Ohio Wesleyan University will induct 6 former Battling Bishop standouts — 4 of them All-America selections — into the University's Athletics Hall of Fame and bestow the Dr. Robert M. Strimer Honor Award upon Jeff Long '82 and Tom Schott '90 and the George Gauthier Award upon John Guy '60 during ceremonies on Homecoming & Family Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 20.  For more information about Homecoming & Family Weekend, click here.

The 6 Hall of Fame inductees are:

Colton Bloecher '15 was a 2-time All-America and Academic All-America® selection as a midfielder/forward in men's soccer.  As a freshman, he collected 5 goals and 5 assists.  He set up the tying goal as the Bishops erased a 2-0 deficit in an NCAA Division III third-round contest vs. eighth-ranked Ohio Northern on the way to the NCAA Division III championship.  As a sophomore, he led the team and ranked second in the North Coast Athletic Conference in scoring with an average of 1.43 points per game.  He headed home the game-winner with :02.1 left in regulation time as the Bishops clinched the NCAC title with a win over Denison.  He was a first-team All-NCAC, first-team All-Ohio, and first-team all-region pick.  He again led the team in scoring as a junior, ranking fourth in the NCAC with 1.30 points per game.  He converted a penalty kick to lift the Bishops to a win over Hiram and seal the NCAC championship.  He was named NCAC Offensive Player of Year and first-team All-NCAC, first-team All-Ohio, first-team all-region, first-team All-America, and second-team Academic All-America®.  As a senior, he led the NCAC in scoring with 18 goals and added 4 assists for 40 points (1.60 pts/game).  He repeated as NCAC Offensive Player of Year, first-team All-NCAC, first-team All-Ohio, and first-team all-region and was second-team All-America and first-team Academic All-America® as Ohio Wesleyan won the NCAC championship with an 8-0-1 record and advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals.  During his career, Ohio Wesleyan was 72-11-12 (.821), including a 31-1-4 (.917) record in conference play.  The Bishops won 4 NCAC championships, 1 NCAC tournament, and made 4 NCAA Division III tournament apparances, advancing to the national semifinals twice and winning a national championship.

Jeremy Carpenter '00 was a 3-time North Coast Athletic Conference champion in the pole vault in men's track & field.  As a freshman, he placed fourth in the NCAC outdoor championship with a vault of 13-8.  His sophomore year, he won All-NCAC honors by clearing 14-6 to finish second indoors, then cleared 14-8 at the NCAC outdoor championship meet but lost the title on tiebreakers, settling for a second-place finish.  At the NCAA Division III championship meet, he cleared 15-3 but ended up ninth in the final standings after tiebreakers were applied.  As a junior, he won the indoor NCAC pole vault title with an effort of 14-6, helping OWU win the conference championship.  Outdoors, he swept the All-Ohio and NCAC titles with respective vaults of 14-6 and 14-0, helping OWU win the NCAC championship.  He again qualified for the NCAA Division III championship, finishing 10th at 14-9.  His senior year, he repeated as NCAC indoor champion, this time clearing 15-1.  Outdoors, he finished second at the All-Ohio meet and the NCAC championship meet, clearing 15-8¼ in the latter, set a school record with a vault of 15-9¾, and made his third career NCAA Division III appearance.  During his career, he was a 3-time NCAC champion and a 6-time All-NCAC selection, and made 3 NCAA Division III championship appearances.

Julia Fouts '08 was a 2-time, first-team all-region selection as a midfielder in women's lacrosse.  As a freshman, she recorded 19 goals, including the game-winning goal in sudden-death overtime to lift the Bishops over 17th-ranked Ithaca in the season opener, and 2 goals during a game-ending 7-1 run in a 14-11 win over Denison in the NCAC tournament championship game, helping Ohio Wesleyan to its first-ever NCAA Division III playoff appearance.  As a sophomore, she scored 29 goals and added 15 assists, was named to the All-NCAC tournament team, and was a second-team All-NCAC selection.  She totaled 20 goals and 10 assists for 30 points as a junior, also sharing the team lead with 17 caused turnovers.  She was a first-team All-NCAC and first-team all-region selection.  As a senior, she ranked second on the team with 37 goals and added 8 assists for 45 points.  She also ranked second on the team with 34 draw controls, tied for second with 13 caused turnovers, and was third with 26 ground balls.  She was named NCAC Player of Week after the team closed out the regular season with wins over Wooster, Denison, and St. Vincent, turning in 3 goals and an assist during a 9-0 run that put Bishops ahead to stay against Denison.  She was named NCAC Defensive Player of Year, first-team All-NCAC, and first-team all-region as OWU won the NCAC tournament and advanced to the NCAA Division III playoffs.  During her career, OWU was 45-16 overall, 19-5 in the NCAC, won 2 conference championships, and made 2 NCAA Division III playoff appearances.

