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By Darayus Sethna
Countless teams and individuals have changed the course of Ohio Athletics since it began in
1894.
This website uses two key sources to tell a few of those stories: the university archives and interviews.
The front cover of the 1999 Athena yearbook. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
The goal of this website is to share, revisit, and revive the accounts of some of the Bobcats' most memorable sports lore. This research goes beyond the basic statistics like a team’s record or total championships.
It also chronicles their journeys to the top and the footprint, or in this case, “pawprint,” they left on Ohio University.
Tipoff at the Convocation Center, circa 1980s. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
The Bobcats football team takes the field, 1980. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
Kasey Dowd pitches for the Bobcats softball team, 1999. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
Players compete for a rebound at an O.U. women's basketball game in the Convocation Center, 1975. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
Elmore Banton wins the NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country championship, 1964. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
Above: Peggy Pruitt (right) with O.U. swimmers, circa 1980s. Pruitt was the head field hockey coach from 1975-77 and head tennis coach from 1975-82. She eventually became the university's Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator in 1993. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
Below: Lynn Davidson was the volleyball coach from 1988-93, winning 64 total games. Both photos are from the 1992 Athena yearbook. Courtesy of Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries.
Note: This website is an independent project and has been published under the thesis guidelines of the Honors Tutorial College. It is not affiliated with Ohio University Athletics.
This website was published in March of 2025.
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