2022 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Trustee Emeritus O.L. "Butch" Everett has supported many notable projects, playing a major role in growing, reshaping, and further enhancing the University's intercollegiate athletics program and campus community.

Everett served as a member of the President's Advisory Council prior to his election to the Board of Trustees in 1999. From 2010 to 2013, he served with distinction as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He was bestowed the designation of Trustee Emeritus in the spring of 2019, after 20 years of service to the VWU Board of Trustees.

In 2012, the Everett Tennis Center opened, providing a new home for the men's and women's tennis teams, as well as a new space to be enjoyed by the entire campus community. Named for the Trustee Emeritus and his wife, Carol, the new tennis center contains eight courts, including two championship courts and two lighted grandstand courts. The Center also features spectator-friendly fencing, a welcome gazebo, a viewing stand, and a brick facade entrance. Along with the lead gift to fund the tennis center, the Everetts created an endowment to fund future needs of the Center.

In 2016, Everett made the lead gift commitment to establish the University's men's and women's swimming programs, which first competed in the NCAA Division III and Old Dominion Athletic Conference in the fall of 2017, utilizing the Natatorium in the Jane P. Batten Student Center.

Trustee Emeritus John A. Trinder has had a significant impact on the University's athletics programs. Beginning his service on the VWU Board of Trustees in 1996, Trinder was bestowed the designation of Trustee Emeritus in 2017. His son, Kenneth G. Trinder II, was welcomed as a new member to the Board of Trustees in 2016.

Through Trinder's leadership and support, the Trinder Center and Foster Field opened in 1998, providing a home for the soccer and lacrosse programs until the opening of Birdsong Field in 2015. Today, the Trinder Center serves as a prominent entryway to the Tassos Paphites Soccer Complex, with ticketing, concessions, and an entertainment suite. A renovation, expansion, and modern upgrade for the women's locker room and facilities, also generously funded by Trinder, took place this summer.

The University further benefits from Trinder's dedication and foresight through his establishment of an Athletic Endowment in 2007, which provides support for intercollegiate athletics.

Randy Lott was a four-year letter winner and the first NCAA National Meet qualifier for either gender in both indoor and outdoor track and field after advancing to both National Meets in 2014. He became the program's first All-American after placing 7th in the 100M Dash at the 2014 Outdoor National Meet with a time of 10.76. Throughout his career, Lott qualified for the National Meet six times (twice indoor, four outdoor) and tallied 16 USTFCCCA All-Region honors.

Lott is a nine-time ODAC Individual Champion and accumulated 18 ODAC All-Conference honors during his four seasons. He still holds two ODAC records: the outdoor ODAC Championship Meet record for the men's 100M Dash (10.62) and the indoor ODAC All-Time record in the men's 200M Dash (21.80), both set in 2014. He also holds five VWU program records in the men's indoor 55M, 60M, and 200M dash events as well as the men's outdoor 100M and 200M dash events.

Lott earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Virginia Wesleyan in 2014 and completed his master's degree in special education in 2020 from George Mason University. He lives in Woodbridge, Virginia, and is a special education teacher with Arlington County Public Schools.

Ron Yuhasz was a four-year letter winner appearing in 97 games, collecting 1,312 career points with 639 rebounds, 125 assists, 113 blocks, and 60 steals. After returning from an injury during the 1998–99 season, Yuhasz came alive on the court, playing 1,584 combined minutes in the 1999–00 and 2000–01 seasons. In those two seasons alone, he amassed 1,027 points in 31 games.

Yuhasz garnered NABC All-South accolades in back-to-back seasons, earned VaSID All-State honor and ODAC First-Team All-Conference accolades in both seasons, and was crowned ODAC Player of the Year during his senior campaign, only the second men's basketball Marlin to earn this honor at the time. He is an officer in the U.S. Army and resides with his family in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

The 2017 Virginia Wesleyan University softball team had a record-breaking season en route to collecting the program's first NCAA National Championship title with an overall record of 54-3, which at the time set the NCAA Division III mark for wins in a single season.

The 2017 team accumulated six All-ODAC honors, five VaSID All-State laurels, four NFCA All-Region awards, and three NFCA All-Americans in Hanna Hull, Cassetty Howerin, and Kiersten Richardson. Hull also garnered Schutt Sports/NFCA Player and Rookie of the Year honors as well as being named a DIII Honda Award Nominee for Softball. The Marlins were the national statistical leader in earned run average (ERA) with a team mark of 0.80 and the national leader in winning percentage (.947). The coaching staff of Brandon Elliott '03, Jim Inzana, Jim Quinn, and Josh Freeman was named the NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year. Jim Inzana was also named the NFCA Division III National Assistant Coach of the Year.