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Announcing 2025 Inductees to Athletic Hall of Fame
Four former athletic standouts and a Marlin benefactor will be recognized on October 4, 2025
University News | April 29, 2025
Virginia Wesleyan University is proud to announce the 2025 inductees to the Virginia Wesleyan University Athletic Hall of Fame. Members will be inducted during a special ceremony on Saturday, October 4, 2024.
The VWU Athletic Hall of Fame represents the best of the best from Virginia Wesleyan's athletic history. Four former Marlin athletic greats will be recognized for outstanding athletic achievement, and Gary D. Bonnewell ’79, H’16 will be honored for his decades of support to the University’s intercollegiate athletics program.
The Virginia Wesleyan University Athletic Hall of Fame was established by resolution of the Virginia Wesleyan Board of Trustees in May 2007 to honor those who, by outstanding achievement in athletics, by service to athletics, or through significant contributions to athletics, have made lasting contributions to Virginia Wesleyan University's intercollegiate athletic program. Congratulations to the 2025 inductees.
Gary D. Bonnewell ’79, H’16, Benefactor 
Gary Bonnewell has been a steadfast advocate for Marlin Athletics, whose visionary leadership, generosity, and dedication have helped shape the future of Virginia Wesleyan’s athletic programs and the student-athlete experience. A proud alumnus, he remains the only graduate to have served as Chair of the Board of Trustees. His enduring contributions include establishing the Bonnewell Sports Medicine Center in the Jane P. Batten Student Center and playing a pivotal role in the creation of the VWU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.
Bonnewell’s service to his alma mater has been extensive. In addition to his tenure as Board Chair, he is a past president of the Alumni Council and the Blue Marlin Athletic Club. He was the first recipient of the Alumni Community Service Award and is a member of Sigma Beta Delta and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies. As a student, he served as Vice President of the Student Government Association, an athletic trainer, founder of the Monogram Club, and a radio host for the college station WVAW. In recognition of his many contributions, Virginia Wesleyan awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2016.
Courtney Bogan ’16, Softball (2012-2016) 
Bogan was a two-time NFCA First Team All-American, and was named 2016 HERO Sports All-American and First Team All-Region in 2015 and 2016. She was awarded ODAC Player of the Year in 2015, First Team All-ODAC in 2016 and 2015, Third Team All-ODAC in 2014, and Second Team All-ODAC in 2013. A prolific batter, she ranks fourth in single-season batting average (.487 in 2015). In her career, she is top-10 in three different categories including; career batting average (.416), career triples (10), and is second in program history for runs scored (179).
Jayla Harris ’19, Women’s Basketball (2015-2019) 
Harris is the All-Team leading scorer for the program with 1,931 points and top-10 in career assists. She was named D3Hoops.com Third Team All-American in 2019 and All-South Region in 2019. Selected as ODAC Player of the Year in 2018-19, Jayla is a four-time All-Conference recipient, Second Team in her First Year, and First Team the next four years. Awarded Second Team VaSID All-State in 2017 and 2018 and First Team All-State in 2019, she holds three of the top-10 single season points scored in school history in 2017, 2018, and 2019, is second in program history in field goals made with 674, and second on program history in made free throws with 377.
Hanna (Hull) Mazingo ’20/ M.B.A. ’21, Softball (2016-2021)
Hull was a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Player of the year in 2017 and 2018, NFCA Pitcher of the Year in 2021, and Named NFCA Freshman of the Year 2017. She is a four-time NFCA First Team All-American in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. In 2017 and 2018, she was named FPN Sports All-American, selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team in 2017, (Most Outstanding Player), 2018 (Most Outstanding Player), and 2021 (Most Outstanding Pitcher). In addition, she is a four-time First-Team All-Region (2017-2021), four-time NCAA Region All-Tournament Team (2017-2021), and was named Most Outstanding Pitcher from 2017-2021. The only four-time ODAC Pitcher of the Year (2017-2021), she was named ODAC Rookie of the Year in 2017, ODAC Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2020, four-time First-Team All-ODAC, four-time All-ODAC Tournament Team, ODAC Most Outstanding Player in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She holds five program records including career ERA with a 0.80 (880.1 innings pitched), career appearances at 170, Career Record 132-12 (.917), career strikeouts with 1,353, and career saves with 15.
Pete Sadin ’91, Men’s Soccer (1988-1992) 
Sadin was named to First Team All-South Region in 1990 and 1991, and helped the team make the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. Awarded First Team All-Conference by the ODAC in 1990 and 1991, he holds ODAC records in career goals against average at 0.464, tied for first with 13 shutouts in a single-season, fifth in the ODAC in career shutouts with 26, and holds two top-10 single season goals against average records in 1991 (0.378) and 1990 (0.401). Has the best career save percentage in program history at .946, the best single-season save percentage in 1990 at .957, and the third best single-season save percentage at .951.
Learn more about Virginia Wesleyan University’s Athletic Hall of Fame.