Pete Waite (2024) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Wisconsin Volleyball head coach (1999-2012)
Guided the Badgers to nine NCAA tournament appearances, including an NCAA runner-up finish in 2000 (19-9 record)
Led the team to the 2000 and 2001 Big Ten Championships
Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2000, 2001 and 2006
AVCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2001
Coached eleven All-Americans, including two-time First-Team All-American Sherisa Livingston
Coached two Big Ten Players of the Year and 21 All-Big Ten First-Team selections
A total of 90 Academic All-Big Ten awards were earned by student-athletes during his tenure
Honored with the Don Shondell Lifetime Achievement Award by his alma mater Ball State in 2008 for “25 years of outstanding volleyball coaching”
Madison Sports Hall of Fame inductee in 2015
Northern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame inductee in 2024