Bowling Green State University Athletics
Six to Join BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame
August 12, 2005 | General
Aug. 12, 2005
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome six new members on Oct. 7, BGSU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Paul Krebs has announced. The 2005 class will be inducted during a formal dinner on the BGSU campus.
The class of 2005 will include football and men's track & field standout Ron Heard, hockey great Brian Holzinger, women's track & field great Nikki Lessig, men's tennis standout Tom Lightvoet, multi-sport great Ford Murray (football, basketball, baseball and track), and wrestler and wrestling/football coach Bill Regnier.
The official induction ceremony will take place Friday, Oct. 7, in the grand ballroom of BGSU's Bowen-Thompson Student Union. The social hour begins at 6:00 p.m., wth dinner served at 7:00 p.m. and the program starting shortly thereafter.
In addition, the class will be introduced at halftime of the 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.
More information on the events and the inductees will be available in the near future.
