Meet The Titans
Jim Capelle
Senior
• Forward • Wisconsin Dells |
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Career:
Earned varsity letters in 2004, 2005 & 2006 … Started
all 80 games that he has played in, including 50 victories …
Totaled 1,123 points, 447 rebounds, 146 assists, 132 three-point
baskets and 64 steals … Ranks 10th in UW-Oshkosh history in
career three-point field goals and 19th in career points …
Scored in double figures in 64 of the 80 games that he has played
in.
2006: Started all 26 games … Received All-WIAC
honorable mention recognition … Averaged 13.9 points and 5.7
rebounds per game … Shot 89.5 percent (137-153) from the free-throw
line to rank 11th in the NCAA Division III … Scored 27 points
and grabbed 7 rebounds in 70-67 overtime loss to UW-La Crosse in
the WIAC Tournament … Scored 25 points and grabbed 5 rebounds
in 65-55 victory over UW-Superior … Scored 23 points and grabbed
7 rebounds in 60-55 loss to UW-La Crosse … Scored 20 points
and grabbed 6 rebounds in 81-63 win over UW-Eau Claire … Scored
11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 80-49 win over Finlandia University
(Mich.).
2005: Started all 27 games … Received NCAA
Division III All-West Region third team honors by D3hoops.com …
Received All-WIAC first team honors … Averaged 14.4 points
and 5.4 rebounds per game … Shot 83.1 percent (103-124) from
the free throw line … Scored a career-high 28 points, grabbed
7 rebounds and dished off 3 assists in 81-71 win over Cardinal Stritch
University … Scored 26 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and dished
off 3 assists in 77-71 overtime win over UW-Superior … Scored
24 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 74-65 loss to UW-Stout …
Scored 21 points and grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds in 67-60
win over UW-Eau Claire.
2004: Started all 27 games … Received All-WIAC
first team honors … First UW-Oshkosh freshman to receive All-WIAC
first team honors … First UW-Oshkosh freshman to lead UW-Oshkosh
in scoring since Ralph Sims during the 1974-75 season … Averaged
13.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game … Shot
85 percent (85-100) from the free throw line … Scored 21 points,
grabbed 5 rebounds and dished off a career-best 5 assists in 80-54
win over Finlandia University (Mich.) … Scored 21 points and
grabbed 4 rebounds in 65-45 win over UW-Eau Claire … Scored
21 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and dished off 3 assists in 70-62
loss to UW-Stout … Scored 19 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and
dished off 2 assists in 71-50 win over Marian College … Scored
17 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and dished off 3 assists in 70-59
loss to UW-Stevens Point.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Wisconsin Dells
High School, where he was a four-year varsity starter for head boys’
basketball coach Monte Mattei … Played in the 2003 Wisconsin
High School Basketball Division 2 All-Star Game … Also earned
four varsity letters in football and three in baseball.
Personal: Majoring in communications.
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Chris Curtin
Freshman • Guard •Sturgeon Bay |
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High
School: A 2006 graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School, where
he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Jim Benesh … Played in the 2006 Wisconsin High School
Basketball Division 2 All-Star Game … Also earned four varsity
letters in football and three in track and field … Member
of the school’s 2004 WIAA Division 4 state championship football
team.
Personal: Majoring in physical education and health
promotion … Father, Cam, played four seasons for the UW-Oshkosh
men’s basketball team from 1979-82.
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Matt Dirkmann
Junior • Guard • Mishicot |
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Transfers to
UW-Oshkosh from UW-Manitowoc.
2006: Played basketball at UW-Manitowoc.
2005: Played basketball at UW-Manitowoc.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Mishicot High School,
where he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Pat Rau … Also earned three varsity letters in football.
Personal: Majoring in physical education and health
promotion.
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Chad Doedens
Senior • Guard • Cedarburg |
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Career:
Earned varsity letters in 2004, 2005 & 2006 …
Played in 79 games, including 77 as a starter … Played in
49 victories … Totaled 388 points, 215 rebounds and 204 assists
… Ranks 15th in UW-Oshkosh history in career assists.
