Ron
Ray
Inducted
November 7, 2009
Ron Ray was a four-year letterman in both football and wrestling
between 1966-70.
On the gridiron, Ray served as team captain of a Northern
Intercol-legiate Conference championship team in 1969. He earned
All-NIC First Team honors as a guard that year.
Ray was a successful wrestler as well, finishing fourth at the
NIC meet in 1969 at 190 pounds.
The Minneapolis, Minn., native earned Michigan Tech’s
Terry Wilson Award as the top freshman student-athlete in 1967 and
later was given the Raymond L. Smith Award as the school’s
top senior student-athlete in 1970.
Ray, who graduated in 1970 with a degree in business
administration, currently serves as vice president for operations
for Arctic Cat in Thief River Falls, Minn.
