NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion University Athletics will induct five new numbers into the Old Dominion Sports Hall of Fame, ODU announced on Thursday. Nick Mayers (Football), Dana Sensenig (Field Hockey), Chris Haywood (Men’s Soccer), Jim Ambrose (Baseball) and Andy Zucker (Strength Coach) will be the 2025 ODU Sports Hall of Fame class and inducted during a dinner on Friday, Sept. 26 in Chartway Arena.
More information about the The Jeff and Billye Chernitzer Athletics Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction ceremony, including when tickets will go on sale will be announced shortly.
NICK MAYERS – FOOTBALL, WR, Virginia Beach, Va., 2009-12
First Team All-CAA in 2012 & 2011
2012 - All-American: College Sports (2nd team)
2012 - Phil Steele All-American (4th)
2012 - BSN (HM All-American)
Ranked 7th nationally in FCS with 1,233 yards in 2012.
Tied for 2nd in FCS with 16 touchdowns in 2012.
Holds ODU single-season records with 79 catches for 1,233 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2012.
Third in ODU history with 190 receptions, third in receiving yards with 2,688 and tied for second in touchdowns with 30.
(12) 100 yard career receiving games.
Major: Criminal Justice
DANA SENSENIG, Field Hockey, Midfielder, Denver, Pa., 2003-06
Three-time All-American/ 3-time All-South Region/Olympian
2006 3rd team NFHCA All-American/ 1st team Women’s Field Hockey.com
2005 2nd team NFHCA All-American and Women’s Field Hockey.com
2004 3rd team NFHCA All-American
Scored 59 career goals and 171 career total points (8th all-time at ODU)
2005 4th nationally in points 53
Led ODU in scoring with 56 goals and 16 assists in 2006.
CAA Top Scholar Athlete for Field Hockey in 2006/ 3-time NFHCA All-Academic
3-time first team All-CAA and CAA All-Tournament
CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2005
U.S. Olympic squad in 2008 which placed 8th - Beijing, China
2004 named to US Field Hockey under 21 team
Majored in Physical Education
CHRIS HAYWOOD – Men’s Soccer, 1986-90
1987 NSCAA Third Team All-American
Helped lead ODU to two Sun Belt Conference Titles in 1987 and 1989
1987 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year
Three-time All-Sun Belt Conference first team selection
Three-time NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region 1987, 88 and 89
Two-time VaSID All-State
Second all-time at ODU with 28 career total assists/team best 11 assists in 1988
Ninth All-time at ODU with 68 career total points (20 gls/28 ast)
Injured most of his senior year but still second on team with 3 goals and five assists in 1990
Played for Mike Berticelli
JIM AMBROSE, BASEBALL, Pitcher – Chesapeake, Va., 1978-82
First team All-ECAC South in 1982
Helped lead ODU to 38-14-2 record & NCAA At-large Berth in 1982 (Columbia, S.C.)
11-3 with eight complete games and three shutouts in 1982 & 3.00 ERA
8-1 with five complete games & 2.70 ERA in 1981
ODU was ECAC South Tournament runner-up in 1981
24-10 Career record with a 4.10 ERA
Pitched in 1978 Olympic Sports Festival in Colorado Springs
Drafted in 22nd Round by Houston in 1982
Played for both Bud Metheny and Mark Newman
ANDY ZUCKER, Strength and Conditioning Coach, 1989-2007 at ODU
ODU’s first full-time strength and Conditioning Coach
Worked with 16 sports
Supervised over 300 student athletes
Developed 15 professional athletes
Instruct student athletes in a variety of movement and athletic skills.
Established a winning environment by installing a strong code of ethics based on Excellence
Program played an integral part in ODU’s success in:
45 conference championships, six all-sport division I titles; 6 sailing National titles;
five field hockey national championships; 1995 national clay court women’s tennis champion;
1997 women’s basketball NCAA runners-up; 2006 Men’s Basketball NIT semi-finals; perennial top 20
men’s soccer top 20 teams; approximately 40 Division 1 All-Americans.
Train athletes representing their national teams in international competitions
Currently – Leisure service and Fitness manager at Felsted School in England since 2014
2010-13 – Ran the Zucker fitness Academy in France