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Gary LaPrise

By • Jan 23rd, 2009

LaPrise won three straight MAC titles in both the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle event from 1960-62.



Paul Landis

By • Jan 23rd, 2009

The first football assistant, Landis was also the first coach to lead the men’s basketball team for more than one season.



Ivan “Doc” Lake

By • Jan 23rd, 2009

Lake helped bring several firsts to the university, one of which was the celebration of Homecoming which first was held in 1922.



Gary Kruzich

By • Jan 22nd, 2009

Kruzich posted a 21-5-2 record and a 2.87 goals-against average his freshman season, leading BG to the NCAA Hockey title.



Phil Koester

By • Jan 22nd, 2009

Koester was named MAC “Diver of the Year” the first two years the award was given in 1982 and 1983.



John Knox

By • Jan 22nd, 2009

Knox was named to the all-MAC first team at second base in both 1969 and 1970.



James Knierim

By • Jan 22nd, 2009

A 1948 graduate of the university, James Knierim earned All-Ohio honors as an end on the 1945 football team.



Steve Klein

By • Jan 22nd, 2009

A native of Nashville, Tenn., Klein was named the MAC Player of the Year and an NSCAA First-Team All American as a senior.



Don Kepler

By • Jan 22nd, 2009

Kepler won a MAC title in the 200-meter freestyle in 1955, the first of seven straight Falcons to win that event.



Bob Keefe

By • Dec 20th, 2008

Keefe spent 23 years as a professor at the university, becoming the school’s first full-time tennis coach in 1955.