The 1956 Wayne State Tartars. RHS graduate, Mark Wittock (21), is pictured second from right in the middle row. (Contributed photograph)
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Rhinelander native Wittock last surviving member of historic Wayne State basketball team
To this day, Wayne State University has only won a single National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men’s basketball tournament game, which came in historic fashion in 1956. Rhinelander’s Mark Wittock, 91, witnessed the game first hand as a player on the team.
