Toledo Blade
Article published Thursday, May 11, 2006
Tressel, Matta, Foster head ‘Meet the Buckeyes’
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Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel will be one of the VIPs on hand tonight for “Meet the Buckeyes” night at the Masonic Great Hall at the Stranahan Theater.
Tressel will be joined at the event by
OSU men’s basketball coach Thad Matta and women’s coach Jim Foster. All three led their teams to Big Ten Conference championships this academic year.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and former Buckeye Ryan Miller are also scheduled to attend, with Miller serving as master of ceremonies.
The Meet the Buckeyes program, now in its 19th year, honors past athletes from Ohio State, and raises money for the Buckeyes’ athletic scholarship fund. Archie Griffin, Mike Tomczak, Chris Spielman and Clark Kellogg are some of the former
OSU athletes honored in the past. Tonight’s event is sold out.
Former basketball standout Bill Hosket, an all-American at Ohio State who went on to win an Olympic gold medal and earn all-pro status in the NBA, will be honored, along with Mike Vrabel, a former Buckeyes all-American defensive end now with the New England Patriots who earned all-pro honors in the NFL and has played in three Super Bowls.
— Matt Markey