Hall Call Podcast

The lead-in to the 2024 Induction continues with our next episode of the #HallCall Interview Series & Podcast. We'll be joined by incoming inductee, Craig Littlepage. In 17 years as Director of Athletics for the University of Virginia, he helped elevate UVA top ten overall athletics program in Division-I athletics. In that time, UVA programs won 13 NCAA National Championships, and 76 ACC Championships, the most of any ACC member school during that time. Littlepage and the rest of the Class of 2024 will be inducted April 20 in Henrico County.

2024 Virginia Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Hal Nunnally, left a lasting legacy at his coaching stops. The Petersburg native had great success as a men's basketball coach at Tidewater Academy, and Randolph-Macon College. While illness prohibited him from playing sports, he became a true student of the game, and left his mark from the sidelines. On this episode of the #HallCall Interview Series, we will talk about that impact and Coach Nunnally's legacy with 3 of his former R-MC players, Paul Gartlan, Dave Meleski, and Reed O'Brien.

The march towards the 2024 Induction continues with the #HallCall Interview Series. On this episode we will catch up with 2024 Distinguished Virginian Award recipient, Rick Jeffrey. Jeffrey played basketball for Hampden-Sydney College, but his greatest contribution to sports came through his service with Special Olympics Virginia. Jeffrey retired from SOVA as the longest serving President in the organization's history, 22 years, and helped Special Olympics Virginia impact thousands of athletes and their families.

We are OFFICIALLY in 2024 Induction season! Join the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and its #HallCallPodcast as we catch up with 2024 Inductee, Jill Ellis. Jill's journey has taken her from the UK to Northern Virginia, to William & Mary, and eventually the top of the world as a 2x World Cup winning manager with the US Women's National Team (2015 and 2019). A successful head coach and manager at the collegiate and international levels, Ellis is now the Team President for the San Diego Wave in the NWSL. Ellis and the rest of the Class of 2024 will be inducted, April 20 in Henrico County, but the excitement is starting to build with #HallCall.

Portsmouth, VA native, and 2014 VSHF Inductee, LaTasha Colander Clark, garnered 8 All-American honors during her NCAA career at UNC Chapel-Hill, before becoming an Olympic champion, winning gold in the 4x400m relay at the 2000 Sydney Games. She'll join #HallCall to talk Olympic preparations, as well as her career away from the track, including her own podcast, Christ Talk.

1998 VSHF Inductee, Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, blazed a trail on the track becoming the 1st African-American woman to win Olympic gold in the 100m hurdles. Now she is making her impact in the community as the CEO of Multiplying Good. In her post athletic career she has highlighted the values and benefits of sports participation through numerous philanthropic endeavors. On this episode of the #HallCall Interview Series we will discuss her accomplishments on and off the track.

1996 VSHF Inductee, Lanny Wadkins, joined the #HallCall Interview Series to discuss the changing landscape in professional golf. With the PGA and LIV Tours fighting for supremacy, Wadkins shared his insight on the future of professional golf. Wadkins is a 21 time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 1977 PGA Championship. He is a 2009 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee.

2008 VSHF Inductee, Jerome Kersey, rose from humble beginnings in Clarksville, VA to become an NBA Champion. Through his time growing up in Clarksville to attending college at Longwood, and NBA stops with Portland, Golden State, LA Lakers, Seattle, San Antonio, and Milwaukee, Kersey made an impact on many of the people he came across. While he sadly passed away in 2015, his life is remembered through the recent book “Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds”, by 6x Oregon Sportswriter of the Year, Kerry Eggers. On this episode of #HallCall, we will catch up with two people impacted by Kersey, Rohn Brown and Bryan Kersey, both of whom were at Longwood during Jerome Kersey’s 4 years on campus.

1998 VSHF Inductee, George Allen, is the only head coach in NFL history with at least 10 seasons in charge on the sidelines to not experience a losing season. The 2002 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee had a tenacity that led him from small colleges to the NFL. Now his life and journey have been chronicled in the new book, "George Allen: A Football Life". On the next episode of the #HallCall Interview Series we will catch up with the author, Mike Richman, and the former Governor of Virginia, George Allen, and dive in to the life and legacy of the legendary coach. Richman has authored numerous books detailing the history of the Washington Redskins now Commanders franchise

Award winning Senior Fantasy Sports Writer for The Athletic, Jake Ciely, will join the #HallCall Interview Series to help get you ready for your fantasy football draft. Ciely is consistently ranked as one of the top fantasy football prognosticators in the country, and brings his expertise to the #HallCall Interview Series for the 5th consecutive year.