It's something all of us around here already knew. If the only thing you knew about Mike is that he had a good basketball team, it would not be as compelling.

He was always working a little harder than everybody else. He had that little extra drive to be better, and he really pushed himself. It made a lot of kids want to work out with him.

It's not real common. But I think it's a step we need to take starting with Mike. It is something that I think we need to find a way to do more of it. I think the level of success in our athletic program has more than warranted that we do this.

This is an example of how athletics can benefit and bring recognition to a university. That type of publicity for our basketball program and our university, you really can't measure that.

That is a very nice conclusion to a great story.

You're wrestling good kids all the time if you're from Stoughton or Mineral Point.