UWEC Athletics Hall of Fame
Catcher Lisa Schueler represents one half of the battery from one of the two most successful eras in Blugold softball history. The pitcher was Hall of Famer Heidi Bergstrom. Schueler played for JoEllen Bailey and Deb Steward from 1997 through 2000 when the team compiled a 144-53 overall record, won three conference tournament championships, amassed a 27-5 regular-season conference record and made four NCAA tournament appearances, finishing fourth in both 1999 and 2000. The 1998 and 1999 teams still hold the school records for wins in a single season with 40. Schueler, a native of Watertown, Wisconsin, was a three-time All-Conference pick, two-time All-Great Lakes Region First Team selection, the conference division Player of the Year as a senior and an NFCA Third Team All-American in 2000. She was named to the 1999 NCAA finals all-tournament team when Eau Claire hosted the national tournament at Gelein Field in Carson Park.
Schueler served as a Blugold co-captain for the 2000 season. At the time of her induction, Schueler had the fourth best single season average (.449) in school history, set during her senior season. Her career average of .387 ranked fourth and she also ranked third in games played (188) and doubles (42), fourth in fielding percentage (.986) and hits (201) and fifth in RBI (114). She also ranked among the top 10 in several other single season and career categories. Schueler was named to the WIAC All-Centennial softball team in 2012. Schueler graduated magna cum laude in 2000 with a criminal justice major and spent one year as a Deputy Sheriff in Sauk County. She then entered the business world, serving as a Store Manager for Bruegger’s in Madison for one year. She began employment with BMO Harris in 2002 and at the time of her induction was serving as Business Credit Analyst/Bank Officer in Monona after stints as Loan Servicing Manager and Operations Specialist. Schueler was BMO Harris Bank’s United Way Loaned Executive in 2009. She has served on the United Way’s Loaned Executive Committee and was BMO Harris’ United Way Days of Caring Coordinator and Campaign Coordinator. She was also a BMO Harris ProCess Community Chair and March of Dimes Campaign Coordinator. She also served on the Dane County Boys and Girls Club Building Winners Event Committee. She coached softball at Madison LaFollette from 2006 through 2009, serving as a varsity assistant on the school’s 2007 state tournament team.
