In the storied history of the UW-Oshkosh women's track and field program, there have been 11 first-place finishes in running events by Titans at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III indoor and outdoor championships. But, the first of those 11 belong to Nancy Dare who competed for UW-Oshkosh in women's cross country from 1987-90, women's indoor track and field from 1988-91 and women's outdoor track and field from 1988-91.

Competing for head coach Deb Vercauteren mainly in the middle distance running events, Dare earned five NCAA Division III All-America track and field accolades in the 1,500 meter run. In 1990 at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship, Dare established UW-Oshkosh history when she won the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:29.57. Her performance at the meet enabled the Titans to win their first women's track and field national title in school history.

Dare also received NCAA Division III All-America status in the 1,500 meter run four other times, at the indoor championship in 1990 and 1991 and at the outdoor championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991. Her second-place finish in the 1,500 meter run in 1991 helped the Titans to the NCAA Division III outdoor title.

At the local level, Dare won a pair of 1,500 meter run titles at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Outdoor Championship, with victories coming in times of 4:44.90 in 1989 and 4:34.00 in 1990. UW-Oshkosh won every WIAC track and field meet held during Dare's career, going a perfect eight-for-eight.

As a member of the UW-Oshkosh women's cross country team, Dare also enjoyed personal and team success. Her cross country career for head coach Deb Vercauteren included two first and two second-place finishes at the NCAA Division III Championship and another four WIAC team titles.

Following UW-Oshkosh's NCAA Division III title performances in 1987 and 1988, Dare finished 14th in 1989 and 18th in 1990 individually to help the Titans to a pair of second-place national finishes. Both efforts gained Dare NCAA Division III All-America accolades.

In the WIAC, Dare registered a trio of top-10 cross country finishes, placing third in 1990, seventh in 1989 and ninth in 1988.

Since graduating from UW-Oshkosh in 1991, the 12-time WIAC championship team member has held several public relations positions, with two of them, Hager Sharp Inc., of Washington D.C., in 1995, and Mueller Communications of Milwaukee in 1999, receiving Achievement Awards from the Public Relations Society of America. She also worked in the Washington D.C., office of Congressman Tom Petri.

Today, the Lake Geneva Badger High School graduate lives in Jackson with her husband, Andy, and daughter, Holly. Dare is currently public relations director at the Milwaukee-based Alliance for Children and Families, a position she has held for the past three years.

James Davies enters the UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame as a 26-year veteran of teaching and coaching at UW-Oshkosh.

Davies received several coaching honors during his tenure at UW-Oshkosh. Among them were five NAIA District 14 Men's Tennis Coach of the Year (1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1982) and one then-called WWIAC Women's Coach of the Year Awards. In 1972, Davies was runner-up in the balloting for NAIA Men's Tennis National Coach of the Year.

Davies received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin. At the University of Wisconsin, Davies earned four varsity letters in swimming and diving and received All-America status at the NCAA Division I Championship in 1949 and 1950.

Prior to coming to UW-Oshkosh, Davies spent 14 years teaching and coaching at Beaver Day Wayland Academy, Janesville High School, Winona State University and the University of Wisconsin. In 1996, Davies was named to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

In the storied history of the UW-Oshkosh baseball program, few players have enjoyed the success and accolades of Chris Delarwelle.

The Southern Door High School graduate played in the infield for the Titans from 1987 to 1990, and compiled statistics that still rank among the finest in UW-Oshkosh and NCAA Division III history. Delarwelle hit .404 during his 154-game UW-Oshkosh career with 206 runs batted in, 176 runs scored and 49 home runs. His home run count currently ranks fifth in NCAA Division III history, while his runs batted in total ranks 10th.

Delarwelle played in 40 games for UW-Oshkosh during his freshman season, hitting .408 with 12 home runs, 58 runs batted in and 44 runs scored. Delarwelle, 2001 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee Terry Jorgensen and 2002 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee Kevin Reichardt, helped UW-Oshkosh compile a NCAA Division III record .411 batting average that season with 99 home runs. The trio also guided the Titans to a 37-5 record, a WIAC championship and a second-place finish at the NCAA Division III World Series.

In 1988, Delarwelle received All-WIAC first team honors after hitting .336 with eight home runs, 43 runs batted in and 37 runs scored. The Titans registered a 28-8 record that year, won the WIAC championship and finished second at the NCAA Division III World Series.

The following year, the 1989 campaign, Delarwelle hit .422 with 13 home runs, 54 runs batted in and 50 runs scored, all team bests. His performance awarded him All-WIAC first team status and mention on the NCAA Division III All-America first team. The Titans went 28-12 that season and claimed another WIAC crown.

Delarwelle capped his UW-Oshkosh career with his finest season, a 1990 campaign that would see him receive All-WIAC first team, NCAA Division III All-America first team and NCAA Division III Player of the Year accolades. Delarwelle hit .444 during that senior season with 16 home runs, 51 runs batted in and 45 runs scored, all team highs. The Titans recorded a 22-16 record that year with a second-place finish in the WIAC and a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Division III World Series.

Following his senior campaign, Delarwelle was invited to try out for the United States National Baseball Team. He was one of only three NCAA Division III players to earn the prestigious invitation, and only the second player from UW-Oshkosh to ever be asked. Later that summer he signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Twins and spent the next three years playing in the minor leagues.

When his professional baseball career ended, Delarwelle returned to UW-Oshkosh as an assistant to head baseball coach Tom Lechnir. He coached with the Titans in 1995 and 1996 before landing duties as the head baseball coach at Oshkosh North High School in 1997 and 1998 and Wrightstown High School in 1999. He also was the girls' junior varsity head basketball coach at Fall River High School in 2000 and 2001.

Still participating in sports, Delarwelle won a silver medal in men's fastpitch softball at the 1999 Pan Am Games and a bronze medal at the 2000 International Softball Congress World Championship, both as a member of the USA Men's Fastpitch Softball Association.

The 1990 UW-Oshkosh graduate resides in Kimberly, where he teaches mathematics at J.R. Gerritts Middle School in that city.