Athletic History Timeline
1930-1940
Sept. 12, 1930: Norfolk Division opens its doors.
Sept. 26, 1930: Division plays first football game. Loses to Suffolk High, 7-0 in Baine Field.
Nov. 1930: Defeats So. Norfolk HS, 22-11 in first men’s basketball game played at Blair Junior High.
April 1930: Defeats Deep Creek HS, 8-3 to win first baseball game.
Oct. 14, 1932: Played Miami (Florida) in football, losing, 6-2 in the Orange Bowl.
June 18, 1935: Foreman Field project approved, first for 5,500 seats, then 15,000.
Oct. 3, 1936: Foreman Field dedicated (W&M vs. UVa.) in front of 15,000 fans.
April 1938: Cecil Griffin runs a 9.9 dash and Johnny Brown runs a 9.8 dash against Wake Forest for what is believed to have been fastest collegiate times that year.
Nov. 22, 1940: Tom Scott resigns as athletic director and football coach with a 62-19-4 record.
1941-1950
Aug. 1941: Football discontinued at the Norfolk Division, because of a $10,000 debt and a Southern Conference ruling that as a branch of William and Mary, the Division could not allow freshmen to play, which only left sophomores.
Sept. 1942: Scrap Chandler named Athletic Director as well as Head Coach for baseball, basketball and after the war, track and field and swimming.
Sept. 1947: Bud Metheny named basketball and baseball coach.
1951-1960
April 1951: Buzz Sawyer runs the fastest junior college mile in the nation with a time of 4:25.
May 1956: First four-year graduating class.
Sept. 1956: Lou Plummer named track and field coach.
Sept. 1957: Pete Robinson named wrestling and golf coach
March 1959: Leo Anthony becomes first basketball All-American.
Aug. 1959: Accepted as member of the NCAA.
Jan. 4, 1960: Played first basketball game at the Norfolk Arena vs. Hampden-Sydney.
1961-1970
April 29, 1961: Bobby Mears throws first Monarch No-Hitter.
August 1961: Special faculty committee chaired by Professor John West chose “Monarchs” as the new name for athletic teams to “link the traditions of the past to the realities of the present.”
Sept. 1961: Norfolk Division becomes 16th member of the Mason-Dixon Conference.
Aug. 2, 1962: Board chooses the name of Old Dominion College.
Sept. 1963: Bud Metheny succeeds Scrap Chandler as Athletic Director at Old Dominion.
May 31, 1963: Baseball wins NCAA College Div. East Regional.
June 6, 1964: Baseball wins second NCAA College Div. East Regional.
March 1965: Sonny Allen hired as men’s basketball coach.
Dec. 2, 1966: Ron Drews hauls in school record 33 rebounds vs. Richmond Professional Institute.
March 1966: Carl Ragland becomes first wrestling All-American at Old Dominion.
May 1966: Scrap Chandler retires as swim coach.
May 1966: Lou Cappi places fifth in the NCAA in the High Hurdles and earns College Div. All-American honors.
May 1966: George Consolvo wins NCAA Eastern Region Tennis Championship.
May 1967: George Consolvo wins second straight Eastern Region Tennis Championship.
Feb. 14, 1968: Bob Pritchett scores 67 points and Harry Lozon scores 33 vs. RPI in the Norfolk Arena. Monarchs defeat RPI, 152-110 in most points in school history.
March 1969: Carl Ragland becomes first wrestler to win NCAA National Championship, at 152 pounds.
May 1969: Old Dominion leaves the Mason Dixon to become an independent.
June 1969: Golfer J.P. Leigh places fifth in NCAA Div. II. National Championships, then competes in Division I National Championships.
Sept. 1, 1969: University status granted to Old Dominion.
Sept. 1970: Jim Jarrett named Director of Athletics
March 1970: Wayne Bright becomes second wrestler at Old Dominion to win a National Championship at 142-pounds. Then places fourth in the Div. I Championships.
