Sharon Panske Obituary, Assistant volleyball coach and head softball coach

Panske, coach, athletic trainer and friend to many, passed away March 25, 2023 after a courageous journey with uterine cancer. She was 61.

Sharon’s love of competitive sports started at an early age in her hometown of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The youngest child of Mary and Jerome “Jim” Panske, Sharon was a key player in the neighborhood games, usually taking place in the big, vacant field next to her house on a dead-end street. Softball was her favorite sport, and there was never a shortage of players vying for the day’s bragging rights.

Kids’ games turned into organized sports once she reached middle school, and Sharon was a standout in volleyball and basketball. Although she played summer slowpitch softball, school softball wasn’t added until her sophomore year in high school. Her athletic accomplishments continued at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, where she played volleyball and softball, and was on Oshkosh’s first-ever conference championship teams in both volleyball and softball. She graduated in 1986 with a degree in physical education, and minors in athletic training and health. She was certified as an athletic trainer in 1994.

Sharon joined the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Athletics Department staff in 1986 as assistant volleyball coach and head softball coach, directing the softball program for 17 years. One of her most treasured memories was in 1988 when the Titans won NCAA regionals to advance to the NCAA Division III Championship final six. Sharon was recognized as the NCAA Division III Midwest Coach of the Year.

In 2004, Sharon moved to Richland Center, Wisconsin, to work as an athletic trainer in the Richland Hospital Therapy Department, a position she held until retiring in 2022. Throughout her career, her most favorite aspect was mentoring student-athletes and teaching them the importance of hard work in reaching their life’s goals.

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