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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Nikki Lessig: 2005 BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
October 05, 2005 | Women's Track and Field
Oct. 5, 2005
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome six new members on Friday (Oct. 7). The official induction ceremony will take place 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 (Oct. 8) BGSU-Ohio football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game begins at 6:00 p.m., and is designated as Hall of Fame Night.
Tickets for the Oct. 7 dinner are $35 ($30 for Varsity BG members), and advanced reservations are required. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Falcon Club office at (419) 372-7063. Football game tickets can be purchased through the ticket office by phone, at 1-877-BGSUTICKET, or on the web at www.BGSUFalcons.com.
The public is invited to attend the induction dinner.
The following is the third in a six-part series that takes a look at this year's class of inductees...
NIKKI LESSIG (women's track and field; 1991-95)
A native of Westerville, Ohio (Westerville North HS), Lessig was the first BGSU female ever to earn a spot in two events at the NCAA meet. She finished seventh in the shot put at the 1994 NCAA indoor meet, becoming the first female NCAA indoor track A-A in school history, and followed that up by again finishing seventh in the country at the 1995 meet.
Lessig set the school shot put records - both indoor (51-4 1/2) and outdoor (50-1 /34) - in 1994, and was a two-time indoor All-American in the shot. She set the BGSU indoor mark at the NCAA meet in '94. Lessig finished 10th in the discus in the 1994 NCAA meet, and was 11th in the shot. She also qualified in the discus as a senior, placing 10th at the national outdoor meet. Lessig increased her own school record in four consecutive indoor meets in the 1994 campaign. She is the niece of former BGSU athletics director Jim Lessig.
Following graduation, Lessig spent seven years as the youth program director for a domestic violence agency. She is currently the manager of a logistics company and resides in Columbus.