2006: Started all 26 games … Averaged 5.2
points, 3.3 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game … Scored 13
points, grabbed 3 rebounds and dished off 5 assists in 76-55 win
over UW-Superior … Scored 13 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and
dished off 5 assists in 82-75 overtime loss to Lawrence University
… Scored 10 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished off 4 assists
in 68-67 overtime loss to UW-Whitewater … Scored 9 points,
grabbed 4 rebounds and dished off 6 assists to tie a career high
in 58-56 loss to UW-River Falls.
2005: Started all 27 games … Averaged 4.6
points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game … Scored 12
points, grabbed 2 rebounds and dished off 3 assists in 77-63 win
over UW-Stout … Scored 8 points, grabbed a career-best 8 rebounds
and dished off 4 assists in 81-71 win over Cardinal Stritch University
… Scored 8 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished off a career-best
6 assists in 77-68 win over Edgewood College … Scored 8 points,
grabbed 5 rebounds and dished off 6 assists to tie a career high
in 85-67 win over Finlandia University (Mich.) … Scored 8
points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished off 2 assists in 74-65 loss
to UW-Stout.
2004: Played in 26 games, including 24 as a starter
… Averaged 5.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game
… Scored a career-high 16 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished
off 3 assists in 63-55 loss to UW-Platteville … Scored 15
points and grabbed 2 rebounds in 73-58 loss to Lawrence University
… Scored 12 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and dished off 2 assists
in 80-54 win over Finlandia University (Mich.) … Scored 9
points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 64-50 loss to UW-Whitewater …
Scored 9 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 56-52 loss to Edgewood
College … Scored 9 points in 74-49 win over Beloit College
… Scored 6 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and dished off 4 assists
in 60-48 win over Luther College (Iowa) … Scored 8 points,
grabbed 3 rebounds and dished off 2 assists in 75-60 win over UW-Superior.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Cedarburg High School,
where he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Ben Siebert … Also earned two varsity letters in soccer
and one in football.
Personal: Majoring in business.
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Kerry Gibson
Senior • Center • Jefferson |
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Career:
Earned varsity letters in 2004, 2005 & 2006 …
Played in all 80 games, including 73 as a starter … Played
in 50 victories … Totaled 781 points, 503 rebounds and 248
blocked shots … Needs 97 blocked shots to tally the third-highest
career total in NCAA Division III history … Needs 27 blocked
shots to set a WIAC career record … Ranks first in UW-Oshkosh
history in career blocked shots.
2006: Started all 26 games … Received All-WIAC
honorable mention recognition … Averaged 11.9 points, 7.3
rebounds and a WIAC-leading 3.9 blocked shots per game … Ranked
second in the NCAA Division III in blocked shots per contest …
Scored a career-high 27 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, blocked six
shots and dished off 2 assists in 82-75 overtime loss to Lawrence
University … Scored 23 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, blocked
6 shots and dished off 2 assists in 70-69 win over Carroll College
… Scored 21 points, grabbed 6 rebounds and blocked six shots
in 74-52 win over UW-Stevens Point … Scored 19 points, grabbed
7 rebounds and blocked 2 shots in 80-61 loss to UW-Stout …
Scored 15 points, grabbed a career-best 12 rebounds and blocked
2 shots in 55-49 win over UW-River Falls … Scored 13 points,
grabbed 9 rebounds and blocked a career-best 9 shots in 59-49 loss
to UW-Whitewater.
2005: Started all 27 games … Received All-WIAC
honorable mention recognition … Averaged 11.7 points, 6.5
rebounds and a WIAC-leading 2.9 blocked shots per game … …
Ranked ninth in the NCAA Division III in blocked shots per contest
… Scored 26 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 77-72 overtime
win over UW-Eau Claire in the WIAC Tournament … Scored 22
points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 97-92 overtime win over UW-Whitewater
… Scored 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in 69-44 loss to
UW-Stevens Point … Scored 17 points and grabbed 9 rebounds
in 74-59 win over UW-Stevens Point … Scored 10 points, grabbed
7 rebounds and blocked 6 shots in 74-65 loss to UW-Stout …
Scored 9 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 81-71 win over Cardinal
Stritch University.
