2011 UW-Whitewater Athletics Hall of Fame class includes two former football players

The 2011 UW-Whitewater Athletics Hall of Fame class, announced this week, includes Jeff Wiessinger, a football and track and field athlete at UW-Whitewater in the early 1980’s.

Wiessinger won the hammer throw at the WIAC outdoor championships in 1982 and 1983, setting the conference record each year. Also a member of the Warhawks’ 1980 WIAC championship football team, Wiessinger earned Second Team All-WIAC honors on the offensive line.

The former UW-Whitewater student-athlete is a longtime football and track and field coach at Portage High School. Jeff currently serves as the head freshman football coach for the Warriors. Has also been a member of the Portage track and field coaching staff for the past 22 years.

A resident of Rome, Wisconsin, (the Rome in Adams County, not the Rome in southeast Wisconsin) Wiessinger is is the dean of students at Bartels Middle School in Portage, Wisconsin.

Joining Wiessinger as a former UW-Whitewater football player in the Class of 2011 Hall of Fame Class will be Jim Jaworski.

Joining Wiessinger and Jaworski in the Class of 2011 are: Jenni Bentheimer Seisser (softball) Allan Wassil (men’s basketball), Kim Peterson (softball), Jody Landish (women’s basketball, and Bill Euler (track and field).

Rollie and Nancy Cooper will be the recipients of the 2011 Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award.

Also entering the Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 29 will be longtime UW-Whitewater football and track and field coach Karl Schlender. A long time resident of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Schlender passed away in 2000.

The 2011 inductees will be introduced at halftime of the October 29 football game at Perkins Stadium between UW-W and UW-Stevens Point, and officially inducted at a reception and banquet following the game.