NEW BERLIN WEST - HALL OF FAME, FOUNDED 2009

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1 NEW BERLIN WEST - HALL OF FAME, FOUNDED 2009 Agenda for the evening of September 8, 2017 Time Event Location 5:00 Doors Open Fieldhouse Lobby 5:30-6:45pm Dinner reception & Awards Presentation Fieldhouse Lobby 7-9:00pm Football game / Half Time Ceremony Football Field 9:00 Hall of Fame Social New Berlin Ale House HONORARY INDUCTEES 9 th Annual Hall of Fame Inductees, 2017 (J Napoli) Jeff Eckmann Class of 1970 Steve Chard Service {2000 Present} Wes Ladwig Class of 2005 Tom Daluga Coach ( ) 8 th Annual Hall of Fame Inductees, 2016 (J Napoli) Mike Kuglitsch Class of 1978 Alyssa Krueger Class of 1998 Mike Ivy Class of 1994 Kyle Kalkopf Class of 2008 Jason Chappell Class of th Annual Hall of Fame Inductees, 2015 (J Napoli) Tony Smith Class of 2009 Jon Chappell Class of 2000 Britany (Gustafson) Pfeifer Class of 1999 Jeff Lewiston Coach (Retired 2014) Don & Debbie Marx Service ( ) 6 th Annual Hall of Fame Inductees, 2014 (J Kader, J Napoli) Jeff DeBacco Class of 1978 Pat O Halloran Coach, Football & Wrestling Vicki (Scheeler) Radichel Class of th Annual Hall of Fame Inductees, 2013 (J Kader) Bruce Erickson Athletic Director Erika Erickson Class of 1992 Terri (Giyan) Kallsen Class of 1986 Doug Lange Class of 1967 & Coach David Morley Class of th Annual Hall of Fame Inductees, 2012 (J Kader) Pete Gustafson Coach Tierra Shirley Class of 2002 Mike White Class of 1983

2 3 rd Annual Hall of Fame Inductees 2011 (J Kader) David Foley, Class of 1983 Jeff Krumrich, Coach Ken Lobins, Class of 1982 Laura Marx, Class of nd Annual Hall of Fame Inductees 2010 (T Farina) Patrick (Pat) Bodus, Class of 1973 David Cortichiato, Class of 1993 Kevin Jagiello, Class of 1984 Robert Schreiber, Coach Sandra Rae (Wagner) Ellis, Class of 1970 Jody Witty, Class of 1984 Ryan Zahorik, Class of st Annual Hall of Fame Inductees 2009 (T Farina) Charlie Averkamp, Class of 2004 Rachel Ann (Barnes) McKinley, Class of 1988 Kristin Becker, Class of 1986 Beth Brochhausen, Class of 1986 Ray Carney, Coach Gail Champion, Coach Jim Ellis, Class of 1974 Scott Evans, Class of 1977 Kory Hauser, Class of 1994 Susan Kuglitsch, Class of 1982 Dean Molinaro, Coach Kurt Peltzer, Class of 1987 Jason Rutz, Class of 2003 John (JJ) Tischer, Class of 1994 George Zuniga, Class of 1965

3 Jeff Eckmann Jeff s athletic career at New Berlin West covered the years of During his senior year, Jeff competed as a four-sport athlete in Football, Wrestling, Track, and Baseball. Not only did he compete yearround, he was named a captain of his Football, Track, and Baseball team(s). Additionally, Jeff was named to the Parkland All-Conference team in football and baseball. In his lone year of wrestling he held the highest winning percentage on the team while advancing to WIAA Sectionals. Upon graduating in the top 3% of his class, Jeff was awarded a scholarship to play football at Northern Illinois University. As a member of the Huskies, he was named Defensive MVP on a team that ranked in the Top 20 nationally during his senior year. Jeff was also selected to the Division I Academic All-American football team, the first ever such recognition for an NIU athlete. He was also honored with the Mid-American Conference s Most Outstanding Scholar Athlete award. After graduating from NIU Jeff had a successful career in business, retiring as Group President of Reynolds American, Inc., a Fortune 500 company. He has been honored as a distinguished alum of Northern Illinois and currently serves on several boards of directors. He resides in Destin, Florida and Finchville, KY with his wife, Doreen, a 1971 New Berlin West graduate. Steve Chard Service Present Steve has been an avid supporter for New Berlin West High School for the past 17 years. As a member of various school organizations, and community businesses Steve s time, energy, and donations served various programs throughout the school. As the chair of many fundraisers, Steve helped secure funding for a variety of initiatives which included student trips overseas, team building events, and multiple awards banquets. He is also an inducted member of the NBW Soccer Hall of Fame, where as a board member, he helped chair the Mike Dillett Memorial Fund. The scholarship fund assists senior athletes with tuition costs and is currently the longest running athletic scholarship at NBW. In addition to his service, Steve has gifted many projects to West Athletics. Some gifts include new fitness center flooring, batting cages, various student awards, athletic equipment, and the conference championship banners surrounding the fieldhouse. Although his last child graduated from NBW in 2013, Steve continues to maintain a relationship with the school through his continued support of the Athletic Department and partnership with the Mike Dillett Memorial Foundation.

4 Wesley Ladwig Wes Ladwig was a two-sport athlete who upon graduation in 2005 garnered seven different varsity letters. From , Wes was a four year soccer player earning two captain designations in 2003 & Wes was also named to the Woodland All-Conference team in both his junior and senior year, and awarded Team MVP in Outside of the conference, Wes was nominated honorable mention All-State his during his senior year. In addition to soccer, Wes was a three year starter for NBW Basketball. As a three time captain and three time Woodland All-Conference Selection ( ), Wes helped lead his teams to multiple winning seasons. During his senior year, the Vikings won the Woodland Conference Championship outright and WIAA Regional Title, posting the second best record in school history at Individually, Wes was recognized as a 1 st Team All Waukesha County selection during that same season. Currently, Wes resides in New Berlin and gives his time as a youth and high school basketball coach for the Vikings. Tom Daluga Tom was a teacher and coach at New Berlin West from For nineteen of his thirtyfour years, he led the girl s tennis program at West. During this span, the Lady Vikings tennis program was a consistent winner among the conference. Coach Daluga led the girls to four conference championships during his tenure including 1979, 1980, 1985 and In addition to the conference victories the Lady Vikings saw success throughout various runs in the WIAA tournament qualifying nine different individuals & teams throughout his time as head coach. This included seven different Top 5 finishers at the WIAA State Tournament in their respective division. While leading the girl s tennis program was his primary coaching role, Tom also influenced a variety of students as an assistant coach for other athletic programs during his time. For five years Coach Daluga helped assist the boy s tennis program and also spent fifteen years on the pool deck as an assistant for the boys swim team. Tom retired from his math teaching role and coaching positions at New Berlin West in Today, he continues teaching hunter safety to youth students while also certifying safety instructors hoping to teach the course themselves.

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