MILWAUKEE – Three former Milwaukee student-athletes and a tandem of soccer coaches will be inducted into the Bud K. Haidet Milwaukee Athletics Hall of Fame, presented by Holiday Inn Milwaukee Riverfront on Saturday, November 12.
 
The members of the Class of 2022 include Tony Sanneh (men's soccer), Samia Taylor (women's track & field), and Tyler Bucholz (men's track & field), as well as head coach Michael Moynihan (women's soccer) and longtime associate head coach David Nikolic (women's soccer).
 
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 12, 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.

Tony Sanneh is arguably the most decorated student-athlete in the history of the Milwaukee men's soccer program, playing for the Panthers from 1990 to 1993. He went on to play professionally as well and eventually earned a regular spot with the United States men's national soccer team. He ended his USMNST career – which included a significant role in the 2002 World Cup in which he started all five games – with 43 international caps and three goals.
 
Sanneh arrived on campus in the Fall of 1990 and proceeded to rewrite the Panther record book during his four-year stay. Not only was Sannah a three-time All-Big Central Conference performer, he was also named a First-Team All-America selection following the 1991 and 1993 seasons. Sanneh established school career records in points (138), goals (53), and assists (32), and was second in career shots (263) and, nearly 30 years later, still holds the standards for points and assists. Sanneh's 17 goals as a senior in 1993 were good for third on the school's single season list, while his 15 assists the same season ranked second in school annals.
 
Sanneh was named an NSCAA All-Mideast performer as a freshman, starting just nine of 22 games, yet ending the season second in scoring with 15 goals and four assists for 34 points. Besides being named to the all-conference first team, Sanneh was also recognized to the All-Mideast Region second team. He helped the Panthers garner their highest national ranking to date at No. 9 and capture an automatic berth into the 1990 NCAA Tournament. Sanneh netted 27 points on nine goals and nine assists to finish second on the team in scoring as a sophomore, selected to the All-Mideast team for the second consecutive year while also picking up his first All-America accolades. His junior season was injury-plagued, but he still managed to lead the team in scoring and finished with 12 goals and four assists for 28 points.
 
The 1993 season allowed Sanneh to establish himself as the most prolific player in school history. In 19 games, he recorded 49 points (17 goals, 15 assists) to amass those career totals of 138 points, 53 goals, and 32 assists – capping his time with the Panthers with NSCAA Second-Team All-America honors.
 
Tyler Bucholz was one of the most dominant competitors in the history of the Milwaukee men's track & field program, appearing for the Panthers from 2007 to 2011. He capped his career at the NCAA Regional Championships in May of his senior year, putting a fitting end to a career that included a school-record 22 league individual and relay titles as well as helping lead the program to the Horizon League Championship as a team in both indoor and outdoor seasons all four years he competed – a perfect stretch of 8-for-8 in bringing home titles.
 
His 22 individual league crowns mark the most-ever for an MKE track & field athlete, as do his 24 All-Horizon League selections. As a senior, Bucholz reset the school 400m record twice and ran the second-fastest 200m in school history (21.13). He edged the school 400m for the first time by just 0.02 seconds and then eclipsed that mark by 0.40 seconds, resetting the school standard at 46.69. The Crystal, Minnesota, native won seven of the 11 individual events he entered, including league championships in both the 100m and 200m, putting the final touch on the program claiming both the indoor and outdoor league championships for the fourth straight year.
 
An NCAA regional qualifier in numerous events from 20017 through 2011, he established new school marks in the following events: 200m (21.13, also Horizon League record), 400m (46.69, also Horizon League record), 4x100 relay (40.66, also Horizon League record), 4x400 relay (3:09.32 MKE record/3:10.82 Horizon League mark), DMR (9:57.79 school record). He capped both his indoor and outdoor careers with three-straight league titles in the 200m and two 400m crowns.
 
Named the Horizon League Outdoor Athlete of the Year in 2010 and 2008, Bucholz also picked up 2007 Horizon League Newcomer of the Year honors and was named the 2010 UWM Pepsi Student-Athlete of the Year at the year-end awards banquet.
 
Samia Taylor (2010-2013) was one of the best athletes that the Milwaukee women's track & field team ever had in jumping events, earning individual titles on five total occasions in the triple jump as well as once in the long jump, and was the Horizon League Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet as both a senior and a junior. In addition to the individual titles, Taylor went on to earn All-League Second Team honors in four different instances (2013 Outdoor long jump, 2013 Indoor long jump, 2012 Outdoor long jump, 2010 Outdoor triple jump) and capped her 2011 campaign with an 18^th-place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, to become Milwaukee's first All-American since 2007.
 
