APPLETON, Wis. -- Five Lawrence University athletic greats and one coach are set to be inducted into the Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame on October 17.
    Coach Mike Fox will be joined by Peter Brengel '12, Ryan Dunn '10, Amanda Jaskolski '15, Madeline Steininger Chirafisi '10 and Carrie VanGroll Schmidt '08.
    The group will be inducted in a ceremony at the Warch Campus Center on October 17, and the inductees will be introduced during the homecoming football game vs. Beloit College on October 18 at Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl.

Mike Fox
    Mike Fox was a championship-winning cross country coach and also served as an assistant wrestling coach when the Vikings were among the nation's best teams.
    A native of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Fox served as Lawrence's head cross country coach from 1996 through 2002. The Vikings won the women's title at the Midwest Conference Championships in 1999 and 2001, and Lawrence captured its first women's individual crown when Julie Liebich finished first in 1998.
    Fox also guided three women's cross country runners to the NCAA Division III Championships during his tenure. Hall of Famer Courtney Miller and Cathy Kempen both qualified in 1999, and Hall of Famer Valerie Curtis made the national meet in 2002. On the men's side, Fox coached another national qualifier as Peter Levi reached the NCAA Championships in 2000.
    Fox worked with Lawrence's wrestling program during the 16-year tenure of head coach Dave Novickis from 1993-2009. During that period, Lawrence enjoyed great success as the team earned national rankings in multiple seasons and claimed individual honors at the NCAA Division III Championships.
    The pinnacle came for Lawrence wrestling in 2001 and 2002. The Vikings finished 10th at the NCAA Championships in 2001 as Hall of Famers Andy Kazik and Ross Mueller both earned All-America honors. Kazik would return to the NCAA Championships in 2002 and complete an undefeated season with a national title at 184 pounds.
    During Fox's time with the Vikings, Lawrence sent 19 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, had one national champion and five All-Americans. The Vikings achieved their first national team ranking in 1998 and were ranked as high as ninth during the 2000-01 season. Fox also coached three Midwest Conference champions and 27 conference place winners from 1994 until the league discontinued wrestling in 1997.
    Lawrence wrestling also won six Private College Championships team titles and took the title at the inaugural Northern Wrestling Association Tournament.
    Fox also coached the distance runners for Lawrence track and field during the tenure of head coach Dave Brown from 1993-98.     
    Fox, who earned a degree in water and wastewater from Moraine Park Technical College, retired in 2020 from MRC Global and now does volunteer work. He volunteers as a bicycle mechanic at St. Vincent de Paul and as a rickshaw pilot for Make The Ride Happen. Fox and his wife, Lynn, live in Wrightstown and have two children, Conner Fox and stepson Austin Gates. 
        
Peter Brengel, 2012
    Peter Brengel won a plethora of Midwest Conference championships and dominated the league in the backstroke.
    A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Brengel was the 2009 Midwest Conference Swimmer of the Year and went on to win six individual league titles. 
    Brengel won three individual titles at the 2009 Midwest Conference Championships at Grinnell College. He won the 100-yard backstroke with a school-record time of 52.13 seconds. That school record still stands today. Brengel also won the 200 backstroke in 2:01.24 and grabbed the title in the 100 freestyle in 48.62 seconds. 
    A three-time Midwest Conference Swimmer of the Week, Brengel won two more league titles at the 2010 Midwest Conference Championships at Boldt Natatorium. He raced to first in the 200 backstroke in 1:53.90, which broke the school record. Brengel would break his own record again during the 2010-11 season, and that mark of 1:53.54 also stands as the record today. Brengel also took the title in the 100 backstroke in 52.20 seconds.  
    Brengel took his final league title at the 2012 Midwest Conference Championships when he won the 100 backstroke by more than a second with a winning time of 53.25 seconds 
    A four-time champion at the Wisconsin Private College Championships, Brengel also was part of four relays that set school records. He helped set records in the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay. The 200 freestyle relay record of 1:26.37 set in 2011 still holds the top spot in the Lawrence record book. The 200 medley relay mark of 1:36.18 also set in 2011 still stands as the record today. 
    Brengel earned a bachelor's degree in government from Lawrence and achieved a Master's degree in computer science at UW-Milwaukee. He works as a software engineer at Pear Commerce. Brengel and his wife, Adey Tewolde '14, live in Milwaukee. The Brengels have three children, Eliana, Elora and Johannes.

