Roanoke Sun

Hall of Fame Ceremony Set for Today at Ferrum

 Ferrum College will host its annual Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony this morning, inducting the Class of 2022. This year's group includes three former football players, a three-sport student-athlete and a golfer.

The college will honor all five inductees with an on-campus ceremony at 10:00 a.m. this morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains Room. The honorees will also be introduced at halftime of Ferrum's Old Dominion Athletic Conference football game against Averett University this afternoon. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. at W.B. Adams Stadium..

Frank C. Haywood, Jr. '72, of Hayes, Virginia, played football at Ferrum under legendary Head Coach Hank Norton in 1971 and 1972. Haywood was Team Captain during the 1972 season and started every game both seasons. He earned All-Conference in 1972, before signing a scholarship to play at North Carolina State University in 1973. Haywood helped the Wolfpack win the 1973 ACC Championship and defeat Kansas 31-18 in the Liberty Bowl.

Matthew Jordan '95 of Lynchburg, Virginia, played golf at Ferrum for Coach Ray Corron from 1992-95. He earned Dixie Academic All-Conference in 1992, All-District in 1993 and 1994, and was Ferrum's first-ever NCAA Division III Men's Golf Tournament qualifier in 1993. Jordan was Ferrum's Team MVP in 1993, 1994 and 1995, made the Dixie All-Conference Team in 1994 and 1995 Dixie, and was the 1994 Dixie Conference Tournament Medalist, Ferrum's first and only Conference Tournament Champion.

Jim Kitts '94 of Carolina Beach, North Carolina, played football for Coach Hank Norton from 1990-93. Kitts was named to the 1993 Virginia Sports Information Directors All-State Team, as well as the 1993 Roanoke Times Small College All-State Team. Kitts began his professional football career with the Arena Football Albany Firebirds in 1995, and went on to play for NFL's Washington Redskins in 1996, Green Bay Packers in 1997 and Miami Dolphins in 1998. Kitts also played for the XFL's Memphis Maniax in 2001.

Don Testerman '73 of Danville, Virginia, played football for Coach Hank Norton in 1973. Testerman passed in 2018. Testerman was an NJCAA All-American for the Panthers in 1973, as well as an honor roll student. He earned a scholarship to play football at Clemson University after leaving Ferrum. . Testerman was drafted in 1976 by the Miami Dolphins, and also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins.

Andra Thomas '90 of State College, Pennsylvania, was a three-sport student-athlete for Ferrum from 1987-90. She played volleyball two years for Donna Doonan and two years for Kelly Caputo, tennis two years under Doonan, and basketball four years under Doonan. Thomas was Ferrum 1990 President's Cup Award recipient, and made the Dean's List all eight semesters. She has been employed at Penn State University Sports Medicine Staff for the past 31 years. 

Original source can be found here