Ben Reese (2025) - E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame - Eastern Michigan University Athletics

Ben Reese

Induction:
2025
Class:
2003

Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field: Graduated in 2003 ... Four-year letter winner for the EMU men’s track and field and cross country teams from 1996-00 ... In cross country, he won the Mid-American Conference individual championship in 1997 and was runner-up in 1998 ... Was named all-regional twice, All-MAC twice, and was the Michigan Invitational champion in 1998 in cross county ... On the track side he was a six-time NCAA All-American ... He finished third in the mile run at the 2000 NCAA meet, ran the second sub-4:00 mile run in EMU history (3:59.83), was a three-time MAC outdoor 3,000m steeplechase champion, won two 1500m titles, three 3,000m crowns, and two 5,000m titles ... Named the MAC Most Valuable Performer in 1997 and 1999 and was the Most Valuable Performer at the Central Collegiate Conference Championships twice (1996 and 1997) ... Earned three additional MAC titles as a member of the Distance Medley Relay team (1996, 1999, 2000) ... Remains in EMU’s top-10 all-time records in the mile, 1,500m run, and the 4x800m relay and Distance Medley Relay.