2004: Played in all 27 games, including 20 starts
… Averaged 5.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and a WIAC-leading 2.5
blocked shots per game … Scored 12 points, grabbed 7 rebounds
and dished off 3 assists in 63-55 loss to UW-Stevens Point …
Scored 11 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and dished off 2 assists in
74-49 win over Beloit College … Scored 11 points and grabbed
8 rebounds in 68-53 loss to UW-Stevens Point … Scored 10 points
and grabbed 11 rebounds in 65-45 win over UW-Eau Claire …
Scored 9 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 65-50 loss to UW-La Crosse
… Scored 8 points, blocked 6 shots and grabbed 3 rebounds
in 75-60 win over UW-Superior … Scored 7 points, blocked 6
shots and grabbed 4 rebounds in 63-55 loss to UW-Platteville …
Scored 6 points, blocked 6 shots and grabbed 7 rebounds in 57-47
win over UW-Eau Claire … Scored 5 points and grabbed 11 rebounds
in 80-54 win over Finlandia University (Mich.).
High School: A 2003 graduate of Jefferson High
School, where he was a four-year varsity starter for head boys’
basketball coaches Greg Fetherston and Kyle Koski … Also earned
three varsity letters in golf, two in football and one in baseball.
Personal: Majoring in history.
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Mike Higgins
Freshman • Forward • Pembine |
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High
School: A 2006 graduate of Niagara High School, where he
was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Jim Hoogland … Also earned three varsity letters in
football and one in both baseball and golf.
Personal: Major is undecided.
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Ryan Johnsen
Junior • Guard • Greendale |
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Transfers
back to UW-Oshkosh from Edgewood College.
UW-Oshkosh Career: Earned varsity letter in 2005
… Played in 4 games, all victories … Totaled 5 points,
4 rebounds and 2 assists.
2006: Played basketball at Edgewood College …
Started all 26 games … Received All-Lake Michigan Conference
honorable mention recognition … Averaged 11.1 points, 3.8
rebounds and 1.8 assists per game … Scored a career-high 27
points in 78-48 win over California Institute of Technology …
Scored 24 points in 75-72 loss to Robert Morris College-Springfield
(Ill.).
2005: Played in 4 games at UW-Oshkosh … Averaged
1.3 points and 1.0 rebounds per game … Scored 3 points, grabbed
1 rebound and dished off 1 assist in 88-61 win over Purdue University-North
Central (Ind.) … Scored 2 points, grabbed 1 rebound and dished
off 1 assist in 85-67 win over Finlandia University (Mich.).
2004: Redshirt in basketball at UW-Oshkosh.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Greendale High
School, where he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’
basketball coach Paul Krajewski … Also earned three varsity
letters in football … Brother, Kyle, is a freshman member
on UW-Oshkosh’s football and baseball teams.
Personal: Majoring in accounting … Owns a
3.35 cumulative grade point average.
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Jordan Johnson
Junior • Forward • Waupaca |
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Career:
Earned varsity letters in 2005 & 2006 … Played
in 49 games, including 32 victories … Started five games …
Totaled 115 points, 108 rebounds and 36 assists.
2006: Played in all 26 games, including five as
a starter … Averaged 2.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game
… Scored a career-high 10 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in
80-66 win over UW-Platteville … Scored 6 points, grabbed 5
rebounds and dished off 3 assists in 80-49 win over Finlandia University
(Mich.) … Scored 6 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in 72-52
win over Edgewood College … Scored 6 points and grabbed 3
rebounds in 81-63 win over UW-Eau Claire … Scored 2 points,
grabbed a career-best 8 rebounds and dished off 3 assists in 70-69
win over Carroll College … Grabbed 6 rebounds and dished off
1 assist in 58-56 loss to UW-River Falls.
