Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame
The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame is the shrine which all Ohio University Bobcats greats aspire to enter. Since 1965, inductees to the Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame are inducted during banquet ceremonies the evening prior to a designated home football game. Inductees are also recognized during a special halftime ceremony at the football game the following day. Inductees are also honored into perpetuity as their portrait and accomplishments are displayed in the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame currently located in the Convocation Center.
Beginning with the class of 2000, the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame will receive at least three and no more than five new inductees.[1]
Kermit Blosser
On October 20, 2006, Ohio Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt announced the renaming of the Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame to the Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame.
Members by induction year
1965
- Frank Baumholtz, '41 (baseball, men's basketball)
- Claude Chrisman, '32 (football)
- Stanley Dougan, '14 (baseball)
- Russ Finsterwald, '19 (football, men's basketball head coach, football head coach)
- C. O. Gibson, '12 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- B. T. Grover, '19 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- Don Peden, '14 (baseball head coach, football head coach)
- Dutch Trautwein, '38-'49 (men's basketball head coach, football assistant coach)
1966
- Kermit Blosser, '32 (football, wrestling, men's basketball assistant coach, men's golf head coach, wrestling assistant coach)
- M. Harold Brown, '33 (men's basketball, football)
- Blaine Goldsberry, '14 (men's basketball)
- Mark Hendrickson, '19 (baseball, men's basketball)
- Krum Kahler, '08 (baseball)
- Hokie Palmer, '16 (football)
1967
- Herbert Bash, '17 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- John E. Brammer, '30 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- Eugene Rinta, '38 (men's basketball)
- Jim Snyder, '41 (men's basketball, football, men's basketball head coach)
- Frank Szalay, '42 (football)
- Jerome Warshower, '31 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- Bob Wren, '43 (baseball, football, baseball head coach)
1968
- Joseph W. Begala, '29 (football, wrestling)
- Vince Costello, '53 (football)
- John R. Goddard, '17 (baseball, football, men's track and field)
- Angus E. King, '22 (baseball, men's basketball)
- John W. Montgomery, '40 (baseball, football)
- Dick Shrider, '48 (men's basketball)
- Carroll C. Widdoes, '49-'69 (football head coach, tennis head coach, athletics director)
1969
- Sim Earich, '28 (men's basketball, football)
- Dow Finsterwald, '52 (men's golf)
- Bill Hess, '47 (football, wrestling, football head coach)
- Bill Jurkovic, '38 (baseball, football)
- Art Lewis, '36 (football)
- Pete McKinley, '29 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- Mark Wylie, '49 (baseball)
1970
- Chet F. Adams, '39 (football, wrestling)
- George M. Brown, '31 (baseball, football)
- Carlisle Dollings, '25 (baseball, football)
- Clark B. Gabriel, '32 (football)
- John T. Malokas, '38 (baseball, men's basketball)
- Carl H. Ott, '41 (men's basketball)
1971
- Lester N. Carney, '59 (football, men's track and field)
- Fletcher Gilders '59-'84 (men's swimming and diving head coach)
- William H. Herbert, '25 (football, men's track and field)
- Len Janiak, '40 (football)
- W.R. "Shorty" McReynolds, '15 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- Thor Olson '16-'51 (wrestling head coach)
- Robert A. Snyder, '37 (football)
1972
- Bunk Adams, '61 (men's basketball)
- Harry Houska, '65 (wrestling, wrestling head coach)
- Russell Kepler, '32 (football, men's track and field)
- Dutch Littler, '24 (football)
- Robert "Fizz" Miller, '42 (men's basketball, football)
- Jim Shreffler, '50 (baseball, men's basketball)
- Milt Taylor, '50 (football)
- Gus White, '21 (baseball)
1973
- Elmore Banton, '65 (cross country, track and field/cross country head coach)