Kevin Hinkle '94 was an All-America honoree in tennis.  He transferred to Ohio Wesleyan for his sophomore season and immediately moved into the No. 1 spot in lineup, going 9-8 in singles, all at No. 1, and 12-6 in doubles, all at No. 2.  He won first-team All-NCAC honors in singles.  As a junior, he was 14-6 in singles, all at No. 1, and 11-9 in doubles, all at No. 1.  He received an invitation to the NCAA Division III singles tournament, advancing to the second round, and was ranked No. 19 in the final ITA rankings to receive All-America honors.  He was a first-team All-NCAC pick in singles and a second-team choice in doubles as Ohio Wesleyan was 15-6 overall, including 6-2 against NCAC teams.  His senior year, he went 11-12 in singles, all at No. 1, and was 17-7 in doubles, all at No. 1, on the way to first-team all-conference recognition in both singles and doubles.  He was part of a Bishop No. 1 doubles team that was selected as alternate to the NCAA Division III doubles tournament, and was ranked No. 49 in the final ITA singles rankings and No. 23 in the final ITA doubles rankings.  During his career, he was 34-26 in singles, all at No. 1, and 40-22 in doubles, and was a 3-time, first-team All-NCAC honoree in singles and a 2-time selection in doubles.

Chuck Mears '32 was a 2-time All-America performer in hurdles events in men's track & field.  As a sophomore, he won the 40-yard low hurdles event in an indoor dual meet at Michigan State.  Outdoors, he swept the 120 high hurdles and 220 low hurdles in the Buckeye Conference championship meet, helping OWU finish second to Miami.  He competed in the 120-yard low hurdles at the NCAA championship meet, finishing fifth in his heat in :15.8.  His junior year, he swept the 40-yard high hurdles in a school-record-tying :05.4 and the 40-yard low hurdles and finished second in the 220-yard dash in a 55-54 loss to Michigan State.  Outdoors at the Buckeye championship meet, he won the 120 high hurdles, 220 low hurdles, placed fourth in the long jump, and helped the mile relay team win as the Bishops finished second to Miami.  As a senior, he won the 40 low hurdles, 40 dash, 40 high hurdles, and 200 dash in a dual meet at Michigan State, and set school records in the 65 low hurdles (:07.3) and 220-yard dash (:24.0) and won the 50 dash and 65 high hurdles in a dual meet against Eastern Michigan at Ann Arbor.  He also won 4 events in a dual meet against Ohio University at Edwards Gym, winning the 40-yard dash, 40 high hurdles, 40 low hurdles, and 220 in a 69 1/3-34 2/3 win.  Outdoors against Denison, he set a school record with a :23.8 in the 220 low hurdles.  At the Buckeye championship, he won the 120 high hurdles (:15.0), 220 low hurdles (:24.2), and long jump (22-7¾), and helped the mile relay team win in a record :50.2 as OWU finished second to Miami.  At the NCAA championship in Chicago, he finished fourth in the 220-yard low hurdles and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles as OWU tied for 29th place among the 43 teams scoring.

Katie Reid '15 was an All-America honoree in women's track & field.  As a freshman, she finished second in the 800-meter run and helped the 800- and 1600-meter relay teams to second-place finishes as OWU won the NCAC indoor championship.  She qualified for the NCAA Division III championship meet in the 800-meter run and won All-America honors with a seventh-place finish after being seeded No. 12.  At the NCAC outdoor championship, she won the 400-meter dash in :57.08 and recorded the best time in the prelims of the 800-meter run but was injured during the final and finished ninth.  She rebounded to set a school record (2:10.46, still stands) in the 800 at North Central and qualified for the NCAA Division III championship meet.  As a sophomore, she won the All-Ohio title in the 800 and helped the 800-meter relay team to a second-place finish.  She won the NCAC title in the 800-meter run and helped the 800- and 1600-meter relay teams to second-place finishes, with the 800-meter relay team setting a school record of 1:45.80.  At the NCAC outdoor championship, she was named Middle Distance/Distance Performer of the Meet after winning the 800 in an NCAC-record 2:14.78 and anchoring the second-place 1600-meter relay team.  She qualified for the NCAA Division III championship meet in the 800.  As a junior, she helped the distance medley relay team set a school record with a 12:02.77 at Hillsdale (still stands).  She won All-NCAC honors with a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash.  Outdoors, she won the NCAC title in the 800-meter run and helped the 1600-meter relay team finish second in a school-record 3:54.29.  As a senior, she won the 800-meter run at the NCAC championship and helped the 1600-meter relay team set school and NCAC records in 4:00.52 (OWU record still stands).  Outdoors at the NCAC championship, she won the 800 in an NCAC-record 2:12.54 and helped the 1600-meter relay team win in an OWU- and NCAC-record 3:53.76 (OWU record still stands).  In track & field, she was a 3-time All-Ohio champion (2 individual, 1 relay) and 9-time All-Ohio honoree (4 individual, 5 relay), as well as an 8-time NCAC champion (6 individual, 2 relay) and 16-time All-NCAC honoree (8 individual, 8 relay).  The team won 8 NCAC championships (4 indoor, 4 outdoor).  She also lettered 4 times in cross country.  As a freshman, she placed fourth on the team and 23rd overall as OWU was second at the NCAC championship, then finished third on the team and 68th overall as the Bishops finished ninth of 36 teams at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional.  As a sophomore, she was fourth on the team and 28th overall as OWU was fourth at the NCAC championship, then was sixth on team and 125th overall as the Bishops finished 13th at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional.  As a junior, she won honorable mention All-NCAC honors with a 17th-place finish at the NCAC championship.  She was fifth on the team and 55th overall in 23:18.8 as OWU finished fourth at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional meet and advanced to NCAA Division III championship as a team for second time in school history.  She ran fourth on the team and 196th overall at the national championship.  Her senior year, she ran third on team and 49th overall at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional, helping OWU to a ninth-place finish.  The team finished second in the NCAC in 3 of her 4 seasons and made 1 NCAA national championship appearance.

