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Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2024 includes 14 honorees
The next class of Ohio State Athletics Hall of Famers is set. It’s a group that includes 14 honorees:
- Christy Blough (men’s volleyball)
- Chase Buchanan (men’s tennis)
- Tiffany Cameron (women’s soccer)
- Michael Hartfield (men’s track and field)
- Jeff Logan (football)
- Marisa Main (women’s volleyball)
- Brian Mannino (baseball)
- Braxton Miller (football)
- Kathy Monard (women’s cross country/track)
- Greg Oden (men’s basketball)
- Tony Russo (men’s lacrosse)
- Kyle Snyder (wrestling)
- Matt Wilhelm (football)
- Gene Smith (administrator)
Each of them has enjoyed prolific careers at Ohio State. Lettermen Row is highlighting five in particular…
Tiffany Cameron (2009-12): No Ohio State women’s soccer player has recorded more goals and points than Cameron, and that goes for career and single-season marks. She piled up 40 goals and 96 total points during her four-year run with the Buckeyes. Cameron finished on a high note, setting the single-season scoring records as a senior in 2012 with 21 goals and 47 total points. She netted nine game-winning goals, the most in the country that year. Cameron has played professionally, both in the U.S. and overseas, and has participated on the senior national team for Canada and Jamaica.
Braxton Miller (2011-15): Miller made an impact as both a dual-threat quarterback and as a do-it-all wide receiver at Ohio State, where he tallied 88 touchdowns, including 52 passing and 36 rushing or receiving. After starting 10 games at quarterback his true freshman season and then stitching together back-to-back Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year campaigns at the position, Miller tore his labrum in the Orange Bowl at the end of the 2013 season. He had surgery and sat out the subsequent spring season, although then he re-aggravated his labrum in preseason and had another operation, which cost him his 2014 season. Behind J.T. Barrett, and then Cardale Jones, the Buckeyes won the national title that year. Miller’s shoulder recovery didn’t go to plan, however, he stayed at Ohio State the following offseason and switched to wide receiver, recording 601 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns in 2015 before even getting a brief shot in the NFL as a third-round draft pick of the Houston Texans.
Kyle Snyder (2015-18): A four-time All-American, Synder is one of the most decorated athletes in Ohio State history. He helped the Buckeyes’ wrestling program win the 2015 NCAA Team Championship and then rattled off NCAA titles at heavyweight from 2016-18. He became the youngest world champion and winner of Olympic Gold in U.S. history. Perhaps his biggest accomplishment is winning the world, NCAA and Olympic championships all in the same year (2016).
Greg Oden (2006-07): Oden earned National Defensive Player of the Year honors during his lone season with Ohio State men’s basketball. That year, he helped the Buckeyes reach the national title game, during which he poured in 25 points and 12 rebounds in a loss to Florida. Over the course of a memorable 2006-07 campaign, the center averaged 15.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game. Ohio State won the Big Ten regular season title and the Big Ten Tournament en route to a program-record 35 victories. Oden became the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Injuries spoiled Oden’s time as a pro, but since then he returned to Ohio State to complete his degree and start the next chapter of his career. He’s now the director of basketball operations at Butler under Thad Matta, his college coach.
Gene Smith (2005-24): Smith has led the Ohio State athletic department for 19 years and will retire at the end of the month. He’s just about to complete the third-longest tenure among the school’s eight athletic directors. Along the way, Ohio State Athletics has finished No. 1 in the Big Ten in the Learfield Director’s Cup standing eight times. What’s more, Ohio State teams have won 117 Big Ten titles, and a whopping 35 national titles, during that span. Buckeyes athletes have achieved continued academic success under Smith, including in 2023-24 when all 36 varsity teams at Ohio State posted at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average. Smith and his development team raised more than $930 million since the beginning of his run as AD. Smith’s made a difference, both at Ohio State and nationally, as a premier voice in athletics administration.
All 14 honorees will be inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame the night of Oct. 4 in the Covelli Center. The next day, they will be recognized during the Buckeyes’ home football game against Iowa.
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