third in the mile at the 2005 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships
•  Clocked the fastest time in the mile in 2005 at 4:47.05 and still holds the GLIAC record for the indoor mile
• Earned All-American status in cross country in 2003
• Competed in seven NCAA Championships as a Wildcat in cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field
• Captain for the cross country program for three years and for the track & field program for two

• All-American Honorable Mention 1960
• Four year Starter
• MVP and Leading scorer 1959-1960
• Two year team captain

• 1938 NMU football player
• 1942 Detroit Lions tailback
• 1949-58 NMU football backfield coach

• Lineback for NMU
• Assistant coach at Western Kentucky
• Six seaons and three bowl games at Georgia Tech as defensive coach
• Joined the coaching staff of the Detroit Lions in 1974, the Atlanta Falcons in 1977, the Buffalo Bills in 1983 and was named defensive coordinator of the Houston Oilers a year later
• On January 20, 1986, was named the Oilers Head Coach, becoming the first NMU alumnus to serve as head coach of an NFL team

Basketball

Football

• Earned six varsity letters, three in each basketball and football
• Two year captain of the basketball team
• One year captain of the football team
• Won 15 championships while coaching high school athletics

• 1994 All-Academic All-Conference
• 1994 All-Midwest First Team
• 1994 C.M.Frank All-America
• 1994 Hansen's Football Gazette All-America

• Spent more than 32 years at NMU
• Served as Athletic Director for a decade

• NAIA and AP ALL-American honors at center in 1960
• Three-time letterman
• Draft choice of the NFL Cleveland Browns

• 1993 National Championship Team member
• NMU's record for career kills (1,664), career blocks (761) and blocks in a season (229)
• Three-time All-GLIAC First Team
• Three-time AVCA All-American

• Third in the ski jump at the 1980 NCAA National Championship 
• Captured second team All-American accolades with a sixth-place finish at the 1979 NCAA National Championship
• Member of the 1980 United States Olympic team

• 1987 GLIAC Coach of the Year
• 1987 Kodak College Coach of the Year Region III
• Defensive Line Coach on the 1975 National Championship Team
• Winningest Coach in NMU Football History

• Four year letterman
• NCAA-II National Champion in 1-meter diving in 1983
• Member of the 1982 AIAW-II National Runner-up Team
• Three-time All-American and served as Swimming and Diving Team Captain in 1983

Basketball

Football

Track & Field

• 18 years in the Green Bay Packer organization as coach, director of player personnel and administrative assistant
• First 12 letter-winner in school history
• Initiated NMU men's swimming program
• Coached football at NMU and University of Wyoming

• Head coach of the UW-Green Bay and Northern Illinois University women's basketball programs
• Over 500 career coaching victories at the Division I level
• .646 career winning percentage

• 26 year high school coach
• Boston Globe Coach-of-the-Year
• Two-way tackle 1960-1963

• Co-Captain of the 1975 National Championship Team
• Four year letter winner
• Head Coach of 1989 State Champion Marinette High School

• First individual champion in NMU history when he won the 1962 NAIA discuss throw
• Placed fourth in 1961 NAIA championship discuss throw

• Best career free throw average (84.4%)
• Most career field goals (856)
• NMU all-time leading scorer (2,224 points)
• NMU all-time single season scoring leader (763 points)

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• High School Coach of the Year in 1957
• 1948 NMU Football MVP
• Former Head Coach for Marquette High School Football and Track
• Former Athletic Director of Marquette High School
• First MHSAA Representative Council President from the U.P.

• Specializing in the shot put, discus and javelin
• Went undefeated in the discus and shot put, earning the team MVP as a senior
• Coached the junior varsity basketball team and served as a football assistant coach
• Competed in the National Senior Games, finishing fourth in shot put in 2011, and earned U.S. Track & Field All-American ratings in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013

• Head wrestling coach at Osceola High School for 20 years
• Lead teams to seven conference championships
• Inducted into the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association's "George Martin Wrestling Hall of Fame"
• Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma

• Served as Sports Information Director for 23 years from 1965 to 1988
• Broadcaster of NMU football and basketball for 19 seasons
• Served as secretary of the NMU Athletic Council
• Assisted in organization of the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame
• 1980 recipient of the Jim Trethewey Award for dedication to U.P. sports

• NMU men's basketball coach for 22 seasons, 1922-42 and 45-47
• 162 career wins
• .540 winning percentage
• Served as NMU physical education department head for 34 years

• Chairman of the NMU Athletic Council 1959-1974
• Member of the NMU Athletic Council 1959-1979

• Long time coach and administrator at the Michigan School for the Blind
• Competed in all sports and was regarded as one of the best "small" athletes in the University's history
• Named Michigan wrestling coach of the year in 1963
• Charter inductee into the Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame
• Received a Distinguished Alumni Award from NMU in 1971 for his work with blind youth

