Type
  • Athlete
High School
  • University
Graduation Year
  • 1968
Sports
  • Swimming
Induction
  • 2019

5-time state high school champion (2 individual medley, 3 breaststroke) … one of only 3 State swimming champions in University High School history … swam collegiately at Indiana University for father-coach James “Doc” Counsilman and became a Big Ten champ in the 200 breaststroke, the same event his father won for Ohio State 30 years before … contributing member of 1969 and ’70 IU NCAA championship teams, finishing 3rd in the 200 breaststroke and 4th in the 100 breaststroke in ’69, 5th in the 200 breaststroke in ’70, making him a 4-time All American … passed away at age 22.