Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 9 No. 5 | May 2017

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8 Inside Hokie Sports
Four chosen in NFL Draft
For the 24th straight year, an NFL team selected at least one Virginia
Tech player in the NFL Draft, as this year, four Hokies were chosen by
variousNFL teams at the 2017NFLDraft heldApril 27-29 inPhiladelphia.
The four Hokies selected by NFL teams represent the most Tech
players chosen in an NFL Draft since 2010. The contingent includes
free safety Chuck Clark, tight end Bucky Hodges and fullback Sam
Rogers, who all went in the sixth round, while receiver Isaiah Ford
went in the seventh round.
The Baltimore Ravens picked Clark with the 186th pick, while the
Minnesota Vikings selected Hodges with the 201st pick and the Los
Angeles Rams took Rogers with the 206th pick. In the seventh and final
round, the Dolphins chose Ford with the 237th pick.
Several other Tech players signed free-agent contracts with NFL
teams, including Woody Baron (Dallas Cowboys), Jon McLaughlin
(Arizona Cardinals), Ken Ekanem (Denver Broncos), Nigel Williams
(Buffalo Bills) and Jerod Evans (Philadelphia Eagles).
Haught, Laidig and Green named ACC Scholar-Athletes of
the Year for respective sports
Jared Haught, Torben Laidig and Hanna Green each won the ACC
Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors for their respective sports, as
announced several weeks ago. Haught won the honor for the sport of
wrestling, while Laidig took home the honor for men’s indoor track and
field and Green won the award for women’s indoor track and field.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in
September of 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior
student-athlete in his/her respective sport. Candidates for the awards
must have maintained a 3.0 grade-point average for their careers as well
as a 3.0 for each of the past two semesters.
Haught, a redshirt junior from Parkersburg, West Virginia, is pursuing
a degree in mechanical engineering, while Laidig, a redshirt junior
from Schwabish Hall, Germany continues pursuit of degrees in both
biochemistry and biology. Green graduated in May with a degree in
interior design.
by
Jimmy
Robertson
The ACC also announced the all-academic teams for its winter sports.
Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC academic
team are a 3.0 grade-point average for the previous semester and a 3.0
cumulative average during one’s academic career for undergraduate
students. Athletics achievements during the most recent season also
receive consideration in the selection of the All-ACC academic team.
Here are the Tech representatives on those teams:
Men’s swimming and diving
Brandon Fiala (finance)
Ian Ho (mechanical engineering)
Ben Schiesl (business)
Mauro Castro-Silva (marketing)
Women’s swimming and diving
Caroline Buscaglia (political science)
Maggie Gruber (business information technology)
Jessica Hespeler (human nutrition, foods and exercise)
Ashlynn Peters (business)
Men’s indoor track and field
Kevin Cianfarini (computer science)
Vincent Ciattei (engineering science and math)
Daniel Jaskowak (human nutrition, foods and exercise)
Torben Laidig (biochemistry and biology)
Mackenzie Muldoon (human nutrition, foods and exercise)
Drew Piazza (civil engineering)
James Steck (creative writing and literature)
Peter Seufer (economics)
Diego Zarate (criminology)
Women’s indoor track and field
Courtney Blanden (business information technology)
Hanna Green (interior design)
Wrestling
Jared Haugh t (mechanical engineering)
Solomon Chishko (packaging systems design)
Zach Epperly (real estate)
Zack Zavatsky (packaging systems design)