UW-Green Bay to honor recently retired Phoenix Women’s Basketball Coach Kevin Borseth with the unveiling of “Kevin Borseth Way” on the Green Bay campus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2024
Green Bay, WI – On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will update Green Bay campus maps, naming “Kevin Borseth Way” near the Kress Events Center. Honoring one of the most decorated coaching careers in collegiate women’s basketball, the new street name celebrates recently retired Phoenix Women’s basketball coach Kevin Borseth.
The official unveiling will be held on Tuesday, April 30 from 12 – 1 p.m. outside the main entrance of the Kress Events Center. Coach Borseth, Chancellor Michael Alexander and UW-Green Bay Director of Athletics Josh Moon will be sharing remarks. Faculty, staff, students and the community are invited to the event.
Green Bay women’s basketball head coach Kevin Borseth, who coached for 37 seasons, including 21 with Green Bay, announced his retirement on April 10, 2024, ending his career with the Phoenix winning a Horizon League Tournament Championship. The Bessemer, Mich. native won 14 tournament championships and 16 regular season championships at the helm of the program.
Borseth arrived in Titletown in 1998 after an 11-season stint with Division II Michigan Tech, where he compiled a 225-97 (.699) overall record and a 147-54 (.731) GLIAC record. He made an immediate impact after taking over for legendary head coach Carol Hammerle, going 19-10 in his first season before recording his first 20+ win season in 1999-2000. Borseth departed Green Bay to become Michigan’s head coach from 2007-2012, completing his five-year tenure as a Wolverine with an 87-73 (.544) record and a 38-48 (.442) record in the Big Ten. He returned to Green Bay in 2012 and immediately racked up a 29-3 season, going 16-0 in conference action while making the NCAA Tournament First Round. Borseth ends his career at Green Bay with a 509-147 (.777) record and a 308-46 (.870) record in the Horizon League.
UW-Green Bay Athletics recently announced Kayla Karius as the fourth head coach of Green Bay’s storied women’s basketball program. Karius, formerly Kayla Tetschlag, played at Green Bay from 2007-11. The Sheboygan, Wis., native comes to the Phoenix after two seasons at the University of South Dakota where she led the Coyotes to back-to-back winning seasons in the Summit League, including a 23-13 record last season that ended with a pair of wins in the WNIT. Karius, a standout as a player on the Phoenix basketball team, was the 2011 Horizon League Player of the Year. She led Green Bay to four Horizon League titles, three NCAA Tournaments, and the NCAA Sweet 16 her senior year.
About UW-Green Bay
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is a school of resilient problem solvers who dare to reach higher with the power of education that ignites growth and answers the biggest challenges. Serving 10,300 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students as well as 67,500 continuing education learners annually, UW-Green Bay offers 200 academic degrees, programs, and certificates. With four campus locations in Northeast Wisconsin, the University’s access mission welcomes all students who want to learn, from every corner of the world. Championing bold thinking since opening its doors in 1965, it is a university on the rise – Wisconsin’s fastest growing UW. For more information, visit www.uwgb.edu.
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