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Falcon Legend Lauren Prochaska to be Inducted into Ohio Basketball H-O-F Later This Month
August 30, 2023 | Women's Basketball
COLUMBUS, Ohio (BGSU Athletics) – Bowling Green State University women's basketball legend Lauren Prochaska will enter the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame later this month..
Prochaska is part of a class of 12 outstanding athletes, coaches, and contributors, along with a state championship team, who will enter the hall of April 20. The Class of 2024 was announced in late August of 2023.
Prochaska, a native of Plain City, Ohio (Jonathan Alder), set the BGSU career scoring record, with 2,290 points for the women's basketball Falcons. The MAC Freshman of the Year in 2007-08, she was named to the All-MAC Second Team that season before earning All-MAC First-Team honors in each of the last three years.
Prochaska was twice named the MAC Player of the Year, and also was named the MAC Tournament MVP on two occasions as well.
In addition to scoring, she finished her career as the BGSU leader in free throws made and attempts, free-throw percentage (90.6%), three-point field goals made (310), games started and consecutive games started. She ended her career ranked second in MAC history in three-pointers made and third on the conference career scoring list.
Prochaska was named to the All-Anderson Team while she was still a student-athlete at BGSU. Prochaska led the nation in free-throw pct. (93.3%) as a sophomore, and set an NCAA record by sinking 70 consecutive free throws during her senior season.
During her four years at BGSU, she helped the Falcons to an overall record of 110-25, including a 55-9 MAC ledger. BGSU won four MAC East Division titles (with the MAC's best overall record in three of those years) and two league tournament titles, with two NCAA Tournament and two WNIT appearances in that time.
She was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.
Prochaska is joined in the 2024 class by Sylvia Crawley, Don DeVoe, Craig Ehlo, Jack Greynolds, Tyrone Hill, Dan Hughes, Thurman Leggs Jr., Kirk Martin, Mel Nowell, Bev Obringer, Bob Von Kaenel and the 1976 Barberton High School boys basketball state championship team.
Additionally, Prochaska joins other legendary BGSU basketball figures in the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame, including Harold Anderson, Jeanne Arnzen Gulick, Al Bianchi, Antonio Daniels, Jimmy Darrow, Bill Fitch, Howard "Butch" Komives, Keith McLeod, Jackie Motycka Mossing, Don Otten, Mac Otten, Charles Share, Nate Thurmond and Fran Voll.
"We're excited to celebrate another class of tremendous athletes, coaches and contributors in 2024," said Executive Director Sheila Fox. "Ohio has a wealth of talented men and women who've impacted the game. We exist to tell their stories and honor their accomplishments."
The 2024 Class, as mentioned, will be enshrined April 20 in Columbus. The ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. at the Hilton Polaris, 8700 Lyra Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43240.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame's web page. For sponsorship and advertising opportunities, contact sfox@ohiobasketballhalloffame.com.
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Founded in 2005, the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame recognizes the remarkable achievements of both male and female athletes across high school, college, and professional basketball – along with phenomenal coaches and individuals who've impacted the game along the way.
Together with a dedicated collection of coaches and basketball enthusiasts, Doc Daugherty and the late Don Henderson led the charge to establish the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame with a mission of preserving legacies, celebrating greatness, and honoring excellence.
Our annual Induction Ceremony, hosted in Columbus, celebrates basketball and its rich legacy. Prior to the addition of the 2024 class, the Hall is proud to have recognized 284 individual inductees representing over 30 Ohio colleges and universities and 120 Ohio high schools.
The list of charter members of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame reads like a Who's Who of some of the sport's most recognizable figures: Wayne Embry, Jerry Lucas, Katie Smith, Jimmy Jackson, Oscar Robertson, Clark Kellogg, Bill Hosket Jr., Fred Taylor, Paul Walker, Jay Burson, John Havlicek, Bob Knight and Nate Thurmond.
(portions of this release courtesy Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame -- this release originally was posted at BGSUFalcons.com on Aug. 30, 2023)
Prochaska is part of a class of 12 outstanding athletes, coaches, and contributors, along with a state championship team, who will enter the hall of April 20. The Class of 2024 was announced in late August of 2023.
Prochaska, a native of Plain City, Ohio (Jonathan Alder), set the BGSU career scoring record, with 2,290 points for the women's basketball Falcons. The MAC Freshman of the Year in 2007-08, she was named to the All-MAC Second Team that season before earning All-MAC First-Team honors in each of the last three years.
Prochaska was twice named the MAC Player of the Year, and also was named the MAC Tournament MVP on two occasions as well.
In addition to scoring, she finished her career as the BGSU leader in free throws made and attempts, free-throw percentage (90.6%), three-point field goals made (310), games started and consecutive games started. She ended her career ranked second in MAC history in three-pointers made and third on the conference career scoring list.
Prochaska was named to the All-Anderson Team while she was still a student-athlete at BGSU. Prochaska led the nation in free-throw pct. (93.3%) as a sophomore, and set an NCAA record by sinking 70 consecutive free throws during her senior season.
During her four years at BGSU, she helped the Falcons to an overall record of 110-25, including a 55-9 MAC ledger. BGSU won four MAC East Division titles (with the MAC's best overall record in three of those years) and two league tournament titles, with two NCAA Tournament and two WNIT appearances in that time.
She was inducted into the BGSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022.
Prochaska is joined in the 2024 class by Sylvia Crawley, Don DeVoe, Craig Ehlo, Jack Greynolds, Tyrone Hill, Dan Hughes, Thurman Leggs Jr., Kirk Martin, Mel Nowell, Bev Obringer, Bob Von Kaenel and the 1976 Barberton High School boys basketball state championship team.
Additionally, Prochaska joins other legendary BGSU basketball figures in the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame, including Harold Anderson, Jeanne Arnzen Gulick, Al Bianchi, Antonio Daniels, Jimmy Darrow, Bill Fitch, Howard "Butch" Komives, Keith McLeod, Jackie Motycka Mossing, Don Otten, Mac Otten, Charles Share, Nate Thurmond and Fran Voll.
"We're excited to celebrate another class of tremendous athletes, coaches and contributors in 2024," said Executive Director Sheila Fox. "Ohio has a wealth of talented men and women who've impacted the game. We exist to tell their stories and honor their accomplishments."
The 2024 Class, as mentioned, will be enshrined April 20 in Columbus. The ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. at the Hilton Polaris, 8700 Lyra Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43240.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame's web page. For sponsorship and advertising opportunities, contact sfox@ohiobasketballhalloffame.com.
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Founded in 2005, the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame recognizes the remarkable achievements of both male and female athletes across high school, college, and professional basketball – along with phenomenal coaches and individuals who've impacted the game along the way.
Together with a dedicated collection of coaches and basketball enthusiasts, Doc Daugherty and the late Don Henderson led the charge to establish the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame with a mission of preserving legacies, celebrating greatness, and honoring excellence.
Our annual Induction Ceremony, hosted in Columbus, celebrates basketball and its rich legacy. Prior to the addition of the 2024 class, the Hall is proud to have recognized 284 individual inductees representing over 30 Ohio colleges and universities and 120 Ohio high schools.
The list of charter members of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame reads like a Who's Who of some of the sport's most recognizable figures: Wayne Embry, Jerry Lucas, Katie Smith, Jimmy Jackson, Oscar Robertson, Clark Kellogg, Bill Hosket Jr., Fred Taylor, Paul Walker, Jay Burson, John Havlicek, Bob Knight and Nate Thurmond.
(portions of this release courtesy Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame -- this release originally was posted at BGSUFalcons.com on Aug. 30, 2023)
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