Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 11 No. 6 | June 2019

36 Inside Hokie Sports Proud Supporter of Virginia Tech Athletics 99 Bradley Drive Christiansburg NRV Mall 540-381-8100 www.holidayinn.com/cburgnorth Full Service Restaurant Bar & Grill Game Day Catering, Dine in or Room Service Looking for a “HOKIE HOME” away from HOME? • The Hokies had a four-win improvement overall in head coach Jill Wilson’s second season compared to her first, and they also went 8-5 at Carilion Clinic Court, which marked a five-win improvement from 2017. • Tech won three tournament titles this past season (the Charlotte Invitational, the Hokie Invitational and the Bobcat Invitational), bringing the total to five tournament championships under Wilson. • Jaila Tolbert, one of just two seniors on the roster, earned second-team All-ACC honors for the second consecutive season. She recorded at least 15 kills in seven matches and hit north of .300 in seven matches. She became the 16th Hokie ever to record 1,000 kills in a career when she registered a career-high 22 in the Hokies’ win over Boston College on Nov. 16. • Rhegan Mitchell, the other senior, led Tech with 940 assists this past season. She finished her career with 3,548 career assists, a number that ranks No. 5 on the program’s all- time list. • Carol Raffety eclipsed the 1,000-digs plateau for her career and now has 1,342, which ranks sixth on the progam’s list for career digs. SEASON HIGHLIGHTS VOLLEYBALL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR JAILA TOLBERT (Sr.; Minneapolis, Minnesota) OVERALL RECORD: 14-16 CONFERENCE RECORD: 5-13 (tied for 11th in ACC)