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Kim Dankemyer

  • Class
    1997
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Track & Field
Kim Dankemeyer was voted to the WIAC All-Time Track & Field Team, earning eight career National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III All-America accolades. She picked up three indoor All-America honors in the shot put after finishing second at the 1994 NCAA III Championships and third in 1995 and 1996.  Dankemeyer earned five career NCAA III Outdoor All-America awards, including winning the shot put title in 1995. She was also second in the shot put in 1996 and fourth in 1993.  Dankemeyer also earned All-America honors in the hammer throw, placing fourth in 1996.

In the discus throw, Dankemeyer was second at the 1995 NCAA III Championships to earn All-America honors. 

She won three (1994-96) indoor WIAC titles in the shot put. 

A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Dankemeyer currently serves as an eighth grade English teacher at Pilgrim Park Middle School. She earned her bachelor's degree from UWL in 1997 in secondary education-English.  Dankemeyer earned a master's degree in athletic administration from Springfield College (Mass.) in 2003 and a master's in library science from Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.) in 2009. 
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