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Available for both men and women. If interested, please contact Donald Culpepper at 1-248-804-8940.
Available for both men and women. If interested, please contact Donald Culpepper at 1-248-804-8940.
2026 Hall of Fame Inductee, Johnny Morris
Norcum High School - Portsmouth, VA
2026 Hall of Fame Inductee, Ray L. Gillespie
John M. Langston High School -
Danville, VA
John M. Langston High School -
Danville, VA
2026 Hall of Fame Inductee, Tommy Reamon, Sr.
Warwick High School –
Newport News, VA
Warwick High School –
Newport News, VA
2026 Hall of Fame Inductee, Horace S. Savage, Jr.
Norcum High School –
Portsmouth, VA
Norcum High School –
Portsmouth, VA
2026 Hall of Fame Inductee, Sheila B. Coates
Douglas High School – Leesburg, VA
Douglas High School – Leesburg, VA
2026 Hall of Fame Inductee, Donald A. Byers
Jackson P. Burley High School – Charlottesville, VA
Jackson P. Burley High School – Charlottesville, VA
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Coach Gene Thompson, Six Times Hall of Fame Awardee - Keynote Speech Highlights, June 25, 2022 – VIA Banquet Charlottesville, [...]
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Jim Crow Era Achievers Honored 50+ Years Later
The Virginia Interscholastic Association (VIA) Hall of Fame was created in 2014 to recognize Virginia’s Black teachers, coaches [...]
Dr. Latorial Faison, KeyNote Speaker
Dr. Latorial Faison is a twenty-eight-year military spouse married to COL (Retired US Army) Carl J. Faison. They have three sons. [...]
Carl B. Jackson, Jackson P. Burley High School –Charlottesville, VA
Carl B. Jackson is a Charlottesville native and a 1956 graduate of Jackson P. Burley High School. Carl began playing with the Bur [...]
Eric R. “Duke” McCaskill, Sr, Huntington High School, Newport News, Virginia
Eric R. “Duke” McCaskill is a native of the East End of Newport News, Virginia. He attended the all black Huntington High Sch [...]
Alvin N. Puryear, George P. Phenix High School – Hampton, Virginia
Alvin N. Puryear, PhD. was a University educator, church, civic and community leader, and a distinguished alumni leader at Yale U [...]
Douglas M. Smith, George P. Phenix High School – Hampton, Virginia
Douglas Smith is a native of Hampton, Virginia. He attended George P. Phenix High School from 1957 – 1960. At Phenix, he was kn [...]
Walter “Rock” Greene, Jackson P. Burley High School – Charlottesville, Virginia
Walter “Rock” Greene was an incredible coach, mentor, and teacher at Jackson P. Burley High School in Charlottesville, Virgin [...]
Thomas Hooker, Southside High School – Dinwiddie, Virginia
Thomas Hooker was born in Raleigh, North Carolina as the youngest of seven children to Nathaniel Hooker Sr., and Della Hooker. Th [...]
Louis Johnson, Parker-Gray High School – Alexandria, Virginia
Louis Johnson was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he attended Jefferson High School. [...]
Mary Winston Jackson, George P. Phenix High School – Hampton, Virginia
Mary Winston Jackson was born on April 21, 1921 in Hampton, Virginia. She grew up in Hampton where she was an honor graduate of G [...]
Frank J. Smith, Armstrong High School – Richmond, Virginia
Frank J. Smith grew up in Richmond, Virginia where he attended Armstrong High School. At Armstrong, he played four years of footb [...]
VIA Heritage Association Announces 2026 Hall of Fame Induction Class
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – March 30, 2026 – The VIA Heritage Association is proud to announce its eleventh Hall of Fame class [...]
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