Dec. 5, 1970: First regular season basketball game played at field house. Monarchs beat Washington & Lee, 84-60.
March 1970: Mary Fleet earns AIAW All-American honors in swimming, the school’s first. She outscored 36 other teams by herself and helped ODU place 14th in the National Championships.
June 1970: Harry Lozon becomes first basketball player at Old Dominion to be drafted in the NBA. He was selected in the 13th round by the San Diego Rockets.
1971-1980
March 19, 1971: Men’s basketball loses to Evansville, 97-82 in first NCAA Div. II Championship Final for Old Dominion.
May 1972: Lou Plummer retires.
March 1973: Jim Clark becomes the school’s first swimming All-American in the 100-yard freestyle.
March 1974: Terry Perdew wins the Division II wrestling National Championship at 118-pounds
Aug. 1974: Old Dominion initiates first athletic scholarships for women.
Feb. 23, 1975: The first Donna Doyle scholarship game held. Lady Monarchs defeated Virginia Tech, 95-72.
March 14, 1975: Old Dominion wins first National title, a 76-74 decision over New Orleans. Game played in Evansville, IN.
March 21, 1975: Sonny Allen named NABC and AP College Division Coach of the Year.
April 1975: Sonny Allen resigns as basketball coach
July 1975: Paul Webb named men’s basketball coach.
Nov. 1975: Soccer team advances to NCAA Div. II Regionals. Compiled a 13-2 record. Prince Attoh, the Player of the Year in Virginia, scored 26 goals in one season.
Nov. 1976: Old Dominion moves up to Division One. School joins ECAC South Conference.
Aug. 1976: Freshman Nancy Lieberman plays for USA women’s Olympic basketball team which wins silver medal in Montreal.
Dec. 1976: Men’s basketball beats Atlantic Christian, 110-71 for first win in Div. I., then beats Delaware State, 113-47 for first Div. I victory.
March 2, 1977: Old Dominion defeats Georgetown for ECAC South title.
March 9, 1977: Compete in first NIT, losing to Villanova in overtime, in Scope.
March 16, 1977: Wilson Washington becomes school’s first basketball Division I All-American.
Aug. 13, 1977: Scrap Chandler Pool dedicated.
June 1978: Marianne Stanley named as women’s head basketball coach.
Feb. 4, 1978: Inge Nissen hauls in a school record 28 rebounds against Longwood.
March 18, 1978: Women’s basketball defeats Texas, 70-60 to win Women’s NIT in Amarillo, Texas.
Dec. 19, 1978: Women’s basketball ranked Number 1 in AP poll and will hold that spot all year.
March 4, 1979: Men’s hoops defeats Clemson in double overtime in NIT second round game.
March 25, 1979: Women’s basketball defeats La. Tech, 76-65 in Greensboro, NC, for first AIAW National crown.
March, 25, 1979: Nancy Lieberman named winner of the Wade trophy.
Marianne Stanley named National Coach of the Year.
April 1979: Old Dominion signs #1 women’s basketball recruit in the nation in Anne Donovan.
Oct. 1979: State approves funds to renovate Foreman Field and build new baseball stadium.
Nov. 19, 1979: Monarchs upset Russian National team, 76-74 in overtime at Scope.
Dec. 14, 1979: Russian National team defeats women’s basketball, 76-66 in front of the largest single-game crowd for women’s collegiate game (10,237). Televised by ESPN.
Jan. 19, 1980: Men’s basketball defeats #3 Syracuse in Scope and on NBC, 68-67.
Feb. 18, 1980: First Hall of Fame Induction held.
March 1, 1980: Men’s basketball defeats Navy in the Hampton Coliseum for first NCAA Automatic Tournament bid.
March 7, 1980: Old Dominion plays UCLA in first NCAA Tournament in Tempe, AZ.
