Ohio State Hall of Fame Class of 2000 – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/15/2000 12:00:00 AM | General
Sept. 15, 2000
%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Men’s and Women’s Varsity “O” Associations have selected a total of 15 former Ohio State athletes for induction into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame. This year’s class, which is comprised of eight males and seven females, will be inducted the weekend of Sept. 15-16 in Columbus as part of the festivities surrounding the Ohio State-Miami (Ohio) football game.%^$
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%^$Gail Armstrong
%^$All-America swimming selection in 1985 … Seven-time Big Ten champion … Claimed 100-yard butterfly in the Big Ten Championships for four-consecutive years (1985-88) … Four-time All-Big Ten selection (1985-88) … Holds the OSU record in the 100 butterfly with a time of :55.33, established 12 years ago.%^$
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%^$June Brewer Daugherty
%^$Four-year basketball letterwinner … Member of Big Ten championship teams in 1977 and 1978 … Captained the latter squad while earning All-America and Wade Trophy finalist honors in her final campaign … Ranks 16th on the career scoring list with 1,137 points and after 22 seasons still is fourth in career rebounds (829).%^$
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%^$Keith Byars
%^$Four-year football letterman from 1982-85 … 1985 team co-captain … First-team All-America and Big Ten Most Valuable Player as a junior in 1984 … Finished as runner-up in 1984 for the Heisman Trophy after rushing for a then school-record 1,764 yards and 22 touchdowns … Led nation (1984) in rushing, scoring (144 points).%^$
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%^$Krinon Clark Moccia
%^$Softball’s only two-time All-America selection (1993, ’94) … Regional All-America choice in 1994 … Four-time All-Big Ten honoree … All-Great Lakes Region pick in 1992-94 … Paced Buckeyes in batting average in 1993 (.392) and ’94 (.377) … Closed career as school record-holder in seven offensive categories.%^$
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%^$Ollie Cline
%^$Three-year Varsity “O” football letterwinner … Played on powerful Ohio State teams between 1944-47 … In 1944, his blocking helped Les Horvath become the school’s first Heisman Trophy winner … Led Buckeyes to 1944 Big Ten Championship with an undefeated (9-0) record and a No. 2 final ranking (behind Army) in final Associated Press Poll.%^$
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%^$Laura Davis Johnson
%^$Four-year volleyball letterwinner … Only player in OSU history honored as American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Player of the Year (1994) … Named AVCA two-time First Team All-America and gained All-America laurels as well from Asics/Volleyball in 1994 … Four-time All-Big Ten honoree.%^$
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%^$DeAnn Dobesh Clark
%^$Helped the Buckeye fencing team mount a record of 79-18 in her four years as a letterwinner … First team All-America in 1986 … Second team All-America honoree in 1987 and 1988 … Earned three Top 10 finishes in the NCAA Championships … Claimed two second-place finishes in the Big Ten Championships (1986, 1987).%^$
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%^$Paul Hartman
%^$Star lacrosse player and coach … Three-year letterwinner between 1955-57 … First Buckeye All-America in program history in 1957 … That year he led team in scoring with 43 points and in goals with 38 and was named All-Midwest Lacrosse League … His 38 goals scored that season were an OSU single-season record that stood for six years.%^$
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%^$William Hunt
%^$Member of Ohio State’s 1942 NCAA championship fencing team … A Varsity “O” letterman, Hunt also was an All-America in the sabre category in 1942.%^$
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%^$Carrie Irish Finneran
%^$One of three Buckeye divers to earn All-America laurels four times in her career … Seven-time champion, competing on both the one- and three-meter boards … Posted undefeated campaign in 1975 en route to claiming AIAW and Big Ten titles in the one- and three-meter … Claimed one-meter AIAW championship in 1976.%^$
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%^$Nikita Lowry
%^$Named Kodak First Team All-America and Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball MVP Honoree in 1989 … Two-time first team All-Big Ten selection in 1988 and 1989 …Member of three Big Ten Championship teams (1986, ’87, ’89) and also participated in four NCAA Tournaments, advancing to the regional finals in 1987.%^$
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%^$Chris Smith
%^$Four-year golf letterman from 1988-91 … Four times named All-Big Ten … Two-time team captain distinguished himself by winning medalist honors at the 1990 Big Ten Championships-one of seven collegiate tournaments he won … Named First-Team All-America in 1991.%^$
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%^$Dave Sorenson
%^$Three-year starter for men’s basketball … Led Ohio State in scoring and rebounding as a junior (23.6 ppg and 10.6 rpg) and again as a senior (24.2 ppg and 9.0 rpg) … Team captain as senior and three-year Varsity “O” letterwinner … Honorable Mention All-America as junior in 1969, twice being named All-Big Ten.%^$
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%^$Chris Spielman
%^$One of the all-time great middle linebackers in college football history … Four-time Varsity “O” honoree … Two-time All-America linebacker … Three-time All-Big Ten Conference selection … Lombardi Award winner … Team captain and Most Valuable Performer … Set school record for career solo tackles (283) and collected 546 total tackles.%^$
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%^$Kent Vosler
%^$One of the premier divers in the world in the mid-to-late 1970s … Four-year letterwinner … Earned All-America honors all four years at the NCAA championships with high finishes of second on the one-meter springboard event (1977) and third on the three-meter springboard (1974) … Helped the Buckeyes capture two Top 10 finishes at NCAA Championships.%^$
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%^$Mike Bordner
%^$Is receiving an honorary Varsity “O” … Recently retired after serving as an athletics trainer for the Buckeyes for 33 years … Was the athletics trainer for several teams, including football, basketball and baseball … Worked solely with the men’s basketball team as its full-time trainer from 1990.%^$
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%^$Loyalty Award Winner
%^$This year’s recipient of the Varsity “O” Alumni Association Loyalty Award is Dr. Chalmer Hixson. He is being inducted with this year’s Varsity “O” Hall of Fame group. In 1937, Hixson earned his bachelor’s of science degree in education and in 1947, a master’s degree in physical education from OSU. He also was a letterwinner in diving as an undergraduate. In 1957, he earned his doctorate from Columbia University. He has served in many roles for the department of athletics including, announcing both football and basketball games and officiating football practices for Woody Hayes and the Buckeyes from 1951-70. He was instrumental in founding the Midwest Lacrosse Association, the Ohio Retirees Association in Higher Education and also the Big Ten Association of Retirees.
