A Madison native, Pat Richter was a nine-time letterman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He lettered three times each in football, basketball, and baseball. He was also honored as a two-time football All-America selection. As a senior, Richter won the prestigious 1963 Big Ten Medal of Honor, which is given to the outstanding student-athlete on each league campus.

He was a first round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in the 1963 NFL Draft and went on to play eight seasons in Washington.

In 1989, Richter was hired as Director of Athletics for UW-Madison by then-chancellor Donna Shalala. He was hired after a 17 year career at Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation and was Vice President of Personnel at the time he left the Company. He inherited a program in disarray, with outmoded facilities, struggling teams, and a deficit of $2.1 million.

He made a priority of modernizing the sports facilities, including construction of the Kohl Center, University Ridge Golf Course and renovations to Camp Randall Stadium. He reversed the financial fortunes of the department, erasing the deficit and building a budget reserve of $6.4 million.
He was responsible for hiring Barry Alvarez in 1990 as head football coach, restoring the Badgers football program to national prominence. He also hired basketball coaches Dick Bennett and Bo Ryan, both of whom reached the “Final Four” of the NCAA Tournament.

He stepped down as Director of Athletics on April 1, 2004 and he is still credited with leading the UW Athletic Department through one of the greatest turn-arounds in the history of college sports.

Richter is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Academic All-America Hall of Fame, the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame and the Madison Sports Hall of Fame. He was also named to Sports Illustrated’s NCAA Football All-Century Team. In 1988, Richter was honored with the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for post-college achievements.

In 2006, the University of Wisconsin–Madison retired his football number 88 and a bronze statue of Richter was unveiled in the Kellner Hall plaza immediately outside Camp Randall Stadium.

Pat and his wife, Renee, have four sons and eight grandchildren.

Matt Lepay is enjoying an illustrious career as the Voice of the Badgers. In his nearly 30+ years in Wisconsin, Matt has become one of the state’s most recognizable voices. He is a eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award.

Matt will be entering his 31st season as the radio voice of Badger basketball, a run that includes 20 NCAA Tournaments and three Final Fours.  This fall, Matt will begin his 25th season as the radio voice of Badger Football.  He has called 22 bowl games, including five Rose Bowls.  In addition, Matt serves as co-host of the Paul Chryst and Greg Gard statewide radio shows.

Matt hosts the Badger Sports Report TV television show on Fox Sports Wisconsin and on WKOW-TV in Madison.  And, he is in his 5th year as the back-up for the Milwaukee Brewers Fox Sports Wisconsin television broadcasts, calling approximately 55 games each season.

In 2012, Matt authored the book, Why Not Wisconsin?, which is a series of stories from his view as the radio announcer of Badger football & basketball.

Matt is a 1984 graduate of Ohio State and resides in Cross Plains, WI with his wife Linda.