BRIDGEWATER, Va. - When thinking of Bridgewater College Hall of Fame honorees, there are many that come to mind with ease. There is one member of the class of 1994 that set the college up for success from the beginning, and a name that many can easily recollect. 

Harry G. "Doc" Jopson began his tenure at Bridgewater in 1936 and revived the Eagles' track and field program a year later that had been inactive for six years while also introducing BC's first ever cross country team in 1938. He became a staple of the Eagles' track and cross country programs for the next four and a half decades and became known as the Dean of Virginia Track Coaches" in the track community.  

Jopson centered athletes toward success every season he coached for. The commendable figure led the Eagles to 24 state and ODAC titles during his tenure and took home four-straight ODAC Coach of the Year awards during his last four years before his retirement in 1981.  

Even outside of the athletic realm, Jopson greatly inspired many academically. Jopson's biggest highlight of teaching at the University of Virginia's Mountain Lake Biological Center for 15 years was discovering a previously unidentified species of salamander.  He shared and observed further than most, resulting in highly regarded recognition and honor.  

The college renamed its athletic complex in his honor in 1971 and since 1981 the Old Dominion Athletic Conference has awarded the Harry G. "Doc" Jopson Award to the conference's top men's sport senior student-athlete who exhibits the highest athletic, academic, and extracurricular achievements. 

With these amazing accomplishments and achievements, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference has given Bridgewater College the honor of inducting Harry G. "Doc" Jopson into the conference's first ever Hall of Fame class in the league's 50-year anniversary of competition.     

Doc Jopson along with four other Hall of Fame honorees from the Bridgewater Athletics Hall of Fame will be commemorated on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the women's basketball contest against Hollins in Nininger Hall at 4:30 p.m.