• 3rd all-time NMU career assists (129)
• 6th all-time NMU career points (205)
• 8th all-time NMU career goals (76)
• Member of the 1991 National Championship Team

Athlete

Administrator 

• Four-time NCAA II National Champion and five-time NCAA II All-American
• NMU's only four-time national champion
• Invited to NCAA Division I National Championships in 1979 and 1980

• Three-time All-American
• Former holder of three career records in football
• Tri-captain his senior year at NMU
• Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 1970

• Five-time NCAA Division II National Champion
• Set NCAA Division II records in the 100 breaststroke and 400 medley relay 
• Four-year letter winner
• Set four NMU and four GLIAC records
• Became the oldest NCAA Division II National Champion in 1993 at the age of 30

• Four year letterman in wrestling and lettered in football
• Most Valuable Wrestler for the 1980-81 season
• Three-time NCAA II wrestling All-American and National Champion Division II heavyweight in 1981
• Overall 2nd place in Career Falls (52), 3rd places for Season Fall (22), Career Wins (116), Career Points (403), Season Wins (38), and Season Points (133)

• The number one player on NMU's golf team
• Served as captain of the team and also was a student assistant coach
• Won several U.P. and local golf tournaments

• Entered coaching in 1925 and spent his entire career at Northern Michigan and Marquette Pierce High School

• Four year letterman in football
• Co-captain of the 1965 and 1966 squads
• NAIA All-American honorable mention tackle in 1965
• Played five years of professional football with the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL
• Assistant coach at the University of Western Ontario

Athlete

Coach 

• Michigan State Head Coach 1995 - Present: all-time leader in wins
• 2000 National Champions, 6 Final Four appearances
• Four-Time National Coach of the Year
• NMU Men's Basketball Assistant Coach 1979-1983
• NMU Team Captain 1976-1977

• 1980, 1981 SMAIAW-II All-State
• 1981 AIAW-II Regional
• 1981 Team MVP
• Led team in scoring in 1981 (500 points)

• 1988 and 1991 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year
• 1990, 1991, 1992 GLIAC Coach of the Year
• 27 national champions
• Coached swimmers to 84 All-America honors

• Four year letterman in football from 1963-66
• Co-captain his senior year
• Combat medic in Vietnam and earned two Bronze Stars
• Former President of the NMU Alumni Association

• GLIAC All-Conference team member in all four seasons
• 1998 third team All-American
• 1998 GLIAC Player of the Year
• 1995 GLIAC Freshman of the Year
• Holds school record for career steals at 391

• Produced 30 Upper Peninsula championship boys' teams
• Produced five Upper Peninsula championship girls' teams
• Named to receive the Bosworth Community Service Award to the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 1976
• Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame

• Earned three letters from 1983-1985
• NCAA Division II Region Champion and NCAA Division II National Runner-up at the 167-pounds in 1984
• Named Team MVP in 1985

• Second Team All-American in 1978 and 1979
• First Team All-American in 1981 and 1982
• Finished third at NCAA Championships in 1981 and 1982

• All-Time Career Scoring Leader (255 points)
• All-Time Single Season Scoring Leader (96 points)
• Two-Time All-CCHA Selection

• 10th overall career scoring (1,342 points)
• 1980, 1981 AIAW-II All-Regional
• First 1,000 point scorer in NMU Women's Basketball history

• Defensive End Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian Football League 1986-1998
• Four-Team CFL All-Pro
• MVP Defensive Lineman 1985

• Left NMU as program's third all-time rebounding leader
• 1957 set a then-school record of 16.7 rebounds per game
• 1958 set a then-school record with 336 rebounds during the season

• Four year letter-winner in basketball
• Defeated Michigan State in Marquette and ended up losing only 3 games during his junior year
• Captained the 1961-62 team to a 14-9 season, earning MVP honors

• 10-year veteran of the NFL
• All-American linebacker
• Captain of the NMU's 7-3 team in 1971
• Played in the NFL with Kansas City, Cincinnati and St. Louis
• Leading tackler for St. Louis in 1978 and 1980 was a Cardinal team captain

• 27 NCAA top 10 finishes
• All-America in breaststroke and 400 yard relay
• Multiple-time Great Lakes Conference Champion

• 1980 Associated Press All-American second-team quarterback
• 1980 Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year
• 1979 and 1980 team MVP

• All-Conference Team 1949-1950
• Leading Scorer 1949-1950
• Most Valuable Player 1950

• 1987 All-GLIAC First Team Defensive Tackle
• Four Year Letter Winner

• 13th-year chairperson
• 27-year member
• Dedicated advocate for student athletes
• NCAA faculty representative

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Art was active in all major sports
• Solid performer in all sports but track was his specialty
• Registered professional engineer in the District of Columbia and Florida
• Served as Assistant Division Director, Support Facilities Construction Division, for the Department of the Navy

