_{Friend of Marquette Athletics - 
Stanley J. Andrie and Barbara Gombar Andrie}

_{Stan arrived on campus as a freshman walk-on football player in 1951, with nowhere to stay and very little money. One of the coaches found a room for him with two other players and got him a job at the Ardmore Bar.}

As a sophomore, Stan received a full athletic scholarship and as a junior met his future wife, Barbara, spending their first date talking on the Capitol steps after the Marquette–UW football game. Barbara studied in the library, and Stan began studying there, too, earning all A’s in his junior and senior years.

After graduate school at Northwestern University, Stan entered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, then joined Bultema Dock and Dredge in Muskegon, Mich., eventually becoming president. The company was sold, and Stan was appointed president of the new firm, also. His career highlights include dredging the Fort Lauderdale harbor and Sacramento River and restoring the area after the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Barbara founded a marine transportation company in 1988, which became the largest transporter of heavy oil, asphalt, cement and chemicals in the Great Lakes area.

Stan and Barbara feel blessed to have found each other at Marquette. Stan believes that without his scholarship he probably would not have finished school or met Barbara. Such is their support and love for the university that they established the Barbara and Stan Andrie Family Athletic Scholarship, a significant leadership gift that will help many students attend Marquette.

“We wish to provide someone with the opportunity that we had,” say Barbara and Stan.

Distinguished Alumna of the Year -
Mary Beth H. Nienhaus

_{The ability to remain calm on the golf course and in life is a fundamental requirement for success. Mary Beth Nienhaus’ deep faith is her source. Her favorite quote from the Bible is, “Without Him, I will be nothing, but with Christ, He will strengthen me.”}

The first female varsity student-athlete in Marquette history, Mary Beth actually joined the men’s golf team in 1965 after winning the Wisconsin Women’s Public Links Golf Association Amateur Championship in 1963 and ’64. The first to represent Marquette in intercollegiate postseason play, she won two state amateur championships and was named Wisconsin Female Golfer of the Year in 1969.

Mary Beth taught and coached at Appleton (Wis.) West High School for 36 years, during which her golf teams won four state championships. She’s the only high school coach to be named LPGA Coach of the Year. Elected to numerous halls of fame, Mary Beth was the LPGA’s Midwest Professional of the Year in 1992 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Sports Advocates of Wisconsin in 2001. She remains involved with junior golf to this day, running one of Wisconsin’s largest junior programs as owner of Winagamie Golf Course in Neenah.

Marquette provided Mary Beth with an excellent academic foundation and the opportunity to share her Catholic values with others. She has made service trips to Africa, the Dominican Republic, the Holy Land and Nicaragua, and she is a trustee for her parish, a Eucharistic minister and volunteer, and a member of the Lions Club.

Mary Beth says her parents provided unwavering support during her many teaching, coaching and golf adventures, as did Goldie Bateson, LPGA teaching professional and mentor. Mary Beth includes in her “Marquette family” Dr. Miriam Connellan, her math professor and close friend, and Dr. Charles Nader, physical education professor and men’s golf coach from 1965–75, with whom she keeps in touch.

Her secret for success is simple: “hard work, dedication, setting high standards and leading a faith-filled life.”

Lifetime Achievement Award - 
Dr. Michael P. Woods

_{Few individuals participate in an Olympic Games, let alone three. Dr. Michael Woods accomplished it after switching from track to speed skating, representing Marquette on the Junior World team and in two World Sprint Championships. He won a gold medal and two silver medals in eight all-around World Championships and was a national outdoor long track champion and U.S. Skater of the Year. In 1998, he was elected to the National Speed Skating Museum and Hall of Fame.}

Michael then coached speed skating and bicycling while practicing anesthesiology in the Milwaukee area and still found time to raise funds for Milwaukee’s Pettit National Ice Center. He is currently chief of anesthesia services at Oconomowoc (Wis.) Memorial Hospital.

“I help people get through one of the most difficult days of their lives — the day of surgery — every day,” he says. He is very serious about providing safe, compassionate, reasonably priced care and “can’t think of anything I would rather do for a living.”

Michael and his wife, Susan, have instilled in their children a sense of service. Their daughter volunteers at a local nursing home, and their son created and runs a youth orchestra for inner-city children. Susan is a volunteer nurse at a free medical clinic, and Michael teaches Marquette nursing and physician assistant program students.

Michael’s father, sister, two brothers and son graduated from Marquette.

How has he attained a lifetime of achievement?

“Work hard consistently, work smarter than your opponents, be in the right place at the right time and don’t do the same stuff everybody else does,” he says.

