UWEC Athletics Hall of Fame
Alison Eagles was a two-time conference all-around champion and one of only two Blugolds to ever qualify for an NCAA Division I regional. Eagles earned 14 All-Conference recognitions for top six finishes at the conference meet and five All-American recognitions for top six places at nationals. A graduate of Mounds View High School in Arden Hills, Minnesota, and a level 10 competitor for Midwest Gymnastics, Eagles captured five conference titles with two all-around firsts, two vault golds and one floor exercise championship. She qualified for the NCAA Division I regional (in Salt Lake City, Utah) based on her scores throughout her senior season of 2004-05. In that meet, she scored a 37.275 to place 16th in the all-around. In the NCGA meet (the national organization for non-Division I schools), Eagles took third in the all-around and vault as a sophomore and third in floor exercise and fourth in vault as a senior. As a senior, Eagles helped the Blugolds achieve their highest finish ever at a national meet with a fourth place. In conference competition, the Blugolds were second three times during Eagles’ career. Her scores still rank among the top 10 in Blugold gymnastics history in vault, floor exercise and all-around. At the time of her induction, Eagles still held the record for top floor exercise score. Eagles was twice named the Blugold team MVP and served as a team captain. She received the team’s Most Consistent Award and was a four-time conference athlete of the week.
Eagles graduated from UWEC in 2006, majoring in business marketing with an information technology certificate. Her first job was in Franchise Development for Regis Corporation in Minneapolis. At the time of her induction and since 2011, she had held a variety of positions with Thomson Reuters in St. Paul where she has received numerous awards and certifications. She was the Manager of Digital Marketing Analytics using big data to drive development and strategy in customer analytics platforms and later was promoted to Director of Platform and Product Management. She also served as an Adjunct Instructor at UW-Stout, teaching a digital marketing class in onsite optimization. At the time of her induction, she and her husband Matt were the parents of two children.
