Hall Of Fame
Jane P. Batten
Jane, together with her late husband, Frank Batten, Sr., founder and retired chairman of Landmark Communications, has played a major role in redefining the cultural, educational, and athletic landscape of Virginia Wesleyan University. Named for the University’s Trustee Emerita, the Jane P. Batten Student Center is the high-traffic hotspot of student activity, recreation, and public events in the heart of campus. Used year-round, the area is host to convocations, college and career fairs, and a score of recreational activities and sports including 2019 ODAC Championship volleyball team and 2006 National Championship men’s basketball team. Known as the hub of athletics, the Batten Student Center houses the natatorium for men’s and women’s swimming, training rooms, the recently renovated donor-funded men’s and women’s locker rooms, an indoor track, and the athletics administrative suite. Every athlete, every student…every student-athlete, faculty, and staff member…and countless residents of the Coastal Virginia community have benefitted from this facility. Recognized as a State of the Art facility when it opened 18 years ago, it is still State of the Art today. We are grateful for Jane's significant contributions and service to athletics and recognize that the true scope of that service touches every student, faculty member, and staff member regardless of their athletic affinity.
