Helen Dodd Driscoll (2021) - Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame

Helen Dodd Driscoll

Induction:
2021
Class:
1941

A student-athlete for all seasons, Helen Dodd Driscoll excelled in the fall, winter and spring. She earned 15 athletic letters out of a possible 16 during her career – four each in basketball, track and tennis, and three in field hockey.

She was selected for the Southeast Reserves national team in field hockey, was a basketball team captain, played number one singles in tennis, ran the 50, 75 and 100-yard dashes and competed in the shot put.

Dodd Driscoll became just the second freshman in school history to be a Blazer award winner for three sports, and she won a Westhampton Seal award her junior year for outstanding achievement and character.

She was also a member of the University of Richmond Athletic Board for three years. Following graduation, she went on to a long and successful career as a Richmond Public Schools teacher.