The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame is the

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athletes and athletic personnel. Since 1965, selectees to the Hall are inducted during annual ceremonies, including recognition at halftime of a home

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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.

Kermit Blosser

On October 20, 2006, Ohio athletic director

Kirby Hocutt Kirby Hocutt is the athletic director at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and the Big 12 representative to the College Football Playoff committee. Additionally, Hocutt is the chairman of the NCAA Division I Football Recruiting Subcommittee ...

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

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Frank Baumholtz Frank Conrad Baumholtz (October 7, 1918 – December 14, 1997) was an American professional baseball and basketball player. He was an outfielder for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds (1947–49), Chicago Cubs (1949 and 1951–55) and Phi ...

, '41 (baseball, men's basketball) *Claude Chrisman, '32 (football) *Stanley Dougan, '14 (baseball) *

Russ Finsterwald Russell Weihr Finsterwald (August 12, 1896 – June 13, 1962) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He played both sports at Syracuse University between 1916 and 1917 before serving in the U.S. Army during World War I. He pl ...

, '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 William "Dutch" Trautwein was an American former college basketball coach. He was a football and basketball player at Wittenberg where he is a member of the school's athletics hall of fame. He was an assistant football coach at Wittenberg for fi ...

, '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 Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. (September 6, 1929 – November 4, 2022) was an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and ser ...

, '52 (men's golf) *

Bill Hess William R. Hess (February 5, 1923 – June 10, 1978) was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1958 to 1977. In his tenure as head coach for the Ohio Bobcats football team, Hess compile ...

, '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 Cleve Bryant (March 27, 1947 – January 31, 2023) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1985 to 1989. Bryant was later the Associate Athletics Director for Football Operations f ...

, '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 Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27, 1949) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played his entire 18-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. Schmidt was a 12-time All-Star and a ...

, '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 Nickola "Nick" Lalich (born 1945) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since October 2008, representing the electorate of Cabramatta. He also served as mayor of Fairfield f ...

, '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 Walter Luckett Jr. is an American former basketball player. Luckett starred at the prep level for Kolbe High School in his hometown of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and played college basketball for the Ohio Bobcats between 1972 and 1975. Following h ...

, '75 (men's basketball) *Mike Murphy, '69 (baseball) ;1987 *Lynn Bozentka (Taylor), '79 (women's field hockey, women's tennis) *

Bob Brenly Robert Earl Brenly (born February 25, 1954) is an American baseball sportscaster and a former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a catcher with the San Francisco Gian ...

, '77 (baseball) *Russ Johnson, '73 (wrestling) *

Pete Lalich Peter Todd Lalich (June 23, 1920 – February 1, 2008) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America (now known as the National Basketball Association). High school ca ...

, '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) Frankie Baumholtz 1941

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 Daniel Hugh Nee (born June 18, 1945) is an American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Ohio University from 1980 to 1986, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1986 to 2000, Robert Morris University in 2000–0 ...

, '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 John David Jamerson (born August 13, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Miami Heat in the first round (15th pick overall) of the 1990 NBA draft. Jamerson played for the Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz a ...

, '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 Vernon Roger Alden (April 7, 1923 – June 22, 2020) was an American scholar, businessman, philanthropist and the 15th president of Ohio University. After graduating from Brown University and Harvard Business School, he stayed at the business sch ...

, '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 David Michael Zastudil (born October 26, 1978) is a former American football Punter (football), punter. He played college football at Ohio Bobcats football, Ohio, and was drafted in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens. ...

, ’01 (football) *Joe Zychowicz, ’72 (wrestling) ;2008 *Jackie Conrad, '99 (women's cross country, women's track and field) *

Geno Ford Gene A. "Geno" Ford (born October 11, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and former college and professional basketball player. He is currently the men's head coach for the Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball, Stony Brook Seawolves, ...

