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DeMartin and Fudge Tabbed 2003-04 “Bulldogs of the Year”
  Lucy DeMartin and Derek Fudge, a pair of 2003-04 senior student-athletes, have been named “Bulldogs of the Year” as selected by an Athletics Department committee.
   DeMartin, a standout four-year performer on the women’s basketball team, closed out an illustrious career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,721 career points. Fudge also turned in a highly productive four-year football career, rushing for 4,024 career yards on 885 attempts and finishing just 166 yards shy of being Ferris State’s all-time leading rusher.
   The Bulldog of the Year Award, which was reinstated in the 2002-03 season following a seven-year hiatus, is presented annually to the most outstanding Ferris male and female student-athlete. Award criteria consists of strong athletic achievements, individual character and academic achievement.
   DeMartin not only concluded her career as the school’s all-time scoring leader, but also tallied a school single-season record 567 points in her senior year. She was a co-recipient of the 2003-04 team’s Most Valuable Player Award after claiming the team award in 2002-03 with a school single-season record 20.2 points per game. DeMartin was twice honored with the President’s Academic Award for having the team’s highest cumulative grade point average, and also was a three-time Dean’s Academic Award honoree. As team co-captain, she helped lead the Bulldogs to their second-ever NCAA Division II National Tournament appearance in 2003-04 as the Bulldogs compiled a 21-10 overall record.
   Fudge also turned in his most productive campaign during his final collegiate season with a career-best 1,232 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns on 260 carries in 11 games. His season-yard total represents the sixth-highest single-season rushing output in Ferris history. The 2003 Most Valuable Offensive Skill Player Award winner tallied a career-high 90 points in 2003, which tied for the seventh-best total in Ferris football history. The 2000 GLIAC Freshman of the Year surpassed the 1,000-yard season rushing mark three times in his career. Along with his 4,024 career rushing yards, Fudge totaled 34 career rushing TD’s in 41 games to go along with 110 pass receptions for 799 yards and three TD’s.

The Price Is Right for Ferris Volleyball Player
   Junior libero Brittny Godlewski of the women’s volleyball team appeared on the national television game show The Price Is Right in Los Angeles. Godlewski was in California competing for Ferris in the Cal-State Dominguez Hills Toro Classic held Sept. 3-4, in Carson, Calif. She was among the contestants chosen to “Come On Down!”
   After making it to the stage, Godlewski missed a chance to win a trip to Acapulco during her initial game. However, after winning $1,000 spinning the “Big Wheel,” Godlewski advanced to the “Showcase Showdown” where she overbid and was eliminated.
   “Brittny was a great contestant and it was neat to see her do well,” said head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm, who previously requested tickets in order for the team to attend the taping. “Our entire team was in a great seating location and will get plenty of air time when the show is on.”
   The Price Is Right is the longest-running game show in television history. Hosted by executive producer Bob Barker, the show first premiered in 1972.
   Godlewski, a team tri-captain along with senior setter Ashley Green and senior outside hitter Karla Fairbanks, received the team’s Bulldog Award for the second consecutive campaign in 2003 after placing second among the squad’s digs leaders with 315.
   The Bulldogs won two of three matches at the Cal-State Dominguez Hills Toro Classic, defeating Humboldt State 3-0 on Friday, Sept. 3, before dropping a 3-1 decision to the host Toros the same evening. Ferris concluded play with a 3-0 triumph over Merrimack (Mass.) in the next day’s finale.
   In 2003 Ferris posted a 15-14 overall mark, which represented the program’s sixth consecutive winning season and included a third-place 12-6 GLIAC North Division finish. The Bulldogs also made their sixth-straight league tournament appearance in 2003.
   The 2004 campaign marks the 32nd season of Ferris women’s volleyball. Since the program’s inception (along with The Price Is Right) in 1972, the Bulldogs have compiled a 673-391 overall record. Ferris has won eight GLIAC titles, made 11 NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and registered 24 winning seasons.
   See www.ferris.edu/athletics for complete 2004 results

2004 Bulldog Hall of Fame Class Inducted
   Ten athletes plus two veteran coaches are included in the Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2004, which was inducted in a ceremony at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Big Rapids on Oct. 1.
  Following are highlights of each new Hall-of-Famer’s career.

Front Row (L-R): Cathryn Carney (daughter of the late Art Carney), Kathy DeBoer, Dennis Johnson, Kurt Barrett, John Steinberg, Jarvis Walker.
Back Row (L-R): Carney’s son Michael, Andre Johnson, Jim Place, Judd Folske, Peter Lowden, Jim File. Not pictured: Lynn (Olson) Hayden.

