Mouchka Family

The Pam Mouchka Scholarship in Physical Education/Health was established in 1986: Pam was a 1984 graduate who lost her life in 1985 as a result of head injuries sustained in a fall while she was horseback riding. She was born Nov. 25, 1960, in Fort Eustis, Va., to Don and Muriel Mouchka. She was a graduate of Central High School and a 1984 graduate of the UWL. She had accepted a teaching and coaching position in Bloomer for the coming school year (`984-85). She was a member of the UW-L Sports Medicine Program and a student athletic trainer in women’s basketball, track and field and in football. She also was a member of the National Athletic Trainer’s Association and Delta Psi Kappa honorary fraternity. Because of Mouchka’s love for life, and the fact that her life touched so many people, her family, and friends established this scholarship in her lasting memory.

Pam’s parents very engaged in the scholarship fund over the years and regularly attended the scholarship award ceremony. Her mother, Muriel, passed away in 1999, and father, Donald, passed in 2017. In 2019, the fund was renamed the Pam Mouchka Family Scholarship in Physical Education and Health. Pam’s sisters, MarySue, Peggy and Julie continue to be engaged in the scholarship.