NORFOLK, Va. – Former Old Dominion multi-sport star Juanita Etheridge, long-time area businessman and philanthropist G. Robert Aston, Jr., who has been a generous donor to ODU athletics; and Harry Minium Jr., senior executive writer for athletics, will be inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame.
The ODU trio will be part of a six-person class to be inducted on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Big Blue Room at Chartway Arena, Jack Ankerson, the hall of fame chairman, announced Tuesday afternoon.
Others to be inducted into the hall of fame include Brandon Adair, the former Virginia Wesleyan University basketball standout who is now a referee in the NBA; Pat Cavanaugh, who revitalized the Norfolk Admirals ice hockey team since taking over as owner in 2019, and is a major player in the growth of area youth hockey; and the late Charles Christian, who in 14 seasons as the men’s basketball head coach at Norfolk State won 319 games and seven CIAA championships.
Minium and Adair were inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame earlier this year.
Aston helped found TowneBank in 1998 and it has grown into the largest bank headquartered in Virginia and is one of the commonwealth’s most philanthropic private institutions. TowneBank has been a generous donor to athletics programs at all levels throughout Virginia and North Carolina.