Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 4 | March 2018

inside.hokiesports.com 7 Before the game or after , Preston’s Restaurant is a delicious place for a new game-day tradition. Start with our fresh breakfast buffet. Order lunch or dinner from our mouth-watering a la carte menu of seasonal cuisine. And don’t forget the Valley’s best brunch, every Sunday at Preston’s. Make Preston’s Restaurant your game-day tradition. @PrestonsRestaurant @PrestonsIVTSCC 540.231.0120 | www.InnatVirginiaTech.com 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (inside The Inn at Virginia Tech) Reservations recommended. A delicious game-day tradition. Emery, Robinson earn second-team All-ACC honors For just the second time in the past decade, a Virginia Tech women’s basketball player earned All-ACC recognition, as Taylor Emery received a second-team All-ACC nod in late January following a regular season in which she averaged nearly 18 points per game. She led the Hokies in scoring, field-goal percentage (49.1), 3-point field goal percentage (39.7) and free-throw shooting percentage (86.6) during the regular season. The junior from Tampa, Florida became just the fourth Tech women’s player to earn All-ACC honors, joining Uju Ugoka (2014), Brittany Cook (2008) and Kerry Gardin (2006). On the men’s side, Justin Robinson earned second-team All-ACC recognition as well. The junior from Manassas, Virginia averaged 13.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game during the regular season. He led the team in both scoring and assists in that span. Robinson, who averaged 16.2 points per game in ACC games, became the first Tech player to make an All-ACC team since Erick Green in 2013. Other players who received notice were Devin Wilson and Chris Clarke. Clarke finished second in the voting for the Sixth Man of the Year Award, while Wilson received two votes for the Defensive Player of the Year honor. ACC announces basketball All-Academic Teams The Atlantic Coast Conference announced all-academic teams for men’s and women’s basketball in early March, and three Virginia Tech student-athletes earned a spot on those teams for their respective sports. 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 or her academic career. Devin Wilson made the men’s basketball All-ACC Academic Team for the third time. The redshirt senior from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania by Jimmy Robertson earned his degree in political science last year and is working toward a second undergraduate degree in English. Taylor Emery and Regan Magarity each earned a spot on the women’s basketball All-Academic Team. Emery is pursuing an undergraduate degree in creative writing, while Magarity, a redshirt junior from Norkopping, Sweden, is working on a degree in multimedia journalism. Ciattei, Johnson win ACC postgraduate scholarships Vincent Ciattei, a runner on the Virginia Tech men’s track and field and cross country team, and Tech women’s soccer standout Alani Johnson both received the 2018 Weaver-James-Corrigan Award from the Atlantic Coast Conference office Feb. 28. The Weaver-James-Corrigan and Jim and Pat Thacker postgraduate scholarships are awarded to selected student-athletes who intend to pursue a graduate degree following completion of their undergraduate requirements. Each recipient will receive $6,000 toward his or her graduate education. Those honored have performed with distinction in both the classroom and their respective sport, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community. Ciattei and Johnson were two of 52 student-athletes in the ACC to receive the honor. The student-athletes will be honored at a luncheon held at the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Imperial Ballroom in Greensboro, North Carolina in April. Ciattei, a redshirt senior who just won his second consecutive ACC indoor title in the mile at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships, is studying engineering sciences and mechanics. The Maryland native is an eight-time honoree on the Dean’s List, and has been on the AD Honor Roll for five straight years and on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for four years. Johnson, who scored 24 goals in her storied career, will graduate this May with a degree in human nutrition, foods and exercise. The Virginia Beach, Virginia native made the Dean’s List three semesters, the AD Honor Roll four consecutive years and was on the ACC Academic Honor Roll last year.