NORFOLK, Va. – Four former standouts and an administrative trailblazer will be inducted into the Old Dominion Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2022, ODU Director of Athletics Dr. Wood Selig announced on Thursday. Terry Bell (Baseball), David Horst (Men's Soccer), TJ Jordan (Women's Basketball), Craig Wilkins (Football) and Debbie White (Administration) will receive the honor the morning of the ODU Football game against Georgia Southern on Saturday, Oct. 22 to highlight Homecoming weekend.
Bell was a two-time first-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection in 1982-83 and a first-team All-American in 1983 when he hit .400 with seven home runs and 63 RBIs. He was taken in the first round of the MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners and played in the Major Leagues for Kansas City and Atlanta.
Horst was a two-time CAA Defensive Player of the Year, three-time first-team All-CAA honoree and two-time All-Region defensive selection. He was a first round pick in the MLS Super Draft and played 10 seasons in the MLS for Real Salt Lake, Portland and Houston.
A sharpshooter for the women's basketball team, T.J. Jordan was a three-time All-CAA selection and twice was named the MVP of the CAA Tournament. Jordan ranks 15th in program history with 1,525 points and still holds the ODU record for career three-pointers made with 323.
Wilkins was the defensive leader for the Monarch football team in its first four years, helping lead the team to a pair of FCS playoff appearances and a CAA Championship in 2012. A two-time All-CAA honoree, he was an All-American in 2012. Wilkins led the squad in tackles in three seasons and still holds a handful of defensive records.
Debbie White spent 37 years at Old Dominion working a variety of roles in the external relations department before ultimately retiring in 2016 as senior associate athletic director for external relations. White has already been inducted into three halls of fame, the CoSIDA (Sports Information Director's of America) Hall of Fame (2017), the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame (2017) and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (2019).
Doors open at 8 a.m. and the ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22 in the Priority Automotive Club at Kornblau Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium. A limited amount of tickets will go on sale at a later date.
TERRY BELL – BASEBALL - 1980-83 – Catcher - Dayton, Ohio
The 17th overall pick of the 1st round in 1983 by the Seattle Mariners
1983 1st team Sporting News All-American
1983 1st team ABCA Coaches All-American
Played for US National team at world Championships in 1982 S. Korea
1st team All-Sun Belt in 1983 & ABCA All-District in 1982 & 1983
1st team all ECAC South Conference selection
Hit .400 in 1983 for ODU with seven homers/63 RBI in 52 games
Hit .355 as a freshman & .358 as a sophomore/ .372 career average
Played for Kansas City Royals in 1986 & Atlanta Braves in 1987.
DAVID HORST - MEN'S SOCCER – 2004-07 - Defender - Pine Grove, Pa.
Two-Time CAA Defensive Player of the Year 2006-07
Two-Time First Team NSCAA All-Region selection
Three-Time All-CAA selection
2007 2nd Team All-American College Soccer News
Helped lead ODU to two straight NCAA Rounds of 16 2006-07
2007 Tom Scott Award Winner as ODU's top senior athlete (Norfolk Sports Club)
1st round and 14th overall pick in MLS Super Draft by Real Salt Lake
Played 10 seasons in MLS (Real Salt Lake; Portland/Houston) - Retired in 2018
Major: Civil Engineering
CRAIG WILKINS - FOOTBALL - 2009-13 – Linebacker - Washington, DC.
All-CAA in 2012 (2nd team), in 2011 (1st team)
Third team Phil Steele All-American 2012
Led ODU in tackles with 90 and 6.5 sacks & 3 interceptions in 2012
Led ODU in tackles three straight years.
First Monarch to register 100 tackles in a season.
Graduated as ODU's all-time leader in tackles, sacks, fumbles recovered &
Tied for Interceptions. Still holds records for fumble recoveries and interceptions
Four-time captain
Majoring: Sports Management and recreation & tourism studies.
T.J JORDAN – WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2005-08 – Guard - Portsmouth, Va.
Helped lead ODU to a 31-5 record, the CAA Title & Sweet 16
15th All-Time scorer at ODU with 1,525 career points
ODU & CAA's All-Time 3PT scorer with 323 made
Three-Time All-CAA (2-time First Team Selection)
Three-Time CAA All-Tournament selection
Two-Time CAA Tournament MVP 2007 & 08
Graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies-Special Education
ADMINISTRATORS/COACHES CATEGORY
DEBBIE H WHITE – Administration - Lexington, Va. - 1979-16
Served as Asst Sports Information Dir/ SID Sr. Assoc. Athletic Dir. & Sr. Assoc. AD
Served on NCAA, Naismith HOF Fame & US Olympic Committees
NCAA Media liaison team & press moderator at NCAA Women's Final Four 1986-2006
Media Coordinating Team at 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Past President of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tidewater Region
First Female Sportswriter in Virginia 1974-77 at Daily Press
Presented CoSIDA Trailblazer Award in 2006
Presented CoSIDA Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
Inducted into CoSIDA Hall of Fame 2017
Inducted into Hampton Roads Sports HOF 2017
Inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame 2019
Graduated: Undergraduate - from West Virginia University
Master's: in Education from College of William & Mary
Old Dominion to Induct Five into Sports Hall of Fame
