Bart Woytowicz to be Inducted into the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame

Bronx, N.Y. - Today is day seven of the release of the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame, Class of 2017, and we'll move into the historic Rose Hill Gym for today's honoree, a member of the 1970-1971 men's basketball squad, Bart Woytowicz. He joins John Skelton, GSB '10, Joe Moorhead, FCRH '96, Javier Martinez, FCRH '07, Kerri Gallagher, FCRH '11, Krystle Henry, FCRH '07, and Suzanne Maguire, FCRH '97 and they will be joined by four others who will be announced over the next week.
 
Woytowicz, Skelton, Moorhead, Martinez, Maguire, Henry and Gallagher will join the likes of Frankie Frisch, Vince Lombardi, Wellington Mara and Vin Scully in the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame when the new class is inducted on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at 583 Park, during the Inaugural Fordham Athletics Gala.
 
As part of the Gala, Fordham will also present the initial Victory Bell Award as well as honor all former team captains. The Victory Bell will be presented to individuals who have brought distinction and honor to Fordham University Athletics through achievements not related to competition, coaching and/or administration. The honoree(s) will be selected by the Hall of Fame Committee and will embody a sense of leadership and passion for Fordham Athletics and serve as inspiration to the Fordham Athletics Family.
 
A starter with the freshman team in 1969-1970 (freshman were not eligible to play varsity), Woytowicz moved up to varsity as a sophomore, becoming a starter on the 1970-1971 men's basketball squad, the most successful team in school history. He averaged 10.2 ppg and 6.9 rpg (second on the team) as a sophomore as the Rams went 26-3, earned a bid to the NCAA Championships and finished the season ranked among the top ten teams in the country.  
 
As a junior in 1971-1972, Woytowicz averaged 15.4 ppg (second on team) and led the Rams with 8.5 rpg.
 
In two seasons with the varsity, Woytowicz scored 713 points and grabbed 430 rebounds in 56 games.
 
Following his playing days at Rose Hill, Woytowicz played professionally in Europe (France, Italy and Switzerland) and in 1998 he went to work at Google as the company's first advertising hire, serving as Google's Director of Sales and Advertising until 2005.
 
Woytowicz becomes seventh player from the 1970-1971 men's basketball team in the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame, joining Charlie Yelverton, Kenny Charles, Bill Mainor, John Burik, George Zambetti and Tom Sullivan.