The Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1982 to honor and preserve the memory of athletes, coaches, administrators and staff members who have made outstanding contributions to athletics at Virginia Tech. A total of 211 individuals have been inducted to the Tech Hall of Fame during special annual ceremonies held each fall.[1]
Name of Inductee | Induction year | Sport (and/or role) | VT Seasons played/ Coached/ Other | National Collegiate Honors | |
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1982 | Football | 1900–1903, 1905 [2] | College Football Hall of Fame | ||
Dale, Carroll | 1982 | Football | 1956–1959 | College Football Hall of Fame [3] All-America (1st team), 1959 [4] All-America (2nd team), 1958 | |
1982 | Football, Coach (F), Athletic Director | 1900–1902, 1905–1906, 1908,[5] 1913 1920–1934 | |||
1982 | Football | 1965–1967 | College Football Hall of Fame[6] All-America (1st team), 1966 Consensus All-America, 1967 Academic All-America, 1967 | ||
1982 | Coach, Athletic Director | 1951–1960 1951–1978[7] | |||
1982 | Basketball (M) | 1957–1961 [8] | All-America (Hon Mention), 1960 | ||
1983 | Coach (BaseB) | 1940–1943, 1947–1973 [9] | |||
1983 | Baseball | 1966–1967 [10] | |||
1983 | Football, Coach, Administrator | 1925–1928 1937–1944 | |||
1983 | Football | 1926–1928 [11] [12] [13] | |||
1983 | Football | 1951–1954 | |||
1983 | Football | 1962–1964[14] | All-America (3rd), 1963 [15] All-America (1st team), 1964 | ||
1984 | Basketball (M) | 1970–1973[16] | |||
1984 | Baseball, Basketball (M) | 1924–1927 | |||
1984 | Football, Coach, Athletic Director | 1916–1917;[17] 1920–1923, 1932–1937 1935–1950[18] | |||
1985 | Football, Baseball | 1952–1956 | |||
1985 | Golf (M) | 1964–1967[19] | All-America (3rd team), 1965 [20] All-America (2nd team), 1967 | ||
1985 | Football | 1950–1952 | |||
1985 | Football | 1970–1972 | All-America (3rd team), 1972 | ||
1985 | Basketball (M) | 1963–1967 [21] | |||
1986 | Baseball, Basketball (M) | 1942–1946[22] | |||
Henry, Mel | 1986 | Football, Basketball (M), Baseball | 1935-1938 [23] | ||
1986 | Football, Basketball (M), Track & Field | 1918-1921 [24] | |||
1986 | Football, Coach (MBB, F) | 1915–16, 1919–20 [25] 1926-27 (MBB),[26] 1932-40 (F) | |||
Wright, Howie | 1986 | Football, Baseball | 1952–1954 | ||
Beard, Dickie | 1987 | Football | 1952–1955 | ||
1987 | Basketball (M) | 1966-1968 [27] | |||
1987 | Football | 1917-1920 [28] | |||
Motley, Ed | 1987 | Trainer | 1952- [29] | ||
1987 | Football | 1962–1964 | |||
1988 | Football | 1973–1976 | |||
Bell, Wilson | 1988 | Faculty Rep | |||
1988 | Wrestling | 1957-1960[30] | All-America (3rd pl., 130 lbs, 1959) [31] | ||
1988 | Football | 1967–1969 | All-America (1st team), 1968 | ||
Foussekis, George | 1989 | Football | 1965-1967 | All-America (2nd team), 1966 | |
Johnson, Stuart | 1989 | Track & Field | |||
Melear, Leland "Lee" | 1989 | Basketball (M), Baseball | 1960- | ||
1989 | Football | 1938–1940 | |||
Ayersman, Bob [32] | 1990 | Basketball (M) | 1957-1961 [33] | ||
