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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Kevin Ryan: BGSU Hall Of Fame Inductee
September 16, 2001 | General
Sept. 16, 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 this 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 fifth in a series of eight articles profiling each of the inductees:
KEVIN RYAN
Ryan, a native of Cleveland, earned four letters in both cross country and track at BGSU. He earned All-America honors three times in the latter sport, including twice in 1980, his final season. That year, he was the MAC champion in the 1,500 meters, advancing to the NCAA Championships where he placed fifth. Ryan still holds the second fastest time in school history in that event, behind only Dave Wottle. He was the second BGSU runner in history (again after Wottle) to run a sub-four-minute mile, and earned All-America laurels in the mile during the 1980 indoor season.
Ryan also was part of a fifth-place national finish the previous year, as he ran on the 1979 distance medley team which placed fifth in the NCAA. He was a member of four different BGSU school-record relay teams, and still holds the BGSU indoor record in the 1,320 yards, with a time of 2:57.5.
In cross country, Ryan was the 1978 MAC champion after finishing eighth the previous season. He won two dual meets as a sophomore and the Miami dual as a junior.
Ryan placed third in the 1,500 meters at The Athletics Congress meet in 1980 and qualified for the Olympic Trials, finishing eighth.
Ryan lives in the state of Oregon with his wife, Christine, and has four children: Lisa, Kevin, Michael and Christopher. He is employed by the Monaco Corporation.