- O.C. Bird '22-'48 (athletics director)
- Joseph W. Colvin, '33 (football)
- Raymond C. Davis, '21 (men's basketball, football)
- Howard E. Jolliff, '65 (men's basketball)
- Dave Solomon, '70 (swimming and diving)
- Woodrow "Woody" Wills, '37 (baseball, football)
1974
- King Brady, '50 (baseball, football)
- Francis "Peg" Fuller, '22 (baseball, men's basketball, football, men's track and field)
- Hal Gruber, '37 (baseball)
- Tom Nevits, '57 (wrestling)
- Dan Risaliti, '41 (football, men's track and field)
- Bill Rohr '63-'78 (athletics director)
1975
- Robert Brooks, '61 (football)
- Cleve Bryant, '70 (football)
- Joseph Dean, '61 (football, football assistant coach)
- John Eastman, '66 (men's soccer)
- Stan Huntsman '57-'71 (men's track and field/cross country head coach)
- Fred Schleicher, '47 (football, men's track and field, wrestling)
1976
- Robert Bertelsen, '71 (men's cross country, men's track and field)
- John Frick, '66 (football, football head coach)
- Richard Murphy, '55 (baseball, men's basketball)
- Larry Snyder, '60 (men's golf)
- W. Neal Wade, '70 (swimming and diving)
1977
- Jerry Jackson, '69 (men's basketball)
- Bob Littler, '66 (men's golf)
- Darnell Mitchell, '65 (men's cross country, men's track and field)
- Mike Schmidt, '73 (baseball)
- Todd Snyder, '72 (football)
- Barry Sugden, '65 (men's cross country, men's track and field)
- Bruce Trammell, '71 (wrestling)
1978
- Tom Boyce, '61 (swimming and diving)
- Terry Harmon, '67 (baseball)
- Bob Harrison, '61 (football, men's track and field)
- Don Hilt, '66 (men's basketball)
- Don "Skip" Hoovler, '65 (football)
- Lou Sawchik, '55 (men's basketball, football)
1979
- Ken Carmon, '69 (football)
- Terry Gray, '68 (6,6HC)
- Paul Halleck, '36 (football, men's track and field)
- Lamar Jacobs, '59 (baseball)
- Steve Rudo, '57 (wrestling)
- Wendy Weeden (Devine), '74 (women's field hockey, women's lacrosse)
1980
- John "Rosey" Kerns, '47 (football)
- Anita Corl Miller, '73 (women's field hockey, women's lacrosse)
- Charles Vandlik, '60 (men's golf)
- P.J. Woodworth, '31 (team physician)
1981
- Don Burnison, '36 (baseball, football)
- Fred Picard '54-'84 (faculty representative)
- Larry Lee Thomas, '62 (baseball)
- Chuck Woodlee, '62 (swimming and diving)
- Edward "Zip" Zednik, '47 (football, wrestling)
1982
- Richard "Rick" Dowswell, '74 (men's track and field)
- Cliff Heffelfinger '52-'78 (football assistant coach)
- Bob "Hoss" Houmard, '71 (football)
- Robert G. Kappes, '58 (football head coach)
- Frank B. Richey '47-'73 (football assistant coach)
- Steven E. Swisher, '73 (baseball)
- Donna Jean Taylor, '68 (women's field hockey, cross country, track and field)
1983
- Andy Daniels, '78 (wrestling)
- George R. "Pug" Hood, '38 (men's basketball)
- David Juenger, '73 (football)
- Tom Murphy, '67 (baseball)
- Alfred Ogunfeyimi, '78 (men's track and field)
1984
- John Fekete, '46 (football, men's track and field)
- Bill Frederick, '56 (football)
- Nick Lalich, '38 (men's basketball)
- Ihor Miskewycz, '69 (men's soccer)
- Henry "Tad" Potter, '57 (swimming and diving)
1985
- Bruce Greene, '77 men's track and field
- Al Hart, '58 (athletic trainer)
- David Rambo, '53 (men's golf)
- Barry Reighard, '73 (wrestling)
- Ed Robbins, '70 (baseball)
- Al Scheider, '52 (football)
- Bill Schmidt, '40 (baseball, men's basketball, football)
- Janet Schmitt (McDowell), '68 (women's field hockey, track and field, softball)
1986
- Catherine Brown, '69 (women's field hockey/lacrosse/track and field head coach)
- Roy Cheran, '76 (swimming and diving)
- Dan Donofrio, '37 (football)
- Walter Luckett, '75 (men's basketball)
- Mike Murphy, '69 (baseball)
1987
- Lynn Bozentka (Taylor), '79 (women's field hockey, women's tennis)
- Bob Brenly, '77 (baseball)
- Russ Johnson '73 (wrestling)
- Pete Lalich, '42 (baseball, men's basketball)
- Eddie Roberts, '73 (men's soccer)
- Joseph "Bull" Sintic, '33 (football)
1988
- Bob Babbitt, '63 (football)
- Roger Gilders, '80 (men's track and field)
- Ken Kowall, '71 (men's basketball)
- Rhonda Rawlins, '82 (women's field hockey, women's lacrosse)
- Dick Smail, '56 (men's golf)
