Wisconsin announces UW Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Mohammed Ahmed

Track & Cross Country (2009-14)

• Four-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024)
• 2020 Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000 meters for Canada
• Set multiple Canadian national records in the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters
• Bronze medalist in the 5,000 meters at the 2019 World Championships, a first for a Canadian runner
• Two-time silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games in 2018
• 2015 Pan American Games gold medalist in the 10,000 meters
• Five-time NCAA All-American in track – Indoor and outdoor (2010 and 2012), indoor (2013) and outdoor (2014)
• Four-time cross country All-American
• 2014 Big Ten indoor and outdoor champion in the 5,000 meters
• 2012 Big Ten outdoor champion in the 5,000 meters
• Member of the 2011 NCAA Championship cross country team
• 2011 Big Ten cross country champion
• 2010 Big Ten outdoor champion in the 10,000 meters
• Four-time All-Big Ten in cross country
• Three-time academic All-Big Ten in cross country

Dorcas Akinniyi Jansen

Track & Field (2008-13)

• Two-time Big Ten outdoor champion in the heptathlon (2010 and 2013)
• Three-time Big Ten indoor champion in the pentathlon (2010, 2011 and 2012)
• 2013 NCAA Woman of the Year award nominee
• 2012 NCAA runner-up in the indoor pentathlon
• Three-time indoor All-American in the pentathlon (2010, 2011 and 2012)
• Three-time outdoor All-American in the heptathlon (2010, 2011 and 2012)
• Member of Team USA for the 2010 NACAC Under-23 Championships
• Finished ninth in the heptathlon at 2010 USC Outdoor Championships

Molly Engstrom

Women’s Hockey (2001-05)

• Two-time Olympic medalist for Team USA, winning a bronze in 2006 and a silver in 2010
• Named the top defenseman at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Five-time member of the U.S. Women’s National Team for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships, winning gold in 2005, 2008 and 2009, and silver in 2004 and 2007
• Named to the WCHA’s 10th anniversary top 10 team
• Named to the WCHA’s 25th anniversary top 25 team
• Part of the Brampton Thunder team that won the first championship of the CWHL in 2008
• The Molly Engstrom Award, introduced in 2011, is presented annually to Wisconsin’s top prep defenseman
• Two-time WCHA Defensive Player of the Year
• Helped UW earn its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2005
• 2005 All-America
• Two-time All-WCHA first team
• Patty Kazmaier Top-Ten finalist in 2005

Travis Frederick

Football (2009-12)

• In 2009, became the first Wisconsin true freshman to start a season-opening game on the offensive line
• Earned first-team All-American honors in 2012 after starting 13 games at center
• Selected as a UW captain in 2012
• Part of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Big Ten champion teams
• Drafted in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys
• In 2013, became the first rookie in Dallas’ franchise history to start every game at center; was selected to the NFL All-Rookie team
• Named a captain for the Dallas Cowboys in 2016
• Selected to five Pro Bowls and earned First-Team All-Pro honors in 2016
• The 2020 George Halas Award winner, given yearly by the Pro Football Writers of America to an NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed

Frank Kaminsky 

Basketball (2011-2015)

• 2015 Wooden Award winner, presented annually to the outstanding collegiate basketball player of the year
• Winner of the 2015 Naismith College Player of the Year award
• First in UW history to win National Player of the Year (Wooden, Naismith, Oscar Robertson)
• The 18th consensus All-American in UW history
• Just the second player in UW history to post 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks
• Set UW single-game record with 43 points vs. North Dakota (11/19/13)
• Set the UW career blocks record (153)
• His 66 blocks in 2013-14 tied for the third-best single-season mark in UW history
• Helped lead the Badgers to back-to-back Final Fours in 2014 and 2015
• Helped Wisconsin to a win over undefeated Kentucky in the 2015 Final Four to reach the program’s first national championship game since 1941
• Drafted in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft

Mary Massei Landini

Softball (2010-14)

• Finished career as the UW leader in runs (142), batting average (.370) and doubles (53)
• Holds career program records for at bats (673), hits (249), triples (14) and total bases (402)
• As a senior in 2014, batted .375 and posted 69 hits, ranking second in program history at the time
• As a junior in 2013, batted .421, had a slugging percentage of .672, posted 82 hits, 51 runs and 131 total bases, ranking first in program history
• Two-time First Team All-Big Ten selection in 2013 and 2014
• Second Team All-Big Ten selection in 2011
• Named to the NFCA Great Lakes all-region first team in 2014 and second team in 2013
• In 2013, led UW to its first-ever Big Ten Tournament title
• Helped Wisconsin earn NCAA Tournament berths in 2013 and 2014
• Named to the NCAA Tournament All-Region team in 2014
• Made UW softball history by becoming the first player to earn Big Ten Medal of Honor recognition

