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Koelbl to
head men’s
basketball
Ken Koelbl will head the
men’s basketball team for ’03-04.
An assistant coach at UW-
Stevens Point since 1995, Koelbl
helped lead the Pointers to four
straight conference
championships, including a 24-4
mark in ’02-03. The Onalaska
native, who played basketball at
Viterbo University in the late
’80s and early ’90s, was
Ken Koelbl
inducted into the Viterbo
University Athletic Hall of Fame
in 1996. “I’m very excited to be
named the next head coach at UW-La Crosse,” said
Koelbl. “I believe there is a lot of potential here. My goal
is to bring the same success to the basketball program as
the other teams.”
Loe named
state’s ‘Woman
of the Year’
Jocelyn Loe, who graduated in
May 2003, was named the 2003
Wisconsin National Collegiate
Athletics Association (NCAA) Woman
of the Year. The Oshkosh West High
School graduate was one of 12
Division III student-athletes chosen as
state winners. The award honors
outstanding female student-athletes
who have excelled in academics,
athletics and community leadership
and have completed their collegiate
athletics eligibility. Loe, a chemistry Jocelyn Loe
major and mathematics minor, was
named to the 2003 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-America
Women’s Cross Country/Track First Team for the second
straight year. She finished her career with 10 NCAA Division
III All-American honors, including two at the 2003 outdoor
championships. Loe earned the Goldwater Chemistry
Scholarship last year and was a member of the UW-L Honors
Program and Golden Key National Honour Society. She is
currently pursuing a doctorate in pharmaceutical development
and research at UW-Madison.
Sports News
Schockmel earns
national award
Barry Schockmel, ’67, UW-L’s
defensive coordinator and
defensive backs coach, was
named a winner of the AFLAC
National Assistant Coach of the
Year Award. He was one of 500
assistant coaches at the high
school and collegiate levels
names nationwide, representing
a variety of team sports.
Recipients came from all 50
states and the District of
Columbia. Schockmel was the
WIAC Assistant Coach of the
Year in 2002.
Barry Schockmel, ’67
This time, a familiar
face in the crowd
Mark Guthrie
Eagle sports fans saw a
familiar face in the Aug. 11
Sports Illustrated column, “Faces
in the Crowd.”
Eagles Head Track and
Field Coach Mark Guthrie
made the column for winning
his 17th NCAA Division III
championship when the Eagles
took the 2003 outdoor title. The
national publication also noted
that the Eagles won the indoor
title, giving Guthrie eight
sweeps in 16 seasons.
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