Bowling Green State University Athletics
Megan McGuire: 2006 BGSU Hall of Fame Inductee
September 05, 2006 | General
Sept. 5, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University Athletics Hall of Fame will welcome nine new members on Friday (Sept. 8). The 2006 class will be inducted during a formal dinner on the BGSU campus.
The class of 2006 includes Sara Collas '90 (women's cross country/track and field), Carlyn Esslinger '96 (volleyball), Steve Klein '98 (men's soccer), Brian Leaver '95 (football), Carla Marshack '92 (women's tennis), Jim McDonald '59 (men's basketball), Megan McGuire '91 (women's basketball and volleyball), Vince Palko '95 (football) and Andy Tracy (football and baseball).
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. 9) BGSU-Buffalo football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game begins at 3:00 p.m. and is designated as Hall of Fame Day.
Tickets for Friday's dinner are $35 ($30 for Varsity BG members), and advanced reservations are preferred. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Falcon Club office at (419) 372-7100. 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. As mentioned, reservations are encouraged, but walk-ups are welcomed as well.
The following is the seventh of a nine-part series that takes a look at this year's inductees...
MEGAN McGUIRE (women's basketball and volleyball; 1986-89)
Megan McGuire, a native of Lakewood, Ohio, was a part of some of the most successful teams in BGSU women's basketball history. McGuire was one-third of a senior class that also included Paulette Backstrom and Jackie Motycka, all of whom will now be in the BGSU Hall of Fame. That group guided the Falcons to an overall record of 96-23 (.807) and a 53-7 MAC mark (.883) during their four years. McGuire and her classmates won both the MAC regular-season and tournament titles in each of their last three seasons, capping off their careers by becoming the first MAC team to advance to the second round of the NCAA Championships with a win over Cincinnati in the opening round.
McGuire earned all-conference first-team honors in her senior year, placing fifth in the balloting for MAC Player of the Year. She earned MAC All-Tournament honors that season after averaging 16 points, six assists and four steals per game in the Falcons' run to the title. Just the fifth player in school history to score 1,000 career points, she ended her tenure with 1,062 points, which currently ranks 18th on the BG chart. Following the completion of her hoops career, she joined the Falcon volleyball squad for the 1989 season, and helped that team to its first-ever MAC regular-season title.
Upon graduation, McGuire played a year of basketball in Waterford, Ireland. She spent eight years as a special education teacher in John Marshall H.S. in Cleveland, Ohio, and was volleyball coach at the school for five years. Now Megan Harriel, she went back to school and received her Master's Degree in Education in August of 2006. She resides in Lakewood, Ohio, and has a 15-year-old daughter, Brittany Harriel.
