Dials inducted into OSU Hall of Fame

Terence Dials, a 2001 Boardman High School graduate and former standout basketball player for the Spartans, was inducted into The Ohio State University Hall of Fame on Sept. 18 for his accomplishments in basketball at OSU. The banquet took place in the Woody Hayes Grand Ballroom at the Columbus Renaissance Hotel.

Dials had a successful career with the Buckeyes, earning the 2006 Big Ten Player of the Year Award and was a First Team All-Big Ten selection. Dials is ranked 14th all-time in career scoring at OSU with 1,566 points. He ranks fourth in career field goal percentage, making 56 percent of his shots, and ranks fifth all-time with 876 career rebounds as a Buckeye. He led his teammates in rebounding in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Dials was a two-time captain in 2005 and 2006, and earned Ohio State Most Valuable Player honors as both a junior and senior. The Chicago Tribune named him the Big Ten’s Most Valuable Player in 2006, his final year in Columbus. Dials played 132 career games for the Buckeyes, the 11th most appearances in Ohio state history.

Since his graduation from OSU, Dials has been playing basketball professionally in Europe.

All of the members of the Hall of Fame class were introduced at halftime of the Buckeyes game against Northern Illinois.

Dials played for Coach Dan Gorski during his outstanding Boardman High School career. Gorski was in attendance at the banquet to see Dials receive this prestigious honor.

In Dials’ sophomore year, he earned First Team All-SVC honors and led the team to an SVC title and an overall 14-8 team record while averaging 13.4 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. In his junior year, he led the team to a second SVC title and season record of 16-7 while averaging 17.9 points and 12.4 rebounds and had 92 blocks for the season. Dials earned First Team All-SVC and First Team All-NEO honors. In his senior year he only played in 11 games coming off knee surgery the previous summer. He averaged 16.1 points, 11.5 rebounds and had 33 blocked shots and earned First Team All-SVC, First Team All-NEO and Third Team All-State.

Dials was named one of the Top 100 seniors in America and played in the Ohio-Kentucky All-Star game and the Ohio North-South All-Star game. He holds school records for most blocks in a game with 10, most blocks in a season of 92 in his junior year and a school record of 167 blocked shots for the Spartans.