Hall of Fame
Lewis Drew has been a mainstay on the Hampden-Sydney campus for the past 30-plus years as an athlete and an administrator. From 1956 to 1960, he played under head coaches Weenie Miller and Claude Milam, winning three Mason- Dixon Conference Championships. In 1959, Drew pitched in the Mason-Dixon Conference Championship game. After earning his B.A. in economics in 1960, Drew attended The Johns Hopkins University, where he received an M.A.T. in history and education. In 1963, he returned to the Hampden-Sydney campus as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, a post he held until 1970. That same year Drew earned his doctorate from the University of Virginia in counselor education. From 1970 until his retirement in 2000, Dean Drew served the College as Dean of Students, a position in which he oversaw the entire athletics program at the College. Under his guidance, the Hampden-Sydney Athletics Department prospered, becoming one of the most respected NCAA Division III athletic institutions in the nation.
