January 2025
President's Corner
A word from VAS President - Dan Foutz
To all our supporters, athletes, coaches, sponsors, and volunteers,
I hope this finds you all off to a great start in 2025. We at Virginia Amateur Sports are working hard in the planning for the 2025 Virginia Commonwealth Games at Liberty University. Our goal is to make them the best ones yet. We are also preparing for the Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon on May 3rd at the SML State Park. Now is the time to start training for the event and if you have always wanted to participate in a triathlon. Our Sprint Tri is for you! We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day next week, and we honor the famous American civil rights leader who dedicated his life to achieving equality for all people. Dr. King asked us all to judge him on the “content of his character.” In this month’s feature article is on Virginia Amateur Sport board member Ramon Williams. Ramon tells us how he was educated on the value of character and how Dr. Kings “I Have a Dream” speech continues to inspire him. We have set some lofty goals here at VAS and I have made a few personal resolutions. I hope you all have as well and that you stick to them. I wish you a happy and healthy 2025! As always, we appreciate your support and participation. Continue to train, practice, and prepare and I look forward to seeing you all out there!
First Event of the Year
Able 3 on 3 Wheelchair Basketball
March 15, Roanoke College
All ability levels welcome. Funds raised go to WheelLove, a local not-for-profit organization encouraging adults with disabilities to be physically active. Wheelchairs provided.
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Save the Date for 2025 Main Games Weekend - July 18-20!
Check our websites for Sports updates and registration information www.CommonwealthGames.org
 
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Making Character Count
by Chris Moody, VAS Contributor 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously spoke of his dream that “… my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
That speech was delivered before Ramon Williams was born, but he grew up knowing it well. He memorized it in elementary school while in the class of renowned Roanoke educator Mignon Chubb-Hale.
“I probably can’t recite it to a T right now, but certainly those words are instilled in me,” Williams says.
In a life of walking the walk, Williams has demonstrated himself to be the embodiment of King’s lofty standards. As athletes, Ramon and twin brother Damon Williams were dominant on the prep hardwood. They went to VMI together and played four years of basketball at an institution where athletics are merely one leg of a stool that includes rigorous discipline and hard work in the academic arena, along with a military lifestyle. Strong character is a requirement.
Following graduation from VMI, Ramon worked as an assistant basketball coach on Post, then had four more Division I stops, including Virginia Tech, before returning to VMI in the roll of fundraiser.
He has also served multiple terms on the Virginia Amateur Sports Board of Directors. Currently off the board because of bylaws which limit the number of consecutive terms a board member can serve, Williams is still active with the organization and looks to come back when able. (Read More)
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