Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 9 No. 4 | March 2017

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8 Inside Hokie Sports
Coles, Davis named to positions
in athletics department
The Virginia Tech Athletics Department hired former Virginia Tech
student-athletes Bimbo Coles andAndréDavis to one-year appointments
within the department. Both will serve as the directors of student-athlete
support and community engagement.
The community engagement responsibilities call for them to be
representatives at various Hokie Club and athletics department
functions, Monogram Club events, game-related events and on other
special occasions both in Blacksburg and in other locations as designated
by Director of Athletics Whit Babcock and his senior staff members.
In addition, both will work with Tech’s Office of Student-Athlete
Development, which helps the Hokies’ student-athletes prepare for life
after graduation. Both will serve as mentors, attending various events,
including those surrounding the spring game, the new student-athlete
orientation, the Senior Transition Seminar, and workshops related to
time management, life skills, media training, financial planning and
agent selection (when applicable).
“André and Bimbo set very high standards in so many facets of their
careers at Virginia Tech, both academically and athletically,” Babcock
said. “They have both served as fabulous representatives of Virginia Tech
over the years and also have been very generous in their support.
“We are extremely thankful that André and Bimbo will be serving in
important roles that will help make a positive impact on the lives of our
current student-athletes, as well as the greater Virginia Tech community.”
Davis serves as a capital partner for Carolina Holdings Group, a real
estate development firm based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, while
Coles is a co-owner of Country Roads CrossFit in his hometown of
Lewisburg, West Virginia. Both also are involved various charitable
endeavors.
Coles and Davis will remain with their families while serving in their
capacities within the athletics department—Coles in Lewisburg, and
Davis in Delaware. Both will travel back and forth to events as scheduled.
by
Jimmy
Robertson
Hokies make ACC All-Academic Teams
Virginia Tech guard Justin Robinson was named to the 2017 All-
Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Basketball Team, as
announced by Commissioner John Swofford.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a
3.00 grade-point average for the previous semester and maintained a
3.00 cumulative average during his/her academic career.
Robinson, a sophomore from Manassas, Virginia, made the team for
the first time. He is pursuing a degree in communications.
Robinson was the latest of several Tech athletes to make an ACC All-
Academic Team. Here is a list of the following:
Women’s basketball
Vanessa Panousis, senior (human development)
Samantha Hill, senior (human nutrition, foods and exercise)
Ragan Magarity, redshirt sophomore (communications)
Men’s cross country
Andrew Gaiser, redshirt junior (mechanical engineering)
Daniel Jaskowak , redshirt junior (human nutrition, foods and exercise)
Vincent Ciattei, redshirt sophomore (engineering science and mechanics)
Brent Musselman , junior (human nutrition, foods and exercise)
Diego Zarate , sophomore (criminology)
Jack Joyce, redshirt freshman (economics)
Women’s cross country
Katie Kennedy, junior (public relations)
Abigail Motley, senior (international studies)
Football
Chuck Clark, senior (human development)
Tremaine Edmunds, sophomore (communications)
Brandon Facyson, redshirt junior (biology)
Eric Gallo , junior (finance)
Sam Rogers, senior (human nutrition, foods and exercise)
Women’s soccer
Murielle Tiernan, senior (residential environments and design)
Candace Cephers, senior (biology)
Volleyball
Lindsey Owens, senior (biology)
Rhegan Mitchell, sophomore (human nutrition, foods and exercise)