University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

At the time of his induction, Jeff Kuehl was only the second men’s golfer to be inducted into the Blugold Hall of Fame, preceded by Steve Mattiacci, who was a Blugold teammate. Kuehl was one of 10 golfers selected to the WIAC All-Centennial team in 2012. Five of those were Blugolds with Kuehl as the senior member of that group. Kuehl was a two-time conference medalist and three-time team MVP for Hall of Fame head coach Frank Wrigglesworth and posted the best average among all Blugold players for each of his four seasons from 1978 through 1982. As a sophomore, Kuehl claimed WSUC medalist honors in leading the Blugolds to a conference championship, one of eight garnered by the Blugolds during the years from 1966-67 to 1992-93 when men’s golf was discontinued as a conference-sponsored sport. The Blugolds also won the NAIA District 14 title in 1979-80 which qualified the team for the NAIA Nationals, at that time only the second Blugold team to ever qualify for nationals. The Blugolds finished 20^th as a team and Kuehl placed 32^nd individually, carding a 68 on the second day for the low score of that round and the second best round of the entire championship. Twice Kuehl was named to the All-District 14 First Team and once to the Second Team. In the 1980-81 conference meet, Kuehl tied for second individually, then rebounded to win medalist honors again in 1981-82 when he fired rounds of 72 and 71 to win by two strokes over teammate Scott Terwilliger. He qualified for nationals that year during the fall competition but could not compete in the spring championship because he had graduated in December as a business administration-marketing major.

Kuehl obtained his PGA Class A Golf Professional Certification in 1988 after spending the previous five years as a PGA Assistant to Jim Julsrud at the Eau Claire Golf & Country Club. He then spent time as the PGA Head Golf Professional at the Hudson (WI) Country Club (1990-92) and PGA Teaching Professional at the Town & Country Club in St. Paul, MN (1993-95). At that time, he changed his career path and attended Brown Technical Institute in Minneapolis from which he received a Network Administrator Certificate. With that background, he went on to complete his Microsoft certification as a Systems Engineer and has worked at American Express in Minneapolis (1997-02), Plus Relocation Services in Minneapolis (2004-12) and Marco Technologies LLC (since 2013 at the time of his induction).  At the time of his induction, he was a technology support engineer for Marco which is headquartered in St. Cloud, Minnesota with offices in eight Midwestern states. He telecommutes from the Green Bay office. Kuehl was a three-sport standout in football, basketball and golf and was selected the senior athlete of the year at Gillett High School in northeastern Wisconsin. Besides his accolades as a Blugold golfer, Kuehl has qualified for numerous Minnesota State Open Championships, placing in the top 10, and marks three of his valued golf accomplishments as winning the 1980 Wisconsin State Father-Son championship with his father Armin, the 1986 Wisconsin State PGA Pro-Assistants championship with Jim Julsrud and qualifying as medalist for the 2006 US Mid-Amateur championship in Flagstaff, AZ.