Burrows, Jack | 1990 | Tennis (M) | 1968-70 | ||
Buchanan, Bill | 1990 | Tennis (M), Coach (T), Administrator | |||
1990 | Football, Coach | 1924-26[34] | |||
Gaines, Jerry | 1990 | Track & Field | 1967-70[35] | ||
Grossman, Bill | 1990 | Swimming | 1956-58[36] | ||
Whitley, Ken | 1990 | Football, Wrestling | 1963–1964, 1966[37] | ||
1991 | Football | 1932–1933 | |||
Moran, Joe | 1991 | Football | |||
Banks, Mac | 1991 | Track & Field | |||
Mills, Lewis | 1991 | Basketball (M) | |||
Weisend, Wendy | 1991 | Sports Information Dir. | |||
1992 | Football | ||||
Hall, Earl "Bus" | 1992 | Basketball (M) | |||
Hooper, H. V. (Byrd) | 1992 | Football, Baseball | |||
Neff, Keith | 1992 | Track & Field | All-America (5th pl. Pole Vault), 1976 [38] | ||
Pardue, Howard | 1992 | Basketball (M) | All-America (Hon Mention), 1962 | ||
Powell, James Franklin | 1992 | Football, Baseball | |||
1992 | Baseball | 1979-1982 | All-America (1st team), 1981 All-America (1st team), 1982 | ||
Hawk (Banks), Lucy | 1993 | Track & Field | All-America (800m), 1980 | ||
Keller, Bucky | 1993 | Basketball (M) | All-America (Hon. Mention), 1962 | ||
Matthews, Bill | 1993 | Basketball (M), Coach (MBB), Assoc AD | |||
Prater, Jack | 1993 | Football, Administrator | 1951, 1954–1955 | ||
Beskin, Roy | 1993 | Tennis (M) | |||
Andes, Milton | 1994 | Wrestling | |||
Bullock, Richard | 1994 | Team Physician | |||
Lessman (Stonick), Jenny | 1994 | Volleyball (W) | Academic All-America (3rd team), 1982 | ||
McClary, Neff | 1994 | Golf (M) | |||
1994 | Football | 1980–1983 | Academic All-America (2nd Team), 1982 [39] | ||
Solomon, Dale | 1994 | Basketball (M) | |||
King (Steel), Linda | 1995 | Track & Field | All-America (6th pl. 10 km [OD]), 1984 All-America (4th pl. 10 km [OD]) 1985 | ||
1995 | Football | 1980–1983 | |||
Ripley, Louis P. | 1995 | Team Surgeon | |||
1995 | Football | 1981–1984 | College Football Hall of Fame[40] Outland Trophy, 1984 [41] Consensus All-America, 1984 All-America (1st team), 1983 | ||
Teske, Frank | 1995 | Coach (Wrestling) | |||
Harvey, Waddey | 1995 | Football | 1966–1968 | ||
Arnold, Dick | 1996 | Track | |||
1996 | Basketball | 1982-1986 | All-America (1st team) | ||
Sellers, Connie | 1996 | Golf (M) | 1951 | [42] | |
1996 | Football | 1932-1934 | Jacobs Blocking Trophy 1933, 1934 [43] | ||
1997 | Football, Coach (F) | 1966–1968 1987–2015 | College Football Hall of Fame [44] Consensus National Coach of the Year, 1999 | ||
1997 | Football | 1979–1982 | |||
Dennis, Reneé | 1997 | Basketball (W) | |||
1997 | Football | 1974–1977 | |||
Stewart, Jim | 1997 | Baseball | All-America (1st team), 1982 | ||
Wingo, Sterling | 1997 | Football, Baseball, Track & Field | 1947–1950 | ||
1998 | Football | 1980–1981 | All-America (2nd team), 1981 | ||
Cundiff, Berkeley "Berky" | 1998 | Baseball | |||
Divers, Don | 1998 | Football | 1954–1956 | ||
1998 | Basketball (M) | ||||
1998 | Football, Track | 1977–1979 | All-America, 55M high hurdles (3rd pl), 1980 (ID) | ||
