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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University Athletic Department has announced the 2026 Hall of Fame Class that will be formally inducted during Homecoming Weekend in October. This year’s induction will take place inside the Ballroom of the Dr. Jerry and Jean Beasley Student Center at 8:30 a.m. October 17.
The 2026 CU Hall of Fame Class is made up of six former athletes and one former head coach. The head coach is Andrew Wright who led the Concord baseball program to two conference championships in 2011 and 2013. The six former athletes are Ola Adams (football), Jeremy Bartley (men’s track & field), Chelsea Callaway Fields (women’s cross country/track & Field), Jonathan Gore (men’s track & field), Pam Vass Dunford (women’s basketball) and Alva Whanger (football).
The hall of fame class is voted on by a 10-member committee consisting of current Concord head coaches, athletic administrators, past hall of fame inductees, CU faculty and local community members. The voting process utilizes a points system via secret ballot to determine the selections for the hall of fame each year.
Per the Concord Athletic Hall of Fame by-laws, four nominees from this year’s ballot carry over to the 2027 ballot without needing a formal nomination due to receiving a necessary number of points this year: Rebecca Gleason, Tyler Kosut, Aaron Martinez and Stephanie Peareth.
One of Concord’s first individual conference champions of the modern era, Jeremy Bartley rolled to a victory in the 800-meter run at the 1999 WVIAC Track & Field Championships. In 2000, Bartley was the WVIAC Champion in the 1,500-meters before assisting the 4×400-meter relay team to a conference championship. After serving in the United States Navy, Bartley returned to Concord to earn three podium finishes in the 2007 WVIAC Championships—third-place showings and All-WVIAC Honorable Mention in the 800-meters, 1,500-meters and 4×400-meter relay at age 29. From 1998-2008, Bartley owned the outdoor program record in the 800-meters (1:54).
