FOREST, Va. — The ODAC celebrates its 50th year of operation in 2025-26. Considering the history of one of the best conferences in Division III, it is rare to be able to convey truly new features to the public. Still, the ODAC does just that to jumpstart its golden anniversary with the announcement of its first-ever class of the newly minted ODAC Hall of Fame.
Fifty of the conference’s all-time great student-athletes, coaches, and administrators comprise the inaugural 2025 class. All inductees were directly selected by conference member schools, save for three that fall under an ODAC-wide banner. That trio includes founding commissioner Dan Wooldridge as well as Marjorie Berkley and Harry G. “Doc” Jopson, the namesake of the ODAC’s top-two individual honors, the Berkley and Jopson Awards recognizing the top senior women’s and men’s sports student-athletes in the conference, respectively.