1999 | Football | 1965–1967 | |||
Ferrell, Eddie | 1999 | Trainer | |||
Phillips, Bob | 1999 | Track & Field | All-America (5th pl. pole vault), 1980 | ||
1999 | Cross Country, Track & Field | All-America (CC), 1987 All-America (10K), 1987 [45] | |||
Ware, Ted | 1999 | Basketball (M) | |||
Burnop, Mike | 2000 | Football | 1969–1971 | ||
2000 | Basketball (M) | All-America (HM), 1990 | |||
Edwards, Ken | 2000 | Football | 1967–1969 | ||
McKee (Taylor), Lori | 2000 | Cross Country, Track & Field | All-America (CC), 1981 | ||
Smith, Bobby | 2000 | Football | 1941, 1946–1947 | ||
Luczak, Ki | 2000 | Football | 1949–1951 | ||
Byrne (Feathers), Amy | 2001 | Basketball (W) | 1987-1990 [46] | ||
2001 | Baseball | All-America (1st team), 1986 | |||
2001 | Football | 1958–1960 | |||
Soulen (Gilbert), Margaret | 2001 | Swimming | All-America (HM, 13th, 100 Back), 1989 [47] All-America (HM, 13th, 200 Back), 1989 | ||
Ricky Scales | Scales, Ricky | 2001 | Football | 1972–1974 | |
Vandevender, Sherman | 2001 | Wrestling | |||
2002 | Football, Wrestling | 1961-63 | |||
Fitzegerald, Mickey | 2002 | Football | 1976-1979 | ||
Grossmann, Bob | 2002 | Swimming | |||
2002 | Coach (BB) | 1979–2006 | |||
Williams, Judy | 2002 | Cross Country, Track & Field | All-America (10K) 1981 | ||
2003 | Coach (F) | 1961-1970 | College Football Hall of Fame[48] | ||
Davidson, Ron | 2003 | Football | 1966–1968 | ||
Jones (Thompson), Anne | 2003 | Tennis (W), Coach (T) | |||
Robinson, Wayne | 2003 | Basketball (M) | 1975-1979 | ||
Scott, Dennis | 2003 | Track & Field, Football | 1976–1978 | All-America (5th pl. 60-yard), 1978 | |
2004 | Football | 1990–1993 | Unanimous All-America, 1993 | ||
Pikalek, Lisa | 2004 | Volleyball (W) | Academic All-America (2nd team), 1991 Academic All-America of the Year, 1992 [49] | ||
Redding, Dick | 2004 | Coach | |||
Wingfield, Bob | 2004 | Track & Field | |||
2004 | Baseball | ||||
2005 | Football | 1973–1975 | |||
Robin Lee | 2005 | Basketball (W) | |||
Stickley, Mark | 2005 | Track & Field, Cross Country | All-America (8th pl., 10 km) | ||
Strock, Terry | 2005 | Football | 1959–1961 | ||
Taylor, Armand | 2005 | Wrestling | |||
2006 | Soccer (M), Football | ||||
2006 | Football | 1991–1994 | |||
2006 | Coach (MBB) | ||||
Osborne, Christi | 2006 | Basketball (W) | Academic All-America (2nd team), 1994 Academic All-America (1st team), 1995 | ||
Kramer, Marcus | 2006 | Tennis (M) | |||
2007 | Basketball (M) | 1993–1997 | |||
Mayo, Oliver | 2007 | Tennis (M) | All-America 1996 | ||
McCoy, Trey | 2007 | Baseball | All-America (3rd Team), 1987 | ||
Root (Price), Jenny | 2007 | Basketball (W) | All-America (HM) | ||
2007 | Football | 1993–1996 | Consensus All-America, 1995 [50] All-America (1st team), 1996 | ||
Beard, Jim | 2008 | Baseball | |||
2008 | Football | 1988-91 | All-America (1st team) 1991 | ||
McClellan, Eric | 2008 | Soccer (M) | |||
Ollendick, Katie | 2008 | Track & Field | Academic All-America (1st team), 1997 All-America (12th pl, H-Jump [ID]), 1998 All-America (8th pl., Hept [OD]), 1998 Academic All-America of the Year, 1998 [51] | ||