Kurt Barrett was captain of both the 1969 and 70 Bulldog gridiron teams. He was MVP of the school’s first unbeaten team in 1968 and was drafted by the Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos in 1971. As a practitioner of osteopathic medicine, Barrett wrote Sick of Being Sick, a book of patient success stories. The Battle Creek resident and his wife, Ann, have four daughters.

Art Carney played varsity football, basketball and tennis from 1946-50, earning four letters in tennis, and three in football and basketball. After college, Carney served on the Michigan City Managers Association Board of Directors and founded the Michigan Public Purchasing Officers Association.

Jim File, a three-time hockey team co-captain, ranks tied for 10th place among the school’s all-time scoring leaders. He holds the single-season mark for most points by a defenseman with 49 in the 1983-84 season. The Toronto native played semi-pro hockey in Germany before entering the brokerage business. He resides in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with his wife, Janet, and two daughters.

Lynn (Olson) Hayden, who competed in cross country along with track and field, made Ferris history as a freshman in 1973 when she became the first female to earn a varsity letter in men’s indoor and outdoor track and field. She also became the national women’s AAU race-walk champion. She and her husband, Steven, have five children and live in Portland, Ore.

Andre Johnson ranks fourth on Ferris’ career receiving chart with 2,276 yards and holds the school’s single-game all-purpose total yards record, compiling 525 total yards while setting NCAA records (all division) for all-purpose yardage and average gain per play. Johnson, who twice led the GLIAC in receiving, later spent time in the World League of America Football, the Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League. Johnson resides in Muskegon with his wife, Jennifer, and their two children.

Dennis Johnson, who earned four varsity basketball letters from 1969-73, ranks as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,312 career points. Johnson led the Bulldogs to their first-ever GLIAC Championship as a senior in the 1972-73 campaign. Johnson works as an agent for the IRS and resides in Ann Arbor, along with his wife, Eileen. The couple has a son, Aaron, and a daughter, Ryan.

Peter Lowden ranks fourth among Bulldog hockey all-time scorers with 199 career points on 74 goals and 125 assists. A tri-captain for the 1985-86 campaign, Lowden shared 1983-84 Rookie of the Year honors with his brother, Paul. He was honored with the Lloyd Earl Trophy as the team’s top scorer in 1984-85. He went on to play pro hockey in Germany. He has residences in Illerzell, Germany, and Caledon East, Ontario.

Jim Place came to Ferris after serving more than two years in the occupation of Japan following World War II. The 1952 football team captain played offensive guard as well as both defensive guard and linebacker from 1949-52. Place has supported Ferris since 1974 through his involvement in the Bulldog Club, President’s Club and others. From 1968-77, Place was vice president of the Roary Corporation in Lansing before purchasing the R.L. Rider Company, which he sold in 1983. Place lives in Big Rapids with his wife, Ina. They have four grown children.

John Steinberg is one of only five athletes in Bulldog men’s cross country to garner All-America honors. He was Ferris’ only representative at the NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championships as a freshman in 1978. In his second season, Steinberg garnered all-region and all-league accolades in addition to becoming the program’s first All-America runner. Steinberg lives in St. Joseph with his wife, Mary Ann, and two sons.

While playing for the Bulldog basketball team, Jarvis Walker scored 1,713 career points, grabbed 693 rebounds and dished out 532 assists. The 1989 GLIAC Player of the Year led the Bulldogs to three-straight NCAA Division II National Tournament bids and three conference titles. He went on to a successful professional career in Germany where he led the league in scoring, was named Player of the Year and won a league title. He lives in Norton Shores with his wife, Danielle, and three children.

Kathy DeBoer, Ferris’ third head volleyball coach, guided the Bulldogs to their first two NCAA Tournament appearances, registering a 107-63 mark in four seasons, including a first-place 8-0 GLIAC finish in 1983. DeBoer was the Most Valuable Player on Michigan State University’s 1978 basketball squad and played for the Minnesota Fillies of the former Women’s Professional Basketball League. DeBoer later served as senior associate athletics director and head coach at the University of Kentucky. She lives in Lexington, Ky.

Judd Folske spent 24 seasons in the Ferris baseball program, including 11 as head coach from 1984-94. Folske led Ferris to seven conference championships while attaining GLIAC Coach of the Year award accolades seven times and compiling a 122-54 league record. Folske guided Ferris to six consecutive league championships from 1988-93. Folske is married to Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame member Monica Folske. The couple lives in Mt. Pleasant and have two sons, Brett and James.