SEATTLE – Seattle University has announced the 2026 Alumni Award winners, including a trio of inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame.
Pete Fewing (men's soccer head coach), Andre Lang (men's basketball) and Blaise Wittenauer-Lee (women's swimming) will be honored along with six other Alumni Award winners, all of whom represent the best of Seattle University with exceptional leadership, service to the university and community, a commitment to care, excellence, diversity and justice and an alignment with SU’s Jesuit values.
This year’s recipients are:
Alumnus of the Year: Dr. Norward Brooks, ’71 MBA
Outstanding Recent Alumna: Katrina Phiri, ’17 MBA
University Service: Anne Hotz Moran, ’87
Professional Achievement: Madeline Haydon, ’05 MBA
Community Service: Tina O’Brien, ’89, ’98 MNPL
Jesuit Mission: Dr. Sonya Quitslund, ’58
Athletics Hall of Fame: Pete Fewing, Andre Lang, ’95, ’04 JD and Blaise Wittenauer-Lee, ’17
The university will celebrate these exceptional individuals at the 39th Annual Alumni Awards ceremony Friday, February 27, 2026, at Pigott Atrium and Auditorium.
Pete Fewing
Head Coach, SU Men’s Soccer
For his impressive career and leadership as Head Coach of Men’s Soccer (1998-2005, 2012-2022), Pete Fewing is one of this year’s inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame.
With a career record of 343 wins, 197 losses and 50 draws, Fewing ranks 11th nationally among active coaches at the time of his retirement. He led the soccer team to victory at the NAIA National Championships in 1997 and the NCAA Division II National Championships in 2004. Fewing also earned National Coach of the Year in 1997 and 2004 and gained recognition as Regional Coach of the Year six times, Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times and Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times.
Fewing led men’s soccer through many achievements, including eight WAC championships, five NCAA Tournament appearances and consistent Top 25 rankings in Division I play. He oversaw the transition of the program from NAIA to NCAA Division II then Division I and consistently produced teams with both athletic and academic excellence, including multiple National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic awards.
Andre Lang, ’95, ’04 JD
Men’s Basketball
College of Arts and Sciences & School of Law
For his stellar career on the Seattle University basketball team, Andre Lang is one of the newest inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame.
Lang played 118 games as a Redhawk from 1991 to 1995, earning recognition as a NAIA Pacific Northwest Region All-Star, Little All-Northwest Third Team and NAIA Honorable Mention All-American in both 1994 and 1995. He also earned Pre-Season NAIA All-American recognition in 1995.
Across his four-year career, Lang averaged 13.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. He ranks in the top 10 all-time in multiple statistical categories at SU, including first in steals (229), fourth in steals average (1.9) and assists (528), seventh in scoring (1,642 points) and eighth in 3-pointers (150).
After graduating, Lang played professionally in Germany for two years.
Blaise Wittenauer-Lee, ’17
Women’s Swimming
College of Arts and Sciences
Blaise Wittenauer-Lee is one of the newest inductees into the Athletics Hall of Fame for her groundbreaking career on the women’s swim team.
A five-time Western Athletic Conference (WAC) champion, Wittenauer-Lee holds five individual SU records, including the 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM and 400 IM and two relay records, including the 800 freestyle and the 400 medley. All told, she ranks in SU’s top-eight in 13 of 20 possible events.
In 2016, Wittenauer-Lee became the second Redhawk swimmer to qualify for the Olympic trials. She was also recognized with an Academic All-WAC award and received an honorable mention as a College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American.
The following year Wittenauer-Lee was named WAC Female Swimmer of the Year, Seattle University Female Athlete of the Year and a nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year. She became the first Redhawk women’s swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships and set a conference record for the 200 breaststroke at the WAC Championships.