Last year's winner of the awards' outstanding achievement prize - introduced in 2003, a year after the death of Irish actor Richard Harris - was Daniel Day-Lewis.
Winner of two Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Jockey and leader in the national jockey standings three times, on Saturday afternoon, Velazquez was in the enviable position of having to choose between two legitimate mounts in the Kentucky Derby.
As well as inducting the four into the Hall of Fame, the Radio Academy will also be announcing the winner of the PRS John Peel award for outstanding contribution to music radio.
Spurs pushed hard for a winner at the death but Defoe fired over and then the outstanding Wayne Bridge blocked him as he went to shoot, enabling West Ham to celebrate their point.
The critical point was lost when Black - the outstanding player on the day - brilliantly anticipated a Murray volley and put away her own volley for a winner.