Jim Adams had a stellar men's basketball career at UW-Oshkosh, helping head coach Bob Kolf's Titans to consecutive WIAC championships in 1947 and 1948. Today, with his 2004 induction, the North Fond du Lac High School graduate joins teammates and close friends Milton Lautenschlager, Arden Luker, Doug Ritchie and Richard Schumacher as members of the UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame.

Adams played basketball at UW-Oshkosh from 1947 to 1950. In 1998, Adams' performance on the hardwood was saluted by UW-Oshkosh when he was named to the school's All-Decade Team of the 1940s, a 10-member honor squad which also includes Lautenschlager, Luker, Ritchie and Schumacher.

Adams and the Titans compiled an 11-4 record in 1947 to share the WIAC title with UW-River Falls. UW-Oshkosh had its championship season end when UW-River Falls topped the Titans by a 67-55 count for the right to advance to the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City, Mo.

In 1948, Adams helped UW-Oshkosh to a 10-7 record and a share of the WIAC championship, tying with UW-Milwaukee, UW-Platteville and UW-Stevens Point. The Titans forced a four-way tie for the league title by defeating UW-Whitewater, 61-50, in the regular season finale. In UW-Oshkosh's 61-55 win over UW-Stevens Point that year, Adams made his first collegiate start and responded to the assignment with 10 points.

UW-Oshkosh posted a 6-10 record in 1949, finishing in a tie for seventh place in the WIAC standings with UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point. Season highlights for Adams included a team-best 20 points in a 67-57 win over UW-Milwaukee and a game-high 15 points in a 58-56 loss to UW-Whitewater.

In 1950, UW-Oshkosh won 11 of its 18 games, including eight of 12 in WIAC play to tie UW-Milwaukee for second place in the league standings. Season highlights for Adams included 13 points in a 75-58 win over UW-Eau Claire. Adams finished the year leading the Titans in rebounding for the third consecutive season.

Adams also participated in football in 1946 and in track and field in 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950 at UW-Oshkosh, all under head coach Bob Kolf. Adams was a member of UW-Oshkosh teams that finished third at the WIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship three times.

Since graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 1950, Adams has held teaching, coaching and administrative positions in the Omro, Cedarburg and Mayville school districts. Adams coached boys' basketball at Omro High School from 1953 to 1957, leading the Foxes to the conference title in 1955. He also coached boys' basketball at Cedarburg High School from 1964 to 1968, leading the Bulldogs to the league championship in 1967.

Retired, Adams lives in Mayville with his wife, Dona. Adams is the step-father of Lester Luehring, who played men's basketball at UW-Oshkosh and was selected to the school's All-Decade Team of the 1980s. Adams still remains active with UW-Oshkosh through his longtime involvement with the school's Alumni Association.

With eight NAIA and three NCAA Division II men's gymnastics titles to his credit, Ken Allen is regarded as one of the most successful head coaches in UW-Oshkosh history.

Allen, who retired as head coach of the Titans in 1992, began his tenure at UW-Oshkosh in 1969 by taking over a men's gymnastics program that was only in its fourth year of existence. In 1973, after nearly four years of laying the foundation, Allen's hard work began to show dividends as he led the Titans to the then-called WSUC and NAIA championships. The NAIA title won by Allen's squad was the first national championship claimed by any UW-Oshkosh athletic team. The following year, UW-Oshkosh repeated as both conference and national champion and began to establish itself as one of the premier men's gymnastics programs in the country.

Allen and his UW-Oshkosh teams closed the 1970s and began the 1980s with a flourish. The Titans won five NAIA titles from 1978 to 1982 and claimed three NCAA Division II championships from 1980 to 1982. Allen was rewarded for his team's accomplishments by being named NCAA Division II Coach-of-the-Year in 1980, 1981 and 1982 and NAIA Coach-of-the-Year in 1973, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982. Prior to his retirement from coaching, Allen guided UW-Oshkosh athletes to 44 NAIA, 22 NCAA Division II and 13 WSUC event championships.

The Jersey City, N.J., native also has some impressive coaching credentials outside of those at UW-Oshkosh. Allen served as head coach of the United States men's gymnastics team at the 1979 World University Games in Mexico City and was an assistant coach for the Switzerland national team during the 1982-83 school year. The Montclair State University (N.J.) former gymnast and graduate also is an internationally certified gymnastics judge, having most recently worked at the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1997 World Championships. Today, Allen resides in Oshkosh, where he is the chairperson of UW-Oshkosh's Department of Physical Education and Health Promotion.