Central coach Dunham enters alma mater's Hall of Fame

GRANVILLE, OHIO-Central College cross country coach Joe Dunham is set to be enshrined into Denison University's Varsity D Association Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend.

A 2001 graduate of Denison, Dunham was a four-year letter winner in cross country and track & field. He finished his career at Denison as a four-time North Coast Athletic Conference Middle Distance Athlete of the Year and 10-time conference champion in both indoor (3 in the 1,500; 2 in the 5,000; 1 in the 3,000) and outdoor (2 in the 1,500; 1 in the 5,000; 1 in the 10,000) track and field.

Dunham made the All-Great Lakes Region list three times and won the Great Lakes Regional Championship in 1999. He is a two-time NCAA All-American and three-time NCAA National Qualifier. Dunham also lettered in football at Denison and graduated with a bachelor's degree in history.

A cross country and track and field coach at Central since 2010, Dunham has three league cross country coach of the year awards and nine from men's track and field. He's guided 71 all-conference performers in cross country and 12 All-Americans.