Five to be inducted into Athletics Hall of Fame
51ÂŇÂ× will induct five standout athletes into its Athletic Hall of Fame this fall as part of Homecoming weekend.
The class includes:
An induction banquet will be held on Saturday, October 18, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are required. Registration will be available later this month at Lakeland.edu/homecoming.
The incoming class increases membership in Lakeland’s Hall of Fame to 197.
Roberson was a standout defensive player for the football program who continues to play a lead role in athletics.
He is third in Lakeland career interceptions (18) and had 329 tackles in four years as a safety, earning First Team All-Illini-Badger Football Conference honors as a senior and honorable mention as a sophomore. He was a team captain as a junior and senior.
After graduation, he played in the professional Indoor Football league for nine years and has served as a coach with the Green Bay Blizzard for seven years: assistant from 2012-18, interim head coach in 2018 and head coach the following season. This season he is also serving as the team’s general manager.
He was named IFL Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2024, he guided the Blizzard to its first playoff appearance in seven seasons in 2019 and in 2024 the Blizzard finished as the first seed in the IFL Eastern Conference and won its first playoff game in over a decade. He also served as an assistant football coach at Lakeland for several seasons and at several local high schools.
In addition to his role with the Blizzard, Roberson is Lakeland’s director of leadership and student engagement and helped enact the “5-star” system for Greek Life accountability.
He lives in Sheboygan with his wife, Ana, and their three children.
Martin is among the men’s volleyball program’s most decorated players and he was a centerpiece on the 2008 team that won the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Administration (NIRSA) Division I national championship.
Martin, a left-side hitter, was 2008 NIRSA national tournament MVP and Wisconsin Volleyball Conference MVP, one of two times he was named the WVC’s top player. He helped lead the Muskies to second- and third-place finishes in the NIRSA national tournament in 2007 and 2005, and the WVC title in 2007 and 2008.
He was three-time First Team All-Conference for both the WVC and Midwest 10, First Team All-American in 2007 and Honorable Mention All-American in 2006.
Martin was inducted into the WVC Hall of Fame in 2012 and was named to the league’s silver anniversary team, which recognized the top players from the league’s first 25 years.
He is the global treasury technology manager for JLL and lives in Magnolia, Texas, with his wife, Brittanie ’10, a 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, and their two boys.
White played three seasons for the Lakeland football team and was an electrifying player who re-wrote the program’s record book for a wide receiver.
He graduated as Lakeland’s career leader in receiving yards (2,254), No. 6 in career receptions (146), No. 4 in receptions in a game (13) and No. 6 in longest kickoff return (89 yards).
A two-time First Team All-Illini Badger Football Conference honoree, White was named D3 football.com third team All-North Region and the IBFC’s Outstanding Wide Receiver his senior season, when he was third in the nation in average kickoff return yards. He wrapped up his career playing in the Aztec Bowl in Mexico, the only Muskie to play in that all-star game.
As a junior he was Football Gazette Honorable Mention North All-Region and Co-IBFC Wide Receiver of the Year. He was Second Team All-IBFC in 2005, his first year at Lakeland.
White is the head football coach and an assistant director of safety & security at his alma mater the Zion Benton High School District. He lives in Zion, Ill., with his daughter and son.
Julkowski is among the men’s volleyball program’s most decorated players and another centerpiece on the 2008 team that won the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Administration (NIRSA) Division I national championship.
The left-side hitter was a four-time all-Wisconsin Volleyball Conference performer, a two-time WVC MVP and a three-time national All-American. He also was a member of the Muskies’ 2007 and 2010 national finalists and the 2009 national semifinalists.
After his playing career, Julkowski was a graduate assistant with the Muskies in 2011 and then head coach in 2012. He led Lakeland to a trip to the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation national championships. He then served as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball level for two years each at Northern Illinois University and Northwestern University.
Julkowski was inducted into the WVC Hall of Fame in 2015 and was named to the league’s silver anniversary team, which recognized the top players from the league’s first 25 years.
He owns his own property management and photography businesses and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, Erin, and their two daughters. He is still involved with volleyball, serving as volleyball director for boys and girls at Guardian Angels Catholic School.
Coenen was one of the softball program’s best hitters on some of the school’s best teams.
She holds program career records for doubles, triples and runs batted in as well as single-season records for hits, doubles, triples and RBI.
Coenen was a two-time First Team All-NACC honoree and a Second Team selection as a sophomore. She was a 2010 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Great Lakes All-Region First Team honoree. Her senior season she led nation in NCAA Division III setting a conference record with 14 triples and she led the conference in slugging percentage (.868), hits (64), runs (57) and total bases (118).
She helped lead the softball program to 57 wins her junior and senior season including a 30-win season in 2009. She was also a three-year member of the Lakeland women’s basketball team.
Coenen works as a project manager for a construction firm and lives in Genesee, Wis.
To nominate someone you feeling is worthy of induction into the LU Hall of Fame, to access a nomination form.
