Four Ohio State greats will be inducted into the Ohio State Men’s Varsity “O” Association Hall of Fame the weekend of Sept. 7-8. A Hall of Fame ceremony will be held Sept. 7 with public introductions the next day during halftime of the Ohio State-Akron football game in Ohio Stadium.

The 2007 class, which brings the total number of former Ohio State student-athletes and administrators in the Hall of Fame to 227, includes volleyball player Andy Dumpis, fencer Ivan Gilbert, longtime sports information director/administrator Marv Homan and football player Pete Johnson.

A brief snapshot of the four inductee’s Hall of Fame careers:

Andy Dumpis was a two-time volleyball All- American (1978 and 1980) and a three-time first-team all-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association selection. He helped Ohio State become the first non-West coast team to reach the NCAA championship final in 1977. A co-MIVA Most Valuable Player of the Year in 1980, Dumpis was a part of the Buckeye 1977 and ’78 MIVA championship teams and assisted the squad to unblemished home records of 12-0 in 1977 and 13-0 in 1980.

Ivan Gilbert helped lead the Buckeyes to the 1942 fencing national championship, and he was a first-team All-American in foil that same year. The ’42 title was the program’s first national championship, and remarkably just the second overall national title for a team at Ohio State. A three-year letterwinner from 1941-43, Gilbert was named Ohio State’s Male Fencer of the Century by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.

Marv Homan was a member of the Ohio State Department of Athletics for 39 years, from 1948 to 1987. He started as an assistant sports information director and was appointed director of that office in 1973. During his career, Homan was an ambassador of goodwill for the Buckeyes, serving as play-by-play announcer for football and basketball on both radio and television. Homan was presented the Arch Ward Meritorious Service Award by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in 1988 and was awarded the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame Loyalty Award in 1998. He is just the fourth administrator to be inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame.

Pete Johnson was a three-year starting fullback for the Buckeyes and part of four Big Ten championship teams. He wasn’t just a blocking fullback, although he blocked very well. Just ask Archie Griffin. When Johnson’s Ohio State career was over he had rushed for 2,308 yards and held school records for touchdowns in a career (58), season (26 in 1975) and game (five vs. North Carolina). He also held game (30), season (156 in 1975) and career (348) points records. He still holds many of these records. In his final season, he captured Academic All-Big Ten and Academic All- America laurels to complement his football accomplishments.