Green Bay’s last WNBA draftee will be among those honored this summer, when the university’s athletic program inducts its 24th class to the Green Bay Phoenix Hall of Fame. The school did not have any inductions in 2025, coming off the heels of the 2024 ceremony that honored Ken Hess, Rahmon Fletcher, and the entire 2010-11 Women’s Basketball team, which included current Green Bay head coach Kayla Karius (nee Tetschlag). Karius was actually inducted as a solo member in the Class of 2023.
Mehryn Kraker is arguably one of the most notable players in Green Bay women’s basketball history. She capped off a stellar career four year career with the Phoenix, that saw her finish 4th in all time scoring with 1,671 points, and both the career leader in made three pointers (234) and single season record (75). Kraker also holds the 3rd most single game points (35), and was nominated to three All Horizon League Tournament teams, including Tournament MVP in 2016. After her stellar career, she was named the espnW Mid Major Player of the Year and was drafted in the third round of the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics. Her playing career continued into Europe, where she currently plays in Poland for Wroclaw. Kraker has also spent time in the coaching realm, serving as an assistant under her former coach, Kevin Borseth for the Phoenix during the 2020-21 season.
Taylor Wolf also joins the class, as one of the top volleyball players to play for Green Bay. She came to the Phoenix in 2017, joining her older sister Jessica on the Green Bay roster, and made an immediate impact, earning Freshman of the Year honors that fall, as well as three straight seasons on the All Horizon League regular season and tournament teams. She reached the top of the Green Bay mountain in 2018, leading the team to the NCAA Tournament, and was a two time Horizon League Player of the Year, taking the crown in 2018 and 2019. Despite leaving the program for her final season to play at Marquette as a graduate transfer, she graduated Green Bay second all time in kills, and third in total points. In her lone season with the Golden Eagles, she served as team captain, a role she also served in with Green Bay, and was named Big East Player of the Year, having led the country in triple doubles.
The Phoenix are also honoring two former members of the swimming and dive teams, Daniel Pogue and Kaye-Lani Laughna. Pogue was a diver who was with the university from 2008 to 2012, notching school records in the 1 meter board dive and 3 meter board, and was named the 2012 Men’s Horizon League Diver of the Meet. Laughna was a member of the program from 1998 to 2002, winning the conference meet 50m and 100m freestyles for three straight years, one of just three members in conference history to win either event three times, and one of just two to win to win two different events three times at the Horizon League championships.
The last athlete being honored is Shaun Rezachek, a golfer with the program from 1997 to 2001, and later coach of the program from 2002 to 2005. As a golfer, he was the individual Horizon League Champion in both 1998 and 2001, also being named Horizon League Player of the Year in both campaigns. He was named all Horizon League in all four seasons. As a coach, he led the team to multiple tournament wins in 2005, being named Horizon League Coach of the Year, and guiding Jason Hill to the 2005 Horizon League Player of the Year. He now serves as a regional sales manager for TaylorMade Golf.
Joining the Class of 2026 is former professor Charles “Chuck” Ihrke. Ihrke taught at the university for 30 years, teaching human biology, while also serving as a faculty representative to the NCAA and chaired both the Intercollegiate Athletics Commission and Prior Learning Council.
This year’s class will be inducted on June 13th, on campus at the Weidner Center, at an event that will feature a dinner and the ceremony.
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