curry 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.
Name of Inductee Induction year Sport (and/or role) VT Seasons played/ Coached/ Other National Collegiate Honors Carpenter, Hunter 1982 Football 1900–1903, 1905 College Football Hall of Fame Dale, Carroll 1982 Football 1956–1959 College Football Hall of Fame All-America (1st team), 1959 All-America (2nd team), 1958 Miles, C. P. "Sally" 1982 Football, Coach (F), Athletic Director 1900–1902, 1905–1906, 1908, 19131920–1934 Loria, Frank 1982 Football 1965–1967 College Football Hall of Fame All-America (1st team), 1966 Consensus All-America, 1967 Academic All-America, 1967 Moseley, Frank 1982 Coach, Athletic Director 1951–1960 1951–1978 Smith, Chris 1982 Basketball (M) 1957–1961 All-America (Hon Mention), 1960 Laird, G. F. "Red" 1983 Coach (BaseB) 1940–1943, 1947–1973 Oates, Johnny 1983 Baseball 1966–1967 McEver, H. M. "Mac" 1983 Football, Coach, Administrator 1925–1928 1937–1944 Peake, Frank 1983 Football 1926–1928 Preas, George 1983 Football 1951–1954 Schweickert, Bob 1983 Football 1962–1964 All-America (3rd), 1963 All-America (1st team), 1964 Bristow, Allan 1984 Basketball (M) 1970–1973 Dear, Paul "Buddy" 1984 Baseball, Basketball (M) 1924–1927 Younger, William "Monk" 1984 Football, Coach, Athletic Director 1916–1917;1920–1923, 1932–1937 1935–1950 Burke, Leo 1985 Football, Baseball 1952–1956 Collins, Tim 1985 Golf (M) 1964–1967 All-America (3rd team), 1965 All-America (2nd team), 1967 Nutter, Madison "Buzz" 1985 Football 1950–1952 Strock, Don 1985 Football 1970–1972 All-America (3rd team), 1972 Wetzel, John 1985 Basketball (M) 1963–1967 Bushkar, Harry 1986 Baseball, Basketball (M) 1942–1946 Henry, Mel 1986 Football, Basketball (M), Baseball 1935-1938 Parrish, George 1986 Football, Basketball (M), Track & Field 1918-1921 Redd, Henry 1986 Football, Coach (MBB, F) 1915–16, 1919–20 1926-27 (MBB), 1932-40 (F) Wright, Howie 1986 Football, Baseball 1952–1954 Beard, Dickie 1987 Football 1952–1955 Combs, Glen 1987 Basketball (M) 1966-1968 Crisp, Hank 1987 Football 1917-1920 Motley, Ed 1987 Trainer 1952- Utz, Sonny 1987 Football 1962–1964 Beasley, Tom 1988 Football 1973–1976 Bell, Wilson 1988 Faculty Rep Glover, Brandon 1988 Wrestling 1957-1960 All-America (3rd pl., 130 lbs, 1959) Widger, Mike 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- Thomas, Herb 1989 Football 1938–1940 Ayersman, Bob 1990 Basketball (M) 1957-1961 Burrows, Jack 1990 Tennis (M) 1968-70 Buchanan, Bill 1990 Tennis (M), Coach (T), Administrator Esleeck, Dick 1990 Football, Coach 1924-26 Gaines, Jerry 1990 Track & Field 1967-70 Grossman, Bill 1990 Swimming 1956-58 Whitley, Ken 1990 Football, Wrestling 1963–1964, 1966 Casey, Al 1991 Football 1932–1933 Moran, Joe 1991 Football Banks, Mac 1991 Track & Field Mills, Lewis 1991 Basketball (M) Weisend, Wendy 1991 Sports Information Dir. Grinus, Bill 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 Pardue, Howard 1992 Basketball (M) All-America (Hon Mention), 1962 Powell, James Franklin 1992 Football, Baseball Stubbs, Franklin 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) Johnson, Mike 1994 Football 1980–1983 Academic All-America (2nd Team), 1982 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 Paige, Tony 1995 Football 1980–1983 Ripley, Louis P. 1995 Team Surgeon Smith, Bruce 1995 Football 1981–1984 College Football Hall of Fame Outland Trophy, 1984 Consensus All-America, 1984 <br/ >All-America (1st team), 1983 Teske, Frank 1995 Coach (Wrestling) Harvey, Waddey 1995 Football 1966–1968 Arnold, Dick 1996 Track Curry, Dell 1996 Basketball (M) 1982-1986 All-America (1st team) Sellers, Connie 1996 Golf (M) 1951 Beamer, Frank 1997 Football, Coach (F) 1966–1968 1987–2015 College Football Hall of Fame Consensus National Coach of the Year, 1999 Lawrence, Cyrus 1997 Football 1979–1982 Dennis, Reneé 1997 Basketball (W) Razzano, Rick 1997 Football 1974–1977 Stewart, Jim 1997 Baseball All-America (1st team), 1982 Wingo, Sterling 1997 Football, Baseball, Track & Field 1947–1950 Brown, Robert 1998 Football 1980–1981 All-America (2nd team), 1981 Cundiff, Berkeley "Berky" 1998 