Football

Track & Field

• 1962 football captain
• Set a then-school record in the high jump in 1960
• Long-time head varsity football coach at Negaunee High School

• 1967 team captain
• Three year letter winner
• Team had 49-22 record during his three seasons

• 1,138 points and 712 rebounds during career at NMU
• 1992 All-American Honorable Mention
• 1992 GLIAC Player of the Year

• NFL Career 1972-1975
• NMU Record for Career Interceptions (20)
• NMU record for Interceptions in a Season (13)
• Three Year Letter Winner

• Head Coach of 1975 NCAA Division II National Championship Team
• Went on to coach at New Mexico State

Football

Tennis

• 1947 football captain
• 1946-48 No. 1 singles player in tennis
• 1977 NMU Distinguished Alumni Award winner

Football

Track & Field

Hockey 

• Lettered in football and track
• Candidate for the 1940 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
• Former executive director of the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame

Coach

Athletic Trainer 

• NMU Olympic Training Center Coordinator 1985
• Women's Athletic Coordinator 1968-1973
• Women's Ski Coach 1967-1973

• Played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and L.A. Kings
• Served as captain of the Rangers and co-captain of the Kings
• 1979 and 1980 CCHA All Star - 1st Team
• 1980 NCAA All Tournament Team member
• Four year team captain and winner of Best Defensemen Award at NMU

• Three-time letter winner in 1961, 1962, and 1963
• Served as team captain
• Named Little (now NCAA Division II) Honorable Mention All-American in 1963 
• He went on to become a teacher and coach in the Manistique Schools system

Nordic Skiing

Cross Country 

• Skied in three NCAA National Championships earning two All-American First Team honors in 1999 and 2000 
• Member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Ski Team 
• Ran at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in 2000
• 1998 GLIAC Cross Country Championships runner-up
• Earned her PhD from the University of Utah in 2010

• High School Boys Basketball Coach
• NMU Basketball Manager, Assistant Coach
• One State Championship, Four Regional and 15 District Championships

• Has served as the team physician for Wildcat intercollegiate athletics for nearly 30 years 
• Medical director for sports medicine and substance abuse at Marquette General Hospital
• Recipient of the NMU President’s Award for Distinguished Citizenship in 1999
• Served as the head physician for the 1996 Summer Olympics and has worked other World Games and Olympic events

Basketball

Football

• A Founder of the Alumni "N" Club at NMU
• President of the Golden Wildcat Club
• Varsity Letters in Football and Basketball

• Four-year letter winner at NMU
• Started for Northern at halfback from 1965-1968 and was named MVP as a senior
• Rushed 319 times for 1,436 yards and 11 touchdowns
• Caught 37 passes for 481 yards and three scores

• 1993, 1994 National Championship Team Member
• AVCA First Team All-American 1994, 1995, 1996
• GLIAC Player of the Year 1995, 1996
• Holds NMU Records: career assists (4,531), season digs (476)
• Two-Time AVCA Division II Player of the Year 

• 1990 Most valuable Linebacker
• 1990 Most Valuable Player
• Played 9 NFL Seasons
• Two-Time All-GLIAC First Team

Nordic Skiing

Field Hockey

Volleyball

First Double National Champion, Alpine Combined and Slalom 1979

First Women's All-American 1979

First Women's National Champion, Alpine 1979

• 14 All-American Honors as a Swimmer
• Member of Two National Champion Relays
• Sixth Leading All-Time Scorer
• Voted most valuable player four years in a row

• Coached 9 NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions
• Current NFL Network analyst
• Quarterback of the 1975 National Championship Team
• AP All-American 1976, 1977
• Most Valuable Player 1975-1977

• First NMU player to participate in the College All-Star Game in 1967
• 1966 second team All-American
• 1966 team MVP

• NMU's first female athletic trainer
• Played a significant role in the health care of NMU athletes for 13 years

• Co-Captain 1969 & 1971
• NMU's First All-American swimmer
• Three-Time All-American

• All-American defensive tackle in 1962 and 1963
• Drafted by the Green Bay Packers
• Coached one year at Sault Ste. Marie Loretto High School

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Won 12 varsity letters while competing for NMU
• Gwinn High School varsity football coach

• 1971 Defensive Most Valuable Player
• Multi Golden Helmet Awards
• Team Leading tackler for Two Consecutive Seasons

• Was the first hockey Wildcat Willy
• Eventually became first mascot for all sports on campus
• Went on to be a professional mascot in the NHL

•  4-time NCAA All-American Diver in 1 and 3 Meter events
• NMU's first NCAA National Champion for any sport
• Set 1 and 3 meter NMU pool records
• Set 1 and 3 meter pool records after a meet at Central Michigan University

