WHEELING–Two multi-sport highschool standouts who earned fame on the key faculty degree have been chosen for induction into the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame.

Picked for enshrinement from the last decade of the 1950’s are Dick Reasbeck from Bellaire St. John Central and Mike Tomasovich from Weir High. They can be inducted on the nineteenth annual ceremony on Saturday, August 12 at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling. The OVAC Hall of Fame and Sports Museum are positioned inside WesBanco Arena.

Reasbeck and Tomasovich will be a part of beforehand introduced inductees for the Class of 2023 in Ted Tomasovich of Weir, Mike’s brother; Al Salvadori of Wheeling Central; Warwood’s Steve Doe; Woodsfield’s Lance LaFollette; Barnesville’s Tim McCrate, Jessica Hines and Jennie Castle; Bishop Donahue’s Shawn Straughn; Martins Ferry’s Fred Ray; Union Local’s Koel Davia; Magnolia’s Justin Fox; and Weirton Madonna’s Max Nogay.

The OVAC Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Robinson Auto Group.

Here’s a capsule have a look at the most recent choices:

DICK REASBECK, Bellaire St. John Central (Class of 1959 )– He was a sharp-shooting Irish guard who earned 1st crew, five-player All-Ohio largest Class AA as a senior. Also a 1st crew All-OVAC Class AA and All-District choice, he scored 501 factors for a 27.1 per recreation common and performed within the annual Ohio North-South All-Star Game.

As a junior, he sported a 18.9 level norm and earned first crew All-District and honorable point out All-Ohio.

He additionally was a three-year common in baseball and performed soccer two seasons.

The basketball sharp-shooter earned a scholarship to Ohio State the place he was a three-year letterman on nationally-ranked groups after competing on the freshman crew whereas the varsity squad–led by Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek, received the NCAA crown.

In his sophomore yr, the Buckeyes went unbeaten in common season, 27-1 general, and completed as NCAA runner-up to Cincinnati. He averaged 3.1 factors.

As a junior, the Buckeyes (26-2) once more completed as NCAA runner-up to Cincinnati with Reasbeck averaging 8.2 factors in a sixth man position.

He was a senior common because the Buckeyes completed with a 20-4 report. Reasbeck averaged 15.1 factors a recreation and was accorded second crew All-Big Ten Conference. He scored a excessive 32 factors vs. Purdue.

After faculty, he signed in 1963 with the baseball Los Angeles Angels and pitched two seasons for the Class AA minor league San Jose crew.

Reasbeck resides in Yorkville.

MIKE TOMASOVICH, Weir (Class of 1959) — He was a highly-honored, 6-foot-4, 205-pound nine-letter athlete who earned 5 all-state honors whereas serving to the Red Riders win state titles in soccer and baseball and likewise incomes all-state event in basketball.

In soccer, he was a junior starter at quarterback on an 11-0 report crew which received the OVAC largest Class AAA title and the W.Va. Class AAA crown with a 19-12 finals win over Fairmont Senior at Wheeling Island Stadium. As a senior, he began at finish and defensive again on a 9-1 report crew which repeated as OVAC champ and had a 21-game profitable streak ended within the common season finale by eventual state titlist Parkersburg. He earned 1st Team All-State and All-OVAC at finish.

In basketball, the senior led the Red Riders to sectional and regional titles to qualify for the state occasion the place he earned all-tourney honors. He additionally was a 1st Team All-OVAC Class AAA choose and chosen all-class “Big” All-State third crew. As a junior, he helped Weir to a 21-4 report and sectional crown.

In baseball, he was a three-time one-class, all-state honoree at pitcher. As a senior, Weir received the one-class state title with a 16-2 report and a 6-2 state event title win over state energy East Bank.

He batted .400 with a 7-1 mound report. As a junior, he earned 2nd crew one-class all-state as a pitcher. As a sophomore, he was 1st crew one-class, all-state with a 6-1 report whereas batting .350 with three homers. His solely mound loss was a 2-1, 8-inning state tourney loss to Martinsburg as he struck out 13 batters.

After his senior season, he rejected a professional minor league contract to signal a Georgia Tech scholarship. At Tech, he was a three-year letterman, and two-year starter in basketball and two-year letterman as a pitcher-outfielder in baseball.

In basketball, he performed 74 video games with a 9.2-point norm, with a 30-point recreation excessive, and 6.2 rebounds a recreation. He was third crew All-Southeastern Conference as a senior cager when he averaged 10.2 factors and seven.0 rebounds.

The Georgia Tech Hall of Fame inductee, and Weir High Wall of Fame honoree, resides in Atlanta.