ODAC student-athletes won titles and set records up and down league and school histories during the 2022-23 campaign. But that success was not limited to their athletic arenas with conference student-athletes excelling in the classroom. Conference leadership is proud to recognize 2,514 honorees on the 2022-23 ODAC All-Academic Team.
The ODAC is pleased to announce that Stacey Staley has officially joined the conference office as its Director of Championships. She steps into the DOC role vacated by Haley Overstreet, who left the position to step back into the Division III coaching ranks in February.
University of Lynchburg baseball head coach Lucas Jones won the American Baseball Coaches Association and ATEC Sports Division III coach of the year award announced Wednesday.
The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced their finalized lists of Ping All-American awards on Tuesday. Five ODAC standouts earned recognition on the four-team list of honorees.
For the first time in conference history, the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament champion wears an ODAC-member jersey. The University of Lynchburg erased a pair of deficits and closed out a its first trip to the Division III final eight playoffs with the first baseball championship in ODAC and program history via a 7-6 score over Johns Hopkins University on Thursday evening on PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Johns Hopkins University posted an 11-6 victory over the University of Lynchburg in the first of two possible games in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship final best-of-three series on Thursday afternoon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The result forces a winner-take-all third game of the series set for approximately 3:45 p.m. ET on PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Zack Potts became the third straight University of Lynchburg starter to go the distance in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday afternoon as he kept top-seeded Johns Hopkins University's offense in check on the way to a 5-2 victory in game one of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship final series on PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Two schools added to their ODAC histories of high honors on Tuesday afternoon with the announcement of the Marjorie Berkley and Harry G. "Doc" Jopson Awards following a vote of the ODAC Board of Directors. Washington and Lee University field hockey standout Tess Muneses and Roanoke College basketball star Kasey Draper collected this year's high honors.
Muneses increases W&L's record-high number of Berkley Award winners to 13 overall as she is the third General to garner the award in the last four years. Draper is the second recipient of the Jopson Award in Roanoke history, joining Brandon Ketron's recognition from the 2011-12 campaign.
Inaugurated in 1984 and 1981, respectively, the Marjorie Berkley and Harry G. "Doc" Jopson Scholar-Athlete Awards are given each spring to member institution seniors and conference sport participants who exhibit the highest athletic, academic, and extracurricular achievements. Ms. Berkley began her collegiate teaching career at then Lynchburg College. Several years later, she moved to Hollins University where she coached tennis, field hockey, and soccer, and served as the athletic director for 30 years.
The Jopson Award is named in honor of the Bridgewater College professor and coach who retired in 1981 following 45 years at BC. Dr. Jopson, who initiated and directed the Eagles' cross country and track & field programs, led his teams to ODAC indoor track & field titles in 1979, 1980 and 1981, and outdoor crowns from 1978 through 1981.
Senior righty Wesley Arrington fired the second straight complete game for the University of Lynchburg at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship to propel the Hornets to a 7-1 victory over East Texas Baptist University on Monday afternoon on PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Brandon Pond tossed a complete-game with nine strikeouts to lead the University of Lynchburg to an 8-3 victory over East Texas Baptist University on Saturday night at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship on PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The win puts the Hornets one triumph away from the best-of-three final series for the NCAA's walnut and bronze prize.
The University of Lynchburg won its first game at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship at PG Cares Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, greeting the Hornets faithful that traveled to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a with a late-night 8-6 triumph over the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
University of Lynchburg closer Jack Bachmore earned two First Team All-American awards and Shenandoah University outfielder Gavin Harding picked up one First Team All-America accolade to headline the ODAC's representation from the postseason awards processes conducted by D3baseball.com and the ABCA.
Randolph-Macon College sophomore righty Gracie Ellis is the lone representative from an ODAC school recognized as an All-American by the NFCA on Thursday. The two-time ODAC Pitcher of the Year was named a Third Team All-America selection.
The Women's Golf Coaches Association has announced its new Board of Directors, effective June 1, 2023 and Washington and Lee University's Jane Hopkinson-Wood is among those on the board.
Randolph College Director of Athletics Tom Galbraith announced today that Randolph alumnus and former student-athlete and assistant coach Prince Charles has been selected the next head coach of the WildCats women's lacrosse team.
ODAC Announces 2022-23 All-Academic Team
July 14, 2023ODAC student-athletes won titles and set records up and down league and school histories during the 2022-23 campaign. But that success was not limited to their athletic arenas with conference student-athletes excelling in the classroom. Conference leadership is proud to recognize 2,514 honorees on the 2022-23 ODAC All-Academic Team.
