November 17, 2024

Ohio State announces 8 new members of athletics hall of fame


Please follow and like us: Former Ohio State guard Mike Conley Jr. drives to the basket as Georgetown center Roy Hibbert defends during their NCAA Final Four game in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Credit: Courtesy of TNS The Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame will add eight people when seven former Ohio State athletes and one current coach are inducted into the 418-person hall in the fall, OSU announced Wednesday morning. The eight-person Class of 2017 will be inducted at a dinner on Oct. 6 and will be recognized at halftime of the Ohio State-Maryland football game the next day on Homecoming weekend. The seven former players who will be inducted include LeCharles Bentley (football), Mike Conley (men’s basketball), Tom Byers (men’s track and field), Chelsea Davis (women’s diving), Bryce Keough (wrestling), Christina Manning (women’s track and field) and Nancy Pearson (women’s swimming). Pete Hanson, Ohio State’s…

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