Posted: Sep 29, 2008
BEREA, OHIO -- Eight Baldwin Wallace University greats will be feted at a banquet on October 3 at 6:00 p.m. in the Strosacker College Union in Berea and formally inducted into its Alumni Athletic Association Hall of Fame on Oct. 4 as part of Homecoming festivities when the Yellow Jackets host Mount Union College on Tressel Field at The George Finnie Stadium at 2:00 p.m.
Steve Bankson retired last spring as the winningest basketball coach in school history, the second winningest men�s basketball coach in the state of Ohio and the third winningest in Ohio Athletic Conference history with 701 victories overall during his 44-year coaching career.
At BW, Bankson compiled a 420-328 record with five OAC titles and five NCAA Division III postseason appearances. As the athletic director at the College, Bankson helped the BW men to capture the 1989-90 OAC All-Sports Trophy and worked to ensure that each team was funded, equipped and given the opportunity to be successful.
Prior to coming to BW, Bankson compiled a 232-90 record in 12 seasons at Lorain County Community College and a 49-25 record at the high school level in Indiana and Michigan.
Bankson and his wife, Rosie, have three daughter, including two who graduated from the College, and reside in Elyria.
