UWEC Athletics Hall of Fame
Josh Dirks was an All-American player for Hall of Fame coach Todd Oehrlein’s powerhouse Blugold teams at the turn of the century. Dirks, a prep standout at Onalaska High School, transferred to UWEC from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in the fall of 1997. During his three-year Blugold career, he averaged 75.3 strokes for 63 rounds and was the top Blugold place-winner in the 1998 and 1999 NCAA Championships. As a sophomore, he placed 15th as the Blugolds finished 12th as a team. The next year, he tied for seventh as the Blugolds tied for fourth as a team. He was 25th his senior season as the Blugolds placed fifth. He won medalist honors in six different meets as a Blugold. For his efforts, he earned GCAA All-America Third Team honors in 1997-98, Second Team honors in 1998-99 and honorable mention in 1999-00.
Since graduating from UWEC in the fall of 2000, Dirks won the Wisconsin State Golf Association 2-Man Team Championship in 2014 and 2016. He also qualified for the 2018 United States Golf Association Four-Ball Tournament held at Jupiter Hills Club in Jupiter, FL. Since September of 2019 and at the time of his induction, he was employed as a Sales Representative for CPC Printing & Promotions of Onalaska. Prior to that he worked for InTech Integrated Marketing Services and had management positions with Navigation Technologies (NAVTEQ). He spent two years as an assistant boys golf coach at Lancaster (WI) High School and was assistant boys golf coach for his alma mater, Onalaska High School, from 2012 to 2019.