2005: Played in 23 games … Averaged 1.7 points
and 1.4 rebounds per game … Scored 9 points, grabbed 2 rebounds
and dished off 1 assist in 88-61 win over Purdue University-North
Central (Ind.) … Scored 5 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and dished
off 1 assist in 81-71 win over Cardinal Stritch University …
Scored 4 points, grabbed 2 rebounds and dished off 1 assist in 77-62
loss to UW-La Crosse … Scored 4 points and grabbed 2 rebounds
in 71-61 win over UW-Superior … Scored 2 points and grabbed
4 rebounds in 74-65 loss to UW-Stout.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Waupaca High School,
where he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Tim Locum … Played
in the 2004 Wisconsin High School Basketball Division 2 All-Star
Game … Also earned three
varsity letters in football.
Personal: Majoring in accounting … Owns a
3.56 cumulative grade point average.
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Derek Khan
Sophomore • Guard • Greenfield |
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2006:
Attended UW-Oshkosh.
2005: Played basketball at UW-Waukesha.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Greenfield High School,
where he started one season for head boys’ basketball coach
Jim Nowak.
Personal: Majoring in business marketing.
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D.J. Marsh
Freshman • Forward • Bayside |
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2006:
Received medical basketball hardship at UW-Oshkosh.
High School: A 2005 graduate of Nicolet High School,
where he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Paul Hepp.
Personal: Majoring in criminal justice.
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Luke Miller
Freshman • Forward • Elk Grove
Village, Ill. |
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High
School: A 2006 graduate of Elk Grove High School, where
he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Steve Messer … Also earned two varsity letters in both
baseball and football.
Personal: Majoring in broadfield social science.
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Matt Miller
Sophomore • Guard • Hudson |
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Career:
Earned varsity letter in 2006 … Played in all 26
games, including 17 victories … Totaled 127 points, 16 steals,
12 assists and 11 rebounds.
2006: Played in all 26 games … Averaged 4.9
points, 0.6 steals, 0.5 assists and 0.4 rebounds per game …
Scored a career-high 16 points and dished off 1 assist in 69-58
win over Robert Morris College-Springfield (Ill.) … Scored
13 points and grabbed 1 rebound in 54-50 win over UW-Platteville
… Scored 12 points and dished off 1 assist in 80-49 win over
Finlandia University (Mich.) … Scored 10 points and dished
off 1 assist in 72-52 win over Edgewood College … Scored 9
points and dished off 2 assists in 68-58 win over UW-Eau Claire,
High School: A 2005 graduate of Hudson High School,
where he was a four-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Tim Scharfenberg … Played in the 2005 Wisconsin High
School Basketball Division 1 All-Star Game … Also earned one
varsity letter in soccer.
Personal: Majoring in computer science …
Brother, Nate, played four seasons for the UW-Oshkosh men’s
basketball team from 2000-03.
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John Polkowski
Freshman • Forward • Goodman |
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High
School: A 2006 graduate of Goodman High School, where he
was a four-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Bill Taylor … Also earned four varsity letters in baseball
and three in football.
Personal: Majoring in physical education and health
promotion.
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Dane Secker-Anderson
Sophomore • Forward • Oshkosh |
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Transfers
to UW-Oshkosh from the University of North Dakota.
2006: Played basketball at the University of North
Dakota … Appeared in 19 of team’s 28 games … Averaged
2.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game … Scored
a career-high 10 points and grabbed 6 rebounds in 86-78 loss to
Mayville State University (N.D.) … Scored 8 points and grabbed
3 rebounds in 78-72 win over Southwest State University (Minn.)
… Scored 6 points and grabbed a career-best 7 rebounds in
80-77 overtime win over Valley City State University (N.D.).
2005: Redshirt in basketball at the University
of North Dakota.
High School: A 2004 graduate of Oshkosh West High
School, where he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’
basketball coach Steve Randall … Also earned one varsity letter
in baseball.
Personal: Majoring in communications.
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Huston Sprang
Sophomore • Guard • Manitowoc |
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Career:
Earned varsity letter in 2006 … Played in five games, all
victories … Totaled 7 points, 4 steals, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
2006: Played in five games … Averaged 1.8
points, 0.8 steals and 0.6 rebounds per game … Scored a career-high
5 points and dished off 1 assist in 80-49 win over Finlandia University
(Mich.) … Scored 2 points and grabbed a career-best 2 rebounds
in 76-55 win over Haskell Indian Nations University (Kan.) …
Grabbed 1 rebound in 72-52 win over Edgewood College.
