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Hall of Fame (2025)

The Greater Portage Youth Education Foundation (GPYEF) is proud to announce the 2025 inductees into the Portage High School Hall of Fame. These outstanding individuals and teams will be honored during the Portage High School Homecoming weekend, taking place September 26–27, 2025.


Congratulations
to this year’s inductees:

Donn Trinrud

Joel Caulum
The 2012–13 First-Team Girls Curling Team
Timothy Jackson
Winifred Bain

We look forward to celebrating their achievements and contributions to the Portage community.
The PHS Hall of Fame has inducted 62 individuals and 13 PHS teams since the HOF’s inception in 2003. Inductees were installed annually from 2003 through 2009, and every other year since then. Each inductee has a plaque displayed in their honor at Portage High School.


Nominations for 2027 HOF Class

Nominations for induction into the PHS Hall of Fame for 2027 will be accepted starting on January 2, 2027. To be considered for Hall of Fame, individuals must receive two or more nominations from different people.

Inductees

2022 2019 2017
Jim Banks
Steve Banks
Paul Boylan
Ken Manthey
Justin Ostrowski
2012 PHS State Champion Baseball Team
Jake Holstein
Wayne "Red" Kastner
Gary Bergenske
Forrest Flower
1981 & 1982 Wisc. State Champion Curling Teams
2006 PHS State Champion Baseball Team

David Bennett
Susan Pomplun-Cawley
Alex Nelson
Dennis Dorn
Gregg Steinhaus
2005 PHS Girls’ Softball Team
 
2015 2013 2011
Julie Jordahl
Paul Mandli
Howard Ochs
Ed Zydowsky
1978 PHS Girls' Curling Team

Laverne Griffin
Xan Johnson
O. David Sherwood
Cheryl Voight
Vickie Voight-Raymond
1973 PHS Curling Team 

Frances Hamele Malone
Ryan Foley
John Howard Hovde
1987 Girls Class A State Champion Volleyball Team
Mike Hurd
Fred Reckling

2009 2008 2007
Mike Powers
Dave Eulberg
Jane Lobenstein Boller
1981 Girls WIAA State Volleyball Championship Team
1968 PHS Wrestling Team
Tribute to PHS Boxing Era


Juli McSorley
Jerry Braun—Educator
Peter Zamzow
Otto Knaths
1982 Boys Basketball Team
Julie Heberlein –Reveley
Gloria Kirking
Nene Humphrey
Marty Gavinski
Wayne Bartels
Joanne Armson
2006 2005 2004
Gary O’Hearn
Dr. Robert Curtis
Davy Jones
Mike Thompson
1956 Boys’ Volleyball Team
Maurice Goodman
Frank Siewert—PHS Faculty
Earl Abell
Harlan B. Rogers
James Church
Ray Gloeckler

Julia Rusch
Lawrence Heidt
George H. Brown
Peter Boylan, Jr.
1982 Girls Basketball Team
William “Dietz” Eulberg



2003    
Zona Gale
Archie Hahn
Harold Rebholz
Russ Rebholz
Fredrick Jackson Turner
Russ Peterson 
(Peterson's acceptance speech)