Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 6 | June 2018

20 Inside Hokie Sports Prime Rib • Steaks • Seafood • Outdoor Courtyard • Private Dining “The Farmhouse... Dining Here for 30 Years.” – Coach Frank Beamer 285 Ridinger Street, Christiansburg, VA 24073 thefarmhousechristiansburg.com (540) 251-7600 Kitty Newton Photo – KitKatNewt1@gmail.com B A S E B A L L STOFFEL R-SR • DAYTON, OHIO Tom V irginia Tech’s baseball program went through a transitional phase this spring, as new coach John Szefc and his staff took the first step toward rebuilding the program. Helping along the way were many players, though none more consistently than longtime outfielder Tom Stoffel. Stoffel served as the leader of the Hokies, who won 21 games in Szefc’s first season. The fifth- year senior was one of just two players to start all 54 games for Tech, and he led the Hokies in batting average (.298), hits (67) and slugging percentage (.467). He also tied for the team lead in homers (eight) and total bases (105). Stoffel had 18 multi-hit games this season—tying for the most on the team—including a 4-for-6, 4-RBI performance against Pitt and a 4-for-5 performance against Marshall in which he drove in seven runs. He also went 3-for-4, with a homer and three RBI in a late-season win over William & Mary, and he went 3-for-5, with a homer and three RBI in a win over Liberty. One of eight seniors on this year’s team, Stoffel started the final 114 games of his career in which he played in at Tech and he played in 192. He departed with more than 200 hits (213) and 133 RBI to go with 18 homers.