Ronnie Valentine scores 14 points to establish a new NCAA record of 101 consecutive games scoring in double figures.
March 23, 1980: Women’s basketball defeats Tennessee, 68-53 at Central Michigan for second AIAW National Championship.
April 1980: Men’s tennis player Robert Hale ranked 43rd nationally.
June 1980: Bud Metheny retires.
Dec. 11, 1980: Anne Donovan scores 50 points at Norfolk State, the most in school’s women’s basketball history.
1981-1990
Jan. 10, 1981: Men’s basketball defeats #1 DePaul in the Horizon of Chicago, IL, 63-62. DePaul’s first home loss in 48 games.
Feb. 20, 1981: 10,253 sellout crowd attends ODU vs. La. Tech women’s basketball game.
March, 1981: Women’s Lacrosse plays first intercollegiate season, with Beth Anders as head coach
Sept. 1981: Soccer team ranked fifth nationally. Highest ever.
Sept. 11, 1981: 5,003 watch Soccer vs. Philadelphia Textiles at Foreman Field.
March 26 & 28: Hosts First NCAA Women Basketball Final Four at Scope.
May 15, 1982: Old Dominion announces that it will join the Sun Belt Conference.
June 1982: Mark Wasinger becomes the school’s first Division I, first-team baseball All-American.
Nov. 20, 1982: Field Hockey wins first NCAA Title defeating UConn, 3-2.
March 6, 1982: Men’s basketball defeats James Madison, 58-57 to win ECAC Title.
June 1982: Women’s sailors win first ICYRA National Title in Seattle, WA.
Nov. 1983: Field Hockey wins second NCAA Crown. Defeated UConn, 3-1 in three overtimes.
March 1983: Anne Donovan named first Naismith Women’s Basketball Player-of-the-Year.
April 1 & 3: Hosts second NCAA Women’s Final Four at Scope.
April 1983: First Baseball Game at Bud Metheny Stadium
May 13-15, 1983: Host Sun Belt Baseball Championships.
June 1983: K.C. Fullmer becomes first sailing All-American at Old Dominion.
Nov. 1984: Soccer team wins first Sun Belt Conference title.
Nov. 1984: Field Hockey wins third NCAA Crown. ODU defeats Iowa, 5-1 in Springfield, MA.
Jan. 10, 1985: Paul Webb wins 500th, 86-60 over UNC Charlotte in Scope.
March 31, 1985: Women’s basketball defeats Georgia, 70-65 for NCAA Title in Austin, TX.
May 14, 1985: Old Dominion wins Sun Belt Baseball Title with
Sept. 22, 1985: Tom Young named Head Basketball Coach.
Nov. 23-24 1985: Old Dominion hosts NCAA Field Hockey Championships at Foreman Field.
Oct. 16, 1986: Board of Visitors approve a new logo and color change on campus. The new colors are slate blue and silver.
Nov. 22-23 1986: Host NCAA Field Hockey Final Four at Foreman Field.
Feb. 12, 1986: Men’s basketball ranked 25th nationally by Associated Press (24 votes), highest ever. Ranked 31st by USA Today (Sagrin) and 28th by The Sporting News.
March 13, 1986: Men’s basketball defeats West Virginia, 72- 64 to win first ever NCAA Tournament game in Div. I., in Greensboro, NC.
April 13, 1986: Baseball Monarchs ranked 7th nationally by Baseball America and 10th by Collegiate Baseball, highest ever.
April 1987: Marianne Stanley resigns as women’s basketball coach.
July 6, 1987: Wendy Larry named women’s basketball coach
May 1987: Women’s Sailors win National Title in New York.
March 16, 1988: Frank Smith dishes out seven assists at Ohio State to become the school’s all-time assist leader with 883.
Nov. 13, 1988: Mike Martin wins Sailing Single Handed National Championship in New London, CT.
Nov. 19, 1988: Sailors win Sloop National Championships in Santa Cruz, CA.
