COLUMBUS, Ohio – Former football coach Jim Tressel is head of the Class of 2015.
Tressel and 13 other former athletes and coaches will be inducted in the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame Sept. 18 at a dinner and introduced to the public at halftime of the Buckeyes’ home football game against Northern Illinois Sept. 19.
The 2015 class includes Tim Anderson (football), Justin Cook (men’s soccer), Terence Dials (men’s basketball), Lara Dickenmann (women’s soccer), Natalia Diea (women’s diving), Annabelle Fago (rowing), Joey Galloway (football), Therese Hession (women’s golf coach), J Jaggers (wrestling), Perry Martter (wrestling), Teresa Meyers (pistol), Dan Seimetz (baseball), Tressel and Paul Tilley (men’s hockey).
Tressel coached Ohio State from 2001-10 and guided the Buckeyes to a national championship while posting an 8-1 record against rival Michigan.
The hall of fame was created in 1977 and has inducted 285 men and 111 women.