UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Pete Waite
- Induction:
- 2024
- 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
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