Category: Athletics

The Badgers are Back (to Back) will be Saturday, Aug. 21 at Camp Randall Stadium and the UW Field House.

For the 2021-22 football season, the first season allowing guests since the COVID-19 pandemic, football tickets sales were digitized. The new system requires students to transfer tickets digitally rather than providing them with paper tickets to sell in person.

Defenseman Peter Tischke (1 year, two-way AHL/ECHL) appeared in 16 games with the Colorado Eagles last season. Overall, he’s appeared in 51 ECHL games (Utah) and 21 AHL games since graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 2019.

Kris Thorsness, grew up in Alaska and never saw rowing before she went off to college at the University of Wisconsin.  Like many elite athletes, growing up, she tried different sports, before settling on the sport which would take her all the way to the Olympics.

Roy Boone needed some convincing when he got a call from former UW women’s basketball standout Tamara Moore, who formed the OBA in 2019 but had to wait nearly two years for the first games to be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two days after the Journal Sentinel detailed the myriad reasons he was not retained as a men’s basketball assistant at Wisconsin, Alando Tucker used social media to deny he had done anything wrong.

Sixteen University of Wisconsin athletes across eight different events will be competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

“I’ve got one of my Badger caps in my bag. It will be coming with me of course. I don’t think, I won’t be wearing it because of course we’ll be wearing the flag caps,” Phoebe Bacon says.

Fresh off her freshman year, Phoebe Bacon reps the Wisconsin Badgers well.

One of the first to take advantage of this breakthrough rule change was Wisconsin Badgers’ Quarterback Graham Mertz. Mertz — a redshirt sophomore who started in seven games for the Badgers last season — revealed his merchandise store and trademark logo on July 1st with the caption, “Thank you for the support. It’s only the beginning!”

The university has withheld names of some candidates either because the applicant requested confidentiality or due to FERPA restrictions. FERPA, or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, allows protection of student education records.

“We are so happy to be welcoming fans back to football games,” said Brian Lucas, the director of football brand and communications at UW. “We know the players are excited to have the fans back too.”

“He understands the history and traditions of the Big Ten. I trust Barry and we look forward to working with him on relevant football-related issues and building upon the strong relationships we have with the College Football Playoff, our broadcast and bowl partners, as well as our member institutions and student-athletes,” Warren said in a news release.

Since being drafted No. 6 overall by Orlando out of the University of Wisconsin in 2018, Mueller has scored 20 goals and assisted on 22 more in 96 games (63 starts).

Rae Lin D’Alie, Italy: Wisconsin native and former University of Wisconsin player who plays pro basketball in Italy

Pitching similar feelings for softball’s return to the Olympic games is UW Madison Head Softball Coach, Yvette Healy.“With Tokyo hosting and them being such a great softball community, everyone knew that they would pick that sport back up, so we were thrilled. I mean the sport needs to be in the Olympics. There’s so many fans watching so we loved it,” said Healy.

And on the next-to-last day of competition, Alicia Monson, at her first Olympic Trials after a standout NCAA career at the University of Wisconsin, was racing in the women’s 10,000 meters. The race was moved from evening to morning because the temperature in Eugene, Oregon, had been forecasted to reach triple digits later in the day.

UW has reviewed 33 NIL deals that were submitted for disclosure under the athletic department’s guidelines for player marketing since July 1, senior associate athletic director Justin Doherty said Thursday. None was determined to be against NCAA regulations, he said.

Alev Kelter: I played Division I ice hockey and soccer in college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With my twin sister [Derya], we both played Division I. I was released from the Olympic ice hockey player pool for Sochi in 2014, and I was deciding whether or not to play pro soccer or go play hockey overseas.

Barry Alvarez was due for payouts through the start of 2022 as part of an agreement tied to his job as University of Wisconsin athletic director.He’s still going to cash in despite his retirement from the position at the end of June.

Matt Henningsen, University of Wisconsin football player

He wore red and white at the University of Wisconsin (2019-21), where he capped his collegiate career with the 2021 Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s top men’s player. And now, he is sporting the bleu, blanc et rouge of the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Final.

“It’s hard to overstate the impact and legacy of @UWBadgers Director Barry Alvarez,” Gov. Evers tweeted. “I’m proud to declare today Barry Alvarez Day, and on behalf of the state of Wisconsin and Badgers everywhere, I wish Director Alvarez all the best in his retirement.”

University of Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz tweeted out a video of a trademarked logo on Monday.

Some athletes have already begun making plans to cash in on their renown. Jordan Bohannon, a men’s basketball player at the University of Iowa, has announced plans for an apparel line that will debut on Thursday, and the University of Wisconsin’s starting quarterback, Graham Mertz, posted a video with a personal logo.

June is Pride Month, so Marc VandeWettering wrote an article to describe his journey as a gay man. “Sitting down and writing this in the midst of Pride Month is liberating,” he wrote in the article.

Kenny Bednarek and Alicia Monson, both of whom won state championships during their days as Wisconsin high school track and field athletes, are headed to Tokyo as qualifiers for the United States Olympic team.