Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 11 No. 1 | August 2018

36 Inside Hokie Sports For those who don’t know, including former student-athletes, the Virginia Tech Monogram Club is an organization for past and present letterwinners at Virginia Tech. All letterwinners are invited to join fellow student-athletes in fellowship and celebration of the traditions of, and promote the value of, the Virginia Tech student-athlete experience. The membership organization seeks to honor and engage former and current letterwinners in varsity sports, past and present, and supporting staff through networking and fellowship events. The club also seeks to reconnect with all letterwinners in all past and present sports and support areas at Virginia Tech and have each of these letterwinners become a connected and engaged member of the Monogram Club. Virginia Techmonograms (letters) currently are awarded to student- athletes in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, HighTechs, HokieBirds, lacrosse, managers, soccer, softball, sports medicine, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), video, volleyball and wrestling. All letterwinners in past and current sports who wish to become active in the club are encouraged to communicate with the club via phone (540-231-6070) or email (vtmonogramclub@vt.edu ). The Monogram Club met in April and elected several new members to its 20-member Board of Directors for a three-year term from 2018- 21. Below are the new Board members and the sports in which they represent, and student-athlete alumni are encouraged to reach out and connect with the club through these representatives (Club officers and other sport’s reps are on the Monogram Club website—http:// monogram.hokiesports.com/ ): Michelle Hollister Houseright Class of 1999, women’s basketball– •Graduated with a degree in communications •Played basketball from 1994-99; accolades include being a member of the 1999 Sweet Sixteen team, scoring 1,000 career points, named the Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year, and being honored as an ACC Legend in 2013. •Lives in Gate City, Virginia and works as an executive sales representative for Eli Lilly and Company •Married to Billy Houseright, a former Tech football player, and has three children (Jordan—a current sophomore at Tech, Riley and Colin) and a grandchild (Charlotte) •Contact info: michellehouseright@icloud.com . Whitney Stevenson, Class of 2017, women’s golf– •Graduated with a degree in human nutrition, foods and exercise •Played golf for Virginia Tech during its first two seasons as a program (2015-16, 2016-17) •Currently in Blacksburg completing a dietetic internship at Virginia Tech •Contact info: whitneystevenson@gmail.com. Kelsey Allen, Class of 2016, lacrosse– •Graduated with a degree in public relations and business leadership •Was a starting defender on the lacrosse team from 2013-16 and was the team captain in 2016 •Lives in Virginia Beach and works for Frito-Lay as a district sales manager •Contact info: kelsallen12@gmail.com Brian Walter, Class of 1990, cross country and track and field– •Graduated with a degree in management science •Ran track and cross country and represented the USA in the 20K run at the Junior World Track and Field Championships in Athens, Greece as a freshman; won multiple Metro Conference titles during his career and was a cross country All-American in 1990 •Lives in Blacksburg and is director of software engineering at Modea •Contact info: bwalter@vt.edu Jon Hand, Class of 1999, baseball– •Graduated with a degree in resource management •Was a pitcher on the baseball team from 1995-98, lettering all four years and still holds the Tech all-time record for career strikeouts •Lives in Manassas, Virginia with his family and serves as the manager of resource planning for the Mid-Atlantic division of Pulte Homes •Contact info: hand323@yahoo.com. Preston Lemon, Class of 2009, men’s tennis– •Graduated with a degree in history •Played on the men’s tennis team from 2005-09 •Lives in Richmond and works as the territory manager for Wilson Sporting Goods •Contact info: prestonlemon@gmail.com, 540-525-2622 For more on the Monogram Club, its Board of Directors, and how to join as a dues-paying member, please check out the website— http://monogram.hokiesports.com/. MONOGRAM CLUB board set for upcoming 2018-19 year Visit hokiesports.com/hokiekidsclub to join! KIDS CLUB THE OF VIRGINIA TECH ATHLETICS Official