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New Ite Did you know that Wooster's Pro-Footballer Bob Macoritti '73 set a record for most field goals in the 1976 CFL Grey Bowl?m
Were you aware that there are only 247 people in the Wooster Hall of Fame?
Did you know that Wooster Hall of Famer Paul Snyder '29 never wore a helmet while playing football?
Did you know that Wooster Hall of Famer Charles Follis is recognized by the Pro Football HOF as the First Black Professional football player? Item
Did you know Wooster's 1975 Golf Team won the NCAA division III National Championship?
Did you know that LC Boles' football teams were nicknamed The Presbyterian Steamrollers?
Did you know that Wooster Hall of Famer Paul Snyder '29 never wore a helmet while playing football?
Did you know that Hall of Famer Stan Welty '24 was CEO of The Wooster Brush Company?
Did you know that Wooster Hall of Famer, Blake Moore '89 played for the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl?
Did you know the Manges Award is given annually to Wooster' s most Outstanding Senior Athlete?
Did you know Basketball Hall of Famer Nicholas Frascella '38 led the nation (all-divisions) in scoring?
Did you know Hall of Famer Steve Bamberger '77 developed and patented the Bushnell Golfing Laser Rangefinder?
Did you know that Hall of Famer Allen Snyder '21 was awarded a new Templer car for being the All-Ohio MVP in 1920?
Did you know, since 1973 Wooster has had 40 Athletes selected as Academic All-American?
Did you know Hall of Famer Kayla Heising 2004 earned 20 career All-American awards and was twice named an Academic All-American?
Did you Know Wooster's Men's Basketball Team is the winningest NCAA Basketball Team(all divisions) of the 2000s (387-69) .849%?
Did you know that Wooster Hall of Famer, Lisa Hall Halstead 1994 , is an animal trainer at Sea World in Texas?
Did you know that Hall of Famer Robert McFadden '81 still holds the OAC Baseball Record for most consecutive wins at 21?
Kristen Patton '88 worked with Tennis Greats Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Venus and Serena Williams?
Did you know that Hall of Famer Bob Savitt '85, son of Wimbledon Champion - Richard Savitt, was one of the greatest Wooster Tennis Star?
Did you know Wooster Hall of Famer Ian Banda '91 played in the World Cup for his native country Malawi?
Did you know the Wooster "W" Association was founded in 1909, with J. Stewart Crawford as it 1st President?
Did you know in 1913, The Columbus Dispatch wrote that Harold Pickerton Collins 1913 was the greatest all-round athlete in the state?
Wooster Hall of Famer Eva Shorb Weiskopt '38 was ranked as one of the best Golfers in the country and mother of Pro-Golfer Tom Weiskopf.
Did you know Hall of Famer, Don Walklet 1904 from a NJ High School thought he was applying to Worchester Tech in Massachusetts?
Did you know Hall of Famer Tom Dinger (67-71) still holds 6 career & 4 season scoring records, including most points 2370?
Did you know that Hall of Famer Benda Meese '75 won Ohio's first two AAU women’s pentathlon titles?
Did you know in the 1920's the Ohio Conference was the state's premier league and Wooster was its perennial powerhouse?
Did you know Hall of Famer Hank Critchfield '27 played professionally against Ernie Nevers, Red Grange, and Bronko Nagurski?
Did you know that Hall of Famer Lu David Wims '61 is the only Wooster athlete to ever win 12 letters in three major sports?
Did you know Wooster's Hall of Famer Beth Hemminger 2003 holds the conference record for career points with 300?
Before Riggs Vs. King, Hall of Famer LeRoy Weir played National Women's Champ - Helen Willis Moody in an exhibition tennis match.
Did you know Wooster's oldest Track & Field Record (Javelin 193-9 1/2) is held by Hall of Famer Hal Pryor - class of 1934?
Did you know Wooster Hall of Famer Tom Dingle '59 was named All-American Running Back for 3 years?
Did you know because of WWII, Hall of Famer Don Swegan '47 won 10 letters from 3 different schools?
Did you know that during the 4 years 1918-21, no opposing football team crossed the goal line at Wooster?
Did you know Wooster's football team first played Ohio State in 1890 - The score: Wooster 64 Ohio State 0?
Did you know that over a third of Wooster students participate in varsity athletics?
Did you know in the late 1920's Coach Carl Munson gave his runner maple syrup before meets to imprve their performance?
Did you know Hall of Famer Dick May '53 was the only runner to ever win the OAC championship in the half-mile, mile, and two mile.
Did you know, Ohio State's St. John's Arena is named after Hall of Famer Lynn W. St. John 1806, Wooster's 1st Athletic Director?
Did you know, Hall of Famer Nancy Shafer '73 set the American Indoor record for the half-mile (2:07.2) in 1970?
Did you know Hall of Famer Wayne Allison '78 played on the Canadian National Basketball team?
Did you know Woosterite John Jameson c/o 1890 scored the first touchdown in the state of Ohio against Denison in 1889?
Did you know Wooster is the men's NCAA Div. III record holder for home runs in a season with 104 (1997)?
Did you know HOFer Reggie Ray ('00) is the NCAC men's outdoor record holder in both the 100 (10.65) and 200 (21.41) meters?
Did you know, HOFer Tony Sutton was the 1st player in NCAA history to lead all divisions in rushing, scoring, & and all-purpose yds for 2 years?
Did you know HOFers Seth Duerr & Tony Sutton are the only Scot Football players to be named 1st team All-American twice?
Did you know, Bryan Nelson '03 was named the 2002-03 NCAA Division III Player of the Year?
Did you know the 1993-94 Basketball team led the Nation in scoring defense with 59.5 points per game?
Bob Macoritti is the only player from the Ohio Athletic Conference or the North Coast Athletic Conference to ever be selected to play in a major post-season bowl game. (Hula Bowl)
Did you know in the hit movie "We are Marshall", Matthew McConaughey played former Wooster Coach Jack Lengyel