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Jim Tressel promotes fitness challenge before Ohio Stadium Ring of Honor induction

Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 2, 2026, 6:34 PM

Last updated Sep 2, 2026

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Former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel visited Day Air Ballpark on Tuesday to promote the Team Tressel Fitness Challenge. The initiative, run in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Education, currently involves 650,000 students across the state. Tressel threw out a ceremonial first pitch alongside former player Donnie Evege and met with Dayton Dragons manager Julio Morillo. The appearance precedes Tressel's induction into the Ohio Stadium Ring of Honor this Saturday. The ceremony will take place during the Buckeyes' season opener against Ball State. Tressel's decade of coaching, which included a national championship and a 9-1 record against Michigan, will be formally recognized during the event.

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•Jim Tressel visited Day Air Ballpark to promote his statewide youth fitness program.
•The fitness challenge includes 650,000 students from third through eighth grades.
•Tressel will join the Ohio Stadium Ring of Honor on Saturday.
•The Ring of Honor ceremony coincides with the Buckeyes' season opener against Ball State.
•Former player Donnie Evege currently serves as director of athlete engagement for Team Tressel.

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6:34 PMYahoo Sports — Tressel visits Day Air Ballpark to promote fitness, talks Buckeyes ring of honor

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Jim Tressel’s busy week as Ohio’s lieutenant governor brought him to Day Air Ballpark on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to promote the Team Tressel Fitness Challenge. On Saturday, Sept. 5, former Buckeyes coach Tressel will be added to the Ohio Stadium Ring of Honor. In between? No doubt Gov. Mike DeWine will keep Tressel busy. One of Tressel’s former Ohio State players and Wayne High graduate, Donnie ...
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