Ryan Dunn, 2010
    Ryan Dunn is a rarity in the world of Lawrence men's tennis. He stands as one of just four Vikings in long history of Lawrence tennis to be a No. 1 singles champion in the Midwest Conference.
    Dunn piled up 60 singles victories in three seasons at Lawrence, and his 60-13 record set the school record for singles wins. Dunn's .822 winning percentage ranks fourth in school history, and he has the highest win percentage of any player with more than 36 victories. Dunn also posted a 52-20 career record at No. 1 doubles.
    A Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, native, Dunn transferred to Lawrence as a sophomore and immediately became a fixture at the top of the lineup. 
    In his first year with the Vikings Dunn went 15-3 in singles and won the Midwest Conference's No. 1 singles title. Dunn posted a three-set comeback win the semifinals and then downed Grinnell College's Dan LaFountaine 6-1, 7-6 to win the crown. Dunn also finished 13-5 at No. 1 doubles that season with partner Dan Hertel. 
    Dunn followed that season by going 22-6 in singles and 15-11 in doubles in 2009. Dunn finished second at the Midwest Conference Championships at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. The 22 singles victories is the second-highest season total in Lawrence history.
    As a senior in 2010, Dunn set a school record with 23 singles wins and finished with a 23-4 record at No. 1. He teamed with his younger brother, Jason, to go 24-4 at No. 1 doubles. Dunn finished second at the Midwest Conference Championships at both No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.
    Dunn earned a degree in biology at Lawrence and was a College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-American. He went on to receive a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University. Dunn works as a sports medicine physician at Aspirus Health. Dunn and his wife, Catherine, have two children, Makenna and Cameron, and live in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Amanda Jaskolski, 2015
    Amanda Jaskolski set a new standard for greatness in the Lawrence softball program.
    In her two seasons with the Vikings, Jaskolski became the first shortstop in Midwest Conference history to be a first-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American. An exceptional hitter and slick fielder, Jaskolski was a two-time Midwest Conference Player of the Year and two-time first-team NFCA All-Great Lakes Region selection.
    A Shawano, Wisconsin, native, Jaskolski transferred to Lawrence before her junior season in 2014. In just two campaigns, Jaskolski put up some eye-popping numbers. 
    When she graduated in 2015, Jaskolski was second in the Lawrence record book with a .439 career batting average. She was third with 19 career home runs and eighth with 76 runs batted in. Jaskolski set the Lawrence record with a career .820 slugging percentage.
    Jaskolski set six season records on her way to hitting .462 as a senior in 2015. She set Lawrence records that season with 54 hits, 13 home runs, 37 runs scored, 46 runs batted in, 31 walks and 104 total bases. 
    During her two seasons, Jaskolski led Lawrence to a 46-25 record, including a 19-9 record in the Midwest Conference play. Lawrence qualified for the Midwest Conference Tournament in both seasons and reached the championship game in 2015. 
    Jaskolski, who earned a degree in history at Lawrence, works as a development coordinator at Breakthrough T1D (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Jaskolski and her wife, Christina Nagle, have two children, Max and Remi, and live in Appleton.  