• NMU Gymnastics Coach at NMU for 22 years
• Initiated the sport at the varsity level in the fall of 1966 with a men's team
• Lifetime dual record is 150 wins and 89 losses
• Trained numerous All-Americans at NMU

Wrestling

• 1979 Most Improved Wrestler
• 4th on NMU all-time career wins list (114)
• Four-time NCAA Division II qualifier
• NMU single-season win record (43)
• Two-Time All-American

• 1992, 1993 GLIAC Most Valuable Player
• 1993 Honda Award Winner for NCAA II National Athlete of the Year
• 1993 National Championship Team Member
• First two-time AVCA National Player of the Year 1992, 1993

• 1967 AP and NAIA All-American honorable mention
• 1968 team captain
• Coached Marquette Senior High School football, track and wrestling for nine seasons

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Played freshman football and basketball at NMU
• Innovative coach and a registered high school athletic official for 51 years

• Holds NMU record in career assists (149)
• Sixth in NMU career goals (86)
• Third in NMU career scoring (235 points)

• Member of 1961 NAIA playoff football team
• Assistant football coach at NMU
• Head track and swimming coach at NMU
• Coached Ishpeming High School varsity football to the 1975 state championship

• 1976 Kodiak All-American
• 1976 North-South Shrine Game participant
• Four-year starter at wide receiver
• 11th round NFL draft selection of the Kansas City Chiefs

Coach

Administrator

• 1947-1968 physical education department head
• 1947-55 head football coach
• 1947-56 men's basketball coach
• Developed first major graduate program in physical education

• Leading scorer in 1960-61 with 564 points; ranks 13th most all-time
• Member of the 1961 team that took third place in the NAIA national tournament
• MVP and team captain as a senior
• NAIA Second Team All-American; Associated Press Third Team All-American
• Drafted by Detroit Pistons; Head basketball coach, Regis University

Football

Track & Field 

• Long-time coach and teacher at the University of Illinois-Chicago
• Captained the 1942 football team
• Shot putter in track and field
• Gymnastics coach for 13 years at Illinois-Chicago
• Became supervisor of the Student Teacher Education program in the department of HPER in 1968 and received the University's Silver Circle Award for excellence in teaching in 1980

• 1986 Team Co-Captain
• 1986 Team MVP
• Two-time All American

Football

Basketball

Track & Field 

• A three-sport athlete who served 41 years as a coach
• Lineman and kicker in football
• Guard in basketball
• Distance runner in track
• Coach, teacher and administrator at Ironwood Township and Ewen and taught at Ironwood

• 1985 Team Captain
• NMU record Most passing touchdowns in a game (6)
• NMU record Total Offense in a game (355 passing, 35 rushing)
• NMU record Total Season offense (2,604)
• NMU record Yards passing in a season (2,636)

• Drafted by the New England Patriots in 1963
• Led NMU in Rushing, Total Offense and Scoring in 1962
• Named MVP in 1962
• Little All-American as Running Back

• All-American quarterback
• Guided NMU to an 8-1 record and its first postseason playoff appearance in 1961
• Assistant coach from 1966-73
• Former offensive coordinator at Holy Cross
• Coaching stints at East Carolina, Virginia and Western Illinois

• Twice lead team in overall points
• Left NMU with records for longest punt, 74 yards, and longest field goal, 49 yards
• Worked in the NMU Alumni Relations Office

• Associate Head Coach 1987-1990
• Member of 1975 National Championship Team Coaching Staff
• Offensive Line Coach 1975-1980; 1991

Football

Basketball

Track & Field 

• Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1946
• Captain of both NMU Football and Basketball during the 1941-1942 seasons
• Played Football for the San Diego Bombers
• Earned 9 Varsity Letters while attending NMU

Football

Track & Field

• Former athletic director at Marquette Senior High School
• Co-captained NMU's 1953 football team
• Served as an athletic official for 25 years
• Named U.P. Athletic Director of the Year in 1980

• One of the founders of Northern's intercollegiate athletic program for women
• Inaugurated field hockey as a varsity sport
• 122-69-20 record in 16 seasons
• Won two state championships and reached the AIAW national playoffs in 1979
• Former state commissioner and national vice-president of AIAW Division II

• Lead 1961 squad to program's first-ever national playoff berth
• Left NMU as team's fourth all-time rebounding leader
• 1958 team MVP

• Four-time letterman in basketball
• Played on two NAIA national tournament teams coached by Stan Albeck
• Member of the third place 1961 team
• 800 career points ranked him in the Top 25 all-time scoring leaders
• Basketball captain his senior season

• Two-time All-American in 1997 and 1998
• Named to All-Tournament Team for 1997 NCAA Division II Elite Eight
• Great Lakes Region Player of the Year in 1998
• Holds NMU records for kills per game in a career (4.58), kills per game in a season (4.79) and kills in a match (33) 
• Finished her NMU career third with 1,256 kills