June 1989: Sailors win Dinghy National title in Chicago, Ill. Junior sailor Terry Hutchinson named Collegiate National Sailor of the Year. Old Dominion wins first Fowle Trophy as top Collegiate program.
Nov.19, 1989: Sailors win sloop National title in New in Charleston, SC.
Soccer advances to first NCAA Div. I Regional at Wake Forest.
Nov. 21, 1989: Field Hockey defeats Iowa, 2-1 to win fourth NCAA Championship at Penn.
May 18, 1990: Old Dominion joins the Colonial Athletic Association.
May 1990: Dee Pritchett receives the Kaufman Prize, one of the highest academic honors given at the University.
Sept. 12, 1990: 3, 207 watch first soccer match at new stadium. ODU and W&M tie, 1-1.
Nov. 23, 1990: Field Hockey defeats North Carolina, 5-0 to win fifth NCAA Championship.
June 9, 1990: Sailors win ICYRA Team Race Title in Boston. Terry Hutchinson named National Sailor of the Year (2nd straight year). Old Dominion awarded its second straight Fowle Trophy as the top collegiate program.
1991-2000
March 27, 1991: Oliver Purnell named Head Basketball Coach.
May 22, 1991: Golfer Jon Hurst takes 6th in NCAA East Regional at Yale.
June 1991: Chris Gatling becomes first Monarch basketball player drafted in first round of NBA draft.
June 5, 1991: Jon Hurst becomes first ODU golfer to reach NCAA Championships, in Monterey, California.
Nov. 7, 1991: Soccer defeats JMU for first CAA title. Field Hockey wins second CAA title for ODU.
Nov. 22, 1991: Field Hockey wins sixth NCAA national title. Defeated North Carolina, 2-0.
March 9, 1992: Men’s basketball wins CAA Title by beating JMU in the Richmond Coliseum.
March 14, 1992: Women’s Basketball defeats East Carolina for CAA Title at Old Dominion.
July 20, 1992: 4,200 watch the USA Olympic Soccer team tie Bermuda, 1-1 at the soccer stadium. Head Coach Ralph Perez served as a special assistant for the USA, while Paul Caan and Neil Paynter played for Bermuda.
Nov. 22, 1992: Field Hockey wins 7th NCAA title in Richmond. Sailors win Sloop for its 8th ICYRA National title in Honolulu, HI.
Mar. 13, 1993: Women’s basketball wins second consecutive CAA Tournament with win over William and Mary.
April 13, 1993: Old Dominion announces gender equity compliance plan and the addition of women’s soccer and the elimination of men’s cross country.
June 1993: Baseball pitcher, Wayne Gomes is the fourth overall first round selection in draft by Philadelphia.
March 1994: Jody Staylor places second in the NCAA Wrestling National Championships at 126 lbs.
April 26, 1994: Jeff Capel named men’s basketball coach.
May 1994: Kevin Larkin receives the Kaufman Prize, one of the highest academic honors given at the University.
May 16, 1994: Anne Donovan is inducted into the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American Hall of Fame.
May 22, 1994: Baseball captures first CAA title.
July 12, 1994: Tony Guzzo named head baseball coach.
Sept. 3, 1994: Women’s soccer defeats Virginia. Wesleyan, 2-0 for inaugural win.
Sept. 1994: Darryl Cummings named Director of men’s and women’s tennis.
Nov. 6, 1994: Field Hockey captures fourth straight CAA title.
Dec. 1994: Miguel Rosa is ranked 45th nationally in tennis.
Feb. 5, 1995: Wendy Larry wins 200th career game with win at William and Mary.
Feb.16, 1995: Lady Monarchs defeat Richmond to set CAA win streak at 49 games.
March 11, 1995: Lady Monarchs win fourth straight CAA title in basketball.
March 14, 1995: Lady Monarchs ranked 25th in final AP Hoop Poll.
