Hall of Fame
Jim Smith was a three-year letter winner in football and baseball, coming to Hampden-Sydney from Fork Union Military Academy. On the gridiron, Smith played both halfback and quarterback, earning honorable mention All-Little Eight honors in 1954. Smith followed that season with first team All-Little Eight accolades in 1955 when he also served as team co-captain. Smith started at shortstop on the baseball team that won the Mason Dixon Conference championship in 1954, while also serving as co-captain on the diamond. He received the Gammon Cup and Anne Carrington Harrison Award in 1956, and held the positions of Student Body President, President of Pi Kappa Alpha, and Vice President for Omicron Delta Kappa.
