Bowling Green State University Athletics
Lisa (Mika) Huston: BGSU Hall of Fame Inductee
September 07, 2004 | Volleyball
Sept. 7, 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 TOMORROW (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 fifth in a series of biographical sketches profiling each of the 2004 inductees:
LISA (MIKA) HUSTON
Native of Flossmoor, Ill. ... a four-time All-MAC and two-time all-region selection ... led the MAC with a .375 hitting percentage as a freshman ... also led the league in service aces per game that year, setting the school single-match record with 10 vs. Sheridan ... earned All-MAC honorable mention and was the runner-up for league Freshman-of-the-Year ... as a sophomore in 1989, was a First-Team All-MAC pick ... she was second on the team with 365 kills that year, and led the team with 127 blocks ... she was fourth in the MAC in blocks per game and eighth in hitting pct. ... that '89 BGSU team captured the MAC regular-season title, ending Western Michigan's NCAA-record, 98-match league winning streak in the process ... as a junior in 1990, was a second-team all-league pick ... was named to the All-Mideast Region team as well that year, after setting school seasonal records with 419 digs and 206 blocks ... as a senior in 1991, was named to the All-MAC First Team for the second time in her career ... helped the 1991 squad capture both the MAC's regular-season and tournament titles and make the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance ... that squad was ranked 19th in the nation in the final NCAA poll ... again was named to the all-region squad ... finished her BG tenure as the school's career leader in solo blocks (156) and total blocks (569).
