Bowling Green State University Athletics
Vicki Miwa-Hansen: BGSU Hall Of Fame Inductee
September 12, 2001 | General
Sept. 12, 2001
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome eight new members on Friday, Sept. 21. The 2001 class will be inducted during a formal dinner in Olscamp Hall on the BGSU campus. There is still time to order tickets to the dinner, as well as for the next night's football game at which the inductees will be honored.
The official induction ceremony will take place Sept. 21 in Olscamp Hall. The social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. with dinner served at 7:00 p.m. and the program starting shortly thereafter.
In addition, the class will be introduced at halftime of the Sept. 22 BGSU-Temple football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game begins at 6:00 p.m. and is designated as Varsity BG & Hall of Fame Night.
Tickets for the Sept. 21 dinner can be purchased at the Memorial Hall Ticket Office for $28 and advance reservations are required. Tickets can also be reserved by calling the ticket office at 1-877-BGSUTICKET or 372-0000. The deadline for ordering tickets for the dinner is Tuesday, Sept. 18. Football game tickets can also be purchased through the ticket office.
The public is invited to attend the induction dinner.
The class of 2001 will include basketball player Stephanie (Coe) DeSalvio '86, softball player Vicki Miwa-Hansen '90, golf coach John Piper, football and track athlete Bob Ramlow '59, cross country and track athlete Kevin Ryan '80, swimmer Andrea (Szekely) Burton '89, gymnast Cheryl (Vasil) Christiansen '80 and swimmer Don Worsfold '58.
The following is the second in a series of eight articles profiling each of the inductees:
VICKI MIWA-HANSEN
Miwa-Hansen came to BGSU after attending Northern Arizona for one year, and became the first Falcon softball player to earn All-MAC First-Team honors three times. Miwa-Hansen went 37-24 in her BGSU career with a school-record earned-run average of 0.93. She held 11 school pitching records at the time of her graduation, including the marks for career shutouts (20) and strikeouts (291).
Miwa-Hansen, a native of Scarborough, Ontario, arrived at BGSU and immediately set the school single-season record with an ERA of 0.69 in 1986. She topped that mark with an 0.60 ERA the following year. Those totals still rank first and second on the BGSU list.
Miwa-Hansen also set seasonal records for complete games (21), innings pitched (171), strikeouts (136) and wins (15) in her first season, as the Falcons finished second in the MAC race. The following season, she led the league and posted a record of 11-6, earning Mideast All-Region Second-Team honors.
In 1988, Miwa-Hansen and the Falcons had the finest season in BGSU history to that point, going 35-23-1 overall to set a school record for wins. The Brown and Orange went 24-8 in MAC play to post the school's first league title in softball, advancing to the NCAA Tournament and hosting a regional. That year, Miwa-Hansen had a 1.43 ERA and 11 wins.
Miwa-Hansen still ranks near the top of almost every BGSU pitching list, and still holds a share of the school record with eight career saves.
Currently, Miwa-Hansen is the new media program liaison for continuing education at Centennial College. She is married to David Hansen.
