Joe Faine etched his name among the best basketball players at both Cory-Rawson High School and Bowling Green State University. Faine was the 1977 Ohio Class “A” Player of the Year, capping a high school career in which he scored 1,484 points, was an 80 percent free throw (290 of 364) shooter, converted nearly 50 percent of his field goals (597 of 1,027) and averaged 8.9 rebounds over 59 games as a three-year starter. He went on to earn Mid-American Conference first-team honors as a senior at Bowling Green State University where he finished seventh on the all-time scoring list with 1,409 points. He set a season free throw percentage record (84 of 97, .866) in 1980 and was named a member of the MAC All-Freshmen team while a member of the Falcons. Faine also played alongside Magic Johnson on an Ohio-Michigan all-star squad which defeated the USSR in Junior Olympic play. The BGSU graduate also earned a master’s degree in business administration from Bowling Green in 1990.