, ’97 (men's basketball) *Jen Morris, ’99 (softball) ;2009 *Ron Fenik, '59 (men's football) *Gwynn Gordon, '90 (women's swimming and diving) *Cathy Silvia, '91 (women's swimming and diving) *Bill Toadvine, '71 (men's baseball coach) Joe Nossek Indians

2010–2019

;2010 *Michael Arbinger, '02 (men's baseball) *Joe Carbone, '70 (men's baseball, men's baseball head coach) *Julie Cole, '75 (women's basketball, women's golf) *Jake Percival, '05 (men's wrestling) ;2011 *Emmett Taylor, (men's track and field) *Alexandra Johnstone, '01 (women's field hockey) *Robert Moock, '71 (men's golf) ;2012 *Hollie Bonewit-Cron, '00 (women's swimming and diving) *Richard Grecni, '60 (men's football) *

Gary Trent Gary Dajaun Trent Sr. (born September 22, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. Early life Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Trent played his high school basketball at Hamilton Township High School. In his senior season ...

, (men's basketball) * 1960 Ohio Football Team, (men's football) ;2013 *Laura Cobb, '04 (women's volleyball) *

Joe Nossek Joseph Rudolph Nossek (born November 8, 1940) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder, coach (baseball), coach and scout (sport), scout. He threw and batted right-handed, and stood 6' (183 cm) tall and weighed 178 pounds ( ...

, '61 (men's baseball) *Bryan Oswald, '98 (men's wrestling) ;2014 *Anthony Gressick, '08 (men's baseball) * Scott Mayle, '07 (men's football, men's track and field) *Kim van Selm, '02 (women's swimming and diving) *

Mike Schuler Michael Harold Schuler (September 22, 1940 – June 28, 2022) was an American basketball coach in both college and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers from 198 ...

, '62 (men's basketball) ;2015 *Briana Adamovsky, '04 (women's volleyball) *

Dion Byrum Dion Byrum (born February 18, 1983 in Matthews, North Carolina) is a former American football cornerback. Byrum was first signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent after four years as a collegiate player at Ohio University, but was ...

, '06 (men's football) *Joanne Park, '00 (women's swimming and diving) *Bob Willet, '66 (men's baseball) ;2016 *Ellen Herman, '09 (women's volleyball) *Samuel Shon, '81 (men's football) *Tim Courtad, '00 (men's wrestling) *Criss Somerlot, '69 (Lifetime Achievement) ;2017 *Ben Crabtree, '06 (men's baseball) *Lauren Mazziotto, '02 (women's field hockey) *

Kalvin McRae Kalvin McRae (born August 30, 1985) is a former American football running back. He was released by the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League prior to the beginning of training camp. He was originally signed by the Chiefs as an undr ...

, '11 (men's football) *Charles "Skip" Vosler, (athletic trainer; Lifetime Achievement) ;2018 *Melissa Griffin, '08 (women's volleyball) *Tiffany Horvath, '07 (women's soccer) *

Marc Krauss Marc Stuart Krauss (born October 5, 1987) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He has played in MLB for the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Tampa Bay Rays, and Detroit Tigers. Krauss played c ...

, '17 (men's baseball) * 1968 Football Team, (men's football) ;2019 * Larry Hunter, '71 & '73 (men's basketball head coach; Lifetime Achievement) *Ryan Kyes, '01 (men's baseball) * Tyler Tettleton, '13 (men's football) *Julia Winfield, '06 (women's volleyball)

2020–present

;2020 *Geoff Carlston, (women's volleyball head coach) *Jennifer Scholl, '93 (Swimming and Diving) *1970 baseball team (men's baseball) ;2021 ;2022 *

Brandon Hunter Brandon Hunter (November 24, 1980 – September 12, 2023) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After a college basketball career with the Ohio Bobcats, leading the NCAA in rebounding in 2 ...

(Men's Basketball 1999-2003) *Kelly Lamberti (Volleyball, 2011-14) *Andy Smiles (Soccer, 1970-73) *

Frank Solich Frank Thomas Solich (born September 8, 1944) is a former American football coach and former player. He is the former head coach at Ohio University, a position he held from 2005 until 2021. From 1998 to 2003, Solich served as the head coach at th ...

(Football coach, 2005-20) *1964 Men's Cross Country Team

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