MILWAUKEE – Four former Milwaukee student-athletes and a prominent head coach will be inducted into the Bud K. Haidet Milwaukee Athletics Hall of Fame, presented by Holiday Inn Milwaukee Riverfront on Saturday, Nov. 13.
 
The members of the Class of 2021 include Cheryl Berkley (volleyball), William Krueger (track & field/cross country), Emily McClellan (swimming), and Marc Mitchell (basketball), as well as Jerry Augustine, head coach of the Panthers for 12 seasons on the baseball diamond.
 
The class was originally named last fall but is being formally announced and introduced at the 2021 induction ceremony due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which postponed the event from a year ago. The event will again be hosted in-person at Holiday Inn Milwaukee Riverfront.
 
Interested parties can now make plans to join the festivities and register through the following attendance LINK. The Hall of Fame banquet honoring these five individuals will take place at an afternoon luncheon on Saturday, November 13, at the Holiday Inn – Riverfront (4700 North Port Washington Rd, Milwaukee, Wis.). Any questions can be directed to Chris Roche, Associate Athletic Director, Development at rochec@uwm.edu.
 
Berkley (Hegemann) capped her stellar four-year volleyball career with Horizon League Player of the Year honors following the 2006 campaign, while also being selected for Honorable Mention All-American status by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Berkley led Milwaukee to four consecutive regular-season league titles, compiling an impressive 51-5 (.911 winning percentage) record in the process. That was highlighted by a Horizon League Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2006, the same season she led the team in kills and blocks. A two-year team captain, Berkley was a two-time all-league selection as well as a member of the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team as a freshman. She finished her career with 1,099 kills, 750 digs, and a school-record 419 blocks, while also excelling off the court – becoming MKE's first-ever volleyball Academic All-American.
 
Krueger was an outstanding distance runner at Milwaukee from 1959-63, winning eight letters between cross country and track and field. When he completed his career, he held school records in the mile and two-mile races and the cross country course record at Estabrook Park, where the team held its home matches. A two-time All-American, Krueger finished second in the steeplechase and fourth in the 6-mile run at the 1963 at the College Division NCAA Track Meet. A scoring member of 1960/1961/1963 WIAC conference championship teams, he ran the fastest 5,000-meter in school history (15:40), broke the Baker Field House mile record (4:28.4) in 1961, set the school record with 4:26.3 mile at Whitewater Invitational in 1961, established a school record in 2-mile run (9:57.3) in 1963, and set the UWM indoor mile record at Central Michigan Quadrangular in 1961.
 
McClellan can arguably be considered the most successful athlete in school history, starting with being the only four-time All-American in any sport during her time with the Panthers (2010-14). The 2014 NCAA runner-up in the 100 breaststroke was also a four-time Horizon League Athlete of the Year, four-time Horizon League Swimmer of the Meet, four-time Horizon League 100 breaststroke champion, four-time Horizon League 200 breaststroke champion, and four-time Horizon League 200 IM champion. In addition to being a 19-time Horizon League champion overall, McClellan started breaking records as a freshman and never stopped. All told, she broke three Horizon League solo records 22 different times (100 & 200 breaststroke, 200 IM), broke three school records 22 different times, eclipsed three Klotsche Natatorium records 11 times, and three freshman records five different times. She also helped break league records in the 800 freestyle relay, the 200 and 400 medley relays at the league meet her senior season, and was a part of the school-record breaking 400 free relay team at the league championships. The 2010 Horizon League Newcomer of the Year, eight-time Horizon League Swimmer of the Week, and two-time CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major All-American was also the 2013 Bronze medal winner for Team USA at World University Games and the 2012 U.S. Open Champion in the 100 breaststroke, while also placing sixth in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in 100 breaststroke.
 
Mitchell was one of the first Milwaukee basketball players to make his mark on the court after the school moved full-time to NCAA Division I status in 1990. In his two seasons (1991-92/1992-93), Mitchell directed his teams to a combined 43-12 mark (.782 winning percentage), including the 1992-93 squad that set a school record for wins (23), consecutive wins (10) and winning percentage (.852). He established season records in back-to-back years in total assists and per-game average and set the school record on a pair of occasions with 13 assists in a game – a mark that stood for 19 years. Mitchell also put together the first two triple-doubles in school history, posting impressive statlines against Alcorn State (16 pts/12 asst/10 reb) in 1992 and versus UMKC (13 pts/11 asst/10 reb) in 1993. In just two seasons (52 games), Mitchell accumulated 861 points, 345 assists, 231 rebounds, and 156 steals. His career steal total still stands second in school history while still holding the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the season steal list. His 7.0 assists-per-game in 1992-93 was the program standard for over 20 years until it was broken in 2015. After averaging 15.8 points and 6.2 assists in his first season with the Panthers, Mitchell put together a terrific senior campaign that saw him average 17.3 points, 7.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.9 steals per contest. He shot 49.1 percent from the floor in his MKE career and held the career assists record for the program when he graduated, lasting 19 years until it was broken in 2012.
 
Augustine helped put Milwaukee baseball on the map in his 12 seasons (1995-2006), finishing with an overall mark of 347-297-1, the most career victories by any coach in MKE's NCAA DI history. The program had just two winning seasons in school history prior to his arrival and had won 20-plus games just twice. Augustine claimed 21 victories his first season and then improved that win total each of next four years, setting a school record each time – peaking in 2001 at 39 games. He led the Panthers to their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament in 1999, stunning the baseball world and turning heads with an upset of No. 1 Rice – a victory that still remains as the only time a Panther team has defeated the top nationally-ranked team in the land in any sport. His teams set and reset all offensive records year after year, with the 2001 team still holding school standards in batting average (.352), runs (537), hits (715), RBI (476), and total bases (1,113). In all, Augustine won 30-or-more games six times, collecting three Horizon League Coach of the Year awards, and five regular-season or league tournament crowns. Lastly, the list of Panthers who were either drafted or signed to play professionally grew to near 30 in his tenure.
 
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The Milwaukee Athletics Hall of Fame is named in honor of Bud K. Haidet, the retired MKE Director of Athletics who made many contributions to Panther athletics during his 21 years in charge of the department.
 
Haidet was officially inducted into the hall and learned of the naming honor in the spring of 2009, just prior to his official retirement from the University. After being hired in 1988, Haidet led Milwaukee to unprecedented athletic and academic heights. He guided the program from NAIA status back to NCAA Division I competition and then established MKE as a powerhouse in the Horizon League.
 
Along the way, Haidet helped Milwaukee Athletics build a national reputation, highlighted by a men's basketball run to the Sweet 16 in 2005. The Panthers won the Horizon League's McCafferty Trophy five times under Haidet, while with him in charge UWM teams won 85 league regular season and tournament championship titles, while Panther coaches claimed 67 league coach of the year honors.
 
MKE teams also excelled on the national stage. Panther squads made 27 NCAA Tournament appearances while Haidet was the AD, while individual athletes appeared in the track & field national championships seven times.