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

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Jimmy Robertson Dave Knachel
Editor Photographer
John Sours Contributors
Designer Carly Northup—Hokie Club
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2 Hokie Club News
8 News and Notes
Two former student-athletes named
to positions in athletics department
9 From the Editor’s Desk
10 Behind the Mic
The method behind Buzz Williams’ ma
12 Student-Athlete Development
14 Academic Spotlight –Elizabeth Birle
Softball player to pursue career in sale
15 Academic Spotlight –David Bergida
Wrestler has job lined up with sports
marketing agency
16 Q&A with defensive
coordinator Bud Foster
Foster searching for a rover
and depth on defensive line
and at linebacker this spring
20 Q&A with offensive coordinator
Brad Cornelsen
Skill players and depth the focus
for Cornelsen this spring
26 ACC Wrestling Championships
Six Hokies win individual titles,
as Tech wins its sixth ACC crown
28 ACC Indoor Track and FieldChampion
Three individual gold medalists carry
Tech to a fourth ACC indoor title
30 IHS Extra–Sung ready for lacrosse
rebuilding job
Tech’s coach used to challenges and
embracing the one in Blacksburg
34 Women’s Tennis Spotlight –
Francesca Fusinato
Small-town background hasn’t
held back Tech’s top player
38 IHS Extra–Leadership Institute
up and running
Tech athletics using unique model to prepare
student-athletes for life after graduation
42 IHS Extra–Fiala attends NCAA Convention
All-America swimmer the first Tech athlete
to vote on legislation at NCAA Convention
March 2017
Vol. 9, No. 4
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