WISCONSIN SWIMMING HALL OF FAME

 

 

The Wisconsin Swimming Hall of Fame exists to recognize the outstanding achievements of past Wisconsin Swimming athletes, coaches, and contributors.It also exists to inspire the current athletes, coaches, and members of Wisconsin Swimming by recognizing the achievements of past contributors.

 

 

WISCONSIN SWIMMING HALL OF FAME SELECTION CRITERIA:

  • Selection to the Wisconsin Swimming Hall of Fame is at the sole discretion of the Wisconsin Swimming Hall of Fame Committee.
  • Selection to the Wisconsin Swimming Hall of Fame will be taken annually from the nomination list.
  • Selection to the Wisconsin Swimming Hall of Fame will be determined by February 1st annually.
  • Any Wisconsin Swimming athlete who has been named to a USA Swimming Olympic Team, US World Championship Team, US National Team or who is a World Record Holder, American Record Holder, World Junior Record Holder, or World Paralympic Record Holder will automatically be selected to the Hall of Fame, upon receipt of nomination given annual inductee limits.
  • Any Wisconsin Swimming coach who has placed an athlete on a USA Swimming Olympic Team, US World Championship Team, US National Team or who is a World Record holder, American Record holder, World Junior Record holder, or World Paralympic Record holder will automatically be selected to the Hall of Fame, upon receipt of nomination given annual inductee limits.
  • The Wisconsin Swimming Hall of Committee may select up to three (3) members annually from the list of nominations in addition to the automatic selections listed above, not exceeding ten (10) per year.
  • Criteria for selection shall include outstanding achievement to the Sport of Swimming, significant contribution to the Sport, and demonstration of superior character and sportsmanship.

 

If you wish to nominate someone for consideration, please send a brief nomination, including accomplishment and achievements, to brian@wisconsinswimming.org

 

 

2025 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

 

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HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

 

CLASS OF 2024

 

David Clark

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Graduated from Northern Illinois University and then continued working at the University until 1990 when he moved to Milwaukee, WI and became the Head Men’s and Women’s coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dave coached both Men’s and Women’s program from 1990-2006 where he led the Men’s swimming program to a Horizon League Championship in 2000 and the Women’s program in 2001. Dave earned Coach of the Year honors three times. In 2004, Dave was appointed to the NCAA Division 1 Men’s and Women’s Swimming Committee. Dave stepped down from the Head Coach position at UWM after 15 years of coaching in 2006 and became the coordinator of camps, clinics and facility scheduling at UWM through December 2016. Dave Clark also has been extremely active in the United States Masters program and coached the Whitefish Bay Master’s program from 2001-2017. In 2014, Dave was awarded the USMS Kerry O’Brien Coaches Award.

 

Robert White, Sr.

Bob White Sr. led the Wauwatosa West boys and girls swimming and diving teams from the early 1960s to the late 1980s. He also coached at what is now Wauwatosa East High School for 10 years from 1951-1961. He's in the Hall of Fame at both schools

Raised in Roseland, Illinois, and after serving in World War II, he went on to have an All-American swim career at Indiana University, and competed in the 1948 Olympic Trials. He began his 40-year teaching and coaching career in the Wauwatosa School District at Hawthorne Junior High before heading to Wauwatosa High School for 10 years (1951-1961) — what is now Wauwatosa East High School. He led the boys team to a state title in 1956. White Sr. then spent nearly three decades at Wauwatosa West High School, leading the Trojans to a state boys swimming and diving championship in 1971. In total, as a boys coach for 39 years and a girls coach for 12 years in Wauwatosa, he posted a 321-75 dual meet record, with eight conference, 16 sectional and two state championships. He coached 65 All-State and 55 All-American swimmers as well as two national record holders.

 

 

CLASS OF 2023

 

Keegan Knott

Raised in Lake Villa, IL, Keegan completed a vast majority of her youth training with the Pleasant Prairie Patriots. Keegan has been a member of the United States Paralympic National Swim Team since 2019. She competed for Team USA at the 2019 Paralympic Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru, and the 2023 Paralympic Pan-American Games in Santiago, Chile. Keegan also earned her Paralypic rings as a participant in the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, and the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

 

 

CLASS OF 2019

 

Wendy Boglioli

From Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin and swam on the American team at the 1976 Olympic Games. There she was on the American gold-medal winning, World-Record breaking 400 free relay with Shirley Babashoff, Kim Peyton, and Jill Sterkel – the only gold won by the U.S. women at those East-German ruled Olympics. She also took bronze in the 100 fly. She would go on to win U.S. Masters Track Cycling National Championships in 1995 and 1996.

 

 

Neil Walker

Neil Walker — Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame

From Verona, Wisconsin, won 4 Olympic relay medals in his career, including gold as a prelims swimmer on the American 400 medley relays (first as the backstroker, second as the freestyler). At the 2000 Short Course World Championships, he set short course World Records sin the 50 back, 100 back, and 100 IM. He is currently the head coach of Rockwall Aquatics Center near Dallas.

 

Garrett Weber-Gale

From Olympic gold to Jerusalem of gold | The Times of Israel

Immortalized at the 2008 Olympic Games for his role in Michael Phelps 8-gold-medal performance. Weber-Gale was in the prelims group of the 400 medley relay and the finals group of the 400 free relay, allowing him to appear in a number of iconic photographs after the Jason-Lezak-come-from-behind swim. Individually, he was the 2006 NCAA Champion in the 100 free, was an American Record holder in 2008 in the 50 free (21.47), and in 2003, while swimming for Nicolet High School, broke the National Public High School Record in the 100 yard free (43.91).

 

 

CLASS OF 2018 (inaugural class)

 

Kelley Becherer

3-time Paralympic gold medalist to go with 4 Paralympic bronze medals, and 4 World Championships. She represented the U.S. at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Paralympic Games, competing in the S13 class, most successfully in the sprint freestyle events. Becherer grew up in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

 

Alex Dionne

Alex Dionne - 2011-12 - Men's Swimming/Diving - University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletics

Represented the United States at several major international events, including the 2008 Paralympic Games. He won gold in the 400 free at the 2007 Parapan American Games in Rio, his first major international competition, and broke American Records in at least the 100 fly, 200 fly, 800 free, and 1500 free.

 

Tom Miazga

Team USA | Tom Miazga

Former American Record holder in several events, and when he retired in 2015, he was the S8 American Record holder in the 50 free, 100 free, 50 back, 100 back, and 200 back in short course yards. He grew up swimming in Wisconsin and now coaches at Ozaukee Aquatics.

 

Jim Montgomery

Jim Montgomery — Texas Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame

Born in Madison, Wisconsin and trained under the legendary Doc Counsilman at Indiana when he won 7 gold medals at the 1973, 1975, and 1978 World Championships, and 3 gold medals at the 1976 Olympics. That includes an individual win in Montreal in the 100 free to go with a pair of free relay wins.