Marvin Bass
Marvin Bass is a native of Petersburg, Virginia and was a member of William & Mary's winningest football team in history. Bass captained the 1942 Indians, which compiled a 9-1-1 record. He later was an assistant coach at William &…
Peggy Augustus
Peggy Augustus was born in Cleveland Ohio but has lived in Keswick, Virginia since 1950. She was an active owner, trainer, and rider who competed against men and professionals and won major championships throughout the United States and Canada including…
Arthur Ashe Jr.
Winning championships and trailblazing in tennis are “old hat” to this first world-renowned titleist to be inducted into Virginia’s Hall of Fame for his sport, following his pioneering teacher Dr. R.W. Johnson. At the age of 17, Ashe won the…
Donna Andrews
A native of Lynchburg, Andrews launched her successful golf career as a teenager. She twice won the Virginia Junior championship (1983 and 1984) and then won the VSGA Women's championship five years in a row. After playing collegiate golf at…
Gene Alley
Born in Henrico County in 1940, Alley is a native Virginian. He attended Hermitage High School and developed into an outstanding baseball player. By the end of the 1963 season, Alley had worked his way up to the shortstop position…
George H. Allen
In 1971, Coach George Allen took over a Washington club that had only one winning season in the previous fifteen years, and molded them into perennial league title contenders. It was Allen who was responsible for the "Redskinsmania" which swept…
Dr. Frank McCue III – Distinguished Virginian (2013)
Dr. Frank C. McCue III was a doctor and medical assistant for the University of Virginia athletic program from 1961 to 2003. During his tenure at UVA, McCue treated many Cavalier student-athletes as well as other athletes and patients from…
Senator Elmon T. Gray – Distinguished Virginia (2012)
Senator Elmon T. Gray matriculated at Virginia Military Institue in the fall of 1942. Interrupted by two years of service to the U.S. Navy, he returned to VMI to complete his degree, graduating in 1947. In 1972, Gray became a…
G. Robert Aston, Jr. – Distinguished Virginian (2011)
Bob Aston is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of TowneBank, a bank he co-founded in 1998 with longtime friends Scott Morgan and Bill Hodsden. During his 44 year banking career, he has served on the Board of…
E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. – Distinguished Virginian (2009)
E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., a native of Richmond, has made a lifetime of contributions to athletics in Virginia. Continuing his father’s work with the Robins Foundation, established in 1957, Robins’ philanthropic work has sustained numerous community programs in the Richmond…