Shane Kline-Ruminski (2013) - Hall of Fame - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Shane Kline-Ruminski

Induction:
2013
Class:
2002

SHANE KLINE-RUMINSKI (men's basketball, 1992-95)
Kline-Ruminski, a native of Chesterland, Ohio, was a unanimous First-Team All-Mid-American Conference selection as a senior in 1994-95, and was an NABC District 10 second-team pick. He averaged 17.2 points and 7.3 rebounds for head coach Jim Larranaga that year, leading the nation with a field-goal percentage of .683. Through the 2012-13 season, that FG percentage remains the school single-season record. Kline-Ruminski made 181 of his 265 shot attempts that winter, and ranked fourth in the MAC in scoring and ninth in rebounding.

Kline-Ruminski also was fourth in the league in scoring as a junior, with 17.7 points per game, and ranked 10th in the league with 6.9 boards per contest. He shot .563 that year to rank fifth in the league. The Falcons' co-MVP as a junior, he was an all-conference second-team pick. Kline-Ruminski helped the Falcons post a home record of 24-3 over his last two seasons.

The Falcons went a combined 34-21 during those two years, including an 18-10 overall record in Kline-Ruminski's junior season of 1994-95. That BG team tied for second in the MAC with a 12-6 league record.

Kline-Ruminski, a two-year team captain, was an honorable-mention All-MAC choice as a sophomore, after averaging 12.0 points and 5.4 rebounds. That sophomore season, he was one of 12 athletes invited to attend Pete Newell's Big Man Camp. He was the MAC's Freshman of the Year and – not surprisingly – a member of the league's all-freshman team in 1991-92, averaging 9.2 points and 4.7 rebounds.

Kline-Ruminski ended his career ranked second in school history with a field-goal pct. of .596, and finished 10th on the BG scoring list with 1,427 points. He still ranks 14th in scoring at the University, and is also 14th at the school in career rebounds, with 623. Kline-Ruminski's career FG pct. still ranks second all-time at BGSU.

After his BGSU days, Kline-Ruminski played professionally in Belgium (1995-96), Turkey (1996-98), Israel (1998-2000), Portugal (2000-01) and France (2001-02). During the 2010-11 season, Kline-Ruminski was selected to the All-Anderson Arena Team.

Kline-Ruminski currently resides in Concord, Ohio, with his wife, Heather – a BGSU alumna – and their children, Jerry (8) and Elaina (6). He is the President and Owner of the National Basketball Academy, a professional basketball development company which he started in 2002 that works with teams and players at all levels, from youth to the NBA.