• Played during NMU's initial season of women's intercollegiate athletic competition
• Coached girls basketball at Norway High School to over 250 wins, beginning in 1973
• 1978 Michigan's Coach of the Year
• Named U.P. Coach of the Year four times
• Norway High School teams won 11 district and six regional titles

• Served as NMU's Athletic Trainer for 15 years from 1973 to 1988
• Selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee as a staff trainer for the 1979, 1981, 1982 National Sports Festival and the 1983 Pan American Games
• Co-founder of the Upper Peninsula Sports Medicine Institute
• Volunteer trainer at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Football

Golf

Basketball

• Lettered in football and golf
• Assistant coach in football and basketball under C.V. "Red" Money
• Northern's first full-time Director of Alumni Relations
• One of the organizers of the Alumni 'N' Club, the University's Golden Wildcat Club and the NMU Sports Hall of Fame

• 1982 College Swimming Coaches Association Division II Coach of the Year
• Coached eight national champions
• Five national records established
• Started NMU Women's Swimming and Diving Program

• Member of NMU's 1991 NCAA Division I Hockey Championship team and scored game-wining goal of 8-7 triple overtime win
• Recorded a hat trick in the 1991 National Championships Game victory
• Team captain as a senior season and a four-time letter winner
• Appeared in 166 games for NMU and had 53 goals, 78 assists and 131 points

• Played quarterback for the 1987 team that reached the NCAA Division II Semifinals
• Named team MVP, First-Team All-GLIAC, and Honorable Mention All-American in 1987
• Served twice as the Chair of the NMU Board of Trustees 

• 1978, 1979 Team Captain
• All-time leading scorer; single season goals (31)
• Fifth all-time career assists
• Second leading all-time scorer; career goals (43)

• 1966 and 1967 Most Valuable Lineman
• 1967 Team Co-Captain
• 1968 Green Bay Packers draft pick

• NMU's all-time leading rebounder (953)
• Record for best career field goal percentage (58.3), field goal percentage in a season (64), rebounds in a game (21)
• Seventh on all-time scoring list (1,260)

Football

Basketball

Track & Field 

• Earned nine varsity letters, three in each football, basketball and track
• 1947 football team MVP
• 10 year career as a special agent with the FBI
• 1982 Distinguished Alumni Award winner

• 1991 NCAA All-Tournament Team
• 1991 Second Team All-American
• Starting goaltender on 1991 National Championship Team
• Two-Time WCHA Playoff Championship MVP

• Four year letter-winner in football at NMU
• Team captain for the 1972 season
• Assitant coach at Southern Illinois for six years
• Coached at Bowling Green State, Kansas, Northwestern, New Mexico, Eastern Michigan and Wake Forest
• Former head football coach at Southern Illinois

• Head Football Coach 1978-1982
• Played for the NFL's New York Jets and Boston Patroits
• Member of New York Jets Super Bowl III winning team
• Earned varsity letters in football and track at NMU

• Three-sport athlete and long-time coach, teacher and administrator
• Lettered in football, basketball and track
• Served 35 years as an athletic official in football and basketball and also coached during that time

Football

Basketball

• Lettered three years in football
• Lettered three years in basketball
• Captained the 1948 cage squad
• Teacher and coach for eight years and a school administrator for 25 years in Wisconsin

• Northern's first National Collegiate Champion (NCAA) winning the 1973 nordic combined title as a freshman
• Finnish National Champion of 1970
• Placed fifth in the World Ski Jumping Championships
• Placed in the top ten in jumping in the NCAA championships three times
• 1974 USSA Central Division A champion

Track & Field

Football

• Four-year letter winner and co-captain of the 1952 NMU Track team
• Lettered two years on the football squad
• Graduate assistant on the football staff in 1955 and 1956
• Won two Class A state football championships and one Class A state track championship
• Member of the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame

Football

Basketball

• Letterman in Football and Basketball at NMU
• Head Coach of the Norway Football and Basketball teams in 1932
• Coached Basketball for 22 years and Football for 31 years

• Northern's all-time leader in scoring and rebounding
• Only basketball player to be voted MVP three times
• Scored 1,903 points and had 973 rebounds in a 91-game, four-year career
• Three time All-American honors

• 1960 All-American
• Member of the 1960 team that made the playoffs for first time in school history
• Served as assistant coach of NMU football

• Top-two assist seasons in program history in 1997 and 1998 
• Finished career with 3,434 assists, sixth most in school-history
• Most assists per set in a career with 13.36
• Named NCAA Division II All-American in 1997

• 1981 NHL Chicago Blackhawks Draft Pick
• 1984 All-America Second-Team Defenseman
• 1984 All-CCHA Second Team

Football

Basketball

Track & Field 

• Earned 11 varsity letters in football, basketball and track
• Captained the 1950-51 basketball team
• Coached six state championships teams
• Served 34 years in education, 16 as a teacher and coach, four as administrator in Hancock, Husdon, and Battle Creek