- John Turk, '54 (baseball, football)
1989
- Don Fish, '69 (men's track and field)
- Kathryn MacDonald, '72 (women's basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, track and field))
- Dave Tobik, '76 (baseball)
- Lenny Sadosky, '33 (football, men's track and field)
- Bill Whaley, '62 (men's basketball)
1990
- Lowell "Duke" Anderson, '54 (baseball, football)
- Elden Armbrust, '35 (football, men's track and field)
- Mike Haley, '67 (men's basketball)
- Ernie Kish, '42 (baseball)
- Robert Tscholl, '73 (wrestling)
- Kathy Williams (Thompson), '82 (women's track and field)
1991
- Kevin Babcock, '80 (football)
- John Canine, '70 (men's basketball)
- Frances Daniell (Calcutt), '84 (women's track and field)
- Dick England, '54 (baseball, baseball head coach)
- Ron Fowlkes, '66 (football)
- Caroline Mast (Daugherty), '86 (women's basketball)
- Dave Unik, '69 (wrestling)
1992
- Marti Heckman, '86 women's basketball
- Bill Heller, '65 men's cross country
- Bruce Hosta, '73 (wrestling)
- Craig Love, '71 (men's basketball)
- Dave Moore, '56 (men's golf)
- Dick Schulz, '63 (football)
- Diane Stamm '79-'85 (women's track and field/cross country head coach)
- Becky Walters (Rafferty), '82 women's field hockey
1993
- Jim Albert, '66 (football)
- John Hrasch, '51 (baseball)
- Sherman Lyle, '73 men's soccer
- Danny Nee '80-'86 (men's basketball head coach)
- Roger Pedigo, '53 (men's golf)
- Franko Peters, '69 (football)
- Robert Tatum, '86 (men's basketball)
1994
- Henry Clark, '88 (swimming and diving)
- Selina Christian Safari, '86 (women's track and field)
- Mike Echstenkamper, '79 (baseball)
- Dave Leveck, '70 (football)
- Paul Storey, '64 (men's basketball)
1995
- John Bier, '56 (baseball)
- Anne Bolyard, '88 (women's basketball, women's track and field)
- Gail Hudson Ruffins, '84 (women's basketball, women's field hockey, women's lacrosse)
- Dave Jamerson, '90 (men's basketball)
- Gus Malavite, '76 (wrestling)
- Glenn Romanek, '54 (swimming and diving)
- Ted Stute, '63 (baseball, football)
1996
- Kurt Blank, '75 (wrestling)
- Joy Clark, '91 (swimming and diving)
- Roger Hosler, '68 (men's track and field)
- Kevin Priessman, '84 (baseball)
- Shannan Ritchie, '90 (men's cross country, men's track and field)
1997
- Mark Geisler, '80 (football)
- Jane Maher, '83 (women's field hockey, women's lacrosse)
- Tracy Meyer, '89 (women's cross country, women's track and field)
1999
- Courtney Allen (Asher), '92 (swimming and diving)
- Christine Eby (Axer), '88 (women's field hockey)
- Chris Nichols (Allwine), '91 (women's cross country, women's track and field)
- Darla Dutro, '82 (women's basketball, women's lacrosse)
- Maureen Newlon (Blandford), '92 (swimming and diving)
- Glenn C. Randall, '59 (men's track and field)
2000
- Ronnie Harter, '84 (football)
- Greg Jones, '91 (men's track and field)
- Tim Joyce, '79 (men's basketball)
- Steven D. Skaggs, '80 (men's basketball)
- Mary Catherine Taylor, '86 (women's basketball, women's track and field)
2001
- Marcy Keifer Kennedy, '94 (swimming and diving)
- Eric Kimble, '95 (wrestling)
- Holly Skeen-Gilbert, '95 (women's basketball)
2002
- John Botuchis, '55 (swimming and diving)
- Jeri Pantalone, '85 (women's field hockey)
- Les Ream, '77 (baseball)
- Ned Steele, '71 (swimming and diving)
2003
- Vernon Alden, '62 (university president)
- Orville Dwight Gardner, '98 (wrestling)
- Scott Hammond '89-'95 (swimming and diving head coach)
- Nicholas "Nick" Karl, '64 (men's golf)
- Lisa MacNicol (Mitchell), '97 (swimming and diving)
2004
- Paul Baron, '86 (men's basketball)
- Staci Bellville, '96 (softball)
- Shawn Enright, '99 (wrestling)
- David "Bucky" Wagner, ‘61 (football)
2005
- Lewis Geter, '93 (men's basketball)
- Joshua Ritchie, '98 (men's cross country, men's track and field)
2006
- Bart Leahy, '98 (baseball)
- Amy Lockard, '93 (swimming and diving)
- Harold McElhaney (athletics director)
2007
- Dick Schorr, ’67-’98 (broadcaster)
- Dave Zastudil, ’01 (football)
- Joe Zychowicz, ’72 (wrestling)
2008
- Jackie Conrad, '99 (women's cross country, women's track and field)
- Geno Ford, ’97 (men's basketball)
- Jen Morris, ’99 (softball)