March 17, 1995: Old Dominion defeats third seed and Big East Champion Villanova, 89-81 in triple overtime in the NCAA Regional at Albany, NY.
March 18, 1995: Heavyweight Nick Hall places fifth at NCAA Wrestling Championships to earn All-American honors.
April 23, 1995: Women’s lacrosse captures first CAA title with 9-7 overtime win vs. Delaware.
April 26, 1995: Joe Pereira named head women’s soccer coach.
May 17, 1995: Anne Donovan is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.
May 21, 1995: Baseball Monarchs capture second straight CAA Title.
July 11, 1995: KC Fullmer resigns as head sailing coach.
August 7, 1995: Mitch Brindley named head sailing coach.
Oct. 1, 1995: Sophomore women’s tennis player, Tzipi Obziler captures the National Clay Court title in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dec. 10, 1995: Samantha Salvia, senior field hockey player, becomes the university’s first Rhodes Scholar.
Dec. 12, 1995: Tzipi Obziler is ranked number one in the nation by the ITA.
Feb. 5, 1996: Lady Monarchs return to the nation’s top ten for the first time since 1985, with a #10 ranking in the AP and USA Today polls.
Mar. 11, 1996: The Lady Monarch basketball squad is ranked #6 in the final AP poll, and 10th in the final USA Today poll.
Mar. 18, 1996: The Lady Monarch basketball team defeats Toledo 72-66 to advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.
Sept. 22, 1996: Field hockey ends UNC’s 29-game win streak with a 4-3 overtime victory at UNC.
Nov. 23, 1996: Field hockey advances to NCAA Semifinals.
Nov. 24, 1996: Sailing captures ICYRA Collegiate Singlehanded National Championships in Annapolis, Md. and took 5th place at Sloop Nationals.
Dec. 17, 1996: #4 ranked Lady Monarchs defeated #1 ranked Stanford 83-76 in Norfolk.
Mar. 2, 1997: Lady Monarchs defeat East Carolina 83-46 in Richmond for their sixth straight CAA basketball crown.
Mar. 3, 1997: Men’s basketball captures CAA title with 62-58 overtime win against JMU.
Mar. 24, 1997: Lady Monarchs defeat #7 Florida 52-51 to advance to the NCAA Final Four for first time since 1985.
Mar. 28, 1997: Lady Monarchs defeat #3 Stanford 83-82 in overtime to advance to NCAA championship game.
Mar. 29, 1997: Ticha Penicheiro and Clarisse Machanguana named Kodak All-Americans. Wendy Larry named National Coach of the Year by Sporting News, RCA, and US Basketball Writers Association.
Mar. 30, 1997: Lady Monarchs lose 68-59 to Tennessee in NCAA Championship
Nov. 25, 1997: Mark Poag goes 9 for 9 in treys vs. VMI to set a new NCAA record.
Feb., 21, 1998: Men’s Swimming & Diving captures ODU’s 1st CAA Title & go undefeated.
May 30, 1998: Sailors capture ICYRA Dinghy National.
June 3, 1998: Sailors capture ICYRA Dinghy National Championships.
Jan. 1999: Beth Anders named National Field Hockey Coach-of- the-Year.
Feb. 1999: Ted Constant donates $5 million to the convocation center project.
June 1999: Cal Bowdler picked 17th in the NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks
Aug. 1999: Sports Illustrated for Women selects ODU as the 19th best college for women’s athletics.
Nov. 8, 1999: Men’s soccer rises to 13th in the NSCAA National Poll
Nov. 27, 1999: Capel wins 100th game at ODU with a 61-57 decision over Central Florida.
Dec. 24, 1999: Gray Simons, wrestling coach, is named by Sports Illustrated as the 3rd greatest athlete of the 20th century in Virginia.
2000-2010
Mar. 1, 2000: Junior Andre McCullum is selected to the NABC Student Advisor Board.
