Eight former student-athletes will be inducted into the UW-Oshkosh Athletics Hall of Fame later this year, as UWO athletics announced the 2026 inductees on March 25.
This will be the 52nd induction class since the Hall of Fame was established in 1974, and will feature athletes Jack Borski, Pete Delzer, Michelle Dziak, Shane Lohr, Stan Mathes, Cole Myhra, Matt Thull and Ben Zill.
A member of the men’s soccer team from 2007-10, Borski received numerous All-American honors for his efforts both on the field and in the classroom. The four-year letterwinner for the Titans was the first and only defender for UWO to receive United Soccer Coaches (USC) Third Team and D3soccer.com First Team All-American honors. His accolades also include two All-WIAC First Team honors, and three straight Division III all-region awards. As a player, Borski accumulated a 61-13-8 record, with starts in 72 matches, and totaling 13 career points, consisting of 11 assists and one match-winning goal. Academically, Borski was named the 2010 WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s soccer and the 2011 UW-Oshkosh John Taylor Scholar-Athlete Award, in addition to numerous Academic All-American honors by the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
As a thrower on the men’s track and field team from 2010-13, Delzer is a four-time WIAC and national champion as well as a 12-time All-American for the black and gold. He currently holds the school record in the hammer throw, and lists among the program’s top five in the 35-pound weight throw, indoor and outdoor shot put. Delzer won his first individual national title in the weight throw with a toss of 64-3.75. He also won the 2012 hammer throw championship with a school record mark of 210-2, and the 2013 weight throw with a distance of 67-9.5. In 2012, Delzer was named the Division III Midwest Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, and following graduation, became a USA Track & Field 2016 indoor national qualifier in the weight throw. That same year, he broke the weight throw record at Kolf Sports Center, with a mark of 68-5.25.
A two-time WIAC Indoor Championship Field Performer of the Meet, Dziak represented the Titans from 1986-90, and is a six-time All-American, and seven-time WIAC champion in both long jump and triple jump. She was a member of the first conference and national titles for UW-Oshkosh women’s track & field. She scored the first points for UWO in an indoor championship meet as a freshman in 1986, when she placed fourth in the triple jump. She repeated the same feat in the 1987 indoor championship, placing fourth in the same event to score the Titans’ lone points of the competition. In her junior season, Dziak won the WIAC indoor championships in both long jump and triple jump, and helped the Titans win their second of four straight WIAC outdoor titles. Her final season in the black and gold capped off with the program’s first team national title, after finishing runner up during the indoor season. Since she graduated, the program continued to excel, adding an additional combined 23 conference and 17 national team championships.
As an All-American both athletically and academically, Lohr represented the Titans on the soccer pitch as a midfielder from 2000-03. He is one of seven individuals, alongside Borski, to receive United Soccer Coaches All-American honors, in addition to two all-region nods, as he helped the team to a 70-10-2 record and four NCAA Division III Championship appearances. Two of the four appearances had UWO reaching the Final Four. Across his four years on the roster, Lohr contributed 46 points, comprised of 30 assists and eight goals. In the classroom, Lohr is second of seven players in program history to receive USC NCAA Division III Scholar All-America accolades, when he was named to the second team in 2003.
A member of the men’s cross country and track and field teams from 1965-67, Mathes was a part of the first team championships for the cross country program in 1966 and 1967. The three-year letterwinner on both teams won the 880-yard runs at the 1966 and 1967 WIAC championships, in addition to being a member of UWO’s mile relay team. His time of 1:55.9 in 1967 remains the conference record, while the mile relay from 1966 still maintains the WIAC record with a finish of 3:21.9. Mathes also participated in the 1967 NAIA Championship in the 880-yard run. Following his time at UWO, Mathes has finished first in his age group at 176 races throughout the years of 1980-2024. He also currently holds the National Senior Games record holder in the 60-to-64-year-old 800-meter run, which he set in 2007, and won the 60-to-64-year-old 800-meter run at the 2006 National Masters Track & Field Championship, which put him first in the world.
During his four seasons on the gridiron for the black and gold, Myhra became a two-time All-American running back as the Titans compiled a 32-12 record, and the program’s first-ever NCAA Division III Championship appearance during the 2012 campaign, as well as the program’s first WIAC title in 46 years. Representing Oshkosh, Myhra accumulated 3,215 rushing yards, 37 rushing touchdowns, 83 receptions for 745 yards and four touchdowns, and 246 points scored. He ranks third in school history for rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, while he ranks fourth in points scored. Myhra garnered All-WIAC First Team, D3football.com Second Team All-American and All-West Region accolades in 2012 and 2013, in addition to an All-WIAC Second Team nod in 2011.
One of the most decorated runners in program history, Thull ran for the Titans from 1993-97, earning nine All-American honors and winning ten WIAC Individual Titles. Thull is also an eleven-time letterwinner across the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons, in addition to three cross country seasons. He led the conference in the indoor 3,000- and 5,000-meters runs, winning conference titles for both from 1995-97. Thull also won back-to-back WIAC crowns in the outdoor 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. With that feat, he was awarded the 1997 WIAC Outdoor Championship Co-Performer of the Meet. In UWO history, Thull’s time of 14:24.9 is the third fastest in the 5,000-meter run, while he’s listed fourth in the 3,000-meter run with a 8:23.26 finish.
A dual-sport athlete in both football and track and field for one season, Zill received ten All-American nods and six individual WIAC Championships for the Titans during the years of 2007-10. His junior year saw the Titans win their only indoor and outdoor team titles in program history. On the track, Zill won individual conference titles and received his All-American honors in the 400-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash, pentathlon, 1,600-meter relay and distance medley relay. He won an individual national title in the 400-meter run in 2010, and was a member of the indoor distance medley relay championship team that took home the top crown in 2009. His final year in the black and gold resulted in him receiving Division III Indoor Championship Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet, Division III Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year and the WIAC Championship Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet for both indoors and outdoors. The nine-time letterwinner also suited up for UWO on the gridiron in 2010, recording two receptions for 24 yards and one blocked kick.
The 2026 Hall of Fame Class will be inducted on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Culver Family Welcome Center. The event starts at 9:15 a.m., with the program beginning at 10:45 a.m., and is open to the public. Tickets to attend will be sold until Sept. 21, and will not be available at the event. Anyone who wishes to purchase a ticket can visit the athletic department’s website.
