Lewis C. Everett Stadium

Updated 5/2024
The Lewis C. Everett Stadium at Hampden-Sydney College is the legacy of the late Lewis C. Everett '63, who passed away on January 28, 2018 from Systemic Mastocytosis and Leukemia believed to be a result of exposure to Agent Orange during his service in the Vietnam War. The $5 million, 1,850-seat Everett Stadium was made possible through a generous gift from Mr. Everett and was completed in August 2007 adjacent to Fulton Field. Mr. Everett and his wife Leanna, who currently serves on Hampden-Sydney's Board of Trustees, embody the philanthropic generosity that strengthens the foundation of the College and advances its mission. In addition to their support for Tiger Athletics, the Everetts made an extraordinary commitment to the College through their estate plans that will have an indelible impact on Hampden-Sydney's students and community for generations to come.

A native of Danville, Virginia, Mr. Everett was a member of the Class of 1963 at Hampden-Sydney, where he was a First Team Football All-American in 1962, and still holds the H-SC record for the longest punt (78 yards against Randolph-Macon College in 1962). In addition to football, he was on the track and wrestling teams and was captain of the latter. He was also a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. In 1989, Mr. Everett was inducted into the Hampden-Sydney Athletic Hall of Fame, and he received The James J. Keating Award from the College posthumously in 2019.

After college Mr. Everett was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, where he proudly served as a Transportation Officer and was awarded the Bronze Star. Mr. Everett began his professional career at Merrill Lynch and then joined Wheat First Securities as vice president and branch manager in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1977. In 1981, he moved to the home office in Richmond where in 1983 he became executive vice president and head of the Private Client Group. Under Mr. Everett's leadership, the number of branch offices increased from 48 to 109 and the number of financial consultants grew from 394 to 939. In 1996, he was elected vice-chairman of Wheat First Butcher Singer, Inc. The firm was acquired by First Union Bank in 1997 and is now known as Wells Fargo Advisors.

Mr. Everett served on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange from 1994-96. He was also a 1997 graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond. Mr. Everett retired in 1998 and resided in Florida with his wife of 21 years at the time of his death. Leanna still resides in Stuart, Florida and Marysville, Ohio and joined the H-SC Board of Trustees in 2019.

The Lewis C. Everett Stadium, designed by Marcellus Wright Cox Architects, P.C., of Richmond, blends with the Federal architecture of the Hampden-Sydney campus. The stadium features a lounge area on the second floor accompanied by another seating area under an awning, and the third floor features a press box with two rooms for coaches, two rooms for radio, and a main area for game operations staff and media. It includes restrooms in the concourse area and a filming platform in the cupola. The interior design of the stadium lounge was done by Interior Designer Penelope S. Crandall, Steele, Sterling and Crandall Interiors of Midlothian, Virginia, and Interior Designer Heidi S. Brooks of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Hampden-Sydney Football has an overall record of 54-31 (.635) at Lewis C. Everett Stadium since 2007, including 35-19 (.648) in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) games, while winning five ODAC Championships and hosting three NCAA Division III Playoff games (1-2). The Tigers posted three consecutive undefeated regular seasons at home from 2009-11, while 15-2 overall at Everett Stadium during those three seasons, both losses in the NCAA Playoffs. The College faithful have made Everett Stadium one of the best environments in the nation, leading Division III in average home attendance three times, including 2011 (7,997), 2018 (7,716) and 2019 (6,949), while ranking among the Top 10 during 14 of the past 16 seasons (not including the shortened 2021 spring campaign limited by COVID-19). The Garnet & Grey ranked sixth nationally in 2023 with their home attendance average of 4,201.