High School: A 2005 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln
High School, where he was a two-year varsity starter for head boys’
basketball coach and former UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball player
Mark Christenson.
Personal: Majoring in marketing.
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Nathan Wesener
Senior • Forward • Potter |
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Career:
Earned varsity letters in 2004, 2005 & 2006 … Played in
all 80 games, including 20 as a starter … Participated in
50 victories … Totaled 276 points, 239 rebounds, 57 assists
and 37 steals.
2006: Played in all 26 games, including 20 as a
starter … Averaged 4.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists
per game while shooting 60.3 percent (44-73) from the field …
Scored a career-high 13 points and grabbed 8 rebounds in 59-49 loss
to UW-Whitewater … Scored 9 points, grabbed 3 rebounds and
dished off 3 assists in 81-63 win over UW-Eau Claire … Scored
9 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in 54-50 win over UW-Platteville
… Scored 9 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in 58-55 loss to
UW-Stout … Scored 6 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to tie
a career high in 58-56 loss to UW-River Falls … Scored 2 points,
grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds and dished off 2 assists in 69-58
win over Robert Morris College-Springfield (Ill.).
2005: Played in all 27 games … Averaged 2.8
points and 2.5 rebounds per game while shooting 62.5 percent (25-40)
from the field … Scored 11 points in 77-72 win over Carroll
College … Scored 6 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in 62-51
win over UW-River Falls … Scored 6 points and grabbed 3 rebounds
in 88-61 win over Purdue University-North Central (Ind.) …
Scored 4 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and dished off 1 assist in 65-59
win over UW-River Falls.
2004: Played in all 27 games … Averaged 3.1
points and 1.9 rebounds per game … Scored 7 points and grabbed
7 rebounds in 72-64 win over UW-Platteville … Scored 7 points
and grabbed 1 rebound in 64-50 loss to UW-Whitewater … Scored
7 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in 75-60 win over UW-Superior …
Scored 6 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 71-50 win over Marian
College … Scored 6 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished off
a career-best 3 assists in 65-45 win over UW-Eau Claire …
Scored 6 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished off 2 assists in
65-47 win over UW-La Crosse … Scored 2 points and grabbed
5 rebounds in 70-59 loss to UW-Stevens Point.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Hilbert High School,
where he was a three-year varsity starter for head boys’ basketball
coach Dave Schmitting … Played in the 2003 Wisconsin High
School Basketball Division 4 All-Star Game … Also earned four
varsity letters in track and field and three in football …
Played in WIAA Division 6 championship football games in 2001 and
2002.
Personal: Majoring in secondary education.
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Jordan Wypiszynski
Junior • Forward • Ashwaubenon |
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Career:
Earned
varsity letters in 2005 & 2006 … Played in nine games,
all victories … Totaled 1 point and 4 rebounds.
2006: Played in five games … Averaged 0.2
points and 0.4 rebounds per game … Scored 1 point and grabbed
2 rebounds, both career highs, in 72-52 win over Edgewood College.
2005: Played in four games … Averaged 0.5
rebounds per game … Grabbed 1 rebound in 85-67 win over Finlandia
University (Mich.) … Grabbed 1 rebound in 88-61 win over Purdue
University-North Central (Ind.).
2004: Competed in track and field at St. Cloud State University
(Minn.).
High School: A 2003 graduate of Ashwaubenon High
School, where he was a three-year varsity letterman for head boys’
basketball coach Jeff Vanderloo … Also earned four varsity
letters in track and field and two in football … Won the high
jump title at the 2002 WIAA Division 1 Track and Field Championship
… Member of the school’s football team that captured
WIAA Division 2 state titles in 2000 and 2001.
Personal: Majoring in communications … Earned
a varsity letter as a member of the 2005 UW-Oshkosh men’s
outdoor track and field team.
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