Mar. 11, 2000: women’s basketball defeats UNCW, 92-49 to win an NCAA record ninth straight CAA title.
Oct. 15, 2000: Women’s soccer coach Joe Pereira wins his 200th career match
with a victory over American
Nov. 19, 2000: Field Hockey captures ninth NCAA National Crown with 3-1 win
over North Carolina. Marina DiGiacomo becomes NCAA All-Time points leader with 414 points, and becomes the fifth Lady Monarch to be presented the Honda Award.
Feb. 1 , 2001: Men’s soccer player Atilla Vendegh named Freshman All-American by Soccer America, school’s first.
April 12, 2001: Blaine Taylor named Men’s basketball head coach.
April 22, 2001: Women’s tennis team defeats W&M, 4-0 to win first CAA title
July 15, 2001: Lacrosse coach Sue Stahl leads USA to their fourth world cup title.
May 12, 2001: Women’s tennis team competes in their first ever NCAA Tournament. Nataly Cahana becomes first Division I Tennis All-American.
May 22, 2002: Old Dominion announces women’s golf to be added and women’s cross country to be dropped from the curriculum.
June 1, 2002: Women’s sailing squad captures the ICSA National Championship in Honolulu, HI.
Oct. 25, 2002: The Ted Constant Convocation Center opens.
Nov. 10, 2002: Anna Tunnicliffe win the ICSA Singlehanded National Championship in Houston, TX. It is ODU’s 13th National Championship in that sport.
Nov. 23, 2002: Men’s Soccer beats Richmond, 3-0 to win the school’s first ever NCAA DIV. I Men’s soccer tournament first round game.
Dec. 9, 2002: Tiffany Snow becomes the sixth ODU field hockey player to win the Honda Award in that sport
April 22, 2003: Men’s golf captures the school’s first ever CAA Championship in a one hole playoff with UNCW. and Geoffrey Harris win the individual championship.
May 17, 2003: ODU’s men’s golf team places 15th at the NCAA West Regionals. It was the school’s first ever NCAA Div. I tournament.
August, 2003: Pitcher Justin Verlander goes 5-1 for Team USA and helps earn a silver medal in the Pan Am Games.
Oct. 7, 2003: Men’s Soccer ranked second nationally by SOCCER AMERICA
Nov. 23, 2003: Anna Tunnicliffe becomes the first collegiate sailor to win back to back ICSA women’s singlehanded national championships. Championships were held in St. Petersburg, FL.
April 23, 2004: Nataly Cahana named CAA Women’s Tennis Player of the Year for the fourth straight year.
May 30, 2004: Men’s tennis doubles players Izak van der Merwe and Zoltan Csanadi reach the semi- finals of the NCAA National Championships, eventually losing to the 3rd seed team from Georgia. Both became ODU’s first ITA All-American.
June 7, 2004: Baseball pitcher Justin Verlander becomes the highest Monarch ever selected in the draft. He was the second overall pick of the first round by Detroit.
June 4, 2004: Steve Martin named new wrestling coach.
July 19, 2004: Jerry Meyers named new baseball coach.
August, 2004: ODU Alumni Charlie Ogletree (sailing), Marina DiGiacomo (Argentina F.Hockey), and Macha van der Vaart (Netherlands F.Hockey) earn medals at the Olympics in Athens, Greece.
June 6, 2005: Anna Tunnicliffe named Collegiate Women’s sailor of the Year.
Sept., 28, 2005: Alex Loughton named third team pre-season All-American by Street & Smith’s magazine.