Robertson, Jr., James I. "Bud" | 2008 | Faculty Rep | |||
Crane, Gene | 2009 | Track & Field | 1974-1979 | ||
DeShazo, Maurice | 2009 | Football | 1990–1994 | ||
Marchetti, Aaron | 2009 | Tennis (M) | 1995–1999 | All-America, 1999 | |
2009 | Coach (MBB) | 1955–1962 | |||
Sharp, Brian | 2009 | Golf (M) | 1991–1995 | ||
Witherspoon, Lisa | 2009 | Basketball (W) | 1995–1999 | All-America (HM), 1999 | |
Bunn, Gene | 2010 | Football | 1976-78 | ||
Meadows, Michelle[52] | 2010 | Softball | Academic All-America (3rd team), 1998 Academic All-America (1st team), 1999 Academic All-America (1st team), 2000 | ||
2010 | Football | 1997–1999 | College Football Hall of Fame [53] Unanimous All-America, 1999 Lombardi Award, 1999 Nagurski Award, 1999 | ||
Thorpe, Duke | 2010 | Basketball (M) | |||
Shiflet (Hackbirth), Laurie | 2010 | Tennis (W) | |||
Clontz, Brad | 2011 | Baseball | 1990–1995 | ||
Feldman, Josh | 2011 | Wrestling | 1989–1994 | All-America (7th pl. HWT, 1994) | |
2011 | Football | 1996–1999 | |||
Moody, John | 2011 | Football, Administrator | 1952–1953,1956–1957 1972–2013 | ||
Rogers, Phil | 2011 | Football | 1972–1975 | ||
Williams, Tere | 2011 | Basketball (W) | 1997–2001 | All-America (HM) | |
2012 | Athletic Director | 1988–1997 | |||
2012 | Football, Track & Field | 1998–2001 | All-America (1st team), 2000 Academic All-America (1st team), 2001 | ||
McCloskey, Sharon | 2012 | Assoc AD | |||
Sergent, Mike | 2012 | Track & Field | All-America (5th pl. Hammer), 1992 | ||
Wetzel (Doolan), Amy | 2012 | Basketball (W) | 1999-2001 | ||
Beecher, Bobby | 2013 | Basketball (M) | |||
Crowel, Clarisa | 2013 | Softball | |||
2013 | Football | 1996–1999 | All-America (2nd team), 1999 | ||
Milley, Jimmy | 2013 | Tennis (M) | |||
2013 | Baseball | ||||
2013 | Golf (M) | All-America (3rd team), 2002 | |||
2014 | Golf (M) | All-America (2nd team), 2002 All-America (2nd team), 2003 | |||
Dobbe, Ashlee | 2014 | Softball | Academic All-America (1st team), 2002 | ||
Will (Cliffe), Dawn | 2014 | Lacrosse (W) | All-America (HM), 1999 All-America (3rd team), 2000 | ||
2014 | Football | 2000, 2002–2003 | Unanimous All-America, 2003 Rimington Trophy, 2003 | ||
2014 | Basketball (W) | ||||
2014 | Football | 1999-2002[54] | All-America (3rd team), 2000 | ||
Byrd (Mosley), April | 2015 | Track & Field | 1996-2000 | ||
Coles, Roscoe | 2015 | Football | 1974–1977 | ||
2015 | Football | 1988–1991 | |||
Gray, Sean | 2015 | Wrestling | All-America (6th pl., 141 lbs), 2001 | ||
Lagan, Duane | 2015 | Team Physician | |||
2015 | Football | 2001–2004 | |||
2016 | Basketball (W) | ||||
2016 | Football | 2001–2003 | All-America (2nd team), 2003 | ||
2016 | Football | 2001–2003 | Consensus All-America, 2003 | ||
Jullien, Spyridon | 2016 | Track & Field | 2002-2006[55] | All-America (6th pl., Hammer [OD]), 2003 All-America (4th pl., Weight Throw [OD]), 2004 All-America (4th pl., Hammer [OD]), 2004 Nat'l Champion-All America (Weight Throw [ID]), 2005 Nat'l Champion-All America (Hammer [OD]), 2005 Nat'l Champion-All America (Weight Throw [ID]), 2006 Nat'l Champion-All America (Hammer [OD]), 2006 | |