Baseball Divers, Don 1998 Football 1954–1956 King, Loyd 1998 Basketball (M) Lewis, Kenny 1998 Football, Track 1977–1979 All-America, 55M high hurdles (3rd pl), 1980 (ID) Barefoot, Ken 1999 Football 1965–1967 Ferrell, Eddie 1999 Trainer Phillips, Bob 1999 Track & Field All-America (5th pl. pole vault), 1980 Taylor, Steve 1999 Cross Country, Track & Field All-America (CC), 1987 All-America (10K), 1987 Ware, Ted 1999 Basketball (M) Burnop, Mike 2000 Football 1969–1971 Coles, Bimbo 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 Canale, George 2001 Baseball All-America (1st team), 1986 Oakes, Don 2001 Football 1958–1960 Soulen (Gilbert), Margaret 2001 Swimming All-America (HM, 13th, 100 Back), 1989 All-America (HM, 13th, 200 Back), 1989 Scales, Ricky 2001 Football 1972–1974 Vandevender, Sherman 2001 Wrestling Breen, Gene 2002 Football, Wrestling 1961-63 Fitzegerald, Mickey 2002 Football 1976-1979 Grossmann, Bob 2002 Swimming Hartman, Chuck 2002 Coach (BB) 1979–2006 Williams, Judy 2002 Cross Country, Track & Field All-America (10K) 1981 Claiborne, Jerry 2003 Coach (F) 1961-1970College Football Hall of Fame 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 Pyne, Jim 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 Redding, Dick 2004 Coach Wingfield, Bob 2004 Track & Field Williams, Mike 2004 Baseball Hardee, Billy 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 Crittenden, Ray 2006 Soccer (M), Football Freeman, Antonio 2006 Football 1991–1994 Moir, Charlie 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) Custis, Ace 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) Brown, Cornell 2007 Football 1993–1996 Consensus All-America, 1995 All-America (1st team), 1996 Beard, Jim 2008 Baseball Chung, Eugene 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 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 Noe, Chuck 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 2010 Softball Academic All-America (3rd team), 1998 Academic All-America (1st team), 1999 Academic All-America (1st team), 2000 Moore, Corey 2010 Football 1997–1999 College Football Hall of Fame 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) Graham, Shayne 2011 Football 1996–1999 Moody, John 2011 Football, Administrator 1952–1953,1956–19571972–2013 Rogers, Phil 2011 Football 1972–1975 Williams, Tere 2011 Basketball (W) 1997–2001 All-America (HM) Braine, Dave 2012 Athletic Director 1988–1997 Davis, André 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 Engelberger, John 2013 Football 1996–1999 All-America (2nd team), 1999 Milley, Jimmy 2013 Tennis (M) Saunders, Joe 2013 Baseball Wagner, Johnson 2013 Golf (M) All-America (3rd team), 2002 deJonge, Brendon 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 Grove, Jake 2014 Football 2000, 2002–2003 Unanimous All-America, 2003 Rimington Trophy, 2003 Kublina, Ieva 2014 Basketball (W) Suggs, Lee 2014 Football 1999-2002 All-America (3rd team), 2000 Byrd (Mosley), April 2015 Track & Field 1996-2000 Coles, Roscoe 2015 Football 1974–1977 Furrer, Will 2015 Football 1988–1991 Gray, Sean 2015 Wrestling All-America (6th pl., 141 lbs), 2001 Lagan, Duane 2015 Team Physician Randall, Bryan 2015 Football 2001–2004 Gardin, Kerri 2016 Basketball (W) Hall, DeAngelo 2016 Football 2001–2003 All-America (2nd team), 2003 Jones, Kevin 2016 Football 2001–2003 Consensus All-America, 2003 Jullien, Spyridon 2016 Track & Field 2002-2006 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 Weaver, Jim 2016 Athletic Director 1997–2013 Buheller, Tim 2017 Baseball Dowell, Zabian 2017 Basketball (M) 2003-2007- Evans, Megan 2017 Softball 2002-2005 Taylor, Ben 2017 Football 1998–2001 All-America (3rd team), 2000 All-America (2nd), 2001 Vick, Michael 2017 Football 1999–2000 All-America (1st team), 1999 Botzum (Cockrill), Jessica 2018 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 Football 1956–1958 Nyarko, Patrick 2018 Soccer (M) -Royal, Eddie 2018 Football 2004-2007 Tapp, Darryl 2018 Football 2002–2005 All-America (1st team), 2005 Ticher (O'Brien), Angela 2018 Softball 2005-2008 All-America (2nd team), 2006 Academic All-America