Former major league star Michael Cuddyer will be the keynote speaker for the 41st annual Old Dominion Baseball Banquet on Jan. 12.
Wiley Lee will receive the Bud Metheny Award at the event, an award that goes to an individual who has made significant contributions to ODU and the game of baseball.
Individual tickets are $65 and the banquet begins at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Waterside Norfolk Hotel. For tickets, go to ODUSports.com.
Cuddyer, the Great Bridge High graduate who played for Minnesota, Colorado and the New York Mets in his 15-year career, joins a list of baseball greats to serve as the keynote speaker that includes Joe Morgan, Hank Aaron and Cal Ripken Jr.