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John Sung
sits behind a nice desk cluttered with
a computer and stacks of paper. A dry-erase board with
all sorts of writing on it clings to the wall behind him.
He certainly looks like a man with a rather large
workload. He gives the impression of someone with
a lot of business to handle and goals to attain.
Not long into what turned into a 48-minute
conversation, Sung revealed one of his bigger
goals for 2017.
“My goal is to get into every building on this
campus by the end of the year—other than
the residence halls,” he said. “I don’t know
when I’ll have time, but I’m going to try.”
He paused for a few seconds, as if he knew
the next question.
“I just want to know,” he continued. “You
walk into a building, and you’re like, ‘Wow,
this is amazing.’ I don’t know how many times
I say that in a week. You walk into these places,
and you see what these kids are achieving.
You’re like, ‘Man, this kid is going to be a rocket
scientist or an engineer.’ They’re doing all these
amazing things, and you really start to see what
makes Virginia Tech extremely special.”
Certainly, there will be time for perusing
Cheatham Hall and the Fralin Life Science Institute
among other buildings, but for now, the new Virginia
Tech women’s lacrosse coach keeps his focus on
a more pressing matter—coaching his team, and
ultimately, rebuilding the program.
Hired last May, Sung took over arguably the
toughest job in the Tech athletics department.
The Hokies’ Olympic sports annually find tough
competition in the ACC, but none have struggled
more than the women’s lacrosse program, which
had lost 27 straight conference games dating
to 2012 before an 18-12 upset of No. 17
Boston College on Feb. 18.
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