Skip To Main Content

The Official Site of the Ferrum College Panthers

Hall of Fame

Venable, HOF-2018

Jerry Venable

  • Class
    1968
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Two-year member of the Ferrum men’s basketball team from 1966-68  ?  Earned All-Conference and All-America for Ferrum in 1968  ?  Went on to play for Kansas State University, averaged 15.5 points/game over two seasons  ?  Named All-Big Eight and honorable mention All-America, is ninth on KSU’s all-time scoring list  ?  Selected by Philadelphia 76ers in 6th round of 1970 NBA Draft  ?  Went on to play 13 years for the Harlem Globetrotters  ?  Met Nancy Reagan as part of the Globetrotters involvement with President Ronald Reagan’s Drug Awareness Campaign  ?  Played two years with Meadowlark Lemon’s “Basketeers” and two years with the “Shooting Stars”  ?  Launched Learning Opportunities Through Sports (LOTS), a Staunton-based nonprofit that aims to improve the lives of young people in the Greater Augusta area by promoting sports and educational activities   ?  Played with a high level regional slow pitch softball team from 1975-2003  ?  Vice President of Little League Baseball  ? Coached basketball at Tandem High School in Charlottesville  ?  Taught at Albemarle High School in Charlottesville  ?  CEO and active community member with the “Staunton Education Foundation”, which helps school aged children through the promotion of sports and educational activities  ?  Member of the Booker T. Washington Hall of Fame  ?  Member of the Virginia Interscholastic Heritage Association Hall of Fame
Explore HOF Explore Hall of Fame Members
Skip To Footer

Ad