Badgers add 12 to UW Athletic Hall of

[Jon McNamara]

• · UW Athletic Hall of Fame: https://uwbadgers.com/honors/uw-athletic-hall-of-fame
  • Jon Leuer – Men’s Basketball (2007-11)
  • · Led UW in scoring and rebounding as a junior and senior
  • · Set UW’s third-highest single season point total with 621 in 2011
  • · Ended his career ranked 12th in scoring with 1,376 points
  • · One of just eight players in UW history with 1,300 points and 500 rebounds
  • · Ended his career ranked 10th in career blocks with 85
  • · Part of a class that totaled 100 career wins and qualified for four-straight NCAA tournaments, including two Sweet 16 appearances
  • · Member of the 2008 Big Ten Regular Season and Tournament championship teams
  • · Honorable Mention AP All-American as a senior
  • · 2011 NABC All-District 11 and USBWA All-District 5
  • · 2011 First-team All-Big Ten selection
  • · Member of the 2010 USA Basketball Men’s Select team (one of only 10 college players selected)
  • · 2009 and 2010 Academic All-Big Ten
  • · 2011 Team captain
  • · 2011 second-round NBA draft pick by the Milwaukee Bucks, playing eight seasons in the NBA
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  Maggie Meyer – Women’s Swimming & Diving (2008-11)
  • Wisconsin’s first women’s swimming NCAA champion, winning the 2011 NCAA title in 200-yard backstroke
  • Wisconsin’s 2011 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient
  • 2011 Big Ten Conference Swimmer of the Year
  • 2009-10 UW Female Athlete of the Year
  • 11-time first-team All-American; seven-time honorable mention All-American
  • 10-time Big Ten champion
  • 16-time All-Big Ten honoree
  • Three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
  • Set school records in six events
  • Set Big Ten records in 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard medley relays
  • 2009 U.S. Open champion in 200-meter backstroke
  • U.S. National Team member from 2009-2010
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  Heritage Era (Prior to 1971)
  
  Lloyd M. Cooke – Men’s Track & Field(1935-37); Men’s Cross Country (1934-36)
  • Member of the 1936 co-Big Ten championship cross country team
  • First Black student-athlete to run cross country for the Badgers
  • Helped UW to a combined 9-2 record in 1935 and 1936
  • Second-leading scorer for Wisconsin in 1936, posting two first-place and three second-place finishes
  • Member of Phi Lambda Upsilon, a national chemistry honor society
  • Graduated with honors in 1937
  • Member of the American Chemical Society from 1938-2001
  • Had a career as a highly respected chemist, ending up as a top research chemist for Union Carbide
  • Received the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement in 1970
  • Member of the National Science Board from 1970-82
  • Also served on the Economic Development Council of New York City, National Council for Minorities in Engineering, and New York State Science and Technology Foundation
• Coach/Administration
  
  Tamara Flarup – Women’s Sports Information Director; Director of Website Services
  • First women’s sports information director at Wisconsin from 1977-2001
  • Director of Website Services from 2001-16
  • Recognized nationally for her innovative ideas, technological advances and promotion of women’s intercollegiate athletics
  • Served on the board of directors of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) from 1998-2001; chaired numerous CoSIDA committees over her 40-year career
  • Inducted into the CoSIDA Hall of Fame in 2007
  • 2004 Mel Greenberg Award winner by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association
  • Served for 16 years on the NCAA Women’s Final Four Communications Committee from 1995 - 2010
  • Upon her retirement in 2016 was granted Emerita status following a record of distinguished service to the UW
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  Special Service
  
  Ron Leafblad
  • Member of the 1962 Big Ten Championship football team that competed in the 1963 Rose Bowl
  • 1964 football team captain
  • Student representative on the UW Athletic Board in 1963
  • 1965 Wisconsin graduate
  • CEO and founder of Gold Country Inc., a holding company with five separate companies involved in retail, license apparel manufacturing, website development and fulfillment, and corporate uniforms and sportswear
  • Owner and CEO of Leaf Industries Inc., a manufacturer of precision parts for the computer and medical equipment industries
  • Active in Young Presidents Organization and World Presidents Organization
  • Co-chair of the 1990 Twin Cities Campaign for Wisconsin
  • Involved in National W Club, serving as president in 1999, and Wisconsin Alumni Association
  • Member of the UW Athletic Board from 2008-12
  • Donated $1 million which helped build the Ron Leafblad Family Football Team Suite
  • Established the Ron and Diane Leafblad Family Scholarship Fund, providing scholarship support to a student-athlete on the Badger football team
  • Donated to the Letters and Science Career Initiative Fund (SuccessWorks) in 2016
  • Donated to the 150th Anniversary Campaign for Alumni Park in 2014