Matt Lepay

Special Service

• The ‘Voice of the Badgers’
• Radio play-by-play voice for Wisconsin Men’s Basketball since 1988
• Radio play-by-play voice for Wisconsin Football since 1994
• 11-time ‘Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year’
• Has called five Big Ten Football Championships, six Rose Bowl Games and three appearances in the NCAA Final Four
• From 2014-21, served as television play-by-play announcer for select Milwaukee Brewers games
• Host of the ‘Badger Sports Report’ for football and men’s basketball
• 2024 inductee into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame & the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
• Won the Madison Sports Hall of Fame Club’s Pat O’Dea Award for service to the University of Wisconsin athletic department in 2013
• With his wife Linda, is dedicated to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s initiative to end Alzheimer’s

Joe Pavelski

Hockey (2004-06)

• Four-time NHL All-Star
• The all-time NHL playoff goal-scoring leader for U.S.-born players
• Five-time 30-goal scorer and one-time 40-goal scorer for San Jose
• Named the San Jose Sharks captain and the Dallas Stars alternate captain
• Led the NHL in goals during the 2016 playoffs
• Captained Team USA at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey
• Two-time U.S. Olympian (2010 and 2014), winning a silver medal in 2010
• 2006 NCAA champion
• A second-team All-American and a member of the NCAA Midwest All-Region team in 2006
• Accumulated 56 points during the 2005-06 season, which ranked fourth in the country
• Named to the 2005 all-WCHA Rookie Team
• During the 2004-05 season, tied for the nation’s freshman scoring lead with 45 points
• Ninth player in UW history to reach 100 career points in two seasons (101 in 84 games played)
• Shares the UW record with four assists in a period

Tom Shipley

Baseball (1970-74)

• Madison native
• 1974 graduate of the UW School of Education
• Two-time First-Team All-Big Ten honoree
• Two-time Wisconsin most valuable player
• Lettered four times collegiately (Three at UW and one with the University of South Alabama)
• Led UW twice in batting average and ranked in the top three in the nation in hitting
• In 1974, tied Harvey Kuehn for most hits in UW history (148), averaging over a hit and a half per game at UW
• First UW athlete to benefit from the NCAA’s redshirt rule
• UW team captain in 1973 and 1974
• Named to the NCAA district All-American team
• Student representative of UW’s Athletic Board (1973-74)
• Madison Pen and Mike Club top athlete in 1972
• Named one of Madison’s most influential people by Madison Magazine in 1992
• Served as president of the National W Club from 2000-01
• 2002 inductee to the Madison Edgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame
• 2009 inductee of the Madison Sports Hall of Fame
• President of Edgewood High School (Madison) from 1989-2002; President of Academy of Holy Angels (Minneapolis) from 2011-2024
• Named diocese of Madison/Catholic Charities man of the year

Martin Smith

Coach/Administrator

• 2023 USTFCCCA Hall of Fame inductee
• Men’s Cross Country coach from 1983-1997
• Two-time NCAA Coach of the Year and six-time Big Ten Coach of the Year
• Coached the Badgers to two NCAA Championships (1985 and 1988)
• Wisconsin qualified for the NCAA Championships in all 15 years of his coaching career, recording 12 top-10 finishes
• Led UW to 12 Big Ten conference championships and ten NCAA Great Lakes Regional titles
• Coached four NCAA champions and 31 Big Ten champions in track
• Trained four Big Ten individual champions and 35 First Team All-Big Ten honorees in cross country
• A total of 33 cross country and 45 track athletes earned All-America honors under his tutelage

Cara Walls

Soccer (2011-14)

• Wisconsin career record holder for multi-goal games (10)
• Second in career goals (42) and tied for fourth for goals in a season (14) in the history of Wisconsin’s program
• Wisconsin’s leading goal scorer throughout entire career
• 2014 Big Ten champion
• First in program history to be drafted into the National Women’s Soccer League in 2015
• Named Big Ten player of the week three times in 2011
• NSCAA All-Great Lakes Third Team honoree in 2014
• 2014 First Team All-Big Ten and Big Ten Tournament Team honoree
• Second Team All-Big Ten selection in 2012

James White

Football (2010-13)

• Won three Super Bowl championships with the New England Patriots
• Played eight NFL seasons with New England
• Drafted to the New England Patriots in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft
• Contributed to a UW backfield that appeared in three Rose Bowls
• Combined 15 times with teammates to give UW multiple 100-yard rushers in a game
• Finished his career as the all-time leader in receiving yards for a running back in Wisconsin history
• Completed career ranked third all-time in rushing touchdowns (45), which at the time was tied for the 8th-most in Big Ten history
• Left UW ranked fourth all-time in rushing yards (4,015)
• Earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors in 2013
• Named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2010