Milwaukee

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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, known officially as either Milwaukee or UWM for all NCAA purposes, is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The mascot is the Panther. Milwaukee participates in the Horizon League in 15 varsity sports.

Contents 1 University Information 2 NCAA Tournament History 3 Traditions 3.1 School Songs 4 Stadiums 5 Basketball 5.1 Staff 5.2 Projected Starters 5.3 Basketball History 5.4 Post Season History 6 Baseball 6.1 Staff 6.2 History 7 Men's Soccer 7.1 Staff 7.2 Men's Soccer History 8 Women's Volleyball 8.1 History 9 External Links

University Information

With a current enrollment of over 28,000 students, Milwaukee is one of the 50 largest D-I universities in the United States, the second largest university in the state of Wisconsin, and the largest in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. UWM also enrolls more Wisconsin residents than any other university. [1] The UWM campus, located just 5 blocks from Lake Michigan and 10 minutes from downtown Milwaukee, is nestled in a residential neighborhood on 93 acres of the city's upper-east side. UWM is currently home to approximately 23,000 undergraduate and 5,000 graduate students from over 80 countries and all 50 states. UWM has undergone several transformations and mergers with other area institutions of higher learning over the course of its 122 year existence. Originally founded in 1885 as the Milwaukee State Normal School, the school expanded its curriculum in 1927 to become the Milwaukee State Teachers College. In 1951, it became Wisconsin State College-Milwaukee, and in 1956, UWM after its merger with the University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee. With a distinguished faculty of more than 1,300, UWM is listed among the top 100 public institutions in the nation in research and development expenditures. UWM is also one of 148 U.S. colleges and universities (from a total of 3,600) ranked by the Carnegie Foundation in the top tier of Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive. A number of UWM’s individual schools and colleges have achieved national recognition, as well as top accreditation, by their review groups. UWM has awarded over 145,000 degrees to over 135,000 graduates, 65 percent of which remain in Southeastern Wisconsin after graduation. Distinguished alumni include Golda Meir (Education '17), a founder of the State of Israel and fourth Prime Minister of Israel, the late NASCAR Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki (Mechanical Engineering ‘77), as well as other foreign heads of state, Milwaukee mayors, Wisconsin governors, senators and assemblymen, and many Fortune 500 business company president's and CEO's.

NCAA Tournament History

Since joining the Division I ranks for all sports in the 1990-1991 academic year, Milwaukee has moved itself into a prominent position both regionally and nationally in the world of intercollegiate athletics. This prominence is highlighted by numerous NCAA Tournament appearances:

• Men's Basketball - 2003, 2005, 2006
  
• Women's Basketball - 2001, 2006
  
• Baseball - 1999, 2001, 2002
  
• Men's Soccer (D-I since 1973) - 1979, 1980, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
  
• Women's Soccer - 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006
  
• Women's Volleyball - 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
  
• Men's Track & Field - 1995, 1996
  

Traditions

• Colors - Black, Gold
  

School Songs

UWM_Fight_Song

Stadiums

• Basketball - U.S._Cellular_Arena 10,783; Klotsche Center (women, cap. 5,000)
  
• Baseball - Henry Aaron Field (cap. 1,000)
  
• Soccer - Engelmann Field (cap. 2,000)
  

Basketball

Sold out US Cellular Arena for the Horizon League Championship game vs. Detroit, 3/8/2005

Staff

Head Basketball Coach - Rob Jeter (UW-Platteville '91), 2nd season, 2nd season overall (21-9 in one season)

Projected Starters

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Basketball History

• First Year of Basketball - 1896
• NCAA D-I Member Since - 1990-91* (became eligible for D-I postseason play in 1992-93)
  • *Note - Milwaukee spent several years as a transitioning D-I Independant during the 1970's, playing only a partial D-I schedule
• All-Time Record - 1164-1063-1 (.523 - 110 seasons)
• All-Time NCAA D-I Record (since 90-91) - 255-230 (.526 - 16 seasons)
• D-I Conference Regular Season Titles - 3 ('04, '05, '06)
• D-I Conference Tournament Titles - 3 ('03, '05, '06)
• Total Conference Titles (all divisions) - 13; seven WSCC (Wisconsin State Collegiate Conference), six Horizon League [2]
• Highest Ranking - 23rd (2004-05 Final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll)
• NBA Draft Picks - 2 (1977, Larry Pikes, Milwaukee Bucks, 8th round; 1991, Von McDade, New Jersey Nets, 2nd round-53rd overall)
• Famous Alumni - Illinois head basketball coach Bruce Weber (varsity baseball, attempted walk-on basketball; class of '78)