• Member of the 1993 and 1994 NCAA Division II National Championship teams
• First Team All-American, on the NCAA Elite 8 All-Tournament Team, All Great Lakes Region Team, and All GLIAC First Team as a junior
• NCAA Elite 8 All-Tournament Team, All Great Lakes Region Team, and All GLIAC Second Team as a sophomore

• Four-time letterwinner and two-time team Co-Captain
• Qualified for NCAA Championships three times
• Finished 3rd at NCAA Championships in 1982
• Finished career with 102 victories

• Leading scorer in Michigan with 103 points in 1956
• Led 1956 team to an undefeated season as starting QB
• Team Captain for four years and team MVP for three seasons
• Named First Team All State three times, two as a QB, one as HB
• Named a Little All-American
• Had jersey retired in 1959

• 1977 Most Valuable Wrestler
• 1977, '78, '79 All-American
• 1977, '78, '79 Conference Champion (126)
• 2nd on NMU all-time career wins list (118)

• 1972 Class D football Coach of the Year
• Coached Inland Lakes to state football title in 1972
• Michigan High School Football Association Hall of Fame member
• Played both offense and defense

Swimming & Diving

• 13-time NCAA All-American
• 1972 Most Improved Swimmer
• 1973 and 1974 Most Valuable Swimmer

• Four-time letterman and three time Outstanding Receiver Award
• 1,219 yards receiving in 1979 for school record
• AVeraged 18 yards per catch through his career
• Signed with the Green Bay Packers and continued career in the CFL

• Three-time letterman in football
• Leading collegiate scorer in the State of Michigan in 1961 when he scored six touchdowns, 22 PATs and two field goals for 64 points
• NAIA all-state player, he once held Northern records for career touchdowns (14) and touchdowns in one season (7)
• Football coach of the year in 1966 by the U.P. Sportswriters Association

•  1963 All-American
• 1963 team MVP
• 1963 team rebounding leader

• 1,078 total points scored
• 1983 Free Throw Leader
• 1986 Co-Captain

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Lettered in football, basketball and track
• Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association advisory board member

Football

Wrestling

• Started every football game at NMU from his freshman through senior year
• Three year member of the NMU wrestling squad
• Member of the 1975 NCAA Division II Football National Champions

Nordic Skiing

Cross County

• Took second in the 5K freestyle and third in the 15K classic at the 2007 NCAA National Championship 
• Helped team complete their historic double podium sweep in 2007
• CCSA Skier of the Year and placed fifth in the 5K freestyle at the NCAA National Championship in 2008
• Two-time Academic All-American

• UP Athletic Council member of the MHSAA for 21 years
• Member of the MHSAA Executive Board
• MHSAA Chas. E. Forsythe Award Winner

• Four-letter winner at NMU Basketball
• NAIA All-American Honorable Mention
• Recipient of the Henry Tape Outstanding Senior Citizenship Award
• First full-time Intramural Director at NMU

Football

Basketball

Track & Field 

• Captain of the 1938-1939 NMU Basketball Team
• Former President of the NMU Sports Hall of Fame Committee
• Lettered in Football, Basketball and Track 

• 1929 heavyweight wrestling champion of the world
• Member of the 1917 football team

• 1980 NCAA-II national champion in 142-pound weight class
• 123 career wins
• 466.25 career points
• .904 career winning percentage
• Two-time All-American

• 1967 All-American
• 1967 team captain 

Football

Basketball

Tennis 

• Three sport letterwinner
• Player-coach of the men's tennis program

• Played professional football for the Boston Patriots of the American Football League 1964-73
• Four year letter winner on the defensive line at NMU

• Three-year letter winner on the football squad at NMU in 1982, 83' and 84' serving as co-captain in 1984
• Led the team in pass receiving and touchdowns in both 1983 and 1984, and in scoring in 1984
• Holds the NMU record for most touchdowns in a career at 22
• First Academic All-American football player in NMU history to be elected to the 1st team in 1983

• Kodak All-American First Team Defensive Back 1977
• Member of the 1975 National Championship Team
• Team Co-Captain 1977

• Three year starter at center for NMU football
• Member of the 1975 National Championship Team
• First Team Kodak All-American
• Named Outstanding Offensive Lineman in 1974 and 1975

• 1962 NAIA All-American honorable mention
• Four year letter winner
• Coached Peshtigo High School football to over 200 wins, including 15 conference championships and a 1983 state title
• Chairmen of the Wisconsin High School Coaches Football Association Scholarship Committee

• NAIA All American in 1963 and 1964
• Associated Press All American in 1964
• Co-Captain of 1964 team and was selected MVP 

• 1965 and 1966 first team All-American
• 28.2 points per game is the highest career average in program history
• 30.0 points per game average in 1966
• 1,328 career points