Young Alumna Award - 
Dr. Kristen L. Maskala

_{After setting standards on the basketball court that few have matched, Dr. Kristen Maskala has continued her winning ways off the court. You won’t find her in her No. 22 jersey, but she hasn’t strayed too far from sports: She is a highly respected orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine in West Bend, Wis.}

Largely responsible for helping Marquette reach the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history during 2003–04, Kristen is a university legend, ranking in the top 10 in scoring, three-point field goals, free-throw percentage, steals and assists. She earned academic All-American status in all three of her seasons and won Academic All-American of the Year and NCAA Wisconsin Woman of the Year awards. Kristen was one of only 14 women’s players nationwide to earn an NCAA postgraduate scholarship and one of only three Marquette women’s players to have her jersey retired.

In addition to studying and playing basketball, Kristen also embraced Marquette’s mission of service, helping run basketball camps for Special Olympics and the Girl Scouts. Today, she volunteers as team doctor for Hartford (Wis.) High School, organizing free girls basketball camps with former teammates and mentoring young students interested in medicine.

Kristen, who recently gave birth to her first child, Little Monte, with husband Monte, helps in another important way. She attended Marquette only by virtue of a sports scholarship and hopes her donations “can help another student or student-athlete with expenses so they can concentrate more on studying. I know how much it means to have a degree from Marquette.”

Kristen received the Hank Raymonds Sportsmanship Award and McCahill Award in 1994. She was inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame in 2004.

M Club Hy Popuch Award -
Paul R. Nowakowski

_{Paul Nowakowski’s experience at Marquette reinforced the values that were instilled in him by his parents: Help others, and give back to the community whenever possible.}

Since graduating, Paul — who attended Marquette on a track and field scholarship — has put these values into action personally and professionally, providing energy and leadership to the university and community. He is a strong supporter of Marquette athletics, most notably through the M Club, for which he is a board member and chaired the Hall of Fame Committee in 2004, ’06 and ’09 (the only three-time chair). Paul is also a member of the Marquette Track Club — and past president — and has been a men’s and women’s basketball season ticket holder for many years.

Paul’s sense of service extends beyond Marquette, and he has held executive leadership positions at the St. Joseph Foundation, which supports local disadvantaged children, and the parishes of St. Alexander and St. Monica. He also has been a counselor for couples planning to marry.

Paul believes in Marquette’s mission so much so that he would have attended even if he hadn’t received an athletic scholarship. “I love the institution and the values it teaches its students,” he says.

The individuals who seek Paul’s legal help through his firm, Nowakowski Law Offices, clearly benefit from this philosophy, as well. “It is extremely rewarding to solve a client’s problem, to help someone who is struggling at a point in their lives,” he says.

Paul’s father, Richard B. Nowakowski, Arts ’42, Law ’48, began his family’s Marquette legacy and is followed by five of Paul’s siblings and three nieces — “and counting!”

_{Friend of Marquette Athletics -
M. Jean and Louis A. Maier}

_{M. Jean and Louis A. Maier, Bus Ad, '74, M. Jean and Louis A. Maier, Bus Ad, '74, have been active contributors to the athletics department for the past 20 years, having generously given more than $1 million. Louie has been a men's basketball season ticket holder since 1974 and is a member of Marquette's 1881 Society, the Marquette Minutemen and Al's Sixth Man Club for contributions to the Al McGuire Center. He also was a fellow on the President's Council.}

Marquette's mission of excellence, faith, leadership and service matched perfectly with his upbringing. "It's a way of life that fortunately started in childhood and was supported and nurtured during my years at Marquette," Louie says. "The university was a good match for me in that regard. Marquette has always made us feel part of the family."

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year - Robert E. Harlan

_{Robert E. Harlan, Jour, '58, Honorary '97, wanted to be a sports writer but instead became the principal executive of one of the world's most famous professional franchises, the Green Bay Packers.}

After serving as student sports editor for the Marquette Tribune and receiving his bachelor's degree in journalism from Marquette, Bob had a short tour of duty in the U.S. Army and reported for United Press International. He returned to Marquette in 1959 as the university's sports information director. Six years later Bob became director of community relations and public relations for Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals, sharing in the team's 1967 World Series Championship.

In 1971, Bob joined the Packers as assistant general manager and held eight different titles within the organization, including chairman and chief executive officer. During his tenure, the Packers won more games than any other NFL team, including Super Bowl XXXI against the New England Patriots. Bob is the team's chairman emeritus and was inducted into the Packer's Hall of Fame in 2004. his crowing achievement was the $295 million renovation of Lambeau Field, a chief component to assuring the team's financial survival for future generations.

Lifetime Achievement Award -
James E. Smith

_{James E. Smith, Arts '56, Grad '61, has been head coach of men's basketball at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minn., for 46 years, recently reaching the incredible milestone of 700 career wins.}

"Playing at Marquette under Tex Winters in the mid-50s gave me a love of the game," says Jim, who was a four-year letter winner in men's basketball at Marquette.