Post Season History

• D-I Post-Season Appearances - 4 (last 2006, NCAA 2nd round)
  
• NCAA D-I Tournament Appearances - 3 ('03,'05,'06)
• NCAA D-I Tournament Record - 3-3 (.500)
• NCAA Sweet 16's - 1 ('05; def. #19 Alabama 83-73, def. #7 Boston College 83-75, lost to #1 Illinois 77-63
  
• NIT Appearences - 1 ('04)
  
• NIT Record - 1-1 (.500)
• All-Time, All-Divisions Post Season Record: 8-8 (60,'82,'86,'89 (NCAA D-II Elite 8),'03,'04,'05 (NCAA Sweet 16),'06 (NCAA 2nd round))

Baseball

Staff

Head Baseball Coach - Jerry Augustine (UW LaCrosse '74), 12th season (1995-present)
Pitching Coach - Cory Bigler, 3rd season
Hitting Coach - Scott Doffek, 12th season

• In 2006, after 12 of the most successful seasons in program history, former Milwaukee Brewer pitcher Jerry Augustine will retire from the Head Coaching position at Milwaukee. He hands the reigns over to 12 year Assistant Head Coach Scott Doffek for the upcoming 2007 season. [3]

History

• First Year 1957-73, 1987-present
  
• First Year NCAA Division I - 1991
• All-Time Overall Record - 608-698-2
  
• D-I Record (seasons played) - 399-410-1 (16)
  
• NCAA Tournament Appearances - 3 ('99, '01, '02)
  
• Conference Regular Season Titles - 2 ('00, '01)
  
• Conference Tournament Titles - 3 ('99, '01, '02)
• All-Americans - 2006, Mike Goetz, OF

Men's Soccer

Staff

Head Soccer Coach - Jon Coleman (UWM '96), 1st season, 1st season overall
Associate Head Coach - Bob Spielmann, 1st season
Assistant Coaches - Chris Dadaian, 1st season; Chad Dombrowski, 3rd season

• Placed third in the two-NCCA bid Horizon League in 2006 with a 4-2-1 League record.
• 2006 overall record of 8-9-2 was the first losing season since 1998 and just the sixth in 34 years of Division I soccer at Milwaukee.
• Milwaukee has finished three of the last five seasons nationally ranked ('02 No. 17, '04 No. 24, '05 No. 24) [4]
• 2006 Preseason Rank - 24th by Soccer America, 27th by Top Drawer Soccer and 28th by College Soccer News
• 2005 Season Finish - 14-4-5, ranked #24 - Season ended in 2nd round of NCAA Tournament with OT-PK shootout loss to #1 New Mexico. Milwaukee recap New Mexico recap Milwaukee 2005 season recap
• Returning sophomore goalkeeper Grant Fernstrum finished his freshman year in 2005 with a school-record 10 shutouts to go along with a best-in-the-nation 0.47 goals against average.
• Milwaukee is one of the top home teams in the nation over the last five years; coming into the 2006 season, Milwaukee has gone 45-6-2 since 2001, including 13-1 in post-season play and 2-0 in NCAA Tournament matches at Engelmann Field. [5]
• 2005 season home attendance average of 727 ranked 37th in the nation, at least the fourth straight year in the nation's Top 50. NCAA Soccer attendance figures
• Lights were installed at Engelmann Field for 2006, allowing night home games for the first time in program history. UWM press release Pics of "Lights-On" Night
• Milwaukee retained the prized Milwaukee Cup in 2006 by defeating cross-town rival Marquette University, 3-2, in the first ever night match at UWM's Engelmann Field [6]. The estimated 95% pro-UWM crowd of 3,256 was the largest college soccer crowd in City of Milwaukee history.

