Fort Lewis College Athletics

Ron Wells burst onto the Fort Lewis College football scene in 1979 as a freshman quarterback, but left as one of the top linebackers in school history.

A four-year letter winner from 1979-82, Wells owned school records for most quarterback sacks in a career (27) and in a single season (19 in 1982) at the time of his induction. He ranked third and fourth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in tackles in his junior and senior seasons respectively.

He earned first team All-NAIA District VII; first team All-RMAC, and Associated Press Little All-America honorable mention as a senior in 1982. As a junior, he garnered All-NAIA District VII and All-RMAC honorable mention.

Wells later signed free agent contracts with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (1983), the Denver Gold of the United States Football League (1983) and the USFL's Pittsburgh Maulers (1984). He saw action through the entire preseason schedule for each team prior to being released.

He returned to Fort Lewis in 1984 as an assistant defensive coach and helped the Raiders to the first RMAC football championship that season. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fort Lewis in 1985.

After spending three years as a pricing analyst in the finance department of Martin Marietta Aerospace Corporation in Littleton, Mr. Wells accepted a position for Motorolla, Inc., in the Phoenix area. He also was a strategic business manager for the IRIDIUM Personal Communications System at Motorolla's Satellite Communications Division in Chandler, Ariz.

He and his brother, Randy, were the first set of brothers in the Fort Lewis College Hall of Fame.

He and his wife, Traci, live in Chandler, Ariz.