Bowling Green State University Athletics
Ronnie Redd: 2008 BGSU Hall of Famer
October 30, 2008 | General
Oct. 30, 2008
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (4th in a series of 5) - The Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame will welcome five new members on Saturday (Nov. 1). The 2008 class will be inducted during a brunch ceremony on the BGSU campus.
The class of 2008 includes John Brizendine '71 (lacrosse), Kim Jamison '85 (women's track and field), Cheryl Patteson '96 (women's swimming), Ronnie Redd '95 (football) and Jack Vivian (hockey coach).
The official induction ceremony will take place Saturday morning, with brunch beginning at 10:30 a.m. In addition, the class will be introduced at halftime of the BGSU-Kent State football game that afternoon. The game begins at 2:00 p.m. and is designated as Hall of Fame/Varsity BG Day.
RONNIE REDD (football; 1991-94)
Redd, a native of Huber Heights, Ohio, was one of the top wide receivers in Falcon football history. He set BGSU and MAC records for touchdown catches (27) in a career, and for most consecutive games with a reception (45). Redd had 19 receptions as a freshman in 1991, with two additional grabs (not included in regular-season totals) in the Falcons' California Bowl win over Fresno State. That fall, he led the team in yards per catch (15.1), for the first of four-straight seasons. Redd was second on the team 32 catches for 486 yards (a team-best 15.2 per catch), and had another grab in the Las Vegas Bowl win.
As a junior, Redd had 30 receptions and a team-high 19.8 yards per catch (593 total yards). That fall, he led the MAC and ranked 21st in the nation in punt returns, with over 10 yards per return. He tied the school record with a TD catch in five-straight games. A First-Team All-MAC choice as a senior in 1994, Redd led BG with 48 catches and 17.3 yards per grab (831 total yards), and set a school record with 1,522 all-purpose yards, ranking 16th in the nation in that category. He had 10 TD catches that year, one shy of the school record, and tied the league mark with eight TD catches in MAC play. Redd finished his career seventh in school history in career receptions (129), sixth in yardage (2,196) and all-purpose yardage, and fourth in yards per catch (17.0). His 28 total TDs placed him third on the school list.
The 2008 class of inductees, the 45th class in history, brings membership in the Athletic Hall of Fame to 211. The 1983-84 national championship hockey team is also in the Hall of Fame.
