The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for Ohio Bobcats athletes and athletic personnel. Since 1965, selectees to the Hall are inducted during annual ceremonies, including recognition at halftime of a home college football game. Inductees are also honored via display of their portrait and accomplishments in the Hall, located in the university's Convocation Center. Since 2000, the Hall usually names three to five new inductees each year.Ohio to Rename Hall of Fame After Kermit Blosser: Legendary coach and student-athlete honored
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. Blosser, born in 1911, competed in football and wrestling at Ohio in the late 1920s and early 1930s. After serving in the military during World War II, he became an assistant coach at Ohio in 1946. He coached multiple sports for many years, ultimately retiring in 1988. Blosser was inducted to the NCAA Golf Coaches Hall of Fame in 1980 and the MAC Hall of Fame in 1988. He died in 2006, aged 95.
Members by induction year
1965–1969 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)
1970–1979 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 (men's hockey, men's hockey head coach) 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)
1980–1989 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)
1990–1999 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)
1998 no inductees—induction moved from spring to fall
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)
2000–2009 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