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HALL OF FAME

From left: Zane Braggs, Ted Fritschel, Gary Ludvigsen, Bob Reiter, Ward Prine, Sue Chapman, Janette (Jurgensen) Ludvigsen, and Jamal Fox.

CLASS OF 2007 INDUCTEE BIOS

Current Members:

Zane Braggs '95
Jamal Fox '97
Janette Jurgensen Voss '89
Robert Reiter '81
Ted Fritschel '53
Ward Prine '86
Sue Chapman '91
Gary Ludvigsen '67
Kyle Kreinbring '91
Elmer Kretzschmar '36
Kathy Laufer Hovick '80
David Jensen '61
Bill Kappmeyer '40
Dave Koll '86
Kris Kuper '88
John Kurtt '53
Buzz Levick, coach
Wendell Liemohn '56
Tom Manchester '71
Art Margheim '57
Mark Merritt '83
Mike Murphy '89
Gary Nelson '71
Robyn Olson Friedman '95
Brad Ott '88
Marvin Ott '61
Earnest Oppermann '38, coach
Dave Platte '72
Waldo Platte '50
Cheryl (Pueggel) Whitehurst '78
Todd Reinhardt '91
Kathy (Roberts) Franken '93
Liz Rogers '83
Greg Schmitz '83
Duane Schroeder '58
Kathy Smith '90
Brad Smoldt '83
Frank Stewart '73
Jon W. Thieman '68
John E. Tuecke '60
Lisa Uhlenhopp Ellis '92
Richard Walker, coach

Fredric Waldstein '74
Gary Walljasper '85
Howard Wolfgram '51
Bill Adix '53
The Rev. Bob Adix '55
The Rev. John Adix '58
Karen Baumgartner Rogers '86
Doug Beck '71
Scott Becker '83
Bill Bleckwehl '77
Bill Bomhoff '57
Brad Bowman '85
Dennis Bowman, '68
Arnie Brandt '58
Al Buenning '64
G.E. Buenning '70
Sandi Buhrow '81
Axel Bundgaard, coach
Bobby Campbell '52
Dr. Don Canfield, coach
Chris Cartee '88
Glen Colton '78
Shon Cook '91
Cliff Cornelius '69
Jon Dawley '94
Steve Deike '79
Lynn Dose '84
Becky Ebert Holt '84
Matt Ellis '81
Virg Erickson '70
Scott Fritz '85
Jeff Glaw '84
Mark Guthrie '75
Ed Harden '38
Chad Hake '89
John Hearn '68
Connie Hellerich '70
Elmer Hertel, coach
Tom Hogan '93
Mike Hogan '84
Dan Huston '85
Norm Johansen, coach

Criteria

Committee

Athletes:
Must be Wartburg graduates but need not have done all their undergraduate work at the college.

Must have graduated at least 10 years prior to the award year.

Must have been outstanding athletes at Wartburg as substantiated by All-Conference or All-America honors or career statistics.

Must have demonstrated some evidence of professional or personal achievement after graduation.

Must have made a contribution to the communities in which they have lived.

Coaches:
Must have coached at Wartburg for five years after 1935.

Must have been retired from coaching at the college for at least five years.

Success on the field, leadership qualities, contributions to the college and to student-athletes, and moral and ethical characteristics will all be considered as part of the criteria.

Circumstances of the era in which the coach worked will be taken into consideration.

Nomination Form (PDF)

Buzz Levick, chair
Mark Adkins, '90
Virg Bruns
Don Loots '45
Linda Moeller '66
Bill Striepe '57
Monica Severson*
Steve Walker '91*
Dr. Sue Vallem '66
Rick Willis*
Dr. Darold Wolff

*non-voting members

Once an individual is nominated, his or her name will stay on the ballot for 10 years. The Hall of Fame Selection Committee selects the inductees.

Nomination Information:
Future candidates for the Wartburg Athletic Hall of Fame may be nominated by alumni, parents, friends of the college, faculty or staff members. Nominations must be submitted by Nov. 1 each year to Buzz Levick, 1823 Second Ave. N.W., Waverly, Iowa 50677.