Virginia Sports Hall of Fame https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Community Home 2025 Sportsperson of The Year Award 2026 Induction Weekend – Event Info Contact ‘Billy The Kid’ saves the day as Wagner gets long-awaited call to Cooperstown Sportsperson of the year Award – Nomination Lou Whitaker Mike Smith Joe Smith Harry Minium, Jr. Ali Krieger Sponsorship Opportunities Board of Directors Former MLB star and VSU alumnus to lead homecoming parade Ed George – Distinguished Virginian Murray Cook Hall of Famer Ricky Rudd comes home to speak at Chesapeake Sports Club Sportsperson of The Year Award Nominees 2025 From gridiron glory to holiday glow: Detroit Lions star Herman Moore named Silver Bells Grand Marshall Brandon Adair Wood Brothers Racing to Host 75th Anniversary Fan Day October 24 in Stuart Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 Features Multiple VSHF Inductees What was it like to catch Astros’ Hall of Famer Billy Wagner? ‘You knew he was really special’ Kara Lawson named head coach of USA women’s basketball Kara Lawson Dan Bonner Chesapeake’s Rudd addresses Chesapeake Sports Club Sportswrap OT: Special Guest Bruce Rader On New Role at Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Billy Wagner Inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame Virginia Tech Legend Bruce Smith Named To The AP All-Time All-American Team NOMINATION FORM Inaugural Class of the ODAC Hall of Fame Include 8 VSHF Inductees Rudd to headline Chesapeake Sports Club August luncheon The NBA integrated 75 years ago with the debuts of three Black players (Earl Lloyd) The day Billy Wagner was discovered. ‘No way this little guy is throwing that hard.’ From a poet to a fighter, meet the other Virginians in baseball’s Hall of Fame Billy Wagner is set to be immortalized in Cooperstown this weekend; town of Tazewell plans to erect a statue in 2026 Tazewell is planning a statue of Billy Wagner. Here are 8 other sports statues that Virginia needs. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are set for Hall of Fame induction Billy Wagner breaks through after decade-long wait for baseball’s highest honor Billy Wagner is now officially a Hall of Famer, the third to go in as an Astro Miller’s Wagner Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame ‘The path to greatness’: Billy Wagner inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Hall of Fame pitcher and Tazewell native will get a permanent marker in his hometown Billy Wagner inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame Search Staff UVA’s Mike Cubbage among former Charlottesville Valley Leaguers to make the Majors Wagner’s No. 13 retired by Astros weeks after HOF induction