As a four-year basketball player at UW-Oshkosh
he was an integral part of two conference championship and two NAIA National Tournament
teams. As an assistant men's basketball coach at Milton College and UW-Eau Claire
for nine years he was a part of three conference championship and three NAIA National
Tournament Teams. As head men's basketball coach at Milton College and the University
of Minnesota-Duluth for 18 years he guided teams to eight NAIA National Tournaments,
one NCAA Division II Tournament and eight conference championships. Together,
they establish a distinguished career in college basketball for UW-Oshkosh Hall
of Fame inductee Dale Race.
Following an outstanding high school athletic career in Marinette,
Race attended UW-Oshkosh to play basketball for the Titans. After averaging 2.1
points and 2.2 rebounds per game as a freshman in 1966, Race became the first
player off the bench the next two seasons on teams that have been regarded as
two of the finest in UW-Oshkosh history. As the tallest guard in the conference,
maybe even the country, Race helped the Titans to a 17-6 record and a then-called
WSUC championship in 1967 and another league crown in 1968. Both the 1967 and
1968 teams advanced to the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., with
the latter squad finishing third in the country after upsetting No. 1-seed Guilford
College (N.C.) and the NBA's Seattle Supersonics' 1968 first-round draft pick
Bob Kauffman in the opening round. Race closed his career with the Titans in 1969.
| Race's Resume |
| Men's
Basketball |
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Varsity Letters 1966, 1967,
1968, 1969 |
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WSUC Championship
Team 1967, 1968 |
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NAIA District
14 Championship Team 1967, 1968 |
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NAIA National
Tournament Team 1967, 1968 |
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3rd Place 1968 |
| Milton
College Head Men's Basketball Coach 1975-79 |
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Coached
Teams To A 70-57 Record |
| University
of Minnesota-Duluth Head Men's Basketball Coach 1984-98 |
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Coached
Teams To A 293-120 Record |
| Coached
Teams To 8 NAIA National Tournaments |
| Coached
Teams To 1 NCAA Division II Tournament |
| Coached
Teams To 8 NSIC Championships |
| Eight-Time
NSIC Coach-of-the-Year |
| U.S.
Olympic Festival Assistant Men's Basketball Coach 1989 |
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After coaching stints at Milton College and UW-Eau
Claire, Race found his home at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1984. There,
he guided the Bulldogs to a 293-120 record, including nine 20-plus win seasons.
Race, who was an assistant men's basketball coach on gold medal-winning North
Team at the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival, retired from coaching in 1998 after compiling
a career 363-177 record and a 67.2 winning percentage, the 37th-highest mark in
the history of NCAA Division II men's basketball. Race remains a resident of Duluth
and is still active with the University of Minnesota-Duluth's athletic department.
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During his four years
as an athlete and eight as an assistant coach, Kevin Reichardt played a major
role in helping build the UW-Oshkosh baseball program into a powerhouse at the
conference and national level.
Reichardt played in the infield for the UW-Oshkosh baseball team from 1984 to
1987, helping the Titans to a 136-24 record, one NCAA Division III championship,
four NCAA Division III World Series appearances and four WIAC titles. Serving
as an assistant to head baseball coach Tom Lechnir from 1989 to 1996, Reichardt
aided UW-Oshkosh's compilation of a 256-81 record, one NCAA Division III championship,
seven NCAA Division III World Series appearances and seven WIAC crowns.
Reichardt arrived on the UW-Oshkosh campus from Appleton East High School in 1983
and played both football and baseball for the Titans during his freshman and sophomore
seasons.
As a freshman quarterback, Reichardt backed up starter Mark Baalke and completed
32 of 60 passes for 462 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 84 yards
and two touchdowns.
Reichardt played in 34 games during his freshman baseball season at UW-Oshkosh,
hitting .345 with six home runs, 19 runs batted in, 41 runs scored and 21 stolen
bases. UW-Oshkosh posted a 27-9 record that season, claimed the WIAC championship
and placed fourth at the NCAA Division III World Series.
Returning to play football in the fall, Reichardt directed the Titans' wishbone
offense as the starter and compiled 249 yards rushing and one touchdown. He also
completed 24 of 62 passes for 218 yards and one score.
Reichardt's Resume |
| Men's Golf |
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Varsity Letters 1965, 1966, 1967,
1968 |
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All-WSUC 1967, 1968 |
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NAIA All-District 14 1967, 1968 |
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WSUC Championship Team 1965, 1967,
1968 |
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NAIA National Tournament Team 1965,
1966, 1967, 1968 |
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7th-Place Team 1967 |
| High School Golf Coach 1968-Present |
| Ambassador Of The Sport Of
Golf |
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Reichardt went back to the baseball diamond in
the spring and became not only a conference champion, but a national champion
as well. The Titans compiled a 37-3 record en route to winning their first NCAA
Division III national title and their seventh straight WIAC championship. Reichardt
received NCAA Division III All-America second team honors during that 1985 season
after hitting .366 with four home runs, 48 runs scored, 30 runs batted in and
27 stolen bases.
Reichardt focused strictly on baseball the next two years and helped UW-Oshkosh
to a 35-7 record and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division III World Series
in 1986 and a 37-5 record and a second-place finish at the NCAA Division III World
Series in 1987. In 1986, Reichardt hit .350 with six home runs, 34 runs scored
and 27 runs batted in, while in 1987 he received NCAA Division III All-America
and All-WIAC first team accolades after hitting .396 with 19 home runs, 77 runs
scored and 58 runs batted in. Reichardt, 2001 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee
Terry Jorgensen and 2002 UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame inductee Chris Delarwelle, helped
UW-Oshkosh compile a NCAA Division III record .411 batting average in 1987 with
99 home runs.
After concluding a 144-game career at UW-Oshkosh with a .367 batting average,
200 runs scored, 134 runs batted in, 82 stolen bases and 35 home runs, Reichardt
became a 22nd-round draft pick of the Seattle Mariners in 1987. After playing
two seasons of minor league baseball, including one as a teammate of the Cincinnati
Reds' Ken Griffey, Jr., Reichardt returned to UW-Oshkosh to finish his education
and coach baseball.
Today, the 1989 UW-Oshkosh graduate lives with his wife and three children in
Appleton, where he teaches special education classes at Appleton East High School.
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Russell's Resume |
Men’s
Gymnastics 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
NAIA Champion
Parallel Bars 1979
NAIA All-America
Parallel Bars • Champion 1979
Parallel Bars • Second-Place Finish 1980
NAIA All-District 14 First Team
Parallel Bars 1980
NCAA Division II Champion
Parallel Bars 1977, 1980
NCAA Division II All-America
Parallel Bars • Champion 1977, 1980
NCAA Division I Championship Participant
Parallel Bars 1980
NAIA Team Champion 1978, 1979, 1980
NCAA Division II Team Champion 1980
UW-Oshkosh Team Captain 1980
UW-Oshkosh Assistant Men’s Gymnastics Coach 1989, 1990
Inducted May 7, 2006
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