A four-time sailing All-American, two top point guards from men's basketball, a former baseball coach who put the program on the Division I map and a standout women's basketball cager from the 1979 and 1980 national championship teams were inducted into Old Dominion's Sports Hall of Fame this spring.

Frank Smith graduated in 1988 as the NCAA's third all-time assist leader with 883. In four seasons, he averaged 7.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game. He led the Sun Belt Conference with a career best of 8.2 assists in 1987 and ranked among the nation's top 10 in 1986, '87 and '88.

Smith's most remarkable statistic, however, was his endurance. He averaged 38.5 minutes per game and played 38-plus minutes 13 times in 1987 and 30 for his career. He was named honorable mention All-American in 1987 by The Sporting News. Smith is currently an assistant coach at the University of Dayton with fellow Monarch Hall of Famer and former Old Dominion coach Oliver Purnell '75 (M.S.Ed. '81). Smith graduated with a degree in finance and accounting.

Bobby Hoffman served as the Monarchs' co-captain from 1960-62. He played alongside Old Dominion Hall of Famers Leo Anthony '62 (M.S.Ed. '71) and Marion Carroll '63, and under the leadership of former coach and Hall of Famer Bud Metheny.

The Portsmouth native once hit 23 straight free throws and he scored 46 points against Roanoke College, the fifth-highest individual total in school history. Hoffman completed his career with 1,047 career points and was a two-time Little Eight All-Conference selection and a four-time All-State pick. A 1962 graduate with a degree in physical education, Hoffman lives in Chesapeake and works in commercial banking.

Jim Weber was a four-time collegiate sailing All-American from 1987-90. As a senior, he skippered the Monarchs to the 1990 ICYRA Collegiate Team National Championship, teaming with fellow Hall of Famer Terry Hutchinson '90. That same year Weber led the Monarchs to a second place in the Collegiate Dinghy National Championships. In 1987 and '88, he was a member of the 420 Class World Championship team.

During his years at Old Dominion, the sailing program was twice awarded the prestigious Fowle Trophy, presented to the school having scored the most points in all five national championship events during the season. Weber competed in the 1992 Olympic Trials and has remained active in racing.

The team MVP in 1990, he graduated that year with a degree in economics. He lives in Potomac, Md., and is a project developer for MCI.

Angela Cotman was a member of the two AIAW National Basketball Championship teams in 1979 and '80. An outstanding athlete with great leaping ability, Cotman completed her career at Old Dominion with 1,408 points, 669 rebounds and 140 steals. She still owns the school mark of 140 career games played.

While playing in the shadows of teammates Nancy Lieberman-Cline '80, Inge Nissen '81 and '90 and Anne Donovan '83, Cotman maintained a field goal percentage of .512, while dishing out a career 314 assists.

A two-time All-State selection, Cotman was named to the 1978 National Women's Invitational Tournament All-America squad. She graduated in 1981 with a degree in psychology. A native of Charles City, Va., Cotman lives in Hampton and works as a systems analyst.

Mark Newman took over the baseball program in 1981 and for nine years put the Monarchs on the national map. He compiled a 321-167-3 record, second only to Hall of Fame coach Bud Metheny.

Newman's teams advanced to four conference finals, captured the 1985 Sun Belt title and advanced to the NCAA regionals in 1982 and '85. On March 31, 1986, Old Dominion had a 23-4 record and was ranked seventh in the nation by Baseball America, the highest ranking ever in Monarch baseball history.

Newman was named Coach of the Year in the Sun Belt and in the state of Virginia in both 1985 and '87. During his tenure, 16 players were drafted and 29 signed pro contracts. Two of them Jeff Ware '91 and Terry Bell were first-round selections.

Bell, Ware, Mark Wasinger '86 and Kevin Bearse played in the major leagues and Newman joins them as members of the Old Dominion Sports Hall of Fame. Newman left Old Dominion after the 1989 season and is currently the director of player development for the New York Yankees.