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 Mary Koeckert (Godlove) | Dan Powell | Bob Stoltman | Mike Williams A product of Avondale High School
in suburban Atlanta, Arnold lettered four seasons (1985-88) for
the Hilltoppers on the gridiron, developing into one of the great
ball carriers in WKU history and earning All-America honors
as a senior. At the time he completed his career on the Hill,
Arnold held 10 school records -- seven for rushing, two for all-purpose
running and one for career kickoff return yardage. He still holds
a pair of Western standards, including rushing yards in a season
(1,668, set as a senior in '88). Arnold, who played a key role
in leading the Hilltoppers to berths in the national championship
playoffs in 1987 and '88, remains one of only four Arnold is a school counselor living in Stone Mountain, Ga.
Out of nearby Portland (Tenn.) High School, Barber ranks among top linebackers ever to wear the red and white. A three-year letterwinner (1969-71), Barber earned both All-Ohio Valley Conference and All-America honors both his junior and senior seasons, helping those three Hilltopper teams to a 22-6-2 cumulative record (76.7%) and OVC championships in both '70 and '71. He was twice an Academic All-America pick and he earned similar honors for his efforts on the field as a senior. Here, nearly 30 years after completing his career on the Hill, Barber still ranks Western's all-time leaders in both total tackles (sixth with 342 stops) and unassisted tackles (seventh with 196). He led the Toppers in tackles both his sophomore and junior seasons and was second on the club in that department his senior year. Barber, a retired military veterinarian, lives in Panama City, Fla.
Buddy Cate An NBA draft pick, he coached basketball at Warren County (now Warren Central) High School in Bowling Green and later coached on the college level at Tennessee Wesleyan, where he was inducted into that school's Hall of Fame in 1988. A retired businessman, Cate lives in Bowling Green.
Ralph Dudgeon Dudgeon came to the Hill from
from Lebanon in Marion County and starred in both basketball
and tennis at Western and was a stellar athlete on the first
team in NCAA history to win 30 games -- the 1938 Hilltoppers,
who went 30-3. The three teams he lettered on (1936, '37 and
'38) won 77 of 86 games (a phenomenal 89.5%), won three KIAC
championships and a pair of SIAA titles. For his efforts, Dudgeon
was named both All-SIAA and All-KIAC both his junior and senior
seasons (by the way, those two clubs were 51-5 -- 91.1%!!!).
Mary Koeckert (Godlove)
Following graduation in 1980, she received a regular Army commission and took her competitive career to an even loftier level, earning five national championships and a gold medal in the Championship of the Americas. And, she has won eight medals -- three gold, three silver and two bronze -- in international competition. Godlove, a teacher, lives in Rincon, Ga.
Dan Powell Powell is a businessman in Bowling Green.
Bob Stoltman
Mike Williams Williams was a force to be reckoned with on Hilltopper baseball teams that dominated the OVC in the late 1970s and early '80s, lettering four times (1978-81) and earning All-OVC honors each of his last three seasons. He was a key factor in the Toppers' march to the NCAA South Region in 1980, earning All-Tournament honors on a Hilltopper club that narrowly missed a trip to the College World Series. An All-South selection as a senior, he helped pace his four WKU teams to a combined 145-72-3 (66.6%) record. As a junior, he posted Triple Crown numbers in the OVC, taking league honors in home runs (23), RBIs (79) and batting average (.420 -- a WKU school record he bettered with his .423 mark the following season). His 20-game hitting streak still ranks fourth among all Toppers. And, Williams still holds Western school records for career home runs (53) and RBIs (208). He is one of only two WKU baseball athletes to record .400 batting averages for two different seasons. Williams lives in Lakeland , Fla.
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