Josh Wilhelm, ’99 • Basketball
In the century-plus of basketball at Carleton, there have been few all-around performers like Josh Wilhelm. A four-time team MVP, he was named All-MIAC each season and joined Laurie Slocum ’55 as the only other Carleton men’s basketball player to be selected as first-team all-conference four times. Wilhelm put together two of the top four single-season scoring totals in the program history and finished with a then-school record 1,967 career points, a figure that ranked 17th at the time among all Minnesota (all divisions) collegiate men’s basketball players. More than simply a scorer, Wilhelm paced the MIAC in rebounding during the 1996-97 campaign and wrapped up his career with 778 boards, the second-best figure in Carleton history. He also owns the program record for both free throws made (469) and blocked shots (146) and ranks among Carleton’s top 10 in steals, free-throw percentage, and three-point shooting. Twice named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-West Region squad, he was a second-team choice in 1998 and a first-team selection the following year. The basketball class of 1999 dominated rival St. Olaf as they orchestrated eight victories in as many attempts, becoming the first group in more than 60 years to accomplish the feat.
Tom James, ’89 • Tennis
One of the most decorated players in the history of Carleton men’s tennis, Tom James was a three-time All-American and Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champion. As a rookie in 1986, he earned top honors in the conference at second singles. After finishing as conference runner-up at first singles in 1087, James won consecutive MIAC titles in 1988 and 1989 and was tabbed all-conference three times. He qualified for the NCAA Championships four times in singles (1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989) and once in doubles when he partnered with David Treichel ’87 in 1987. James capped his collegiate career by advancing to the quarterfinals of the singles bracket at the 1989 national tournament. At the time of his graduation, he was only the ninth Carleton student-athlete to ear All-America honors in three different years.