Posted: Apr 13, 2011
SALEM, Va.— Three former Roanoke College student-athletes will be inducted into the College's Athletic Hall of Fame during Alumni Weekend. Two former softball standouts, Amy Layman '01 and Holly Morris '01 along with former cross country and track and field star, Casey Smith '01 will be honored for their contributions to Roanoke Athletics. The ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, April 15 in the Colket Center Wortmann Ballroom.
Amy Layman '01
Layman was the only player in conference history to have been named a three-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Player of the Year. She led the Maroons to four-straight conference championships, four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, which included back-to-back trips to the NCAA Division III Softball World Series in 2000 and 2001. Layman was named Roanoke College's 2000-2001 Female Athlete of the Year, in addition to earning the first NFCA Division III First-team All-American selection for the softball program.
Holly Morris '01
Morris was twice named to the Second Team NFCA All-American team, the only player in program history to do so. While attending Roanoke, Morris started in all 179 games played and had 585 at bats. Morris currently holds school records in batting average, on-base percentage, hits, triples, RBIs, and total bases. Morris also received four First-Team All-ODAC selections.
Casey Smith '01
Smith, considered the model of consistency in racing and training is one of the Maroons most outstanding athletes. Smith still holds four individual school records outdoors and five indoors. Her school and ODAC records for the 3000 meter outdoors, 5000 meter indoors and outdoors may never be broken. Smith placed second at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2001 as a senior with a time of 17:06. In the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, she became the school's first national champion since 1978, winning the 10,000 meters. Smith has continued to run after college. In 2008 at the U.S. Olympic Trials, she placed 24th.
Amy Layman '01
Layman was the only player in conference history to have been named a three-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Player of the Year. She led the Maroons to four-straight conference championships, four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, which included back-to-back trips to the NCAA Division III Softball World Series in 2000 and 2001. Layman was named Roanoke College's 2000-2001 Female Athlete of the Year, in addition to earning the first NFCA Division III First-team All-American selection for the softball program.
Holly Morris '01
Morris was twice named to the Second Team NFCA All-American team, the only player in program history to do so. While attending Roanoke, Morris started in all 179 games played and had 585 at bats. Morris currently holds school records in batting average, on-base percentage, hits, triples, RBIs, and total bases. Morris also received four First-Team All-ODAC selections.
Casey Smith '01
Smith, considered the model of consistency in racing and training is one of the Maroons most outstanding athletes. Smith still holds four individual school records outdoors and five indoors. Her school and ODAC records for the 3000 meter outdoors, 5000 meter indoors and outdoors may never be broken. Smith placed second at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2001 as a senior with a time of 17:06. In the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, she became the school's first national champion since 1978, winning the 10,000 meters. Smith has continued to run after college. In 2008 at the U.S. Olympic Trials, she placed 24th.
