Skip To Main Content

Randolph-Macon College

Randolph-Macon Athletics
Full Schedule
#GoJackets

Hall of Fame

Pace HoF

J. Malcolm Pace III

  • Class
    1967
  • Induction
    2004
  • Sport(s)
    Basketball
  • Jay Pace simply loved Randolph-Macon College and Yellow Jacket athletics. He was recruited out of Richmond's Douglas Freeman High School by legendary coach Paul Webb as a team manager for the basketball team, and served in that capacity as a student, while also working on the Yellow Jacket newspaper staff and as a student assistant in the public relations office.
  • Following graduation, Pace was Randolph-Macon's director of public relations from 1968 to 1972. He spent 13 seasons (1968-1980) as a broadcaster for Yellow Jacket football and basketball games, which included covering the Knute Rockne Bowl football championship in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1969, and the 1977 NCAA Division II basketball championship in Springfield, Massachusetts, in which Randolph-Macon placed second.
  • Pace joined the Hanover Herald-Progress newspaper staff in 1973. He became editor in 1978, then editor/publisher in 1981 when he purchased the paper and printing company. His involvement with Randolph-Macon athletics continued, as he covered more than 500 Yellow Jacket athletic contests for both newspaper and radio and served as the Master of Ceremonies several times for the Hall of Fame banquet.
  • His involvement with his alma mater did not just involve sports, however. He also participated in numerous career seminars; was a former member of the Randolph-Macon Board of Trustees of the John T. Wightman Foundation and the Society of Alumni Board of Directors; and received the Young Alumnus Achievement Award in 1977. In addition, Pace served as a mentor to many Randolph-Macon students and alumni.
  • Pace died unexpectedly in April, 2004. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Lewars Pace; two children, son Chris and daughter Liz Chambers; his brother Steve and sister-in-law Naomi; his sister Susan Adams; and his father Joseph Malcolm "Mac" Pace, Jr. Pace's nephew, Coleman Adams, will graduate from Randolph-Macon this May.
Explore HOF Explore Hall of Fame Members