Lee, Ashlee | 2016 | Football | 1980–1981, 1983–1984[56] | ||
2016 | Athletic Director | 1997–2013[57] | |||
Buheller, Tim | 2017 | Baseball | |||
2017 | Basketball (M) | 2003-2007 | All-America (HM) | - | |
Evans, Megan | 2017 | Softball | 2002-2005 | ||
2017 | Football | 1998–2001 | All-America (3rd team), 2000 All-America (2nd), 2001 | ||
2017 | Football | 1999–2000 | All-America (1st team), 1999 | ||
Botzum (Cockrill), Jessica | 2018 [58] | Swimming | 2005-2008 | All-America (7th pl. 200 Breast), 2005 All-America (Hon Men, 100 Breast), 2005 All-America (Hon Men 200 Breast), 2006 All-America (4th pl. 200 Breast), 2007 All-America (8th pl. 100 Breast), 2007 All-America (5th pl. 100 Breast), 2008 All-America (6th pl. 200 Breast), 2008 All-America (Hon Men 200 Medley Relay), 2008 All-America (Hon Men 400 Medley Relay), 2008 Academic All-America (2nd team), 2008 | |
Holsclaw, Billy | 2018 [59] | Football | 1956–1958 | ||
2018 [60] | Soccer (M) | All-America (1st team), 2007[61] | - | ||
2018 [62] | Football | 2004-2007 | |||
2018 [63] | Football | 2002–2005 | All-America (1st team), 2005 | ||
2018 [64] | Softball | 2005-2008 | All-America (2nd team), 2006 Academic All-America (2nd team), 2006 All-America (1st team), 2007 Academic All-America (1st team), 2007 All-America (1st team), 2008 Academic All-America of the Year, 2008 | ||
Fanning, Tasmin | 2019 | Cross Country, Track & Field | 2005-2008 | All-America (4th pl., Distance Medley Relay), 2007 All-America (12th pl., Cross Country), 2007 All-America (6th pl., 5,000 meters OD), 2008 All-America (3rd pl., Cross Country), 2008 | |
2019 | Football | 2005-2007 | All-America (3rd team), 2006 All-America (1st team) 2007 | ||
Griswold, Matt | 2019 | Baseball | All-America (3rd team), 1997 | ||
Smith, Dave | 2019 | Sports Information Dir. | 1975-2015 | ||
Walter, Brian | 2019 | Cross Country, Track & Field | 1987-1990 | All-America Cross Country (30th place), 1989 [65] | |
2019 | Golf | 2005-2009 | All-America (3rd team), 2009 | ||
2021 | Football | 2004-2007 | All-America (1st team), 2007 | ||
2021 | Track & Field | All-America (9th, 60m hurdles), 2007 (ID) All-America (9th, 100m hurdles), 2007 (OD) All-America (2nd, 60m hurdles), 2008 (ID) All-America (3rd, 60m hurdles), 2009 (ID) All-America (2nd, 100m hurdles), 2009 (OD) All-America (2nd, 60m hurdles), 2010 (ID) All-America (4th, 100m hurdles), 2010 (OD) | |||
Davound (Hendrick), Jackie | 2021 | Diving | 1995-1999 [66] | ||
2021 | Football | 1990-1993 | |||
2021 | Basketball (M) | ||||
2021[67] | Track & Field | 2007-2010 | All-America (5th pl. 100M hurdles [OD]), 2007 All-America (3rd pl. 400M hurdles [OD]), 2007 All-America (3rd pl. 60M hurdles [ID]), 2008 National Champion/All-America (1st pl. 60M hurdles [ID]), 2010 National Champion/All-America - (1st pl. 100M hurdles [OD]), 2010 National Champion/All-America (1st pl. 400M hurdles [OD]), 2010 | ||
