Bowling Green State University Athletics
Josie McCulloch: BGSU Hall of Fame Inductee
September 06, 2004 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Sept. 6, 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 evening 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 Saturday's (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 Friday's 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 fourth in a series of biographical sketches profiling each of the 2004 inductees:
JOSIE McCULLOCH
Native of Aylmer, Ontario ... became the first MAC female swimmer to individually qualify for the NCAAs in all four years and earn All-America honors in three seasons ... a MAC individual champion in all four years ... NCAA All-American in the 100 breaststroke (1991 and 1993) and 200 breaststroke (1994) ... MAC Champion in the 200 breaststroke in all four years (1991-94), while winning the MAC crown in the 100 breast three times (1991-93) ... in her freshman year, won both the 100 and 200 breast in the MAC meet, breaking school and conference records in both, as the Falcons finished second in the MAC as a team ... qualified for the NCAA meet that year, and was a part of school record-seting 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams ... earned honorable-mention All-America status in the 100 breast ... as a sophomore, was named the MAC's co-Swimmer of the Year after capturing two more MAC championships, in the 100 and 200 breast ... was part of a pair of NCAA-qualifying relay teams (200 medley and 400 medley) that year ... as a junior in 1993, again won the MAC in the 100 breast and 200 breast, as the Falcons finished second as a team ... was an honorable-mention All-American in the 100 breast ... her senior year, was the MAC champion in the 200 breast, while finishing second in the 100 breast ... again headed to the NCAAs, and earned honorable mention A-A honors in the 200 breast ... still holds the school records in the 100 breast and 200 breast.
