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Congrats to the 2025 Rock River Hall of Fame inductees shown below. They were honored at this year's Oldtimers Banquet on Saturday, October 18th at the Lions Hall in Clyman.
Back Row; Dave Burg HOF, Warren Braunschweig HOF, Rory Holland HOF, Jamie Hennen HOF
Front Row: Steve Lehman President, Ron Bartels VP, Paul Hauser Jr. Rock Diamond Award, Bob Schulz Secretary/Treasurer
2025 Hall of Fame Inductees
Warren Braunschweig - Clyman, Hustisford, Lebanon & Neosho
Dave Burg - Rubicon
Jamie Hennen - Hustisford
Rory Holland - Johnson Creek, commissioner and umpire
Rock Diamond Award Winner
Paul Hauser Jr.
Hall of Fame Bios
Warren Braunschweig – 43, works at Clausen Quality Chocolate Factory and lives in Germantown. “Brown Sugar” played mostly 3rd base for the Neosho Rockets from 1998-2012, the Hustisford Astros from 2015-2018, the Lebanon Whitetails from 2019-2020 and was a player and manager for the Clyman Canners from 2021-2024. Warren’s greatest achievements were winning RRL Grand Championships with Hustisford in 2015 and 2017, getting on base 7 times in 9 at bats in the 2015 Championship series. In 2015, he broke up Brownsville pitcher Mitch Beau’s no-hitter in the playoffs to start the Astros on their way to a win. In 2022, Warren managed the Clyman Canners to the RRL Grand Championship. For his humorous incident, Warren chose an old Carl Schwarze story. Carl was umpiring behind the plate and called a fair ball on a ball that was about 20 feet foul. He then called me number 6, when my number was actually 8. And base ump Rube Schulz backed his decision 100%. They have had many laughs about this incident over the years. Warren’s All Opponent team included Jason Wesemann of Clyman, Scott booth of the Madison Senators and Mitch Beau and Jordan DeBoer of Brownsville.
Dave Burg – 52, is a tool maker at Sussex IM and lives in Iron Ridge. Dave, also known as “Burgy” or “Aces”, played 3rd base and pitched for Rubicon from 1987 to 2006. Dave was a Youth Coach in the Rubicon Baseball program from 2007-2020 and has been the Rubicon Red Sox Manager since 2023. In Dave’s words, “Winning the championships in 1994, 2001 and 2003 were no doubt incredible. In 1994, we only had 11 guys really showing up and playing so that we were close and it was just a cool thing, something that you can’t totally replicate or explain. In 2003, playing at home against Helenville the day before and winning in the bottom of the ninth on Aaron Braund’s home run and literally having to run off the diamond to make my parents 50th wedding Anniversary celebration (Biggest Rubicon Fans) was something! Then when we left that very night at midnight to deliver our 3rd child Brenna and during the early morning hours after, my wife looking at me and saying, “You better win it all today” had me pumped beyond anything I knew. We went to Oakfield and did it! My years with Rubicon were obviously always about baseball but the memories and time on and off the field with my teammates that became lifelong friends were the real “win”. My biggest achievements though, has been passing down the love of the game and Rubicon Baseball to all four of my kids and sharing the Rock River League fields with my two sons. Humorous incident – After games were always memorable and Thursday night practices are where we became a team with stories, laughs and all sorts of crazy. After one particular game against Slinger though, we headed to Snapper Vick’s and then the plan was to go to Big Johns for Marv’s 20 play and more. When most of us were in the bar, we heard Brian Breuer doing a reverse drop all the way down the hill in Rubicon. The sound!” Musts on Dave’s All Opponent team are Chris Morgan of Oakfield, Doug Gonring of Kewaskum and Wes Braunschweig of Neosho.
Jamie Hennen – 52, is an IT Consultant and lives in Slinger. Jamie played centerfield for Hustisford from 1996 – 2008. After playing 4 years for the Howards Grove ACs in the Shoreland League while I was in college, I moved to the Hartford area and I was blessed to have a close college friend that led me to the opportunity to play for the Hustisford Astros and be part of the Rock River League. I was honored to have done that for thirteen seasons from 1996-2008. During those 13 seasons, our Astros made the RRL Playoffs in about 10 of those years, coming up just short twice in the finals, losing to Watertown in 1998 and Rubicon in 2004. As part of the Astros, I had the privilege of playing in at least 6 All Star games and was selected to the RRL All North team about 5 times. As one of the best offensive lineups I’ve ever been part of with protection up and down the lineup, I led the RRL Northern Division in 1997, hitting .565. I was fortunate to have hit .300 or better in each of my 13 seasons. I hit .351 in my last season at age 35, scoring 18 runs while knocking in 13 in 17 games. I was humbled to have received the Player of Meritt Award in the Northern Division in my last season playing full time. In my career, I had a six-hit game and several 5 hit games., but the most memorable of those was a 5 hit game in Pardeeville in the early 2000’s where I was 5-5 with 5 doubles. One of the most enjoyable parts of playing baseball in Hustisford was my family spending the day at the ballpark. This meant having my two sons with me as batboys through the years while my wife and daughter were pulling for the Astros from on top of the Husty Hill.As each game came to a close, my sons would join our handshake line and congratulate the other team on a game well played. One time near the end of my career, my daughter who was the youngest of our three kids, somehow made it down to the field without me realizing it and joined the handshake line. That is until I made the turn back to our dugout to hear my 3’ 2’ 4-year-old slapping hands while saying with all 14 guys on the other team “tag, you’re it”. Thanks to all the guys that tolerated Grace as she had the time of her life spending time on the field playing a bit of tag. Three musts on Jamie’s All Opponent team were Chris Morgan of Oakfield, Shane O’ Hagen of Rubicon and Matt Denure of Pardeeville.
Rory Holland – is 47 and lives in Cottage Grove. Rory pitched and was a utility player for Johnson Creek from 2005-2009. Rory is a current RRL umpire and has served as RRL Commissioner from 2013-2014 and 2017-2020. “I believe my outstanding achievement to the RRL League comes from my meritorious service to the league as a twice elected Commissioner and umpire. Having the fortunate opportunity to play, umpire and be the Commissioner of the league offers a tremendous perspective of seeing all of the effort, support and dedication required to keep a league like this continuing. This past season was probably the most difficult of all recent seasons. However, the league stepped up to the challenge. When everyone is working together, such as during this past season, the league will continue to move forward stronger and for many years. My whole playing career could serve as a humorous incident. It’s not every day you meet a person who can remember all nine of his career hits of his career, including going 2 x 4 against Kyle Krueger, under a different identity, in my first RRL game”. Rory’s top opponents were Jim Wittrock – Hustisford, Jim Ziegler – Kewaskum and Andy Schwantes – Watertown.
Paul Hauser Jr. – is 74, retired and living in Marshall, Wi. Paul played for Rubicon from 1968-1970.Paul took over as team Treasurer in 1980 and held the job for 41 years, until his retirement in 2021. The Rubicon Baseball Club has grown immensely and now supports 6-8 teams of youth baseball as well as 6-8 teams of girls’ softball as well as the Rubicon Redox of the RRL. Rubicon is home of the Dollar Beers and has one of the best concession stands in the RRl. Paul was happy to be involved with 6 Rock River League Grand Championship teams. In 1994, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2011, Paul was treasurer and concession stand operator. He helped organize the Rubafest Fundraiser Softball and Volleyball tournaments for 31 years. In Paul’s words, “Being involved in Rubicon Baseball is one of my life’s greatest pleasures and getting to know and work with some of the best players, fans, friends and family that anyone can have”.