• Northern's leading scorer in basketball in the 1950-51 season
• Single game scoring record of 41 points
• Coached the Marquette Senior High School girls' basketball team to a nine-year record of 163-32
• Named Upper Peninsula Coach of the Year in 1977 and 1984
• Class A Regional Coach of the Year in 1985

Field Hockey

Basketball 

• First female to receive eight varsity letters at NMU
• Field hockey and basketball letter winner for four years
• Coached the Negaunee Middle School girl's track team
• Coached the girl's varsity basketball team at Gwinn High School

• 28-Time All-American
• Currently holds 5 GLIAC records
• NCAA National Champion 6 times
• NCAA Record Setter in 400 medley relay, 800 medley relay

• Was one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award as a senior in 2005
• Was named CCHA Player of the Year and Second-Team All-American in 2005
• Finished his career at the top of the NMU record books in save percentage (.924) and goals against average (2.24)

Football

Track & Field

• Team MVP of football and track teams
• 1972 Football Coach of the Year at Kingsford High School
• Coached Kingsford High School football and track for 13 years

• 1987 NCAA Division II National Champion in 200 Freestyle Relay
• Four Year Letter Winner
• Four-year NCAA Division II All-American

Tomsheck (Goodman),
Lisa

• Finished second in the 3 meter at the 1984 NCAA Championships
• National Champion in 1 meter at the 1985 NCAA Championships
• Qualified for Nationals on each board each season, earning All-American honors each time for a total of 8 All-American honors

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Coached both L'Anse and Ironwood high school teams to Upper Peninsula championships
• U.P. representative on State Athletic Association Council
• Ontonagon Area High School and Kingsford High School athletic director

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Four varsity letters in basketball
• Two varsity letters in football
• Two varsity letters in track

• Produced more All-Americans during his tenure than all other programs combined
• Won five Division II swimming National Championship
• Worked as consultant to the Michigan Sea Grant Program
• Coordinator for the Great Lakes Sports Training Center 

• 25-time GLIAC Champion
• 28-time NCAA All-American
• 3 NCAA National Records
• 9-time NCAA National Champion

• Drafted by the Detroit Lions in 1962
• Four Varsity Letters in Football at NMU
• Leading Rusher in 1960 and 1961
• NAIA Third Team
• A.P. Honorable Mention All-America Fullback on the 1960 Honors Team

Basketball

Volleyball

• First Female Athlete at NMU to earn eight varsity letters in two sports
• Served as Team Captain for Volleyball and Basketball her senior year

• Four-time letter winner
• Member of the 200 freestyle realty team that won the 1987 NCAA Division II Championship 
• Four-time NCAA Division II All-American
• Co-captain in 1987

• Three year letter winner
• Served in WWII as Lt. Col with the US Air Force as a fighter pilot
• Semi-pro boxer

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Holds NMU Football Record with 5 Touchdowns in a single game in 1928
• Earned Varsity Letters in Football, Basketball and Track

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Spent 22 years working for the FBI
• Won varsity letters in basketball, football and track

• Third all-time leading scorer in NMU men's basketball history 
• Four-time letter winner
• Named team MVP in three of his four seasons
• Selected as a first team All-American by the NCAA and NABC, was named GLIAC Player of the Year and was selected to play in the NABC/NCAA Division II All-Star Game as a senior

• 1992 and 1994 Olympic Team member
• 1993 National Championship 20k
• Currently Head Coach of US Cross Country development program
• Head Coach of 2006 Olympic ski team

• Spent 2 seasons as the assistant GM for the Detroit Red Wings
• Spent 11 seasons as the GM for the Atlanta Thrashers
• Preliminary member of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team
• 1978 daft pick of the L.A. Kings
• 1978 CCHA Player of the Year and team MVP

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• First NMU Athlete to earn 11 varsity letters
• First four-letter man in Track at NMU
• Established a record in the 220-yard dash in 1929 which stood for 23 years
• 4 letters in Basketball and 3 letters in Football
• Coached the undefeated 1945 Negaunee football team

• 1970 Most Valuable Player
• 1970 Team Captain
• Four Year Letter Winner 

• Played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for six teams
• 1980 CCHA Player of the Year Award
• 1980 team MVP
• 1978 team Most Improved Player
• CCHA All Academic Team

• Won the 2008 NCAA National Championship in the 15K classic race 
• Third in the 5K freestyle earning All-America honors in 2008
• Also had All-America performances in 2004 in the 15K classic, 2005 in the 5K classic and 2006 in the 5K classic 
• Was a member of the 2002 and 2006 U.S. Olympic teams

• 1991 First Team All-American
• 1991 Hobey Baker Award Finalist
• 1991 Student Athlete of the Year WCHA
• 2nd all-time NMU career points (128), goals (40), and assists (88) by a defenseman
• Played 9 NHL Seasons; won a silver medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics with Team Canada.

