Bio

You came to Olivet College as a winner and left a winner. A member of the River Rouge 1965 State High School Championship Baseball Team, you were also a winner at Olivet where you received four letters in Basketball. You were selected as co-captain of the basketball team during your junior and senior years and are in the top ten of Olivet’s all-time career scorers. In 1970 you were the team leader when Olivet College finished fifth in the nation in free throw shooting among NCAA Division III college with a score of 86 percent.

As a student you made the Dean’s List, besides playing Intramural Football and Baseball. You were active in student affairs and realized your hope to be certified as an elementary school teacher.

You returned to River Rouge schools as an elementary teacher and have been a Football, Basketball, and Track coach in high school. After receiving your master’s degree from Oakland University you became an administrator at Sabbath School in River Rouge.

You brought honor to Olivet while a student and today you are fulfilling your goals as an educator. Because you represent the best that is Olivet College, you are being inducted into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame on this 15th day of October, 1983.