Bronx, N.Y. - Today is day eight of the release of the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame, Class of 2017, and we'll remain in the historic Rose Hill Gym for today's honoree, a member of the 1983 men's basketball MAAC Championship team, Ed Bona, FCRH '83. He joins Bart Woytowicz, 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 three others who will be announced tomorrow.
 
Bona, 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 four-year letterman from 1979-1983, Bona, who led the Rams to three straight NIT appearances from 1980-1983, served as a team captain as a senior in 1982-1983, leading the Rams to the MAAC title.
 
As a junior in 1981-1982, Bona set a school single season field goal percentage record, converting 90 of 147 of his shots (.612), ranking him 21st in the nation that season. The mark is now third all-time at Fordham. He was named First Team All-MAAC that season.
 
Despite missing part of his senior season due to injury, Bona graduated second on the Fordham career blocked shots list with 108, which currently ranks seventh. He also scored 908 career points and grabbed 564 rebounds, which ranks 21st on the Fordham career rebounding list. Bona made good on 314 of his 576 career field goal attempts (.545) to record the third best career field goal percentage mark in school history.