The 2025 class of inductees will be the 65th to be inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan Athletics Hall of Fame and the 50th to include women.

The Dr. Robert M. Strimer Honor Award honors graduates of Ohio Wesleyan University who have made outstanding, widely recognized, and sustained contributions to the field of athletics.  Strimer first came to Ohio Wesleyan in 1941 as freshman coach in football, basketball, and track & field.  After serving 3 years in the U.S. Navy, he returned to Ohio Wesleyan and was named head men's basketball coach in 1946.  When George Gauthier retired as athletics director in 1955, Strimer was selected as his replacement.  Strimer retired in 1977 but remained active in athletic, alumni, and development affairs for over 2 decades.

Jeff Long '82 is a distinguished leader in intercollegiate athletics with more than 4 decades of experience as a coach and administrator at the NCAA Division I level.  He has held athletics director positions at four major institutions: Eastern Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Arkansas, and Kansas.  He has played a pivotal role in shaping the national landscape of college sports, most notably as the inaugural chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee, serving in that capacity in 2014 and 2015 and remaining a committee member through 2017.  Long recently rejoined the College Football Playoff Selection Committee for the 2025-26 season.  In recognition of his outstanding leadership, Long was named the Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily Athletic Director of the Year in 2015.  His contributions to NCAA governance have been far-reaching, with service on the NCAA Management Council, the Sports Wagering Task Force, and the Championships/Sports Management Cabinet.  He also served on the Executive Committee of the Division I-A Athletic Directors' Association.  His early coaching and staff roles included stops at North Carolina State, Duke, Rice, and Michigan, where he transitioned into athletics administration.

Tom Schott '90 passionately publicized Purdue athletics for nearly three decades, starting as a graduate intern in the Purdue University athletics public relations department July 1, 1990, and earning promotions to assistant sports information director a year later, associate sports information director in 1995, sports information director in 2000, interim assistant athletics director in 2006, assistant athletics director in 2007, associate athletics director in 2011, and senior associate athletics director 2014.  As a member of the Purdue Athletics senior leadership team, Schott administered the strategic communications and media relations efforts while serving as department spokesperson. He was the department raconteur, historian, managing editor of PurdueSports.com, copy editor for all collateral materials and liaison to the university and alumni association communications staffs, as well as the Big Ten Network.  Since leaving the athletics department in December 2019, Schott has worked as senior director of strategic communications (2020-23) and director of executive communications (2023-present) for Purdue, celebrating 35 years at the most recognized public university in the United States in 2025.  Schott has authored or co-authored four books on Purdue Athletics: "100 Things Purdue Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die" (2020), "Tales from the Purdue Boilermakers Locker Room" (2015), "Purdue University Football Vault" (2008) and "Tales from Boilermaker Country" (2003).  A native of St. Louis and an ardent baseball historiographer, Schott has been a contributing writer for the Cardinals media guide, Hall of Fame induction program, magazine and website (Cardinals.com) and served on the media relations staff for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game and the 2013 World Series in his hometown.  He co-authored "The Giants Encyclopedia," a history of the New York and San Francisco Giants franchise published in 1999, and "The Giants Encyclopedia: Second Edition," published in 2003.  Schott also has written for the Giants website (SFGiants.com), Atlanta Braves media guide and website (Braves.com) and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum website (BaseballHall.org).  He has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 2020.

The George Gauthier Award honors graduates of Ohio Wesleyan University for exemplary, widely recognized, and sustained contributions to the Ohio Wesleyan athletics department, as an undergraduate and as an alum providing lifelong support, interest and leadership.  The award also honors those who, through their acts of unselfish involvement, personify "Service Above Self."  Gauthier served as Ohio Wesleyan's athletics director from 1921-55.  He was the Battling Bishops' football coach from 1921-46, the Bishops' men's track & field coach from 1922-55, and the men's cross country coach from 1922-33, 1947-54, and 1957-59.

John Guy '60 was instrumental in the creation of Team OWU, the fundraising arm of Ohio Wesleyan athletics.  He helped start the Alumni "W" Association and was in charge of the "W" Association golf outing for many years.  Guy was chair of the Final Lap campaign to raise funds for the Selby renovation to host the 2011 NCAA outdoor track & field championships.  He also was a part of the Football Excellence committee and raised substantial funds for the Track & Field Initiative.  Guy was an avid supporter of coaches by assisting coaches with recruiting and finding leads over the years.  He helped raise significant funds for various programs over the years.  Guy was inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan Athletics Hfll of Fame in 1985 and was president of the "W" Association.