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Hugo C. Wenzel Award of Merit Recipients

The purpose of this program is to recognize publicly and give acknowledgement to those alumni and friends of Capital University, Columbus, who have directly or indirectly aided the physical education/athletics programs of the university or those alumni of Capital University who have achieved success and recognition in the field of coaching and physical education/athletics.

These individuals: 

a) may have been responsible for the acquisition of physical plant equipment to aid in the efficient execution of a balanced physical education program, or,

b) may have been responsible for the matriculation at the university of a number of students who have represented the university will in intercollegiate athletics, or,

c) may have had continued successful records as coaches or administrators of scholastic or collegiate programs in which the success is measured, not necessarily by the number of wins, but by character and sportsmanship demonstrated by their teams, or,

d) may have made outstanding contributions in the field of athletics or physical education, and

e) has maintained his/her interest in, and friendship for, the university by letting her light shine through him/her.

To nominate someone for a future Hugo C. Wenzel Award of Merit, please email alumni@capital.edu. 

Players

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Hugo C. Wenzel Award of Merit Recipients
Name Name Hometown / High School Award Year
Ralph H. Long Class of '07 / 1957
Grover L. Orr Class of '18 / 1958
Fred Bernlohr Class of '18 / 1959
Jerry L. Katherman / 1960
Walter B. Heischman Class of '32 / 1962
Hugo Wenzel Class of '38 / 1963
Milton D. Sheatsley Class of '28 / 1964
Clarence L. Nolte Class of '25 / 1965
Paul W. Walters Class of '47 / 1966
Martin L. Tressel Class of '22 / 1967
Paul L. Davidson Class of '33 / 1968
Richard A. Meyer Class of '48 / 1969
Fred D. Heischman Class of '37 / 1971
William F. Bernlohr Class of '27 / 1972
Harley H. Meyer Class of '25 / 1973
C. William Kidd Class of '33 / 1974
Jack Landrum Class of '33 / 1975
Richard A. Boyd Class of '51 / 1976
Richard E. Cermelj Class of '62 / 1977
H. Eugene Mechling Class of '32 / 1977
Fred Dafler Class of '50 / 1978
Bernard L. Cellar Class of '48 / 1979
Paul R. Lindquist Class of '49 / 1980
Gene Shade Class of '50 / 1981
Ted A. Georgeff Class of '57 / 1982
Hilmar Grimm Class of '33 / 1983
Tom Beck Class of '58 / 1984
Robert A. Heilman Class of '41 / 1985
Herbert E. Hartman Class of '63 / 1986
Martin H. Bartels Class of '30 / 1987
G. Robert Pymer Class of '46 / 1988
Armin Langholz Class of '51 / 1989
Ruth Bernlohr Class of '28 / 1990
Mark Humrichouser Class of '73 / 1991
Steve Kick Class of '64 / 1992
Donald E. Broehm Class of '51 / 1993
Gary W. Walters Class of '66 / 1994
Wilifred K. Schnier Class of '66 / 1995
Loren E. Beck Class of '54 / 1996
Paul Katterhenrich Class of '53 / 1997
Larry E. Nickel Class of '59 / 1998
T.K. Cellar Class of '75 / 1999
Richard H Kerschbaum Class of '69 / 2000
Mark Shaw Class of '75 / 2001
Elizabeth Inloes Klopfer Class of '49 / 2002
Larry Wolf Class of '76 / 2003
Richard P. Hartmann Sr. Class of '56 / 2004
Robert W. Lewis Class of '66 / 2005
Paul J. Wrobbel Class of '66 / 2006
Robert J. Miller Class of '67 / 2007
Michael L. Sammons Class of '68, P'99 / 2008
Merle L. Dutt Class of '62 / 2009
Gerald LaBuhn Class of '50, S '53 / 2010
Tony Pusateri Class of '73 / 2011
Tom Rutan Class of '65 / 2012
Don V. Schiff Class of '59 / 2013
Brian N. White Class of '90 / 2014
Brian D. Arnold Class of '75 / 2015

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