Nov. 4, 2006: Women’s Soccer wins CAA Tournament and advances to first ever NCAA Tournament
Nov. 18, 2006: Men’s Soccer advances to third round of NCAA Tournament for first time in program history
Dec. 4, 2006: Two fall first team All-Americans in Edson Elcock (Men’s Soccer) and Caroline Nichols (Field Hockey)
Feb. 7, 2007: Bobby Wilder hired as the school’s first football coach since 1940
Mar. 11, 2007: Women’s Basketball wins 16th consecutive year CAA title
Apr. 22, 2007: Men’s Golf, freshman John Murphy win CAA titles
May 25, 2007: Sailing hosts ICSA Women’s National Championship
July 20, 2007: Soccer offices and locker rooms completed at the ODU Soccer Complex
Aug. 8, 2007: Jim Jarrett named a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by NACDA
Sept. 29, 2007: Folkes Stevens Indoor Tennis Center opens with 8 indoor courts and 16 outdoor courts
Oct. 12, 2007: Football season ticket applications available and over 2,700 orders placed in first day
Nov. 18, 2007: Men’s Soccer wins CAA title in penalty kicks; advances to third round of NCAA Tournament
Mar. 16, 2008: Women’s Basketball wins 17th consecutive and final CAA title
Mar. 22-25, 2008: NCAA Women’s Basketball Norfolk Subregional hosted at The Ted
Mar. 25, 2008: Women’s Basketball advances to Sweet 16 on a buzzer-beating three by Jazzmin Walters vs. Virginia
July 24, 2008: Wrestling addition completed at the Athletic Administration Building, featuring practice gym and offices
Aug. 4, 2008: Soccer practice field completed adjacent to stadium
Aug. 19, 2008: Sailing alumna Anna Tunnicliffe wins gold medal at Beijing Olympics in Laser Radial
Sept. 13, 2008: L.R. Hill Sports Complex is completed, with two football practice fields and a field hockey/lacrosse stadium
Oct. 18, 2008: Women’s Rowing begins first competitive season
Mar. 21, 2009: Ryan Williams finishes second at 141 pounds at the NCAA Championships
Sept. 4, 2009: First ODU football game in 69 years vs. Chowan at Foreman Field; ODU wins, 36-21
Nov. 21, 2009: Football posts 8-3 record in first season, the best startup record of any program in FCS history
Oct. 14, 2009: Jim Jarrett inducted into Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame
Mar. 8, 2010: Men’s Basketball wins CAA title; earns 10th bid to NCAA Tournament
Mar. 18, 2010: Men’s Basketball, seeded 11th, upsets 6th-seeded Notre Dame in first round of NCAA Tournament
May 11, 2010: CJ Huyett throws no-hitter vs. UMES with 11 strikeouts
July 1, 2010: Dr. Camden Wood Selig named athletic director following the retirement of Jim Jarrett
July 6, 2010: Sports Information Director Carol Hudson inducted into CoSIDA Hall of Fame
Nov. 18, 2010: Men’s Soccer upsets defending NCAA Champion, Virginia, in first round of NCAA Tournament
2011-Present
Jan. 1, 2011: Big Blue named Capital One National Mascot of the Year
Feb. 4, 2011: Rowing Center opens at Lakewood Park
Mar. 17, 2011: Men’s Basketball falls to Butler on buzzer beater in first round of NCAA Tournament
Apr. 1, 2011: Kent Bazemore wins the Lefty Driesell Award given to the nation’s top defensive player
June 8, 2011: Women’s Basketball names Karen Barefoot as head coach
June 22, 2011: Baseball names Chris Finwood as head coach
June 29, 2011: Men’s Tennis names Aljosa Piric as head coach
Sept. 6, 2011: Women’s Tennis names Dominic Manilla as head coach
Nov. 21, 2011: ODU alum Justin Verlander first pitcher to win Cy Young, MVP since Dennis Eckersley in 1992
Nov. 26, 2011: Football defeats Norfolk State in first round of FCS playoffs
May 17, 2012: Old Dominion moves to Conference USA after leaving the CAA; football moves to FBS
June 20, 2012: Lacrosse names Heather Holt as head coach
