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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.

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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)