Jim is the winningest collegiate basketball coach in Minnesota -- including 30 winning seasons at Saint John's -- and one of only two men in NCAA Division III history with 700 wins. He also is an associate professor of physical education and has coached golf, cross country and track at Saint John's. Last year, the university dedicated the Sexton Arena court the Jim and Adrienne Smith Court. Jim met Adrienne, Arts '56 and Grad '61, in an ethics class at Marquette.

Jim was president of the NAIA Basketball Coaches Association in 1982 and '83; of the St. Cloud, Minn., PTA and Figure Skating Club; and a member of the St. Cloud Optimist Club and Chamber of Commerce. He also was inducted into the hall of fame for his high school alma mater, St. Edward's in Elgin, Ill., and the Elgin Sports Hall of Fame, and he received the 2009 Outstanding Service Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Young Alumna Award -
Rhegan H. Hyypio

_{Rhegan H. Hyypio, Arts '01, has done more in her short career than many do in a lifetime. Since graduating, she has done missionary work; taught catechism, adult literacy, reading and creative writing to children on a small farm in Brazil; and worked with orphans and other disadvantaged youth in Bolivia. In America, she has volunteered at nursing homes and a homeless shelter, protested abortion, and promoted comprehensive immigration reform. This exhaustive desire to serve began while at Marquette, where she participated in service learning and was a student coordinator, worked at shelters for runaway teens and battered women, and helped at facilities for the elderly. She even drew upon her soccer skills and helped coach inner-city kids and worked with Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity.}

Rhegan turned down a full scholarship elsewhere because: "Marquette was the right place for me. I sense a responsibility toward those around me and the community at large. I do this through prayer, contemplation and action. I do not do it perfectly, but I pursue excellence, and my faith underlies everything. It truly was the Marquette mission statement that drew me to the university."

Rhegan is also among the best soccer players in Marquette history, holding numerous university and conference records and honors while leading a team that went 65-17-9 during her four years. She was a first-team All-American and won the McCahill Award for demonstrating "the highest performance in scholarship, leadership and athletics."

M Club Hy Popuch Award -
Mark Madigan

_{Mark Madigan's, Arts '83, Law '86, generous contributions to Marquette athletics began when he was a member of the track and cross country teams from 1979-81.}

Mark has served on the M Club's board of directors since 1995, most recently as treasurer. He also worked on the Hank Raymonds Auction Committee, Blue & Gold Auction Committee, Blue & Gold Fund Advisory Board, Marquette Track Club, and Marquette University Alumni Association National Board of Directors for many years, including as president. He and his family have season tickets to men's and women's basketball games and regularly attend volleyball and soccer matches.

Mark met his wife, Mary, Sp '82, at Marquette. Other family Marquette graduates include his brother, Eugene, Bus Ad '87; and sisters-in-law Kathy Madigan, Bus Ad '87, and Mary Madigan, Arts '92.

_{Friend of Marquette Athletics -
Jim and Ginny Wheeler}

_{Jim and Ginny Wheeler have been active supporters of Marquette for close to 30 years, and their devotion to the university, particularly athletics has had an enormous impact. In 1989, they helped lay the groundwork for the Blue & Gold Fund to support athletic scholarships and have been active leaders of it since. They also have been generous benefactors of the Al McGuire Center and established the Rev. Albert J. DiUlio Athletic Scholarship Fund for varsity sports, which is the largest endowed athletic fund at MU. In 2008, the Wheelers established the James and Virginia Wheeler Endowed Basketball Scholarships, which will be fully funded through their estate plans. Both men's and women's basketball will be beneficiaries.}

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year -
John Madden

_{John Madden, Bus Ad, '56, who was a tackle on the football team, has devoted his life to helping others, especially youth. He spent 47 years volunteering at Maryville Academy, a Chicago school serving abused and neglected youth, including 30 years as chairman of its board.  He spent four years chairing the advisory board of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and is a board member of Chicago Catholic Charities.  In 1990, he was one of three people on Chicago's archdiocese Commission on Clerical Misconduct with Minors in the wake of a church sexual abuse scandal establishing guidelines and review procedures. John is also an emeritus trustee of Marquette University.}

Lifetime Achievement Award -
Robert Gansler

_{Robert Gansler, Arts '64, Grad '68, earned international recognition in the sport of soccer as a player and coach.  As one of the premier players in the US, Gansler earned a spot on the US Olympic team as an MU student. He played 25 games with the Olympic and US National squads and captained the Olympic team twice.  He also was a two-time selection to the US Pan-American team.  He began his coaching career as an assistant at Marquette and went on to be head coach at the high school, collegiate, amateur and professional ranks winning numerous championships. Among his highlights was coaching the US National U-20 Team to a fourth place finish in the world, the highest-ever finish for a US team and the US National Team to its first World Cup appearance in 40 years, a feat only achieved twice.}