Bowling Green State University Athletics
Antonio Daniels: 2007 BGSU Hall of Fame Inductee
September 04, 2007 | General
Sept. 4, 2007
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (BGSUFalcons.com) - The Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame welcomes seven new members on the weekend of Sept. 21-22. The 2007 class will be inducted during a formal dinner on the BGSU campus.
The Class of 2007 includes Antonio Daniels '97 (men's basketball), Wade Diefenthaler '59 (baseball), Talita (Scott) Braddix '94 (women's basketball), Charles Simpson (gymnastics coach), Tom Stubbs '49 (swimming and diving), Paul Talkington '69 (men's cross country and track) and Bernard White (football).
The official induction ceremony will take place Friday, Sept. 21, 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 to the induction ceremony, the class will be introduced at halftime of the Sept. 22 BGSU-Temple football game at Doyt Perry Stadium. The game begins at noon and is designated at Hall of Fame Day.
Tickets for the Sept. 21 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) 372-7100. Football game tickets can be purchased through the ticket office by phone, at 1-877-BGSUTICKET, or on the web at BGSUFalcons.co.
The public is invited to attend the induction dinner.
The following is the first of a seven-part series that takes a brief look at this year's inductees...
ANTONIO DANIELS (Men's Basketball, 1994-97)
 Daniels drives past Earl Boykins during a game vs. Eastern Michigan at 'The House That Roars'  |
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Daniels was also a second-team All-MAC performer as a junior, leading the MAC in assists that year. In 1994 he was named the MAC Freshman of the Year. He was also a first round draft pick of the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies, going fourth overall, finishing his career second on the BGSU career scoring chart with 1,789 points, ranking 10th in MAC history at the time. He averaged 24.0 points and 6.8 assists per game as a senior in 1996-97.
Daniels has played in the NBA since his graduation. He spent one season (1997-98) with the Grizzlies, and played four seasons with the San Antonio Spurs (1998-2002), one with the Portland Trailblazers (2002-03) and two with the Seattle Supersonics (2003-05). Daniels has spent the last two seasons with the Washington Wizards. While with the Spurs, he won an NBA championship ring in 1999.
 Daniels cuts down the net after the Falcons clinched the 1997 MAC regular-season title at Anderson Arena |
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The 2007 class of inductees, the 44th class in history, will bring membership in the Athletic Hall of Fame to 206. The 1983-84 national championship hockey team is also in the Hall of Fame.