2021 | Football | 2005-2008 | All-America (1st team), 2008 | ||
2022 | Football | 1971-1974 | |||
2022 | Football | ||||
Gentry, Mike | 2022 | Strength & Conditioning | |||
Habazin, Dorotea | 2022 | Track & Field | All-America, (4th pl. Hammer), 2009 National Champion//All-America (1st pl. Hammer), 2011 | ||
2022 | Football | ||||
2022 | Track and Field (M) | All-America (8th, Weight Throw, Indoor 2009) National Champion/All-America (1st Hammer Throw, Outdoor 2009) All-America (?nd, Hammer Throw, Outdoor 2010 All-America (?nd, Weight Throw, Indoor 2011) All-America (?nd, Hammer Throw, Outdoor 2011) National Champion/All-America (1st, Weight Throw, Indoor 2012) | |||
Smith, Sara | 2022 | Swimming (F) | All-America (?nd pl. 100 free, 2007) All-America (HM, 50 Free, 2007) All-America (HM, 50 Free, 2008) All-America (HM, 200 Medley Relay, 2008) All-America (HM, 400 Medley Relay, 2008) All-America (HM, 50 Free, 2009) All-America (HM, 400 Free Relay, 2009) | ||
Bowman, Bob [68] | 2023 | Wrestling, Track & Field, Cross Country | 1956-60 | ||
2023 | Basketball (M) | 2007-11 | All-America (HM, 2010) All-America (HM, 2011) | ||
2023 | Football | 2010-13 | All-America (2nd Team, 2013) | ||
Mason, Carrie | 2023 | WBB | 2002-2006 | ||
Reeves, Jazmine | 2023 | Soccer (W) | 2010-2013 | All-America (1st Team) | |
2023 | Football, Track & Field | 2009-11 | All-America (6th place triple jump), 2011 All-America Football (2nd team), 2011 | ||
Ziegler, Alexander | 2023 | Track & Field | 2009-13 | All-America Weight Throw Indoor (3rd), 2010 All-America Hammer Throw Outdoor (2nd) 2010, All-American Indoor Weight Throw (3rd Place), 2011 National Champion Outdoor Hammer Throw, 2011 National Champion Outdoor Hammer Throw, 2012 National Champion Indoor Weight Throw, 2013 All-American Indoor Weight Throw (3rd place), 2013 | |
Artis-Gray, Jeff | 2024 | Track & Field | 2011-13 | All-America (13th pl, 4x100 [OD]), 2012 All-America (13th pl, long jump [OD]), 2012 All-America (12th pl, DM(400) [ID], 2013 [69] All-America (7th pl, long jump [ID]), 2013 All-America (5th pl, long jump [OD]) 2013 | |
Bowker, Larsen | 2024 | Coach (Tennis) | 1979-1998 | ||
2024 | Football | 2004-2007 | |||
Cianelli, Dave | 2024 | Coach (Track & Field, Cross Country) | 2001-2024 | ||
Pryor, Brian | 2024 | Field (W) | 2006-2009 | All-America (7th pl, shot [I]), 2007 All-America (9th pl, shot [O]), 2007 All-America (7th pl, shot [I]), 2008 All-America (7th pl, hammer [I]), 2008 All-America (10th pl, hammer [O]), 2009 All-America (11th pl, shot [O]), 2009 [70] | |
Savage, Heather | 2024 | Swimming (W) | 2010-2013 | All-America (7th pl, 100 fly) 2012 All-America (7th pl, 100 fly) 2012 [71] | |
Shinholser, Logan | 2024 | Diving (M) | 2009-2013 | All-America (8th pl, platform) 2011 All-America (7th pl, 1m) 2012 All-America (5th pl, 3m) 2012 All-America (6th pl, platform) 2012 [72] All-America HM (9th pl, platform) | |
2024 | Football | 2007-2010 [73] |