Football

Basketball

• Two sport letterwinner
• Coached Munising High School football, basketball and golf
• Spent 20 years working in NMU's Registrar's Office

Football

Track & Field

• Earned eight varsity letters, four in each football and track
• Iowa's Drake Relays participant while at NMU
• Held several school track records

• 1980 NCAA Alpine National Champion
• 1st in giant slalom, 2nd in slalom at 1980 U.S. Ski Association Elite Meet
• 1st in giant slalom, U.S. Ski Association Elite Meet
• NMU's first and only Alpine National Champion

• 2007 5k freestyle NCAA National Champion
• Part of two NMU podium sweeps in 2007 in the 5k freestyle and 15k classic at the NCAA National Championship
• 2005 5k classic NCAA runner-up
• 2005 US National Classic Sprint Race winner
• Four-time All-American

•  Set Northern Michigan records in career receiving yards (3,367), career receiving touchdowns (35) and single-season receiving touchdowns (12) 
• Two-time all-MIFC first team selection and one-time all-GLIAC second team honoree
• {layed professionally for the Arena Football 2 League's Quad City Steamwheelers

• 1957 team MVP
• 1957 team scoring leader, averaging 19.1 points per game
• Set a then-school record for free throws made during a game at 13
• Member of NMU's National Alumni Board

 Wilson, Warren
"Whitey"

Football

Basketball

Track & Field

• Earned nine varsity letters, three in each football, basketball and track
• Coached Frankenmuth High School boys basketball to over 500 victories and 18 district championshihps

Basketball

• Set the school record with 25.5 points per game in 1992-93
• Named GLIAC's Player of the Year for 1992-93 season.
• Named Kodak First Team All-American
• Holds school record for most points in a season, 715
• School record 52 points in a game

• 1986 MVP and led the team in punt, kickoff, and interception returns in '86, 87' and 88'
• Holds the NMU record for career kickoff return yards
• Two years as Kodak 1st Team All-American
• Drafted by the Detroit Lions in 1989 and played for the Green Bay Packers
• Played in the World Football League and the Canadian Football League

• 1982 AP All-American Second-Team Running Back
• 1982 Kodak All-America First-Team Running Back
• Holds NMU Records: Career Scoring, Most Points (354), Most Touchdowns (59); Season Scoring, Most Points (138), Most Touchdowns (23); Most Points In A Game (30); Most Touchdowns In A Game (5) 

• 3rd Team NAIA All-American as a freshmen
• Selected 1961-1962 Co-Team Captain
• Third in scoring and rebounds in 1991 upset win vs. Michigan State

• One of the leading scorers and rebounders in NMU basketball history
• NAIA All-American in 1967
• 7th all-time leading rebounder with 647
• 9th all-time leading scorer with 1,098 points
• Senior season of 1966-67 he led the team in rebounding, served as a co-captain and was elected MVP

• Four-time All-American 
• Set  multiple Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) records in 1982
• NCAA Division II National qualifier in multiple events in 1983
• All-American in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 50-yard fly, the 400-yard medley relay, and the 200-meter medley relay

• Four time All-American selection
• 1987 NCAA-II champion in 200m freestyle relay team
• 1,553.58 career points
• 1986 and 1987 team MVP
• 1986 and 1987 team captain

• United States Navy Lieutenant Commander of Fitness and Rehabilitation Programs from 1942-46
• NMU Athletic Director 1966-69
• Department Head of Health, Physical Education and Recreation from 1966-1975
• Principle planner of the Physical Education Instructional Facility
• 1966 Distinguished Alumni Award winner from NMU 

• Undefeated regular season with 9-0 record

• NCAA Division II Champions with a 13-1 overall record
• Pioneer Bowl Champions
• Cameiilia Bowl Champions

• CCHA regular season champions
• CCHA Tournament Champions
• Spencer Pembrose Coach of the Year: Rick Comley
• CCHA Player of the Year: Steve Weeks

• NCAA Division I Champions with a 38-3-4 overall record
• WCHA Regular Season Champions
• WCHA Playoff Champions

• NCAA Division II Champions with a 38-1 overall record
• GLIAC Champions
• AVCA Player of the Year and First-Team All-American: Stacy Metro
• First-Team All-Americans:Andrea Gommans and Heather Koenig

• Advanced to the 1998 NCAA Division II Semifinals
• Finished the season with an overall record of 27-3
• GLIAC Player of the Year: Kristen (Manske) Johnson
• First Team All-GLIAC: Kristen (Manske) Johnson and Mandee Dafoe
• Second Team All-GLIAC: Carrie Dykstra
• GLIAC All-Defensive Team: Kristen (Manske) Johnson and Jennifer Johnson

• First team to sweep the podium in both Nordic events at the NCAA Championships