athletic colors are maroon and gray. Roanoke is particularly noted for the strength of its men's lacrosse program and women's track and field. Accomplishments National championships Roanoke teams have won two national championships: the 1972 NCAA Division II men's basketball championship and the 1978 Division II men's lacrosse championship. In 2001, Roanoke student Casey Smith won an individual national championship in the Division III women's 10,000m track and field event. In 2009, student Robin Yerkes secured Roanoke's fourth national championship when she won an individual championship in the Division III women's 400m track and field event. Yerkes is the most decorated athlete ever to graduate from Roanoke, earning 12 All-American honors in multiple events. Conference championships Roanoke teams have won 101 conference championships as of May 2013 (47 in men's sports, 54 in women's sports) since the college joined the ODAC as a founding member in 1976. Roanoke has won more conference championships than any other ODAC school in men's lacrosse with 18 titles and women's basketball with 13 titles. Roanoke and Hampden–Sydney College are tied for the most conference championships in men's basketball with both schools owning 10 titles each. Notable alumni Business John P. Fishwick – former president of Norfolk and Western Railway John McAfee – software entrepreneur; founder of McAfee John A. Mulheren – Wall Street trader and philanthropist; provided funding for the construction of several Roanoke College buildings David C. Robinson – movie producer; vice president, Morgan Creek Productions Stuart T. Saunders – founding chairman, Penn Central Railroad; appeared on the cover of Time in 1968 Education Frankie Allen – college basketball player and coach R. H. W. Dillard – award-winning poet and author; long-time professor of English and creative writing at Hollins University Carl W. Gottschalk – professor of medicine, University of North Carolina; notable kidney researcher Lewis Lancaster – Buddhist scholar; professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley; past president, University of the West Vernon Mountcastle – neuroscientist who discovered and characterized the columnar organization of the cerebral cortex Carol Miller Swain – African-American author; Pulitzer Prize nominee in 2002; professor at Vanderbilt University and board member of the National Endowment for the Humanities Government Frederick C. Boucher – United States Representative, Virginia's 9th congressional district, 1983–2011 Walter M. Denny – United States Representative, Mississippi's 6th congressional district, 1895–97 Henry H. Fowler – United States Treasury Secretary, 1965–68 Kim Kyu-shik – Korean independence leader; represented