Bio

An all-around athlete at Olivet, James McCloughan excelled as a Comet wrestler for four years in the 130 lb. weight class. His overall record was 32-11-1 and during his junior and senior seasons of 1967 and 1968 he served as captain, won MIAA championships, was voted Most Valuable Wrestler by his team-mates. All of this was accomplished in a sport that he never competed in prior to his enrollment at Olivet. McCloughan credited his achievements to the Comet Head Wrestling Coach Fritz Lewis.

McCloughan played four years of football as a defensive linebacker and back and offensive back and end, and two years of baseball as a second and third baseman.

In other campus activated at Olivet McCloughan’s credits include soloist and member of choir, chorus, and madrigal groups, membership in Kappa Sigma Alpha, and service as resident advisor his junior and senior years.

Academically he made the Dean’s List for several semesters and graduated in 1968 with a B.A. in Sociology. After service in Viet Nam as medic in the Army (Combat Medics Badge, two Purple Hearts, and three bronze Stars) he went to South Haven to teach and coach at South Haven High School. He continued his studies at Western Michigan University where he received an M.A. in Counseling and Personnel in 1972.

For his many accomplishments at Olivet and his demonstrated devotion to the principles of Christian living, he was inducted into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame.