The 2013 UW-Whitewater Athletics Hall of Fame will have two former UWW football players who will inducted on Nov. 2, 2013. As previously reported, former All-American nose tackle Brad Arnett’s name was announced earlier this week. On Thursday came the announcement that Derrick LeVake is also a member of UWW’s 2013 Hall of Fame class.
LeVake made quite an impression when playing offensive tackle for the UW-Whitewater Warhawks in the mid-1990’s. LeVake is known as one of the most dominate offensive linemen in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history. LeVake earned All-Conference honors The West Allis native took the “long road” to success as a student-athlete at Whitewater and later professional football.
LeVake weighed 185 pounds as a senior in high school at West Allis Central. Following high school he spent four years trained in covert operations that used deadly force. As member of the U.S. Army’s elite Rangers, he jumping out of airplanes during Operation Desert Storm and chased retreating Iraqis back to Baghdad.
Following his military duty, LeVake enrolled at UW-Whitewater weighing 240 pounds and proceeded to have a dominate career both on the football field and on the wrestling mat. In football, Derrick starting his development into a dominate offensive tackle, he blossomed junior and senior seasons resulting in being named a 1st Team All-American both seasons, a finalist for the NCAA Division III Player of the Year in 1997 along with being named the WIAC’s Player of the Year.
LeVake weighed 185 pounds as a senior in high school at West Allis Central. Following high school he spent four years trained in covert operations that used deadly force. As member of the U.S. Army’s elite Rangers, he jumping out of airplanes during Operation Desert Storm and chased retreating Iraqis back to Baghdad.
LeVake was ranked 23rd among offensive tackles in Mel Kiper’s 1998 NFL Draft Preview. Though not drafted, LaVake signed a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Bengals immediately after the draft.. . After an impressive beginning, LeVake was beset by injuries which eventually would take their toll.
The story was the same after LeVake was given the chance to play for Amsterdam in the early-years of NFL-Europe. The former Warhawk played two years with the Admirals.
Following his football career the former Army Ranger began a successful career involving security and safety. . LeVake is a Licensed Private Investigator, a Certified Protection Specialist, a Certified "Refuse To Be A Victim" Workshop Instructor, and a Certified Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor. Businesses, celebrities, athletes and politicians have utilized Mr. LeVake's services as an executive protection agent and/or instructor to meet their individual safety and security needs.
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