July 26, 2012: Kent Bazmore signs NBA contract with the Golden State Warriors
Nov. 12, 2012: Legendary Field Hockey head coach Beth Anders retires as all-time winningest coach in NCAA history
Nov. 26, 2012: Field Hockey hosts NCAA Final Four at L.R. Hill Sports Complex
Dec. 1, 2012: Football defeats Coastal Carolina in first round of FCS Playoffs
Dec. 17, 2012: Taylor Heinicke wins Walter Payton Award as the top player in FCS
Dec. 18, 2012: Field Hockey names Andrew Griffiths as head coach
Mar. 30 & Apr. 1, 2013: NCAA Women’s Basketball Norfolk Regional hosted at The Ted
Apr. 4, 2013: Men’s Basketball names Jeff Jones as head coach
June 1, 2013: Women’s Lacrosse joins the Atlantic Sun conference
Aug. 5, 2013: Women’s Golf names Andy Crabtree as head coach
Nov. 24, 2013: Field Hockey hosts NCAA Final Four for second consecutive year
Dec. 4, 2013: Women’s Basketball sets attendance record on Education Day with crowd of 8,086
Feb. 4, 2014: Angie Hind named as Women’s Soccer head coach
Apr. 29, 2014: Baseball upsets No. 1 Virginia, 8-1, at Harbor Park
May 30, 2014: Baseball earns at-large bid to NCAA Regional; first NCAA bid since 2000
Nov. 16, 2014: Men’s Soccer hosts and wins Conference USA Tournament; first C-USA title for any sport
Feb. 19, 2015: Rachel Eckert wins the 1 and 3-meter dives at the C-USA Championships and becomes first ODU diver to compete at the NCAA Championships
Mar. 21, 2015: Wrestling records two All-Americans in Chris Mecate and Alexander Richardson for first time since 1991
Mar. 21, 2015: Tristan Warner wins second consecutive Elite 89 Award for Wrestling; second wrestler to accomplish feat
Mar. 25, 2015: Trey Freeman hits “The Shot” to lead Men’s Basketball over Murray State and into NIT Final Four
Apr. 19, 2015: Men’s Tennis hosts the Conference USA Championship
Apr. 28, 2015: Baseball upsets No. 23 Virginia in front of record crowd of 6,029 at Harbor Park
Sept. 6, 2015: Taylor Heinicke makes the Minnesota Vikings 53-man roster; first Monarch to make roster out of camp
Dec. 15, 2015: ODU Women’s Basketball becomes the fourth NCAA Division I program to have 1,000 wins when the Lady Monarchs won at Howard, 83-64.
Dec. 28, 2015: Rick Lovato becomes first Monarch to play in the NFL, making seven snaps for the Green Bay Packers in week 15 against the Arizona Cardinals. Lovato played in four games for the Packers in 2015.
March 18, 2016: Chris Mecate becomes ODU’s first back-to-back All-American in 40 years with a fifth place finish at the NCAA Championships.
March 30, 2016: Old Dominion Men’s Basketball wins the inaugural Vegas 16 with a 68-67 victory over Oakland in the championship game
April 23, 2016: Former Women’s Basketball head coach Marianne Stanley inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
May 8, 2016: Women’s Lacrosse wins the Atlantic Sun tournament with an overtime win over Detroit to advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time in the program’s history
December 23, 2016: ODU defeates Eastern Michigan 24-20 in the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
May 24, 2017: Nikki McCray named seventh head coach of ODU women's basketball
November 12, 2017: Men's Soccer wins second C-USA Championship in four years with 1-0 win over Charlotte
February 4, 2018: Rick Lovato helps the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, becoming the first former Monarch to win a Super Bowl
April 22, 2018: Men's tennis swept through the C-USA Championships to earn their first conference championship in 24 years. ODU beat FAU 4-0 to clinch the championship
May 7-9, 2018: Women's Golf received at-large bid to compete in NCAA Tournament, finishes 14th at Madison Regional