Bowling Green State University Athletics
Lori Albers: BGSU Hall of Fame Inductee
September 01, 2004 | Women's Basketball
Sept. 1, 2004
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome seven new members on Friday, Sept. 10. The 2004 class will be inducted during a formal dinner on the BGSU campus.
The class of 2004 includes women's basketball standout Lori Albers, men's track/cross country great Todd Black, gymnast Mary Beth (Friel) Bylsma, volleyball standout Lisa (Mika) Huston, swimmer Josie McCulloch, men's lacrosse player Chuck Winters and football Falcon Andre Young. The official induction ceremony will take place Friday, Sept. 10, in the grand ballroom of BGSU's Bowen-Thompson Student Union. 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. 11 BGSU-Southeast Missouri 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. 10 dinner are $35 and advance reservations are required. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Falcon Club office at (419) 372-7063 before the close of business on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Football game tickets can be purchased through the BGSU athletics ticket office by phone, at 1-877-BGSUTICKET (1-877-247-8842) or (419) 372-0000, or on the web here at BGSUFalcons.com.
The following is the first in a series of biographical sketches profiling each of the 2004 inductees:
LORI ALBERS
Native of Osgood, Ohio ... earned MAC Freshman-of-the-Year honors as BGSU won the MAC Tournament and advanced to the NCAAs in her freshman year of 1990 ... also named to the MAC's All-Freshman Team that year, ranking ninth in the league in steals and 10th in rebounding ... missed the entire 1990-91 season after undergoing reconstructive knee surgery in August ... came back to earn All-MAC Honorable Mention in 1991-92, ranking 12th in the MAC in scoring and fourth in field-goal pct. ... the following season, earned All-MAC First-Team honors and was named the MAC Tournament's MVP as BGSU won the league regular-season and tournament titles ... ranked fourth in the MAC in scoring and seventh in rebounding, and was also in the top-10 in FG pct., steals and blocked shots ... had 34 points and 15 rebounds in the MAC tourney title-game win over Kent ... had 23 points in the Falcons' NCAA game vs. Florida, before fracturing her wrist with eight minutes left in the game ... earned all-league second-team honors as a senior in 1993-94, and was named to the MAC's All-Tournament squad for the second-straight year ... BGSU again won MAC regular-season and tourney titles ... missed seven games early in the season after re-injuring her knee in practice just after the season opener ... her return to the lineup on Jan. 8 coincided with the Falcons' 20-game winning streak which ended in the NCAA Tournament ... was 12th in the league in scoring and ranked among the MAC's top-10 in rebounding, FG pct., FT pct., assists and steals ... in the four years she was healthy, BGSU was a combined 97-23 overall and 60-8 in the MAC ... finished her career with totals of 1424 points, 776 rebounds, 249 assists and a school-record 241 steals ... steals record stood until this past March (broken by Lindsay Austin) ... she ended her BG career ranked third in scoring, fifth in rebounding and third in career FG pct., and was in the top-10 on a total of 10 BGSU career lists.