The 2010 Horizon League Outdoor Field Newcomer of the Year, Taylor was a 10-time Horizon League Athlete of the Week who started strong right out of the gates. She broke the school record in the triple jump twice as a freshman, becoming the first Panther woman to ever triple jump 40 feet when she reset her own mark by nearly a foot with a 40-9 1/2 jump. By the time the outdoor championships rolled around she made quite a first impression, finishing runner-up in the triple jump and third in the long jump at the league meet.
 
She broke her own school record in the triple jump with mark of 40-10 1/4 as a sophomore, a mark that was also a new Klotsche Center record. She cleared 40-3 four times on the season and placed second in triple jump at the NCAA Qualifier in Ames, Iowa. At one point in her career, she jumped 42 feet in three consecutive meets, breaking the outdoor record three times while topping out at  42'4.5.

As a junior, Taylor continued to add to already extensive resume with league titles in both triple jump and long jump. She broke her own school record in triple jump with a leap of 41-7 1/4 and set the Klotsche Center record at 41-3 1/4. She placed third at the NCAA Qualifier and set the Klotsche record in long jump as well, clearing 19-5 1/2. In the spring, she won her fourth-straight league title in triple jump with mark of 40-9 and narrowly missed her second-straight trip to the NCAA Championships after outstanding performances at NCAA West Regional, taking 17th in triple jump and 22nd in long jump.
 
She capped her MKE career with her third straight indoor triple jump title at the Horizon League Championships in the Spring of 2013 and also finished runner-up in long jump at the league championships. Taylor broke the school record in long jump with a leap of 19-10 3/4 and, despite battling injury, smashed the school record and finished 16th in the region in long jump with a leap of 20-1 1/2 at the NCAA West Regional Meet to just miss a return trip to the NCAA Championships.
 
Michael Moynihan coached 19 total years with the Milwaukee women's soccer program, turning the Panthers into a dynasty while leading them to nine NCAA Tournament appearances, 13 Horizon League Championships, and eight Horizon League Tournament titles. Moynihan, an eight-time Horizon League Coach of the Year, directed the Panthers to an incredible run of 12-straight conference titles starting in 2000 and extending through his final campaign on campus in 2011.

In 15 years as the head coach at Milwaukee, Moynihan posted an impressive 193-84-38 overall record, including a gaudy 86-8-5 (.894) mark in Horizon League games. In his final season with the Black & Gold in 2011, Moynihan's Panthers won a school-record 19 matches, including a perfect 8-0-0 run through conference action, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round. Led by nine all-conference honorees, including Horizon League Player of the Year and NSCAA All-American Sarah Hagen and Defensive Player of the Year Jamie Forbes, the Panthers finished the season ranked No. 23 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) with a final RPI of No. 25. The team advanced in the NCAA Tournament following a 3-0 victory at home over Illinois State.
 
The numbers are as staggering as they are impressive in his tenure. In his 15 seasons from 1997 through 2011, the Panthers were recognized with four All-Americans, 22 all-region selections, seven Horizon League Player of the Year awards, five Horizon League Newcomer of the Year honorees, 46 Horizon League First-Team selections, 35 Second-Team choices, and 42 league all-newcomer team honorees over the span.
 
A Milwaukee, Wis., native, his coaching career began with the Panthers in 1993 when he served as an assistant coach under his sister, Susan. He helped guide the Panthers in that capacity to a 40-33-4 mark in four seasons, laying the groundwork for when he would take over the program in 1997. Michael also played an instrumental role in fundraising efforts to have the Panthers' home field, the Laura Moynihan Field, named after his mother who also coached the MKE women's soccer program.

He entered his 11^th season at Northwestern this fall, where he has led the Wildcats to four NCAA Tournament berths and coached the 2016 Big Ten Champion team. His all-time record with the program is 89-79-26, making him the winningest coach in school history.
 
A coaching veteran of more than 25 years overall, David Nikolic was the other key member of the Milwaukee coaching staff that built the Panthers into a powerhouse, serving as the longtime associate head coach under Moynihan.
 
He was instrumental in building Milwaukee women's soccer into the Horizon League's dominant program. From 1994-2011, the Panthers amassed 225 total wins, posted an .850 winning percentage in league play (a stellar 97-15-5) and won 12-straight league championships. The Panthers earned nine NCAA Tournament berths and advanced in three of those seasons. In Nikolic's final campaign (2011) at his alma mater, Milwaukee posted a school-record 19 victories and was ranked as high as 10^th in the NSCAA Top-25 poll, and ninth in Soccer America's national poll.
 
Nikolic was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Great Lakes Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2011 and followed Moynihan to Northwestern, where he spent nine seasons as the associate head coach. He helped the Wildcats earn four straight NCAA Tournament berths from 2015-18, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2016 – the same year the team captured the 2016 Big Ten regular-season championship. He was then hired as the head coach of the UIC women's soccer program prior to the start of the 2021 campaign.