2006 Milwaukee Cup match vs rival Marquette at UWM's Engelmann Field (record 3,256 fans)

Men's Soccer History

• First Year (D-I) - 1973
  
• All-Time Record - 388-214-51 (.633)
  
  • Milwaukee has posted a losing season record only six times in its 34 year NCAA Division I history.
• NCAA D-I Tournament Appearances - 8 ('79, '80, '90, '01-'05)
  
• NCAA Tournament Record - 4-7-1
  
• Highest All-Time Ranking - 8th (2002) [7] 2002 season review
• Horizon League Regular Season Titles - 5 ('97, '01-'04)
• Horizon League Tournament Titles - 4 ('02-'05)
• Other Conference Titles - 6 ('85-'87 WISL; '89, '90 BCSC; '93 Mid-Con) [8]
• Famous Alumni - Tony Sanneh, Manny Lagos, Sasho Cirovski, Tighe Dombrowski
  

Major Non-Conference Rivals (series record)

• Marquette - "Milwaukee Cup" (25-7-2 .765 - Milwaukee leads) [9]
• Northern Illinois - "John LeWang Memorial Cup" (18-12-3 .591 - Milwaukee leads) [10]
• Wisconsin (15-11-5 .565 - Milwaukee leads) [11]

Women's Volleyball

Head Coach - Kathy Litzau (Notre Dame '90) 247-146 (.628), 14th season, 14th overall
Associate Head Coach - Susie Johnson (Idaho State '93) 10th season
Assistant Coaches - Rocky Koenig (Lakeland '05) 2nd season & Lindsey Spoden (UWM '04) 2nd season

• Milwaukee won its fourth-straight Horizon League regular-season title in 2006. The last school in the league to win four-straight regular season titles was Notre Dame, which did so from 1991-1994.
• Team finished the regular season at 24-5 and will be making their sixth NCAA Tournament appearance, and first since 2002.
• Team returned four of six starters - and 10 letterwinners overall - from 2005's regular-season championship squad, led by All-Horizon League performer Cheryl Hegemann and AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region honoree Sarah Moore. [12]
• 2005 Season Finish - 20-9 overall, 12-2 in conference - Won third straight Horizon League regular season crown, lost in league tournament semifinals to Loyola.
• Milwaukee has won eight of the last ten Horizon League regular season titles and has gone 118-14 (.890) in league play over the last 9 years.

History

• First Year - 1973
• All-Time Overall Record (through 2006 season) - 855-468-9 (.650) [13]
• First Year NCAA Division I - 1990
• D-I Record (seasons played) - 301-227 (.570) (17)
• NCAA Tournament Appearances - 6 ('98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '06)
  
• NAIA National Championship Appearances - 7 ('82-'88)
• Horizon League Regular Season Titles - 8 ('97-'00, '03-'06, shared with Butler in '97 & Loyola in '00)
  
• Horizon League Tournament Titles - 4 ('99, '01, '02, '06)
• Other Conference Regular Season Titles - 4 ('80-'83 WWIAC)
• Other Conference Tournament Titles - 3 ('81-'83 WWIAC)
• All-Time Horizon League Record (seasons played) - 134-39 (.770) (13)
• All-Americans - 2006 Cheryl Hegemann and Leanne Felsing (HM), 2004 Karen Fruit (HM), 2003 Lindsey Spoden (HM) [14]

Major Non-Conference Rivals (series record)

• DePaul (17-4 .810 - Milwaukee leads; 10-2 .833 Division I - Milwaukee leads)
• Marquette (45-22-1 .669 - Milwaukee leads; 13-10 Division I - Milwaukee leads) [15][16]
• Wisconsin (6-18 .261 - UW leads; 1-6 .143 Division I - UW leads)

External Links

UWMPanthers.com (official athletics site)
Milwaukee Panthers Basketball Message Board
Milwaukee Panthers Soccer Message Board