Madeline Steininger, 2010
    Madeline Steininger Chirafisi was the dominant high jumper in the Midwest Conference during her career and earned All-America honors as well.
    Steininger was an All-American in the high jump indoors at the 2008 NCAA Division III Championships. A two-time NCAA Championships qualifier in the high jump, Steininger also earned a berth in the 2009 outdoor championships. Steininger cleared 5 feet, 3.25 inches, to take fifth place and earn All-America status at the 2008 indoor national championships. Steininger narrowly missed being an All-American at the 2009 outdoor championships when she took ninth with a jump of 5-4.5. 
    A three-time Midwest Conference champion in the high jump, Steininger won the league crown indoors in 2008 and took both the indoor and outdoor titles in 2009. She also was all-conference in the event (top-three finish) three more times. Steininger took her first conference title at the 2008 Midwest Conference Championships indoors with a jump of 5-3.75. She followed that up in 2009 by winning a second indoor title at the Midwest Conference Championships with a jump of 5-1.25. Steininger set the school record outdoors with a jump of 5-5.25 on her way to winning the title at the 2009 Midwest Conference Championships.
     A native of New Berlin, Wisconsin, Steininger also set Lawrence's indoor record in the high jump with a leap of 5-5 at the UW-Stevens Point Invitational in 2008.
    A three-time Midwest Conference Performer of the Week, Steininger also grabbed a league title in the long jump at the 2008 Midwest Conference Championships indoors. Steininger posted a winning jump of 16-8.75 to take the crown by 1.5 inches. Steininger, who also played basketball in her first year at Lawrence, was a 20-time place winner at the Midwest Conference Championships. 
    Steininger earned a bachelor's degree in biology at Lawrence and has worked with animals in various roles at the Tulsa Zoo, Texas State Aquarium and Shedd Aquarium. She has coached track and field at Milwaukee Pius XI High School, Cardinal Stritch University at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and continues to coach youth sports. A stay-at-home mom living in her hometown of New Berlin, Steininger and her husband, Nick, have four children, Harper, Rowan, Willow and River, along with two dogs and two cats. 

Carrie Van Groll, 2008
    Carrie Van Groll Schmidt was a key performer for two Lawrence teams and earned All-Midwest Conference honors in both sports.
    A native of nearby Little Chute, Wisconsin, Van Groll was an infielder for the Lawrence softball team and a standout guard on the women's basketball squad. 
    A two-time All-Midwest Conference selection in softball, Van Groll earned first-team honors in 2008 and was a second-team pick in 2007. A career .301 hitter, Van Groll had huge seasons at the plate in 2007 and 2008. She hit a career-best .429 in 2008 and batted .349 in 2007. Van Groll piled up 11 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 69 runs batted in during her career. She holds the Lawrence record with two home runs in a game and ranks in the top 10 in multiple game and career record categories.
    Van Groll, who played second base her first two seasons and shortstop for the final two campaigns, also led the Vikings to Midwest Conference Tournament appearances in 2005 and 2006. 
    Van Groll was a key part of the some of the best women's basketball teams in Lawrence history. During Van Groll's four seasons with the Vikings, Lawrence put together a 54-41 record, set the season record for victories and qualified for the Midwest Conference Tournament in three consecutive seasons. 
    Van Groll ranked 10th in career scoring with 898 points and 15th with 380 career rebounds when she graduated. Van Groll's first three basketball seasons were the final three seasons for Hall of Fame coach Amy Proctor, and Lawrence made the conference tournament all three years. Lawrence set the school record with a 19-5 mark during the 2005-06 campaign.
    An All-Midwest Conference selection in 2007, Van Groll averaged a career-high 11.2 points in both the 2005-06 and 2007-08 seasons. One of the best free throw shooters in Lawrence history, Van Groll connected on 72.9 percent of her attempts from the line and ranked second with 231 free throws made when she graduated. 
    Van Groll earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Lawrence and went on to earn a Master's degree in educational administration from Concordia University Wisconsin. She works as a science teacher at Seymour High School. Van Groll and her husband, Tommy Schmidt (a former Lawrence baseball and basketball player), have two children, Calvin and Kinley, and live in De Pere.